Access to Documents related to Hydrogen and CCS /CCUS
Dear Climate Action,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, and with reference to the 'Aarhus Regulation', I would herewith like to ask for access to the following:
1- all correspondence (including email) between 1st December 2018 and 12 July 2020 between Commissioner Timmermans and/or his cabinets and/or officials from the DG Clima on one hand and representatives from IOGP, Shell, the Global CCS Institute, Hydrogen Europe, Snam and Fleishman Hillard, in which the issue of hydrogen and or carbon capture and storage (CCS) were addressed.
2 - list of meetings between 1st December 2018 and 12 July 2020 between officials and representatives of DG Clima on one hand and representatives from IOGP, Shell, the Global CCS Institute, Hydrogen Europe, Snam and Fleishman Hillard on the other, in which issue of hydrogen and or carbon capture and storage (CCS) were addressed.
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 Re:Common, via dei Sardi 28, 00185 Rome, Italy.
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.
Yours faithfully,
Elena Gerebizza
Re:Common
Dear Ms Gerebizza,
Thank you for your e-mail of 17 July 2020. We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on 20
July 2020 under reference number GESTDEM 2020/4417.
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application
will be handled within 15 working days. The time limit will expire on 11
August 2020. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.
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Yours faithfully,
Access to Documents team
European Commission
Directorate-General for Climate Action
Av. de Beaulieu 24
1049 Brussels
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Dear Ms Gerebizza,
We refer to your request for access to documents dated 17 July 2020,
registered on 20 July 2020 under the above mentioned reference number.
We are not in a position to complete the handling of your application
within the time limit of 15 working days, which expires on 11 August 2020.
In accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents we have to extend the time limit by 15 working
days, the new deadline is set for 1 September 2020.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Sincerely,
Access to Documents team
European Commission
Directorate-General for Climate Action
Av. de Beaulieu 24
1049 Brussels
Dear Ms Gerebizza,
Further to your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No
2020/4417, please find attached the reply.
According to standard operational procedure, the reply is usually also
sent to you by registered post. Please note, however, that due to the
extraordinary health and security measures currently in force during to
the COVID-19 epidemics, which include the requirement for all Commission
non-critical staff to telework, we are unfortunately not in a position to
follow this procedure until further notice.
We would therefore appreciate if you could confirm receipt of the present
e-mail by replying to [1][email address]
Kind regards,
Access to Documents team
European Commission
Directorate-General for Climate Action
Av. de Beaulieu 24
1049 Brussels
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Dear Ms Gerebizza,
As explained in our reply to your access to documents request, due to the
extraordinary health and security measures currently in force during to
the COVID-19 epidemics, which include the requirement for all Commission
non-critical staff to telework, we were unfortunately not in a position to
send the reply to you by registered post.
Thus, we would be grateful if you could confirm receipt of the e-mail sent
to you on 30 September 2020 by replying to
[1][email address].
Many thanks for your cooperation.
Access to Documents team
European Commission
Directorate-General for Climate Action
Av. de Beaulieu 24
1049 Brussels
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