Meetings and correspondence between DG Energy, GasNaturally and its members
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:
1) a list of meetings of DG Energy officials and/or representatives (including the Commissioner and the Cabinet) and representatives of GasNaturally or any of its members (EUROGAS, European Gas Research Group (GERG), Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE), International Associations of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP), International Gas Union (IGU), Marcogaz and NGVA Europe);
2) minutes and other reports of these meetings;
3) all correspondence (including e-mails) between DG Energy officials and/or representatives (including the Commissioner and the Cabinet) and representatives of GasNaturally or any of its members (EUROGAS, European Gas Research Group (GERG), Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE), International Associations of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP), International Gas Union (IGU), Marcogaz and NGVA Europe).
Please consider my request from the 1st of January 2014 on.
Yours faithfully,
Marijke Vermander
Corporate Europe Observatory
Rue d'Edimbourg 26
1050 Brussels
Dear Ms Vermander,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 26/07/2016. We hereby acknowledge
receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered
on 26/07/2016 under reference number GESTDEM 2016/4186
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
17/08/2016. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.
You have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website. Please note
that this is a private website which has no link with any institution of
the European Union. Therefore the European Commission cannot be held
accountable for any technical issues or problems linked to the use of this
system.
Yours faithfully,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
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European Commission
Secretariat General
Unit B4 – Transparency
Dear Ms Vermander,
Subject: Your application for access to documents – Ref
GestDem No 2016/4186
We refer to your e-mail dated 26/07/2016 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on the same day under the above-mentioned
reference number.
Your application concerns possibly a very large number of documents, which
need to be assessed individually. Such a detailed analysis cannot be
carried out within the normal time limits set out in Article 7 of
Regulation 1049/2001. Moreover, the handling of your request involves the
assessment of possibly very long and voluminous documents originating from
third parties. The analysis of this/these document(s), together with the
need to consult the third parties concerned in accordance with Article
4(4) and 4(5) of Regulation 1049/2001, cannot be expected to be completed
within the normal time limits set out in Article 7 of Regulation
1049/2001.
However, the Regulation also provides for a possibility to confer with
applicants in order to find a fair solution when an application relates to
a very long document or concerns a very large number of documents. Article
6(3) provides that in the event of an application relating to a very long
document or to very large number of documents, the institution concerned
may confer with the applicant informally, with a view to finding a fair
solution.
In accordance with the case law of the EU Courts, such a solution can only
concern the content or the number of documents applied for, not the
deadline for replying.[1][1] This means that the scope of the request must
be reduced in a way that would enable its treatment within the extended
deadline of 15 + 15 working days.
Based on the above-mentioned provision, we would kindly ask you to specify
the objective of your request and your specific interest in the documents
requested[2][2], and whether you could narrow down the scope of your
request (i.e. the subject matter and/or timeframe covered), so as to
reduce it to a more manageable amount of documents.
If that is not possible and if you maintain your request for access to all
documents concerned by your application, we propose to handle your
application in successive stages. If you accept this proposal, you could
indicate an order of priority, which we would try to follow as much as
possible in handling your application. This means that parts of your
application would be considered to have been introduced in successive
stages and will be dealt with within the corresponding new time-limits.
You would in that case receive, at regular intervals, batches of documents
which have been cleared for full or partial release and/or a reasoned
reply explaining why some (parts of the) documents cannot be disclosed.
Alternatively, you can formally withdraw those parts of your request that
cannot be handled within the extended (30 working days, counting from the
date of registration of your application on 26/07/2016) deadline of
Regulation 1049/2001, and re-introduce applications for access to these
parts in successive stages.
In order to enable us to respect the time-limits of Regulation 1049/2001,
we would ask you for a swift reply to our invitation to propose a fair
solution, within five working days at the latest:
· by email to:
If you have any questions concerning the invitation, you can contact us:
· by email at: ENER-ACCES-DOCUMENTS[3]@ec.europa.eu
· by telephone at: (+32) (0) 22 98 17 47
In the absence of a reply within five working days, we will unilaterally
restrict the scope of your application to those parts that can be dealt
with within the extended deadline of 30 working days, counting from the
registration of your application 26/07/2016.
Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Yours sincerely,
ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS Team
European Commission
DG ENER
Unit A.1
DM24 08/046
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 298 17 47
Dear DG Energy,
Thank you very much for your quick reply.
My preference would go to handling the application in successive stages, giving priority to the list of meetings of DG Energy officials and/or representatives (including the Commissioner and the Cabinet) and representatives of GasNaturally or any of its members (EUROGAS, European Gas Research Group (GERG), Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE), International Associations of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP), International Gas Union (IGU), Marcogaz and NGVA Europe).
