Ref. Ares(2020)2483694 - 11/05/2020
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Secretariat-General
Directorate C – Transparency, Efficiency and Resources
SG.C.1-Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents
Brussels,
By registered letter with AR:
Ms Lala Hakuma Dadci
27 rue de Chartres
75018 Paris
France
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Subject:
Your e-mail concerning your applications for access to documents
under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 - GESTDEM 2020/0931
Dear Ms Dadci,
I refer to your e-mail of 31 March 2020, registered on the same day, in which you
submitted a confirmatory application, in accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission
documents1 (hereafter ‘Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001’).
Your confirmatory application was submitted in relation to your initial application of 17
February 2020, addressed to the Directorate‑ General for Energy, whereby you requested
access to, I quote:
‘[M]inutes of the following meetings:
- 30/01/20 between Commissioner Kadri SIMSON and Enagas aout European
Green Deal; decarbonisation of gas, hydrogen and reduction of methane
emissions;
- 20/01/20 between Commissioner Kadri SIMSON and BusinessEurope about EU
industrial competitiveness, carbon pricing mechanism;
- 16/01/20 between Commissioner Kadri SIMSON and European Network of
Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG) about European Green Deal
including possible contribution of gas, hydrogen; energy security;
- 12/01/20 between Commissioner Kadri SIMSON and Global CCS Institute Ltd
(GCCSI) about European Green Deal, carbon capture and storage;
1 OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
- 12/01/20 between Commissioner Kadri SIMSON andEuropean Network of
Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) about European
Green Deal, implementation of the clean energy package, sector integration,
infrastructure;
- 11/02/20 between Kitti Nyitrai and Shell Companies (Shell) aobut Exchange of
views on decarbonisation;
- 30/01/20 between Kitti Nyitrai Stefano Grassi and Enagás S.A. about European
Green Deal; decarbonisation of gas, hydrogen and reduction of methane
emissions;
- 30/01/20 between Thor-Sten Vertmann and Roundtable for Europe's Energy
Future (REEF) about Organizing a meeting of REEF and the Commissioner +
REEF’s views on the energy transition;
- 21/01/20 between Thor-Sten Vertmann Stefano Grassi and ELECTRICITE DE
FRANCE (EDF) about Discussion on the road to climate neutrality via
innovation and low-carbon technologies. EDF's role in European and global
energy markets;
- 21/01/20 between Kitti Nyitrai Laure Chapuis-Kombos and Tellurian Trading
UK Ltd about global gas market developments;
- 12/01/20 between Laure Chapuis-Kombos Stefano Grassi and Global CCS
Institute Ltd (GCCSI) about European Green Deal, carbon capture and storage;
- 09/01/20 between Stefano Grassi Kitti Nyitrai and Gazprom (Gazprom) about
Courtesy meeting with discussion on the latest gas transit developments and
Gazprom’s views on the role of gas;
- 08/01/20 between Kitti Nyitrai Thor-Sten Vertmann Stefano Grassi and European
Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) about
European Green Deal, implementation of the clean energy package, sector
integration, infrastructure’.
As you did not receive the reply from the above-mentioned Directorate-General within
the statutory time limits, you submitted, on 31 March 2020, the confirmatory application.
I note, however, that on 7 May 2020, the Directorate-General for Energy provided you
the reply to your initial application.
As the Directorate-General for Energy has in the meantime sent you a full reply to your
application, the Secretariat-General will close this confirmatory application. Please note
that this is without prejudice to your right to submit a new confirmatory application if
you do not agree with the position of the Directorate-General for Energy, as reflected in
its reply of 7 May 2020.
Yours sincerely,
María Oliván Avilés
Head of Unit
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