Access to documents request: March 25 meeting between Frans Timmermans and EUROGAS aisbl
Dear Sir or Madam,
Referring to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to EU documents and to the 'Aarhus Convention' I would herewith like to ask for access to the following:
All documents—including but not limited to correspondence, emails, minutes, notes (hand written or electronic), audio or video recordings, verbatim reports, operational conclusions, lines to take, briefings, and presentations—related to the meeting on March 25 between Frans Timmermans and EUROGAS aisbl.
In consideration of the environment and the current circumstances with the COVID pandemic I would prefer to receive documents electronically.
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.
Should my request be denied wholly or partially, please explain the denial or all deletions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation. Also I would 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.
If anything is unclear or would benefit from further discussion please do not hesitate to contact me by email or on +44 7525 592 738. My address for any written correspondence necessary is Barnaby Pace, Global Witness, Rue Belliard 53, 1000, Bruxelles, Belgique.
Thank you for your assistance.
Yours sincerely
Barnaby Pace
[1]Ares(2021)2700457 - RE: access to documents request - Access to
documents request: March 25 meeting between Frans Timmermans and EUROGAS
aisbl --- Ref. Gestdem 2021/2624
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Dear Sir,
We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents,
which was registered on 22/04/2021 under reference number GESTDEM
2021/2624.
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 17/05/2021. In case this time limit needs to
be extended, you will be informed in due course.
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[1]Access to documents request GESTDEM 2021/2624 - deadline extension -
Ares(2021)3496349
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Dear Mr Pace,
I refer to your request dated 22/04/2021, registered on 22/04/2021, in
which you make a request for access to documents 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 expired on 17/05/2021.
An extended time limit is needed as the handling of your application could
not yet be completed at this stage. 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 08/06/2021.
I apologise for any inconvenience this delay may cause.
Yours sincerely,
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Unit D-2
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
Please pass this on to the person who reviews confirmatory applications.
I am filing the following confirmatory application with regards to my access to documents request 'Access to documents request: March 25 meeting between Frans Timmermans and EUROGAS aisbl'.
After a requested extension to the 15 working day time limit a new deadline for response was set at 8th June 2021. This request is now long overdue.
A full history of my request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/acce...
Yours faithfully,
Barnaby Pace
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documents request: March 25 meeting between Frans Timmermans and EUROGAS
aisbl - Gestdem 2021/2624 - Ares(2021)3824986
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to be sent to this email address.
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Dear Sir,
Thank you for your email of 9 June 2021 in which you lodged a confirmatory
application for access to documents - GESTDEM 2021/2624.
In the meantime, we have been informed by the responsible service in the
Secretariat General that the initial reply has been sent to you this
morning.
In view of this, we would like to inform you that the Secretariat General
will not register your confirmatory application at this stage.
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
responsible service in the Secretariat General as reflected in its reply
of 11 June 2021.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (GD)
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