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From: Lala Dadci
27 rue de Chartres, 75018 Paris
16 March 2020 RE: Access to Documents

Dear sirs,
Referring to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to EU documents and to the 'Aarhus Regulation' (see note), I would herewith like to ask for access to the minutes of the following meetings:

• 18/02/2020 between Commissioner Kadri Simson and The European Steel Association (EUROFER) on European Green Deal for the steel industry; clean energy technologies including hydrogen, renewables for clean steel production
• 14/02/2020 between Commissioner Kadri Simson and Shell Companies (Shell) on Energy policy priorities of the Commission, impact of the Green Deal on the energy sector and innovative solutions that would help the EU reach its climate and energy targets

• 13/02/2020 between Helena Hinto and European Energy Network (EnR) on Introduction of European Green Deal and 2020 energy initiatives
• 14/02/2020 between Laure Chapuis-Kombos and Shell Companies (Shell) on Energy policy priorities of the Commission, impact of the Green Deal on the energy sector and innovative solutions that would help the EU reach its climate and energy targets
• 18/02/2020 between Kitti Nyitrai, Stefano Grassi and The European Steel Association (EUROFER) on European Green Deal for the steel industry; clean energy technologies including hydrogen, renewables for clean steel production
• 02/03/2020 between Laure Chapuis-Kombos and ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE (EDF) on Green Deal, climate law, dialogues with 3rd countries, renewables.

• 17/12/2019 between Director-General Ditte Juul Jorgensen and International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) on Green Deal, methane emissions and decarbonisation
• 18/12/2019 between Director-General Ditte Juul Jorgensen and Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) on Green Deal, methane emissions and decarbonisation
• 30/01/2020 between Director-General Ditte Juul Jorgensen and Gas Distributors for Sustainability (GD4S) on Green Deal and Renewable gas in Europe
• 31/01/2020 between Director-General Ditte Juul Jorgensen and European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) on The role of the Energy Intensive Industries in the European Green Deal
• 04/02/2020 between Director-General Ditte Juul Jorgensen and Euroheat & Power (EHP) on Green Deal and the role of decarbonising heating and cooling)
• 20/02/2020 between Director-General Ditte Juul Jorgensen and Atlantic Council on EU -US energy cooperation and Energy Security in the context of the Green Deal

To the extent possible, we prefer the documents in electronic format. Documents that cannot be sent in electronic format should be sent to Lala Dadci 27 rue de Chartres, 75018 Paris
Should my request be denied wholly or partially, please explain the denial or all deletions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation. Also I expect the partial release of documents, in case of partial exemption according to article 4.6.
I reserve the right to appeal.
Please confirm having received this application. I look forward to your reply within 15 business days, according to the regulation.
Thank you for your assistance.
Lala Dadci

Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
Requests for public access to documents are treated on the basis of
[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
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Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
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[1]Ares(2020)1587416 - RE: access to documents request - EGD - ENERGY
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Dear Madam,

Thank you for your e-mail dated 16/03/2020. We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on
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In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
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-----Original Message-----
From: Lala Hakuma <[FOI #7792 email]>
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2020 10:57 AM
To: SG ACCES DOCUMENTS <[email address]>
Subject: access to documents request - EGD - ENERGY -Minutes of meetings

From: Lala Dadci
27 rue de Chartres, 75018 Paris
16 March 2020 RE: Access to Documents

Dear sirs,
Referring to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to EU documents
and to the 'Aarhus Regulation' (see note), I would herewith like to ask
for access to the minutes of the following meetings:

• 18/02/2020 between Commissioner Kadri Simson and The European Steel
Association (EUROFER) on European Green Deal for the steel industry; clean
energy technologies including hydrogen, renewables for clean steel
production
• 14/02/2020 between Commissioner Kadri Simson and Shell Companies (Shell)
on Energy policy priorities of the Commission, impact of the Green Deal on
the energy sector and innovative solutions that would help the EU reach
its climate and energy targets

• 13/02/2020 between Helena Hinto and European Energy Network (EnR) on
Introduction of European Green Deal and 2020 energy initiatives
• 14/02/2020 between Laure Chapuis-Kombos and Shell Companies (Shell) on
Energy policy priorities of the Commission, impact of the Green Deal on
the energy sector and innovative solutions that would help the EU reach
its climate and energy targets
• 18/02/2020 between Kitti Nyitrai, Stefano Grassi and The European Steel
Association (EUROFER) on European Green Deal for the steel industry; clean
energy technologies including hydrogen, renewables for clean steel
production
• 02/03/2020 between Laure Chapuis-Kombos and ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE (EDF)
on Green Deal, climate law, dialogues with 3rd countries, renewables.

• 17/12/2019 between Director-General Ditte Juul Jorgensen and
International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) on Green Deal,
methane emissions and decarbonisation
• 18/12/2019 between Director-General Ditte Juul Jorgensen and Gas
Infrastructure Europe (GIE) on Green Deal, methane emissions and
decarbonisation
• 30/01/2020 between Director-General Ditte Juul Jorgensen and Gas
Distributors for Sustainability (GD4S) on Green Deal and Renewable gas in
Europe
• 31/01/2020 between Director-General Ditte Juul Jorgensen and European
Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) on The role of the Energy Intensive
Industries in the European Green Deal
• 04/02/2020 between Director-General Ditte Juul Jorgensen and Euroheat &
Power (EHP) on Green Deal and the role of decarbonising heating and
cooling)
• 20/02/2020 between Director-General Ditte Juul Jorgensen and Atlantic
Council on EU -US energy cooperation and Energy Security in the context of
the Green Deal

To the extent possible, we prefer the documents in electronic format.
Documents that cannot be sent in electronic format should be sent to Lala
Dadci 27 rue de Chartres, 75018 Paris
Should my request be denied wholly or partially, please explain the denial
or all deletions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation. Also
I expect the partial release of documents, in case of partial exemption
according to article 4.6.
I reserve the right to appeal.
Please confirm having received this application. I look forward to your
reply within 15 business days, according to the regulation.
Thank you for your assistance.
Lala Dadci

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Dear Ms Dadci,

 

We refer to your e-mail dated 16/03/2020 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 14/03/2020 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 expires on 06/04/2020.

An extended time limit is needed for thorough analysis as to the
availability of the document requested.

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 30/04/2020. 

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

 

Best regards,

 

 

 

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European Commission

 

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Dear Ms Dadci,

Please find attached the reply letter to your e-mail dated 16/03/2020 in which you make a request for access to documents, registered on 16/03/2020 under the above mentioned reference number.

According to standard operational procedure, the reply is usually also sent to you by registered post. Please note, however, that due to the extraordinary health and security measures currently in force during to the COVID-19 epidemics, which include the requirement for all Commission non-critical staff to telework, we are unfortunately not in a position to follow this procedure until further notice.

We would therefore appreciate if you could confirm receipt of the present e-mail by replying to [email address].

Yours sincerely,

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