Mentioning who was present at the meeting and which topic(s) was/were discussed.
In a next phase, all online correspondence between DG Energy officials and/or representatives (including the Commissioner and the Cabinet) and representatives of GasNaturally. Attachments to these e-mails can be (temporarily) excluded from my request.
If possible in the same phase, also the correspondence between GasNaturally's members (EUROGAS, European Gas Research Group (GERG), Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE), International Associations of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP), International Gas Union (IGU), Marcogaz and NGVA Europe) and DG Energy officials/representatives.
I will then come back to you as regards which minutes of which meetings I would like to see.
I hope this way of prioritizing is clear and that it makes the request more workable.
Thank you very much in advance.
Yours faithfully,
Marijke Vermander
Dear Ms Vermander,
Thank you for your reply. In order to proceed we would need however the rime frame of your requests. Without this information, your applications cannot be effectively handled.
Your faithfully
ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS Team
European Commission
DG ENER
Unit A.1
DM24 08/046
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 298 17 47
Dear Energy,
Please consider my request from 1 November 2014 on.
Yours faithfully,
Marijke Vermander
Dear Energy,
This request is overdue. Please let me know when I can be expecting a reply.
Yours faithfully,
Marijke Vermander
Due to the holiday period in August, some delays may occur in the
treatment of your access-to-documents request, especially where the
processing of data requires the consultation of national administrations,
external organisations or other services.
* * *
Pendant la période des congés en août, certains retards peuvent se
produire dans le traitement de votre demande d'accès aux documents, en
particulier lorsque le traitement des données exige la consultation des
administrations nationales, d’organisations extérieures ou d’autres
services.
* * *
Während der Ferienzeit im August könnten Verzögerungen bei der Bearbeitung
Ihres Antrags auf Zugang zu Dokumenten auftreten, insbesondere wenn die
Berarbeitung die Konsultierung der nationalen Verwaltungen, externer
Organisationen oder anderer Dienststellen erforderlich macht.
Dear Ms Vermander,
Following our agreement from late July 2016 and your e-mail of 27 July
2016, we have closed your request with reference Gestdem 2016/4186 and
registered a new one: Gestdem 2016/4947. The deadline to reply is 26
September 2016. This e-mail is also an acknowledgement of registration.
Please apologize for late registration of this new request.
The request Gestdem 2016/4947 concerns the list of meetings of DG Energy
officials and/or representatives (including the Commissioner and the
Cabinet) and representatives of GasNaturally or any of its members
(EUROGAS, European Gas Research Group (GERG), Gas Infrastructure Europe
(GIE), International Associations of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP),
International Gas Union (IGU), Marcogaz and NGVA Europe as from 1 November
2014. As agreed with you, further requests will be open now, in order to
make it possible for our colleagues to deal with them within the legal
deadlines.
Yours faithfully
ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS Team
European Commission
DG ENER
Unit A.1
DM24 08/046
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 298 17 47
Dear Energy,
As we reached an agreement on August 4th, the deadline of 15 + 15 working days would be September 16th, not September 26th.
I thank you to send me all the documents that have been prepared for this request by this date.
Thank you very much in advance.
Yours faithfully,
Marijke Vermander
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[5]Ares(2016)5564058 - RE: access to documents request - Meetings and
correspondence between DG Energy, GasNaturally and its members - GESTDEM
2016/4186 and 2016/4947
Sent by LIJEWSKA Ewa (ENER) <[email address]>. All responses
have to be sent to this email address.
Envoyé par LIJEWSKA Ewa (ENER) <[email address]> . Toutes les
réponses doivent être effectuées à cette adresse électronique.
Dear Ms Vermander,
With regards to your requests for access to documents under the references
Gestdem 2016-4186 and 4947, we are pleased to provide you with the
documents and information collected so far.
Please be informed that it is a wide scope request, some additional
documents or information could be still found and in this case we shall
send them in the coming days (next week at the latest).
Thank you for your understanding.
Best regards,
Ewa Lijewska
European Commission
DG ENERGY
Unit B.2 - Wholesale markets; electricity & gas
DM24 - 6/42
B-1049 Brussels
+32(0)2 29 67399 (direct phone)
[6][email address]
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recipient, please notify me immediately. Unless expressly stated, any
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From: ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2016 1:23 PM
To: '[FOI #3156 email]'
Cc: ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS
Subject: RE: access to documents request - Meetings and correspondence
between DG Energy, GasNaturally and its members - GESTDEM 2016/4186
Dear Ms Vermander,
Following our agreement from late July 2016 and your e-mail of 27 July
2016, we have closed your request with reference Gestdem 2016/4186 and
registered a new one: Gestdem 2016/4947. The deadline to reply is 26
September 2016. This e-mail is also an acknowledgement of registration.
