access to documents carbon cycles + certification CDR
To DG Clima, Dg Grow, DG Energy, Secretariat General,
From: Belen Balanya, Corporate Europe Observatory
Rue d’Edimbourg 26, 1050 Brussels.
23 March 2022 RE: Access to Documents related carbon dioxide removals
Dear sirs,
Referring to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to EU documents and to the 'Aarhus Regulation', I would herewith like to ask for access to the following:
1- all correspondence (including email, SMS, private twitter and WhatsApp) since 1st July 2021 between Commissioner Simson, Commissioner Timmermans, Commissioner Breton, President van der Leyen, and/or their cabinets and/or officials from DG Energy, DG Clima, DG Grow and/or Secretariat General on one hand and representatives from Total, Shell, BP, Equinor, Eni, Repsol, BusinessEurope, Eurogas, Hydrogen Europe, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), IOGP , ZEP (European Technology Forum for Zero Emissions Fossil Fuel Power Plants) and/or the Global CCS Institute, in which sustainable carbon cycles and/or certification of carbon removals were discussed.
2 - list of meetings since since 1st July 2021 between Commissioner Simson, Commissioner Timmermans, Commissioner Breton, President van der Leyen, and/or their cabinets and/or officials from DG Energy, DG Clima, DG Grow and/or Secretariat General on one hand and representatives from Total, Shell, BP, Equinor, Eni, BusinessEurope, Eurogas, Hydrogen Europe, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), IOGP , ZEP (European Technology Forum for Zero Emissions Fossil Fuel Power Plants) and/or the Global CCS Institute, in which sustainable carbon cycles and/or certification of carbon removals were discussed.
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
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[4]Your access to documents request with ref Gestdem 2022/1742 - Extension
of deadline - Ares(2022)2757470 (Please use this link only if you are an
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Dear Ms Balanya,
We refer to your request for access to documents of 23 March 2022,
registered on 24 March 2022 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 19 April 2022.
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 11 May 2022.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
Access to Documents team
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Dear Ms Balanya,
Please find enclosed the reply to your request for access to documents with reference Gestdem 2022/1742.
Kind regards,
Access to Documents team
European Commission
Directorate-General Climate Action