Derogations to the ban on financial services to companies operating in the Russian energy sector
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
On March 15th, the EU adopted new sanctions to respond to Russian agression on Ukraine, including a ban on financial services to companies operating in the Russian energy sector (article 3a).
Beyond Russian companies, this ban also concerns non-Russian companies that are still active in the Russian energy sector (civil nuclear being excluded). These companies can benefit from a specific derogation if they are from a EU Member State or are deemed important for supplying European energy (article 3a(2)). The EU Commission is to be informed of such derogations in the two weeks after they were granted but this information is not made public.
This ban could have a large impact as it applies to financial institutions, thus prohibiting them for providing additional financial support to companies involved in Russian energy. However, the above mentioned non-public derogations could significantly reduce the impact of the ban.
Therefore, under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:
- The list of EU and non-EU companies that benefited from a derogation;
- The number of derogations granted, if possible divided by Member State.
Yours faithfully,
Paul Schreiber
Reclaim Finance
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Yours faithfully,
Access to documents team (cr)
SG.C.1
Transparency
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Thank you for your message. My postal address is: 24 rue de l'Est - Paris (75020) - France
Yours sincerely,
Paul Schreiber
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your e-mail of 13/04/2022. We hereby acknowledge receipt of
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SG.C.1
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Link: [1]File-List
Link: [2]Edit-Time-Data
Dear Mr Schreiber,
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered on 13/04/2022
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 10/05/2022
An extended time limit is needed because more time is needed to check
whether there are documents that meet the description given in your
request.
In view of this, we need to extend the time limit with 15 working days (to
01/06/2022) in accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001 regarding public access to documents.
Yours sincerely,
European Commission
DG FINANCIAL STABILITY, FINANCIAL SERVICES AND CAPITAL MARKETS UNION
Directorate E Financial Systems and Crisis Management
Unit 5 Sanctions
References
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Link: [1]File-List
Link: [2]Edit-Time-Data
Dear Mr Schreiber,
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered on 13/04/2022
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 10/05/2022
An extended time limit is needed because more time is needed to check
whether there are documents that meet the description given in your
request.
In view of this, we need to extend the time limit with 15 working days (to
01/06/2022) in accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001 regarding public access to documents.
Yours sincerely,
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European Commission
DG FINANCIAL STABILITY, FINANCIAL SERVICES AND CAPITAL MARKETS UNION
Directorate E Financial Systems and Crisis Management
Unit 5 Sanctions
References
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2. file:///tmp/cid:editdata.mso
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 'Derogations to the ban on financial services to companies operating in the Russian energy sector'.
The request was registered on 13/04/2022. On 10/05/2022, the time limit to respond was extended to 01/06/2022 in accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC). However, this time limit is now exhausted.
A full history of my request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/derog...
Yours faithfully,
Paul Schreiber
Reclaim Finance
24 rue de l'Est
75020 Paris
France
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your email dated 03/06/2022 by which you request, pursuant
to Regulation No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament,
Council and Commission documents, a review of the position taken by DG
FISMA in reply to your initial application GESTDEM 2022/2168.
We hereby acknowledge receipt of your confirmatory application for access
to documents which was registered on 31/05/2022 (Ares(2022)4136776).
Your application will be handled within 15 working days (27/06/2022). In
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Yours faithfully,
Access to documents team (cr)
SG.C.1
Transparency