Please apologize for late registration of this new request.
The request Gestdem 2016/4947 concerns the list of meetings of DG Energy
officials and/or representatives (including the Commissioner and the
Cabinet) and representatives of GasNaturally or any of its members
(EUROGAS, European Gas Research Group (GERG), Gas Infrastructure Europe
(GIE), International Associations of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP),
International Gas Union (IGU), Marcogaz and NGVA Europe as from 1 November
2014. As agreed with you, further requests will be open now, in order to
make it possible for our colleagues to deal with them within the legal
deadlines.
Yours faithfully
ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS Team
European Commission
DG ENER
Unit A.1
DM24 08/046
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 298 17 47
Link: [1]File-List
Link: [2]Edit-Time-Data
Link: [3]themeData
Link: [4]colorSchemeMapping
[5]Ares(2016)5818247 - RE: Ares(2016)5564058 - RE: access to documents
request - Meetings and correspondence between DG Energy, GasNaturally and
its members - GESTDEM 2016/4186 and 2016/4947
Sent by LIJEWSKA Ewa (ENER) <[email address]>. All responses
have to be sent to this email address.
Envoyé par LIJEWSKA Ewa (ENER) <[email address]> . Toutes les
réponses doivent être effectuées à cette adresse électronique.
Dear Ms Vermander,
With regard to your requests Gestdem 2016-4186 and 4947 and following our
initial response of 26 September 2016, we are pleased to provide you with
additional information and documents.
Information on meetings held or attended by Commissioner Cañete or his
Cabinet is available on the Commissioner's web pages:
[6]http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyinitiati...
[7]http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyinitiati...
Information on Gas Fora in Madrid (including presence of GasNaturally or
its members as well as supporting documents and presentations), are
available on our website:
[8]https://ec.europa.eu/energy/en/events/ma....
Additional documents related to your request are attached to this email.
Best regards,
Ewa Lijewska
European Commission
DG ENERGY
Unit B.2 - Wholesale markets; electricity & gas
DM24 - 6/42
B-1049 Brussels
[9][email address]
This e-mail is confidential and is intended for the named addressee(s).
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recipient, please notify me immediately. Unless expressly stated, any
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From: EC ARES NOREPLY [mailto:[email address]]
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2016 6:00 PM
To: [FOI #3156 email]
Cc: ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS
Subject: Ares(2016)5564058 - RE: access to documents request - Meetings
and correspondence between DG Energy, GasNaturally and its members -
GESTDEM 2016/4186 and 2016/4947
[10]Ares(2016)5564058 - RE: access to documents request - Meetings and
correspondence between DG Energy, GasNaturally and its members - GESTDEM
2016/4186 and 2016/4947
Sent by LIJEWSKA Ewa (ENER) <[11][email address]>. All responses
have to be sent to this email address.
Envoyé par LIJEWSKA Ewa (ENER) <[12][email address]> . Toutes
les réponses doivent être effectuées à cette adresse électronique.
Dear Ms Vermander,
With regards to your requests for access to documents under the references
Gestdem 2016-4186 and 4947, we are pleased to provide you with the
documents and information collected so far.
Please be informed that it is a wide scope request, some additional
documents or information could be still found and in this case we shall
send them in the coming days (next week at the latest).
Thank you for your understanding.
Best regards,
Ewa Lijewska
European Commission
DG ENERGY
Unit B.2 - Wholesale markets; electricity & gas
DM24 - 6/42
B-1049 Brussels
+32(0)2 29 67399 (direct phone)
[13][email address]
This e-mail is confidential and is intended for the named addressee(s).
Use by any other party is not authorised. If you are not the intended
recipient, please notify me immediately. Unless expressly stated, any
views and opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author
and do not necessarily reflect those of DG ENER/European Commission.
From: ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2016 1:23 PM
To: '[FOI #3156 email]'
Cc: ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS
Subject: RE: access to documents request - Meetings and correspondence
between DG Energy, GasNaturally and its members - GESTDEM 2016/4186
Dear Ms Vermander,
Following our agreement from late July 2016 and your e-mail of 27 July
2016, we have closed your request with reference Gestdem 2016/4186 and
registered a new one: Gestdem 2016/4947. The deadline to reply is 26
September 2016. This e-mail is also an acknowledgement of registration.
Please apologize for late registration of this new request.
