Ref. Ares(2022)8866322 - 20/12/2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Secretariat-General
Directorate C – Transparency, Efficiency and Resources
SG.C.1-Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents
Brussels,
SG.C.1
Mr Gligor Radečić
CEE Bankwatch Network
Heřmanova 1088/8
Prague 7, 170 00
Czech Republic
By email only - with request for
explicit e-mail acknowledgment of
receipt by email reply:
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Subject:
Your confirmatory application for access to documents under
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - GESTDEM 2022/2264
Dear Mr Radečić,
I refer to your e-mail of 11 October 2022, registered on 20 October 2022, by which you
submit a confirmatory application in accordance with Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission
documents1 (hereafter ‘Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001’).
Your confirmatory application was submitted in relation to your initial application of
19 April 2022 in which you requested, I quote:
‘All documentation (including but not limited to all email correspondence,
attendance lists, agendas, background papers, transcripts, recordings and
minutes/notes) relating to meetings between the entities listed below and the
Commission (Commissioner Simson, and/or her cabinet, and/or officials
from DG Energy) in which the EU’s response to Ukraine invasion,
particularly the “REPowerEU: Joint European action for more affordable,
secure and sustainable energy” plan was discussed:
1 OJ L 145 of 31.5.2001, p. 43.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
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Entities: Hydrogen Europe, Air Liquide, Hydrogen Council and
European Biogas Association,
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Multilateral development banks: European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (EBRD) and European Investment Bank (EIB).’
The initial request was assigned to the Directorate-General for Energy. As you did not
receive an initial reply from that Directorate-General within the statutory time limits, you
submitted a confirmatory application on 11 October 2022.
In the meantime, the initial reply in question was sent to you on 16 December 2022
(registered under reference number Ares(2022)8753013). This reply informs you that,
with regard to documents originating from Commissioner Simson and/or her Cabinet,
Directorate-General for Energy is awaiting contribution from the Cabinet and will be
able to complement the initial reply only once they receive it.
Against this background, the Secretariat-General will close your confirmatory application
related to the lack of initial reply.
You remain entitled to submit a new confirmatory application in accordance with Article
7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, should you wish to request a review of the initial
reply of 16 December 2022.
Yours sincerely,
Mariusz Daca
Deputy Head of Unit
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Electronically signed on 20/12/2022 17:05 (UTC+01) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121