Lobby meetings on Mining Policy

La demande est partiellement réussie.

Matteo Civillini

Dear Environment,

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 period between 1 January 2019 to date:

- a list of all lobby and industry meetings and/or calls held by the DG ENV, including any Cabinet Members and/or officials, during which “deep-sea mining” and/or “seabed mining” and/or “marine minerals” were discussed.
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 and/or exchanged during the course of the meetings.
- all correspondence, including attachments (i.e. any emails, mail correspondence or telephone call notes) between the DG ENV, including any Cabinet Members and/or officials, and any lobby group and/or industry representative discussing “deep-sea mining” and/or “seabed mining” and/or “marine minerals”;

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,

Matteo Civillini
Via Cordusio, 4 - Milan (ITALY)
C/o Sala stampa nazionale Milano

Matteo Civillini

Dear Environment,

You should have provided a response by May 12th by law.

Please provide a response as soon as possible.

Yours faithfully,

Matteo Civillini

Matteo Civillini

Dear Environment,

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 'Lobby meetings on Mining Policy'.

No response has been provided by the deadline.

A full history of my request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/lobb...

Yours faithfully,

Matteo Civillini

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[4]GESTEM 2021/4854 - Acknowledgment of receipt : Internal review of
access to documents request - Lobby meetings on Mining Policy -
Ares(2021)4945336  (Please use this link only if you are an Ares user –
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Dear Sir,

 

Thank you for your e-mails of 21 April 2021, 18 May 2021 and 3 June 2021.
We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents,
which was registered on 3 August 2021 under reference number GESTDEM
2021/4854.  Please accept our sincere apologies for the delay in
registering your request.

 

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 24
August 2021.

 

You have lodged your application via a private third-party website, which
has no link with any institution of the European Union. Therefore, the
European Commission cannot be held accountable for any technical issues or
problems linked to the use of this system.

 

Please note that the private third party running the AsktheEU.org website
is responsible and accountable for the processing of your personal data
via that website, and not the Commission. For further information on your
rights, please refer to the third party’s privacy policy.

 

We understand that the third party running the AsktheEU.org website
usually publishes the content of applicants’ correspondence with the
Commission on that website. This includes the personal data that you may
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For information on how we process your personal data visit our page
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Yours faithfully,

Access to Documents Team

 

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Dear Madam,

Thank you for your email dated 03/08/2021 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 ENV
in reply to your initial application GESTDEM 2021/4854.

We hereby acknowledge receipt of your confirmatory application for access
to documents which was registered on 04/08/2021 (Ares(2021)4945346).

Your application will be handled within 15 working days (25/08/2021). In
case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due
course.

Please be informed that the answer to your confirmatory application is a
formal Commission decision that will be notified to you by express
delivery. Thank you for providing your contact phone number, so that the
external delivery service can contact you in case of absence.

Please note that the Commission will not use your phone number for any
other purpose than for informing the delivery service, and that it will
delete it immediately thereafter.

Yours faithfully,

Access to documents team (cr)
SG.C.1
Transparency

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Dear Mr Civillini,

 

In regards to your request of access to documents, please find attached
our holding reply with Reference Ares(2021)5201680.

 

Kind regards,

 

ENV Marine Team

 

[1]cid:[email address]

European Commission

Directorate General for Environment
Unit C2: Marine Environment & Water Industry

B-1049 Brussels/Belgium

 

 

 

 

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exclusivement si vous êtes un(e) utilisateur d’Ares)

Dear Mr Civillini,

 

I refer to your email of 3 June 2021, registered on 3 August 2021, by
which you submit a confirmatory application in accordance with Article
7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European
Parliament, Council and Commission documents ("Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001"), registered under reference number above.

 

Your confirmatory application is currently being handled. Unfortunately,
we have not yet been able to gather all the elements needed to carry out a
full analysis of your request and to take a final decision. Therefore, we
are not in a position to reply to your confirmatory request within the
prescribed time limit which expires on 25 August 2021. Consequently, we
have to extend this period by another 15 working days in accordance with
Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. The new deadline expires on
15 September 2021. However, I can assure you that we are doing our utmost
to provide you with a final reply within the next 15 working days.

 

I regret this additional delay and sincerely apologise for any
inconvenience this may cause.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

María OLIVÁN AVILÉS
Head of Unit

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European Commission

Secretariat General

Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)

 

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Dear Mr Civillini,

 

Please find attached (in pdf format) a letter with ref. Ares(2021)5652371
from Ms Florika FINK‑HOOIJER, the Director-General for the Environment,
European Commission, with regard to your application for access to
documents – GESTDEM No 2021/4854.

 

Kind regards,

 

ENV Marine Team

 

[1]cid:[email address]

European Commission

Directorate General for Environment
Unit C2: Marine Environment & Water Industry

B-1049 Brussels/Belgium

[2]http://ec.europa.eu/environment/marine/i...

 

 

From: ENV MARINE ENVIRONMENT <[email address]>
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2021 2:43 PM
To: [FOI #9357 email]
Cc: ENV MARINE ENVIRONMENT <[email address]>
Subject: GESTDEM 2021/4854 - Initial request - Holding reply

 

Dear Mr Civillini,

 

In regards to your request of access to documents, please find attached
our holding reply with Reference Ares(2021)5201680.

 

Kind regards,

 

ENV Marine Team

 

[3]cid:[email address]

European Commission

Directorate General for Environment
Unit C2: Marine Environment & Water Industry

B-1049 Brussels/Belgium

 

 

 

 

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Ares(2021)5657268  (Please use this link only if you are an Ares user –
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Dear Mr Civillini,

 

I refer to your email of 3 June 2021, registered on 4 August 2021, by
which you submit a confirmatory application in accordance with Article
7(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European
Parliament, Council and Commission documents ("Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001"), registered under reference number above.

 

I also refer to our holding reply of 25 August 2021, by which the time
limit for replying to your confirmatory application was extended by 15
working days, pursuant to Article 8(2) of Regulation 1049/2001. This
extended time limit expires on 15 September 2021.

 

I regret to have to inform you that we are not able to respond within the
extended time-limit, as we have not yet finalised internal consultations.
I can assure you that we are doing our utmost to provide you with a final
reply as soon as possible.

 

I regret this additional delay and sincerely apologise for any
inconvenience this may cause.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

María OLIVÁN AVILÉS
Head of Unit

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European Commission

Secretariat General

Unit C.1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)

 

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Dear Sir,

 

Please find attached an advance copy of the reply to your confirmatory
requests for access to documents registered under the number GESTDEM
2021/4854.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Access to documents team (cr)
SG.C.1
Transparency
Berl. 07/251

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