Documents on crypto mining

Alexander Fanta made this access to documents request to Energy

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Dear Energy,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:

- All documents explicitly mentioning or otherwise relating to the practice of crypto-currency mining, as well as relating to the energy consumption of crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin or Ethereum. My request includes all communication with other EU officials, member state officials and stakeholders on the subject, including e-mails and minutes of meetings and briefing notes. This specifically is meant to include meeting minutes and follow-up exchanges on a call with Swedish and German officials on February 3, 2022.

Yours faithfully,

Alexander Fanta

SG ACCES DOCUMENTS, Energy

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your e-mail of 01/03/2022. We hereby acknowledge receipt of
your application for access to documents, which was registered on
02/03/2022 under reference number GESTDEM 2022/1260.

In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application
will be handled within 15 working days.

The time limit will expire on 23/03/2022. In case this time limit needs to
be extended, you will be informed in due course.

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Yours faithfully,

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SG.C.1
Transparency

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ENER-ACCES-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu, Energy

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Dear Mr Fanta,

 

We refer to your e-mail of 01 March 2022, in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on the 02 of March under the above
mentioned reference number. Your application is currently being handled.

However, we will not be in a position to complete the handling of your
application within the time limit of 15 working days, which expired on 23
March 2022.

An extended time limit is needed as the application concerns documents
held by different Services, which must be consulted.

Therefore, we have to extend the time limit with 15 working days in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents. The new time limit expires on 13 April 2022.

We apologize for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

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European Commission

 

DG Energy

DG ENERGY – Access to documents team
Email: [2][email address]

 

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Dear [email address],

any news on my request?

Yours sincerely,

Alexander Fanta

KEEBLE Katy (ENER), Energy

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