Documents and transcripts for the meetings held between Rio Tinto and the Commission Representatives Maroš Šefčovič and Adam Romanowski
Dear International Partnerships,
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:
For the meetings held on the 08/07/2021 and on the 25/10/2021 :
A list of all the participants in these meetings as well as the invitation list
Transcriptions of all the discussions in the meetings
Recordings in the case of online calls
The list should include: date, individuals attending and organisational affiliation, as well as the issues discussed;
- all minutes and other reports of these meetings and/or calls;
- all documents prepared for the purpose of the meetings issued both in preparation and after the meetings took place.
- all correspondence, including attachments (i.e. any emails, mail correspondence or telephone call notes) between the Directorate-General for Energy, including any Cabinet Members and/or officials, and any lobby group and/or industry representative discussing “Rio Tinto” and/or “Jadar Project” and/or “Lithium”.
To the extent possible, I prefer the documents in electronic format.
Should my request be denied wholly or partially, I kindly request to explain the denial or all redactions 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.
Please confirm receipt of this application. I look forward to receiving your reply within 15 business days, as established by the regulation.
Yours faithfully,
Fabio Papetti
Investigative Reporting Project Italy
Viale Giulio Cesare, 92 - 00192 ROMA
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your message. We hereby acknowledge receipt of your
application for access to documents, which was registered on 17/12/2021
under reference number GESTDEM 2021/8179.
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Dear Mr Papetti,
I refer to your request dated 17/12/2021, registered on 06/12/2021, 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 18/01/2022.
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 08/02/2022.
I apologise for any inconvenience this delay may cause.
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Unit D-2
Dear SG UNITE D-2,
I am writing to you a confirmatory application as you failed to respond to my request of access to "Documents and transcripts for the meetings held between Rio Tinto and the Commission Representatives Maroš Šefčovič and Adam Romanowski". You did not provide an answer stating the reasons why I should not have such information. Therefore I am still waiting for the information asked.
Thank you for your time.
Yours sincerely,
fabio papetti
[1]RE: Internal review of access to documents request - Documents and
transcripts for the meetings held between Rio Tinto and the Commission
Representatives Maroš Šefčovič and Adam Romanowski - Ares(2022)1477530
(Please use this link only if you are an Ares user – Svp, utilisez ce lien
exclusivement si vous êtes un(e) utilisateur d’Ares)
Dear Mr Papetti,
Thank you for your message. We are processing the request, however the
treatment of the request could not be finalised within the prescribed
deadline.
We sincerely apologise for the delay.
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Unit D-2
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Dear Sir,
Thank you for your email dated 11 February 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 the SG in reply to your initial application GESTDEM 2021/8179.
We hereby acknowledge receipt of your confirmatory application for access
to documents which was registered on 28 February 2022 (Ares(2022)1478475).
Your application will be handled within 15 working days (21/03/2022). In
case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due
course.
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ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (GD)
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From: SG UNITE D-2 <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2022 2:31 PM
To: fabio papetti <[FOI #10417 email]>
Cc: SG ACCES DOCUMENTS <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Internal review of access to documents request - Documents
and transcripts for the meetings held between Rio Tinto and the Commission
Representatives Maroš Šefčovič and Adam Romanowski - Ares(2022)1477530
[7]RE: Internal review of access to documents request - Documents and
transcripts for the meetings held between Rio Tinto and the Commission
Representatives Maroš Šefčovič and Adam Romanowski - Ares(2022)1477530
(Please use this link only if you are an Ares user – Svp, utilisez ce lien
exclusivement si vous êtes un(e) utilisateur d’Ares)
Dear Mr Papetti,
Thank you for your message. We are processing the request, however the
treatment of the request could not be finalised within the prescribed
deadline.
We sincerely apologise for the delay.
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Unit D-2