Projects of the Gas Distributors for Sustainability (GD4S) lobby group
Dear Research and Innovation,
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 2019 to date:
1. a list of all meetings and/or calls between the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation and the GD4S lobby group, including any Cabinet Members and/or officials, during which projects on synthetic fuels and/or projects on hydrogen 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 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 Research and Innovation including any Cabinet Members and/or officials, and GD4S lobby group discussing “synthetic fuel” and/or “hydrogen”.
2. all documents sent by the GD4S lobby group to the DG for Research and Innovation related to their synthetic fuel projects and/or their hydrogen projects.
To the extent possible, I prefer 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,
Francesca Cicculli
Investigative Reporting Project Italy
Viale Giulio Cesare, 92 - 00192 ROMA
Dear Ms. Cicculli,
We refer to your request enclosed below. In order to proceed with the
registration and assessment of your request, we would like you to clarify
its scope.
Namely, in your 1^st point, regarding "meetings and/or calls between the
Directorate-General for Research and Innovation and the GD4S lobby group,
including any Cabinet Members and/or officials, during which projects on
synthetic fuels and/or projects on hydrogen were discussed" occurred from
(1 January) 2019 to date.
We would like to know whether you are interested in documents relating to
meetings and/or calls with:
- Our Directorate-General for Research and Innovation or
- Our Cabinet, including Commissioner for Research and
Innovation, Ms. Mariya Gabriel, and the team (Officials and/or not)
assisting her and corresponding to the Members of the Cabinet.
You are kindly invited to send us clarification within three working days
(by Monday 20^th eob), so that we can proceed to the treatment of your
request.
The fifteen-day time-limit for replying to the application will start to
run only from the receipt of such clarification.
Kind Regards,
RTD Access to documents
European Commission
DG Research and Innovation
Common Legal Support Service
1049 Brussels/Belgium
[1][DG RTD request email]
[2]https://ec.europa.eu/research
Dear [email address],
I am interested in documents relating to meetings and/or calls with BOTH Directorate-General for Research and Innovation AND your Cabinet, including Commissioner for Research and Innovation, Ms. Mariya Gabriel, and the team (Officials and/or not) assisting her and corresponding to the Members of the Cabinet.
Yours sincerely,
Francesca Cicculli
Dear Ms. Cicculli,
Thank you for your e-mail of 13 December 2021. We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered yesterday 15 December under reference number GESTDEM 2021/8115 following your email of clarification regarding the first point of 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 14 January 2022. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.
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Best regards,
Access to Documents Team
European Commission
DG Research and Innovation
Common Legal Support Service
Dear Ms. Cicculli,
We refer to your e-mail enclosed below in which you make a request for access to documents registered under reference number 2021/8115 on 15 December 2021.
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 last Friday 14 January 2022.
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 4 February 2022.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
RTD Access to documents
European Commission
DG Research and Innovation
Common Legal Support Service
ORBN 05
1049 Brussels/Belgium
[DG RTD request email]
Dear Ms. Cicculli,
Please find attached the reply to your access to documents request in subject.
According to the standard operational procedure, the reply should also be sent to you by registered post. However, due to the extraordinary health and security measures currently in force, which include the requirement for most Commission non-critical staff to telework, we are, unfortunately, not in a position to follow this procedure until further notice.
Therefore, we would appreciate if you could confirm receipt of the present email by replying to [DG RTD request email].
Thank you very much in advance,
R&I Access to documents
European Commission
DG Research and Innovation
Common Legal Support Service
ORBN 05
1049 Brussels/Belgium
[DG RTD request email]