Commission roundtable, memorandum, and EU principles for sustainable raw materials
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
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:
- information on the Commission's "roundtable for environmentally and socially sustainable raw materials" as mentioned in Maroš Šefčovič's Battery Summit 2021 speech, delivered on March 22nd 2021
- information on the "EU Principles for sustainable raw materials" as mentioned in Maroš Šefčovič's Battery Summit 2021 speech, delivered on March 22nd 2021
- information on the "Memorandum of understanding" relates to the "partnership on batteries" under Horizon Europe program, to be signed by the Commission in June 2021, as mentioned in Maroš Šefčovič's Battery Summit 2021 speech, delivered on March 22nd 2021
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Yours faithfully,
Nik Völker, MiningWatch Portugal
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Dear Mr VÖLKER
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered on 30/03/2021
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 26/04/2021.
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public access to documents. The new time limit expires on 19/05/2021.
We apologize for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
Dear Sir,
We refer to your e-mail dated 30/03/2021 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 31/03/2021 under the above mentioned
reference number.
The reply to your request is being finalised. Therefore, we are not in a
position to complete the handling of your application within the extended
time limit of 15 working days, which expires on 19/05/2021. Please be
reassured that we are doing our best to be able to send you the reply as
soon as possible.
We apologise for this additional delay and for any inconvenience this may
cause.
Kind regards,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
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Dear DG GROW,
As this request is already long overdue, may I ask you to give an update at the shortest notice possible?
Thanks and best regards,
Nik Völker, MiningWatch Portugal
Dear Mr Völker,
The reply has been sent to you on 21/05/2021, please see enclosure.
Kind regards,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
DG GROW/B1 – Planning and Briefings