The request Gestdem 2016/4947 concerns the list of meetings of DG Energy
officials and/or representatives (including the Commissioner and the
Cabinet) and representatives of GasNaturally or any of its members
(EUROGAS, European Gas Research Group (GERG), Gas Infrastructure Europe
(GIE), International Associations of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP),
International Gas Union (IGU), Marcogaz and NGVA Europe as from 1 November
2014. As agreed with you, further requests will be open now, in order to
make it possible for our colleagues to deal with them within the legal
deadlines.
Yours faithfully
ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS Team
European Commission
DG ENER
Unit A.1
DM24 08/046
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 298 17 47
Link: [1]File-List
Link: [2]Edit-Time-Data
Link: [3]themeData
Link: [4]colorSchemeMapping
[5]Ares(2016)7110776 - RE: Ares(2016)5564058 - RE: access to documents
request - Meetings and correspondence between DG Energy, GasNaturally and
its members - GESTDEM 2016/4186 and 2016/4947
Sent by LIJEWSKA Ewa (ENER) <[email address]>. All responses
have to be sent to this email address.
Envoyé par LIJEWSKA Ewa (ENER) <[email address]> . Toutes les
réponses doivent être effectuées à cette adresse électronique.
Dear Ms Vermander,
Following our conversation please find a copy of the documents sent to you
initially in a word table which you could not open (word table is also
attached as reference).
Apologies for the delay,
Best wishes,
Ewa Lijewska
European Commission
DG ENERGY
Unit B.2 - Wholesale markets; electricity & gas
DM24 - 6/42
B-1049 Brussels
+32(0)2 29 67399 (direct phone)
[6][email address]
This e-mail is confidential and is intended for the named addressee(s).
Use by any other party is not authorised. If you are not the intended
recipient, please notify me immediately. Unless expressly stated, any
views and opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author
and do not necessarily reflect those of DG ENER/European Commission.
From: EC ARES NOREPLY [mailto:[email address]]
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2016 6:00 PM
To: [FOI #3156 email]
Cc: ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS
Subject: Ares(2016)5564058 - RE: access to documents request - Meetings
and correspondence between DG Energy, GasNaturally and its members -
GESTDEM 2016/4186 and 2016/4947
[7]Ares(2016)5564058 - RE: access to documents request - Meetings and
correspondence between DG Energy, GasNaturally and its members - GESTDEM
2016/4186 and 2016/4947
Sent by LIJEWSKA Ewa (ENER) <[8][email address]>. All responses
have to be sent to this email address.
Envoyé par LIJEWSKA Ewa (ENER) <[9][email address]> . Toutes les
réponses doivent être effectuées à cette adresse électronique.
Dear Ms Vermander,
With regards to your requests for access to documents under the references
Gestdem 2016-4186 and 4947, we are pleased to provide you with the
documents and information collected so far.
Please be informed that it is a wide scope request, some additional
documents or information could be still found and in this case we shall
send them in the coming days (next week at the latest).
Thank you for your understanding.
Best regards,
Ewa Lijewska
European Commission
DG ENERGY
Unit B.2 - Wholesale markets; electricity & gas
DM24 - 6/42
B-1049 Brussels
+32(0)2 29 67399 (direct phone)
[10][email address]
This e-mail is confidential and is intended for the named addressee(s).
Use by any other party is not authorised. If you are not the intended
recipient, please notify me immediately. Unless expressly stated, any
views and opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author
and do not necessarily reflect those of DG ENER/European Commission.
From: ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2016 1:23 PM
To: '[FOI #3156 email]'
Cc: ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS
Subject: RE: access to documents request - Meetings and correspondence
between DG Energy, GasNaturally and its members - GESTDEM 2016/4186
Dear Ms Vermander,
Following our agreement from late July 2016 and your e-mail of 27 July
2016, we have closed your request with reference Gestdem 2016/4186 and
registered a new one: Gestdem 2016/4947. The deadline to reply is 26
September 2016. This e-mail is also an acknowledgement of registration.
Please apologize for late registration of this new request.
The request Gestdem 2016/4947 concerns the list of meetings of DG Energy
officials and/or representatives (including the Commissioner and the
Cabinet) and representatives of GasNaturally or any of its members
(EUROGAS, European Gas Research Group (GERG), Gas Infrastructure Europe
(GIE), International Associations of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP),
International Gas Union (IGU), Marcogaz and NGVA Europe as from 1 November
2014. As agreed with you, further requests will be open now, in order to
make it possible for our colleagues to deal with them within the legal
deadlines.
Yours faithfully
ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS Team
European Commission
DG ENER
Unit A.1
DM24 08/046
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 298 17 47