Ref. Ares(2022)7249910 - 19/10/2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR ENERGY
The Director General
Brussels
MG ener.tf.3(2022)7861862
Ms Pia Eberhardt
By email: ask+request-11849-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – GESTDEM 2022/5527
Dear Ms Eberhardt,
We refer to your email of 20 September 2022 in which you make a request for access to:
(1) all correspondence (including email, SMS, private twitter and WhatsApp)
since 1st January 2021 between the Head of the European Union Delegation to
Kuwait (until recently Cristian Tudor) and/or officials from the delegation with
external stakeholders (such as companies and industry associations or civil
society organisations), in which the issue of hydrogen was discussed.
(2) any briefings prepared for the Head of the European Union Delegation to
Kuwait (until recently Cristian Tudor) and/or officials from the delegation for
meetings since 1st January 2021 with external stakeholders (such as companies
and industry associations or civil society organisations), in which the issue of
hydrogen was discussed.
(3) list of meetings since 1st January 2021 between the Head of the European
Union Delegation to Kuwait (until recently Cristian Tudor) and/or officials from
the delegation with external stakeholders (such as companies and industry
associations or civil society organisations), in which the issue of hydrogen was
discussed.
(4) minutes of the meetings mentioned above.
We regret to inform you that the Commission does not hold any documents that would
correspond to the description given in your application.
As specified in Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, the right of access as
defined in that regulation applies only to existing documents in the possession of the
institution.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË – Tel. +32 22991111
Office: DM24 08/084 – Tel. direct line +32 229-62496
Given that no such documents, corresponding to the description given in your
application, are held by the Commission, the Commission is not in a position to fulfil
your request.
If you need further information or documentation, please address your request to the
European External Action Service (EEAS).
In accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, you are entitled to
make 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
Secretariat-General
Transparency, Document Management & Access to Documents (SG.C.1)
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Brussels
or by email t
o: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours sincerely,
Ditte Juul Jørgensen
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Electronically signed on 18/10/2022 09:17 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121