Dear

From: Belen Balanya, Corporate Europe Observatory
Rue d’Edimbourg 26, 1050 Brussels.
8 December 2020 RE: Access to Documents related to IPCEIs

Dear sirs,
Referring to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to EU documents and to the 'Aarhus Regulation' (see note), I would herewith like to ask for access to the following:

1- all correspondence (including email) since 1st December 2019 between Commissioner Breton and/or Commissioner Vestager and/or their cabinet and/or officials from DG GROW and or DG Competition on one hand and representatives from the gas industry on the other in which the issue of Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs) in relation with hydrogen was addressed.

2 - list of meetings since 1st December 2019 between Commissioner Breton and/or Commissioner Vestager and/or their cabinet and/or officials from DG GROW and or DG Competition on one hand and representatives from the gas industry on the other in which the issue of Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs) in relation with hydrogen was addressed

3 - minutes of the meetings mentioned above

I would like to make clear I prefer you produce the documents on a rolling basis.
At no point should the Commission’s search for—or deliberations concerning—certain documents delay the production of others that the Commission has already retrieved and elected to produce.

To the extent possible, we prefer the documents in electronic format. Documents that cannot be sent in electronic format should be sent to Corporate Europe Observatory, Rue d’Edimbourg 26, 1050 Brussels.

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.

Thank you for your assistance.

Belen Balanya
Corporate Europe Observatory

Yours faithfully,

Belen Balanya

COMP-ACCESS-TO-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu, Competencia

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Link: [1]File-List
Link: [2]Edit-Time-Data

Dear Madam,

 

Thank you for your e-mail of 08 December 2020. We hereby acknowledge
receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered
on 09 December 2020 under reference number GESTDEM 2020/7623.

 

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 8
January 2021. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.

 

You have lodged your application via a private third-party 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.

 

Please note that the private third party running the Asktheeu website is
responsible and accountable for the processing of your personal data via
that website, and not the Commission. For further information on your
rights, please refer to the third party’s privacy policy.

 

We understand that the third party running the AsktheEU.org website
usually publishes the content of applicants’ correspondence with the
Commission on that website. This includes the personal data that you may
have communicated to the Commission (e.g. your private postal address).

 

Similarly, the third party publishes on that website any reply that the
Commission will send to the email address of the applicants generated by
the AsktheEU.org website.

 

If you do not wish that your correspondence with the Commission is
published on a private third-party website such as AsktheEU.org, you can
provide us with an alternative, private e-mail address for further
correspondence.  In that case, the Commission will send all future
electronic correspondence addressed to you only to that private address,
and it will use only that private address to reply to your request. You
should still remain responsible to inform the private third-party website
about this change of how you wish to communicate with, and receive a reply
from, the Commission.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

 

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Access to Documents team

DG Competition-European Commission

MADOU-12-85      B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
email: [4][email address]

 

 

 

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COMP-ACCESS-TO-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu, Competencia

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Link: [1]File-List
Link: [2]Edit-Time-Data

 

Dear Madam,

We refer to your e-mail dated 08 December 2020  in which you make a
request for access to documents, registered on 08 December 2020  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 08/01/2021.

An extended time limit is needed, therefore, we have to extend the time
limit with 15 working days in accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to documents.

The new time limit expires on 29/01/2021.

We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.

Yours faithfully,

 

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Access to Documents team

DG Competition-European Commission

MADOU-12-85      B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
email: [4][email address]

 

 

From: COMP ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS <[5][email address]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 9, 2020 9:08 AM
To: 'Belen Balanya' <[6][FOI #8846 email]>
Cc: COMP ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS <[7][email address]>
Subject: RE: access to documents request - IPCEIS hydrogen -GESTDEM
2020/7623

 

Dear Madam,

 

Thank you for your e-mail of 08 December 2020. We hereby acknowledge
receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered
on 09 December 2020 under reference number GESTDEM 2020/7623.

 

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 8
January 2021. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.

 

You have lodged your application via a private third-party 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.

 

Please note that the private third party running the Asktheeu website is
responsible and accountable for the processing of your personal data via
that website, and not the Commission. For further information on your
rights, please refer to the third party’s privacy policy.

 

We understand that the third party running the AsktheEU.org website
usually publishes the content of applicants’ correspondence with the
Commission on that website. This includes the personal data that you may
have communicated to the Commission (e.g. your private postal address).

 

Similarly, the third party publishes on that website any reply that the
Commission will send to the email address of the applicants generated by
the AsktheEU.org website.

 

If you do not wish that your correspondence with the Commission is
published on a private third-party website such as AsktheEU.org, you can
provide us with an alternative, private e-mail address for further
correspondence.  In that case, the Commission will send all future
electronic correspondence addressed to you only to that private address,
and it will use only that private address to reply to your request. You
should still remain responsible to inform the private third-party website
about this change of how you wish to communicate with, and receive a reply
from, the Commission.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

 

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Access to Documents team

DG Competition-European Commission

MADOU-12-85      B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
email: [9][email address]

 

 

 

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Stateaidgreffe@ec.europa.eu, Competencia

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Dear Madam,

We refer to your message dated 08/12/2020 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered under the above-mentioned reference
number.

Please find attached the reply to your request for access to documents.

According to standard operational procedure, the reply is usually also
sent to you by registered post. Please note, however, that due to the
extraordinary health and security measures currently in force during to
the COVID-19 epidemics, which include the requirement for all Commission
non-critical staff to telework, we are unfortunately not in a position to
follow this procedure until further notice.

We would therefore appreciate if you could confirm receipt of the present
e-mail by replying to [1][email address]

Yours faithfully,

 

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State Aid Registry
European Commission
DG Competition

MADOU Office 13/031

B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
Tel: +32 2 29 61154

Fax: +32 2 29 61242
E-mail: [3][email address]
Competition website: [4]http://ec.europa.eu/competition

 

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Dear [email address],

Apologies for late confirmation of receipt, I was on leave

Yours sincerely,

Belen Balanya