Ref. Ares(2021)7771492 - 15/12/2021
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
SECRETARIAT-GENERAL
Directorate D - Twin Transition, Economic & Social Affairs
The Director
Brussels
SG.D.3
Ms Alice Kettlewell
1 Benson Street
CB4 3QJ
Cambridge (UK)
e-mail:
ask+request-10175-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Consultation pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission
documents – GESTDEM 2021/6932
Dear Ms Kettlewell,
We refer to your request of 29 October 2021 for access to documents under the reference
number mentioned above.
You requested access to the following documents:
1. List of meetings/videocalls/calls between 1st December 2020 and 6th May 2021
between officials and/or representatives of the European Commission and
stakeholders where the issue of EU taxonomy for sustainable activities was
addressed, especially regarding the implementation of gas and nuclear in this
regulation.
2. Minutes of the meetings/videocalls/calls mentioned above.
3. List of meetings/videocalls/calls between 1st April 2021 and 6th May 2021
between officials and/or representatives of the European Commission and
stakeholders where the issue of the implementation of gas and nuclear in the
Taxonomy Regulation was addressed, especially information related to the
discussion on the JRC report (Ref.Ares(2021)1988129 – 19/03/2021), assessing
DNSH aspect of nuclear energy consistent with specification Articles 17 and 19 of
the Taxonomy Regulation.
As indicated in our reply of 15 November 2021 (Reference Ares (2021)7008082), several
Directorates-General of the Commission are concerned by your request. You will
therefore receive several replies, each pertaining to a subset of the documents requested.
This reply relates only to the exchanges and meetings with stakeholders organised by
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
either the cabinet of the President or by officials working at the Secretariat-General. It
includes the documents below:
Cabinet President Ursula Von Der Leyen
Ares (2021)3577537 Minutes of a meeting with Wirtschaftskammer Österreich
(WKÖ) on 09 March 2021
Ares (2021)3577352 Minutes of a meeting with Compagnie de SAINT-GOBAIN
on 16 March 2021 - Draft Delegated Act EU Taxonomy
Ares (2021)3577491 Minutes of a meeting with Lantbrukarnas Riksförbund (LRF)
on 16 March 2021 - Draft Delegated Act EU Taxonomy
Secretariat-General
Ares (2021)2507383 Minutes of the meeting with Permanent Representative of
Denmark on 13 April 2021
In your application, you indicate that your address is in UK. Transfers of personal data
from the Commission to countries that are not members of the European Economic Area
(EEA) are regulated under Chapter V of the Data Protection Regulation.
According to Article 47(1) of this Regulation, a transfer of personal data to a third
country may take place where the Commission has decided that the third country in
question ensures an adequate level of protection and where the personal data are
transferred solely to allow tasks within the competence of the controller to be carried out.
Based on the information available, the country of your residence is recognised by the
Commission as ensuring an adequate level of protection.
However, we would further like to inform you that according to Article 4(1)(b) of
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, in the attached documents, personal data has been
redacted. In your request, you do not express any particular interest to have access to
these personal data nor put forward any arguments to establish the necessity to have the
data transmitted for a specific purpose in the public interest.
Furthermore, the minutes were drawn up for internal use under the responsibility of the
relevant member of staff. They solely reflects the authors’ interpretation of the
interventions made and do not set out any official position of the third parties to which
the documents refer, which were not consulted on their contents. It does not reflect the
position of the Commission and cannot be quoted as such.
Yours faithfully,
Elisabeth Werner
Acting Director
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Electronically signed on 15/12/2021 18:24 (UTC+01) in accordance with article 11 of Commission Decision C(2020) 4482