Dear Energy,

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:

1) all correspondence (including email, SMS, private twitter and WhatsApp) since 1st January 2022 between Commissioner Simson, and/or her cabinet and/or officials from DG ENER with representatives of German companies and associations, in which the issue of hydrogen was discussed. Companies and associations I am particularly interested in are: Uniper, E.ON, RWE, Linde, Siemens (Energy), Thyssengas, Thüga, Vattenfall (Germany), Wintershal Dea, Open Grid Europe, EnBW, MAN Energy Solutions, Fluxys Deutschland, Shell (Deutschland), Gascade, Ontras, ThyssenKrupp, Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft (BDEW), Zukunft Gas, DVGW (Deutscher Verein des Gas- und Wasserfachs), DENA (Deutsche Energieagentur), BDI (Bundesverband der deutschen Industrie), BDA (Bundesverband der dt. Arbeitgeberverbände) and DIHK (Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag);

2) any briefings prepared for Commissioner Simson, and/or her cabinet and/or officials from DG ENER for meetings since 1st January 2022 with representatives from the above mentioned companies and associations, in which the issue of hydrogen was discussed;

3) list of meetings since 1st January 2022 between Commissioner Simson, and/or her cabinet and/or officials from DG ENER with with representatives from the above mentioned companies and associations, in which the issue of hydrogen was discussed.

4) 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, I 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.

Please find my postal address here: Corporate Europe Observatory, Rue d’Edimbourg 26, Brussels 1050.

Thank you in advance.

Yours faithfully,

Pia Eberhardt

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Dear Madam,

 

Thank you for your e-mail of 20 September 2022. We hereby acknowledge
receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered
on 20 September 2022 under reference number GESTDEM 2022/5323.

 

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 11 October 2022. In case this time limit
needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.

 

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Yours faithfully,

 

 

 

ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (IC)

 

 

European Commission

Secretariat-General

SG.C1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)

[email address]

 

 

 

 

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ENER-ACCES-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu,

Hello,

We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 20/09/2022 under case number 2022/5323.

We are currently working on your request. However, we have not yet been
able to gather all the elements necessary to carry out a full analysis of
your request. We will not be able to send you the reply within the
prescribed time limit expiring on 11/10/2022.

An extended time limit is needed as the application concerns documents
held by different Services, which must be consulted.

Therefore, in line with Article 7(3) of [1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001,
we need to extend this time limit by 15 additional working days. The new
time limit expires on 03/11/2022.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Kind regards,

DG ENERGY – Access to Documents Team

 

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the extended deadline for handling my request passed last week.

Would you be so kind to update me on the status of my request? When can I expect a response?

Yours sincerely,

Pia Eberhardt

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Dear Ms Eberhardt,

The reply to the request 2022/5323 is attached to our previous email.

 

Please find a new copy attached for your convenience.

 

Kind regards,

 

DG Energy - Access to Documents

European Commission

 

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Dear Ms Eberhardt,

 

We are writing to you referring the attached email, concerning your
initial request for access to Commission documents for case 2022/5323,
registered on 20/09/2022.

 

Unfortunately, we were not be able to send you the reply within the
extended time limit expired on 03/11/2022.

 

In fact, your application concerns documents held by different Services,
which must be consulted.

 

However, we assure you that we are doing our best to send a reply to your
initial request as soon as possible.

 

We regret this additional delay and sincerely apologize for any
inconvenience this may cause.

 

 

Kind regards,

DG Energy - Access to Documents
European Commission

 

 

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Dear ENER ACCES DOCUMENTS,

could you please update me on the status of my request 2022/5323, which I already sent in September? The last time I heard from you about this request was on 30 November when you wrote that "we are doing our best to send a reply to your initial request as soon as possible". When do you think I can expect a response?

Many thanks for letting me know!

Yours sincerely,

Pia Eberhardt

ENER-ACCES-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu,

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Dear Mr Eberhardt,

Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2022/5323.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.

Best regards,

ENER.C2

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Dear Ms Eberhardt,

Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2022/5323.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.

Kind regards,

DG ENER C2