Ref. Ares(2022)4052403 - 31/05/2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
SECRETARIAT-GENERAL
Directorate D - Twin Transition, Economic & Social Affairs
SG.D.2 - European Green Deal
Brussels
SG.D/TSE
Mr Pascoe Sabido
Corporate Europe Observatory,
Rue d’Edimbourg 26,
1050 Brussels
by email: ask+request-10998-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Dear Mr Sabido,
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No
2022/2409
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered on the 11 April under the
abovementioned reference number.
Your request concerns
“1- all correspondence (including email, SMS, private twitter and
WhatsApp) since 1st February 2022 between Commissioner Timmermans, and/or his
cabinet and/or officials from DG CLIMA with representatives from Wintershall, Uniper
Fortum, OMV, RWE, TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Equinor, Eni, Repsol, Galp
in which the EU’s response to Ukraine invasion, particularly the rePower
communication was discussed. 2- any briefings prepared for Commissioner
Timmermans, and/or his cabinet and/or officials from DG CLIMA for meetings since 1st
February 2022 with representatives from Wintershall, Uniper Fortum, OMV, RWE,
TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Equinor, Eni, Repsol, Galp in which the EU’s
response to Ukraine invasion, particularly the rePower communication was discussed. 3
- list of meetings since since since 1st February 2022 between Commissioner
Timmermans, and/or his cabinet and/or officials from DG CLIMA with representatives
from Wintershall, Uniper Fortum, OMV, RWE, TotalEnergies, ExxonMobil, Shell, BP,
Equinor, Eni, Repsol, Galp in which the EU’s response to Ukraine invasion, particularly
the rePower communication was discussed. 4 - minutes of the meetings mentioned
above.”
Please note that due to the wide scope of your request, covering also areas falling under the
responsibility of other Directorates-General, parts of your request have been attributed to the
Directorate-General for Climate Action1. This reply relates only to the documents held by
1
GESTDEM 2022/2408
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
Executive Vice-President Timmermans and his cabinet. You will receive the replies from
the Directorate-General for Climate Action in due course.
The documents falling into the scope of your request as explained above are enclosed.
Please note that in line with Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, in the
attached document, all 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.
In case you disagree with this position, you are entitled, in accordance with Article 7(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, to submit a confirmatory application requesting the
Commission to review this position. Such a confirmatory application should be addressed
within 15 working days upon receipt of this letter to the Secretariat-General of the
Commission at the following address:
European Commission
Secretary-General Transparency unit SG-C.l
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Bruxelles
or by email t
o: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours sincerely,
e-signed
Vesa TERAVA
Head of Unit
Enclosure: Ares(2022)3104257
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Electronically signed on 30/05/2022 18:23 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121