Meetings with Shell, BP, Total, ENI, Repsol, Galp and Equinor

Énergie n'avait pas les informations demandées.

Dear DG Ener,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting, for the period between 30 November 2015 to date, a list of all meetings held by DG Ener with the following representatives: Shell, BP, Total, ENI, Repsol, Galp and Equinor.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any doubts or question in regards to this request.
Thank you in advance.
Yours faithfully,

Lora Verheecke
rue du Bronze 9
1070 Bruxelles

SG ACCES DOCUMENTS, Énergie

Dear Madam,

We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents,
which was registered on 22/07/2021 under reference number GESTDEM
2021/4656.

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 12/08/2021. In case this time limit needs to
be extended, you will be informed in due course.

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.

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Yours faithfully,

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

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Dear Ms VERHEEKE,

Please find attached the reply to your access to documents request GESTDEM 2021/4656.

Please confirm the receipt of this e-mail and attachments to [email address]

With kind regards,

European Commission
DG Energy
DG ENERGY – Access to documents team
Email: [email address]

Dear Energy,

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 'Meetings with Shell, BP, Total, ENI, Repsol, Galp and Equinor'.

The refusal is based on the presumption that the DG does not hold a list of all the meetings between DG Energy and representatives of the 7 companies afore mentioned.

My arguments in favour of disclosure are the following:

I see an overriding public interest in disclosure of the requested information as the meetings were all directly or indirectly related to climate action, an issue which affects all EU citizens and who is at the center of the EU's Green Deal, its flagship policy. The public should have the right to know how major decisions are taken on such a topic.

Furthermore, Regulation 1049/2001 states that "the institutions shall develop good administrative practices in order to facilitate the exercise of the right of access guaranteed by this Regulation". The DG should have kept records of all its meetings with external stakeholders. It is of good administrative practice to keep a record of all external meetings. I am only requesting a list of all those meetings.

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

Yours faithfully,

Lora Verheecke

SG ACCES DOCUMENTS, Énergie

Dear Madam,

Thank you for your email dated 06/08/2021 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
ENER in reply to your initial application GESTDEM 2021/4656.

We hereby acknowledge receipt of your confirmatory application for access
to documents which was registered on 09/08/2021 (Ares(2021)5020724).

Your application will be handled within 15 working days (30/08/2021). 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 Ms Verheecke,

 

I refer to your email of 8 August 2021, registered on 9 August 2021, by
which you submit a confirmatory application in accordance with Article
7(2) 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 30 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
20 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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[5]Your confirmatory application for access to documents under Regulation
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Dear Ms Verheecke,

 

I refer to your email of 8 August 2021, registered on 9 August 2021, by
which you submit a confirmatory application in accordance with Article
7(2) 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 30 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 20 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 Ms Lora Verheecke,

 

Please find attached the electronic version of Commission Decision C(2021)
7086 as adopted by the European Commission on 24.9.2021.

 

Given the exceptional circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the
formal notification of the decision under Article 297 TFEU is being made
only in electronic form.

 

Please confirm receipt of the attached document by return e-mail.

 

Kind regards,

 

 

MARTIN GALAN MARIA SERENA

Secrétariat général de la Commission – Greffe B-2
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Dear [email address],

Thank you for your decision.

Yours sincerely,

Lora Verheecke