Ref. Ares(2021)2619531 - 19/04/2021
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
SECRETARIAT-GENERAL
Recovery & Resilience Task Force
Director - Recovery & Resilience II
Brussels
SG.RECOVER.B.1
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – GESTDEM 2021/1350
Dear Sir, / Dear Madam,
We refer to your e-mail dated 9 March 2021 requesting access to documents, meetings
dates and minutes and information involving the RECOVER taskforce and stakeholders
associations representing the energy sector. Your request was registered on 9 March 2021
under the above mentioned reference number.
We consider your request to cover documents held up to the date of your initial
application, i.e. 9 March 2021.
The following documents fall within the scope of your application:
1) Correspondence between the Recovery and Resilience taskforce (RECOVER:
Directorate RECOVER A and Directorate RECOVER B and their units) and stakeholders
representing the energy sector and/or energy intensive users:
-
7 September 2020 Reply: Invitation to speak at online event on renovation and
national recovery plans - 15 September by Eurima and Renovate Europe [exchange
registered under Ares(2020)4667017], hereafter “document 1”;
- 7 October 2020 Invitation to the 4th FR-DE Energy Efficiency Business Forum
[registered under Ares(2020)5601683], hereafter “document 2”;
- 16 October 2020 Reply: Invitation to the 4th FR-DE Energy Efficiency Business
Forum [registered under Ares(2020)5601918], hereafter “document 3”;
- 4 November 2020 Cancellation of the 4th FR-DE Energy Efficiency Business
Forum [registered under Ares(2020)6607546], hereafter “document 4”;
- 12 January 2021 Reply Request of meeting with the European Alliance to Save
Energy [registered under Ares(2021)261750] hereafter “document 5”;
- 19 January 2021 Meeting invitation COGEN [registered under Ares(2021)469973],
hereafter “document 6”;
- 20 January 2021 Meeting Request: COGEN, Boosting Energy Efficiency and
System Integration for an Ambitious EU Green Deal [exchange registered under
Ares(2021)494517], hereafter “document 7”;
L
H. Dadci
Corporate Europe Observatory
Rue d’Edimbourg 26
1050 Brussels, Belgium
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Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
- 18 February 2021 SolarPower Europe- Invitation to quarterly Strategy and
Advocacy Quarterly Webinar [registered under Ares(2021)1411262], hereafter
“document 8”;
- 22 February 2021 Reply SolarPower Europe- Invitation to quarterly Strategy and
Advocacy Quarterly Webinar [registered under Ares(2021)2561901], hereafter
“document 9”;
- 25 February 2021 Reply: Meeting Request: COGEN, Boosting Energy Efficiency
and System Integration for an Ambitious EU Green Deal [registered under
Ares(2021)1600317], hereafter “document 10”;
- 25 February 2021 Saint-Gobain email on Taxonomy and the Green Deal ambition in
the building sector [registered under Ares(2021)1507500], hereafter “document 11”;
- 26 February 2021 Reply: Invitation - Energy Solutions high-level debate [registered
under Ares(2021)1599504], hereafter “document 12”;
- 26 February 2021 Reply: Invitation - Energy Solutions high-level debate [exchange
registered under Ares(2021)1507045], hereafter “document 13”;
- 26 February 2021 Invitation from European Environmental Bureau [registered under
Ares(2021)1695556], hereafter “document 14”;
- 1 March 2021: Speaker invitation from I-Com – Institute for Competitiveness
[registered under Ares(2021)1691906], hereafter “document 15”;
- 2 March 2021: EUROMOT: request for clarification on the power sector [registered
under Ares(2021)1718465], hereafter “document 16”;
- 3 March 2021: Energy Solutions high-level debate - 3 March [registered under
Ares(2021)1605280], hereafter “document 17”;
- 4 March 2021: SolarPower Europe Strategy and Advocacy Quarterly Webinar
[registered under Ares(2021)1645736], hereafter “document 18”;
- 4 March 2021: SolarPower Europe Strategy and Advocacy Quarterly Webinar
[registered under Ares(2021)2561986], hereafter “document 19”;
- 9 March 2021: Reply Speaker invitation from I-Com – Institute for Competitiveness
[registered under Ares(2021)1717599], hereafter “document 20”;
2) List of meetings between the Recovery and Resilience taskforce ((RECOVER:
Directorate RECOVER A and Directorate RECOVER B and their units) and stakeholders
representing the energy sector and/or energy intensive users, regarding National Recovery
and Resilience Plans and/or Recovery and Resilience Funds since 16 August 2020 to the
present day:
- 7 September 2020: Meeting with European Alliance to Save Energy [Presentation
and agenda registered under Ares(2020)4666682 and minutes registered under
Ares(2021)659202], hereafter “document 21” and “document 22”;
-
5 November 2020: Meeting with Eurelectric [Minutes registered under
Ares(2021)1956624], hereafter “document 23”;
-
19 November 2020: Meeting with WindEurope [Minutes registered under
Ares(2021)1950783], hereafter “document 24”;
-
26
November
2020:
Meeting
SolarPower
[Minutes
registered
under
Ares(2020)7598734], hereafter “document 25”;
- 30 November 2020: Meeting webminar Eurelectric [Minutes registered under
Ares(2021)1956409 and slides presented by SG RECOVER registered under
Ares(2021)1956296], hereafter “document 26” and “document 27”;
- 27 January 2021: Meeting with European Alliance to Save Energy [Minutes
registered under Ares(2021)668703], hereafter “document 28”;
- 25 February 2021: Meeting with COGEN Europe [Minutes registered
Ares(2021)2116096], hereafter “document 29”;
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- 4 March 2021: SolarPower Europe Webinar [Slides registered under
Ares(2021)2080628], hereafter “document 30”;
3) Minutes of meetings listed above (please see above and the annex).
These documents and minutes were drawn up for internal use under the responsibility of
the relevant Commission services of the Secretariat General. It solely reflects the services
interpretation of the interventions made and does not set out any official position of the
third parties to which the document refers, which was not consulted on its content. It does
not reflect the position of the Commission and cannot be quoted as such.
Please note that document originating from third parties are disclosed to you based on
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. However, this disclosure is without prejudice to the rules
on intellectual property, which may limit your right to reproduce or exploit the released
documents without the agreement of the originator, who may hold an intellectual property
right on them. The European Commission does not assume any responsibility from their
reuse.
Please note in this respect that the personal data of staff in third party organisations,
signatures, and contact details of individuals have been redacted by default, with reference
to Article 4(1)(b) (protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual) of Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001.
Yours faithfully,
Maria Teresa FABREGAS FERNANDEZ
Annex: copy of documents 1 -30
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Electronically signed on 19/04/2021 14:35 (UTC+02) in accordance with article 11 of Commission Decision C(2020) 4482