EU Neighbourhoods
Dear DG Clima, Dg Grow, DG Energy, Secretariat General,
From: Belen Balanya, Corporate Europe Observatory
Rue d’Edimbourg 26, 1050 Brussels.
8 December 2021 RE: Access to Documents related Hydrogen Neighbourhoods
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) since 1st January 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 any stakeholder on the other, in which the “EU Neighbourhoods”, as mentioned in the European Clean Hydrogen Strategy, were addressed.
2 - list of meetings since since 1st January 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 any stakeholder on the other, in which the “EU Neighbourhoods”, as mentioned in the European Clean Hydrogen Strategy, 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 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
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your e-mail of 8 December 2021 regarding document request on:
correspondence since 1st January 2021 between Commissioner Breton and/or his cabinet and/or officials from DG GROW on one hand and any stakeholder on the other, in which the “EU Neighbourhoods”, as mentioned in the European Clean Hydrogen Strategy, were addressed.
We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered on 9 December 2021 under reference number GESTDEM 2021/7982.
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 10 January 2022. In case this time-limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.
For information on how we process your personal data visit our page Privacy statement – access to documents.
Yours faithfully,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs DG GROW/B1 – Planning and Briefings
Dear Madame,
Please note that your above mentioned request was closed under its registration number GESTDEM 2021/7982. As it was addressed to several DGs, Secretariat General decided to coordinate its spit between concerned services. As a result a new similar request has been created for DG GROW under the number GESTDEM 2021/8010. The deadline is still 10/01/2022.
Kindly
DG GROW – Access to documents team
European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs DG GROW/B1 – Planning and Briefings
Dear Ms Balanya,
We refer to your e-mail dated 08/12/2021 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered in DG GROW on 09/12/2021 under the
reference number 2021/8010.
The description given in your application does not enable us to identify
concrete documents which would correspond to your request. We therefore
invite you, pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001
regarding public access to documents, to provide us with more detailed
information on the documents that you seek to obtain. In particular:
- Could you please indicate the names of stakeholders during the
meetings with whom the “EU Neighbourhoods”, as mentioned in the European
Clean Hydrogen Strategy, might have been addressed?
If you need assistance in clarifying or specifying your application,
please let us know.
In accordance with Article 2, third paragraph of the Implementing Rules to
Regulation 1049/2001, the 15 working days time limit for handling your
application will start running when we receive the requested
clarifications.
Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Kind regards,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
[1]cid:479385507@17082012-2045
European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
DG GROW/B1 – Planning and Briefings
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Dear [email address],
I do not wish to restrain the request to some names, I can specify that the request refers to industry and business stakeholders, including individual companies, trade groups and PR firms.
Yours sincerely,
Belen Balanya
Dear Ms Balanya,
Thank you for your clarification to this request, for which the 15 working days time limit resumes running as of today.
Kind regards,
DG GROW Team