All correspondence on energy, biomass, renewables, decarbonization and energy efficiency
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- All correspondence (including email, SMS, private Twitter, and WhatsApp) on 02/03/2021 between Stefano Grassi, Laure Chapuis-Kombos, and Thor-Sten Vertmann in which “Energy aspects of Fit for 55, renewables and energy efficiency, with special focus on biomass” were discussed.
2- All correspondence (including email, SMS, private Twitter, and WhatsApp) on 19/12/2019 in Brussels by Thor-Sten Vertmann in which “Discussion on sector integration and decarbonization of the Finnish energy system” took place.
3- All correspondence (including email, SMS, private Twitter, and WhatsApp) in a video conference on 12/06/2020 by Thor-Sten Vertmann in which “Business Europe's support to GD, COVID-19 impact on businesses, investments, Business Europe's inputs to energy system integration strategy, 2030 climate target plan, renovation wave, Poss, future cooperation on NECPs and upcoming EC's initiatives” were discussed.
4- All correspondence (including email, SMS, private Twitter, and WhatsApp) in a video conference by Thor-Sten Vertmann on 15/04/2020 in which “Risk-preparedness in electricity sector, impact of crisis on clean energy investments, priorities of electricity sector for the upcoming energy initiatives under the Green Deal” were discussed.
5- All correspondence (including email, SMS, private Twitter, and WhatsApp) in a video conference on 24/06/2021 between Thor-Sten Vertmann, Laure Chapuis-Kombos, and Stefano Grassi in which “Presentation on biomass – use of woody biomass” was discussed.
6- All correspondence (including email, SMS, private Twitter, and WhatsApp between Thor-Sten Vertmann, and Stefano Grassi in an online meeting on15/04/2021 in which “Presentation of CEPI 2030 Industry Manifesto, Discussion on energy efficiency and renewable energy pathways for the paper industry” were discussed.
I would like to make clear I prefer you produce the documents on a rolling basis.
To the extent possible, I prefer the documents in electronic format. Documents that cannot be sent in electronic format should be sent to Javad Maleki, Övre Sanatoriegatan 42, Lgh 1003, 41681 Göteborg.
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.
Please find my postal address here:
Javad Maleki
Övre Sanatoriegatan 42
41681, Göteborg
Yours faithfully,
Javad Maleki
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 23/01/2023 and registered on 24/01/2023 under the case number
2023/0440.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 14/02/2023. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.
To find more information on how we process your personal data, please see
[1]the privacy statement.
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Mr Maleki,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 24/01/2023 under case number 2023/0440.
We are currently working on your request. However, we have not yet been
able to gather all the elements necessary to carry out a full analysis of
your request. We will not be able to send you the reply within the
prescribed time limit expiring on 14/02/2023.
The application concerns documents held by different Services, which must
be consulted.
Therefore, in line with Article 7(3) of [1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001,
we need to extend this time limit by 15 additional working days. The new
time limit expires on 07/03/2023.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
DG ENERGY – Access to Documents Team
Email: [2][email address]
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Dear Energy,
You have not replied to my requested documents as it was planned. Please update me on the process.
I reserved the right to complain to Ombudsman in two working days if I would not receive a response from you.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
Javad Maleki
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
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
L’unité «Transparence» du secrétariat général de la Commission européenne
a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
[2]règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 du 30 mai 2001 relatif à l’accès du public
aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
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im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
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Dear Mr Maleki,
Our apologies for not getting back to you sooner.
With reference to the recent request for an update on the application nr.
2023/0440 registered on 24/01/2023, we inform you that we could not
provide you with a complete reply, since we have not received a
contribution from all the services involved.
Once we gather all the relevant contributions, we will reply to your
request.
Kind regards and again apologies,
DG ENERGY – Access to Documents Team
Email: [1][email address]
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Dear Energy,
Please pass this on to the person who reviews confirmatory applications.
I am filing the following confirmatory application with regards to my access to documents request 'All correspondence on energy, biomass, renewables, decarbonization, and energy efficiency'.
[ I am writing concerning my request for access to Commission documents
registered on 24/01/2023 under case number 2023/0440. I have not received the requested documents. I reserved the right to complain to Ombudsman in three working days if I would not receive a response from you. ]
A full history of my request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/all_c...
Yours faithfully,
Javad Maleki
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
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
L’unité «Transparence» du secrétariat général de la Commission européenne
a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
[2]règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 du 30 mai 2001 relatif à l’accès du public
aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
Registrierung Ihres Antrags (oder die Notwendigkeit weiterer Informationen
im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
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Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your confirmatory request for case
2023/0440, sent on 16/03/2023 and registered on 16/03/2023.
We will handle your confirmatory request within 15 working days as of the
date of registration. The time-limit expires on 11/04/2023. We will let
you know if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working
days.
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your confirmatory request for case
2023/0440, sent on 16/03/2023 and registered on 16/03/2023.
We will handle your confirmatory request within 15 working days as of the
date of registration. The time-limit expires on 11/04/2023. We will let
you know if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working
days.
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
Dear applicant,
We are writing concerning your confirmatory request for access to
Commission documents for case 2023/0440 registered on 16/03/2023.
We are currently working on your confirmatory request. However, we have
not yet been able to gather all the elements necessary to carry out a full
analysis of your request and to conduct internal consultations. We will
not be able to send you the reply within the prescribed time limit
expiring on 11/04/2023.
Therefore, in line with Article 8(2) of [1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 we
need to extend this time limit by 15 additional working days. The new time
limit expires on 03/05/2023.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
Access to Documents Team
Secretariat General - Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and
Access to Documents)
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Dear applicant,
We are writing to you concerning your confirmatory request for access to
Commission documents for case 2023/0440, registered on 16/03/2023.
On 05/04/2023 we extended the time-limit for replying to your confirmatory
request to 03/05/2023.
Unfortunately, we will not be able to send you the reply within this
extended time limit. Your application concerns a large number of
documents, a significant number of which relate to third parties that need
to be consulted.
However, we assure you that we are doing our best to send a reply to your
confirmatory request as soon as possible.
We regret this additional delay and sincerely apologize for any
inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
Access to Documents Team
Secretariat General - Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and
Access to Documents)
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Dear Mr Maleki,
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered on 24/01/2023
under the above mentioned reference number.
Please find attached the reply to your initial request.
Kind regards,
DG ENERGY – Access to Documents Team
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