Consultant contract work at DG ENER

Cécile Marchand made this access to documents request to Energy Automatic anti-spam measures are in place for this older request. Please let us know if a further response is expected or if you are having trouble responding.

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Dear DG ENER,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting:

- All documents containing evidence of work after January 1st 2020 performed by the following third-party for DG ENER:
a) Frontier Economics (including subsidiaries)

In particular, I am requesting:
- Contracts and ToRs signed between DG ENER and the above-mentioned third-parties in relation to the Framework Service Contracts "ENER/2023/OP/0053" and “ENER/2020/OP/0014”. Please ensure that the documents provided contain an exact list of services performed or to be performed as part of the framework contract by the above-mentioned third-parties.
- List of project deliverables specific to the above-mentioned third-parties
- Studies/reports/analysis/impact assessments performed by the above-mentioned third-parties on behalf of DG ENER

I am also requesting documents falling into the description that may however not be related to ENER/2020/OP/0014 or ENER/2023/OP/0053 framework contracts. I am only interested in documents produced from January 1st 2020 onwards.

In general, I am interested in all documents containing evidence of work performed by Frontier Economics for DG ENER, between 2020 and today.

Should too many documents fall into the scope of my request, please provide me with a list of identified documents and I will identify and let you know those that I am interested in.

I am giving consent to disclose my affiliation (ARIA - www.aria.info) should it be requested by the third-parties concerned.

Yours faithfully,
Cécile Marchand
Climate House
39 Rue du Caire
Paris 75002
France

Sg-Acc-Doc@ec.europa.eu, Energy

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Dear Sir or Madam,

We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 01/04/2025 and registered on 01/04/2025 under the case number
2025/1827.

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European Commission

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

Dear Ms Marchand,

We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 01/04/2025 under case number 2025/1827.

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 25/04/2025.

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 20/05/2025.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Kind regards,

DG ENER Access to Documents Team

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Cécile Marchand

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 'Consultant contract work at DG ENER'.

I have no received an update and we are many weeks past the deadline given.

Yours faithfully,

Cécile Marchand

sg-acc-doc@ec.europa.eu,

Dear Sir or Madam,

We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your confirmatory request for case
2025/1827, sent on 03/06/2025 and registered on 03/06/2025.

We will handle your confirmatory request within 15 working days as of the
date of registration. The time-limit expires on 25/06/2025. We will let
you know if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working
days.

Yours faithfully,

Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission

sg-acc-doc@ec.europa.eu,

Dear applicant,

We are writing concerning your confirmatory request for access to
Commission documents for case 2025/1827 registered on 3 June 2025.

We are currently working on your confirmatory 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 25 June 2025 due to ongoing internal
consultations.

Therefore, in line with Article 8(2) 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 16 July 2025.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Kind regards,

Secretariat-General - Access to documents

European Commission

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sg-acc-doc@ec.europa.eu,

Dear applicant,

We are writing to you concerning your confirmatory request for access to
Commission documents for case 2025/1827, registered on 3 June 2025.

On 25 June 2025, we extended the time-limit for replying to your
confirmatory request to 16 July 2025.

Unfortunately, we will not be able to send you the reply within this
extended time limit due to ongoing internal consultations.

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

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

Kind regards,

Secretariat-General - Access to documents

European Commission

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    Cover note reply 2025 1827.pdf

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    9 STUDY ON THE POTENTIAL FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY IN THE NORTH SEA contract Ares 2020 2198512 Print Redacted.pdf

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    10 STUDY ON THE POTENTIAL FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY IN THE NORTH SEA request for services Ares 2020 2198512.pdf

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    13 STUDY ON THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF JOINT PURCHASING OPTIONS UNDER THE EU ENERGY PLATFORM contract Ares 2023 8787074 Redacted.pdf

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    14 Annex I Tender Specifications Ares 2023 8787074.pdf

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    18 STUDY ON THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF JOINT PURCHASING OPTIONS UNDER THE EU ENERGY PLATFORM Amendment Ares 2024 5223999 Redacted.pdf

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    1 SUPPORT IN PREPARATION OF CAPACITY ALLOCATION AND CONGESTION MANAGEMENT AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE MARKET COUPLING contract Ares 2021 5493216 Redacted.pdf

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    4 Tender specifications Ares 2021 5493216.pdf

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Dear Ms Marchand,

 

Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2025/1827.

 

Kind regards,

 

DG ENER Access to Documents Team

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

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    24 Tender specifications Ares 2021 3171620.pdf

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    25 Final report Ares 2025 3267430.pdf

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    28 Final report and presentation C2 Annex II Ares 2022 3735530 email.pdf

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    29 Final report and presentation C2 Annex II Ares 2022 3735530 email.pdf

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    19 Intermediate report annex Ares 2024 3043105.pdf

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    21 STUDY ON THE ASSESSMENT OF POLICIES FOR GAS DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS GAS DSOS AND THE PARTICIPATION OF CONSUMERS Contract Ares 2021 3171620 Print Redacted.pdf

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Dear Ms Marchand,

 

Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2025/1827.

 

Kind regards,

 

DG ENER Access to Documents Team

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

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    30 Intermediate report pre existing C2 Annex II Ares 2021 7075738.pdf

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Dear Ms Marchand,

 

Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2025/1827.

 

Kind regards,

 

DG ENER Access to Documents Team

sg-acc-doc@ec.europa.eu,

1 Attachment

Dear applicant,

Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2025/1827.

Kind regards,

Secretariat-General - Access to documents

European Commission

Dear Energy,

We have now received the documents, thank you for processing our request.

Yours faithfully,

Cécile Marchand