Contacts between Qatar and the EU on the Methane Regulation
Luis Miguel Hurtado Coronado made this access to documents request to European External Action Service as part of a batch sent to 2 authorities
Luis Miguel Hurtado Coronado
ARIA
Formentera, 15, Reus. 43205. Spain
27 October 2025
Dear Access to Documents Team,
Pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 and Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006, I request access to the following documents held by DG ENER:
Scope of request
- All communications and records between representatives of DG ENER and (a) the Government of Qatar, including the Ministry of Energy, and/or (b) QatarEnergy LNG, and/or their subsidiaries/representatives, where the EU Methane Regulation was discussed.
- All communications and records between the EU Delegation to Qatar and (a) DG Ener, and/or (b) the EEAS, where the EU Methane Regulation was discussed.
Timeframe: 1 November 2024 to 31 October 2025.
Record types included (non-exhaustive)
Emails and attachments (.eml/.msg preferred), letters, notes verbales, meeting requests, agendas, participant lists, briefings, talking points, Q&A, slide decks, non-papers, minutes/readouts, action trackers, teleconference summaries, instant messages used for official business (e.g., MS Teams/WhatsApp/Signal), calendar entries, and any follow-up correspondence.
Likely custodians/locations to search (non-exhaustive)
• DG ENER Cabinet of the Director-General; relevant Directors and Units covering gas markets, international energy relations, and decarbonisation of gases; stakeholder engagement mailboxes.
• Shared drives, ARES/e-DOMEA registries, and meeting calendar systems used for external stakeholder/government engagement.
Timeline, format and delivery
Kindly process within the statutory timeline (15 working days, extendable once with reasons). Rolling, partial releases are welcome. Please provide documents electronically in machine-readable form. Where available, supply native files for spreadsheets/presentations and preserve metadata. Scan any paper-only records at readable resolution.
Transparency, redactions, and third-party consultation
If Article 4 exceptions are invoked, release the remainder with targeted redactions and cite the specific legal basis per excerpt. Given the environmental nature, apply Regulation 1367/2006 and conduct the overriding public-interest test line-by-line. Where third-party consultation is required, proceed under Article 4(4) without delaying partial release.
Administrative handling
Please register this request and provide the case number. If parts are better handled by another service (e.g., SG, TRADE, CLIMA, or EEAS), transfer those parts under Article 6(2) and inform me. If you consider scope optimisation necessary, first provide a document inventory and/or hit counts by custodian and month to enable targeted narrowing.
Sincerely,
Luis Miguel Hurtado Coronado
ARIA
Dear Mr Hurtado Coronado,
This message is an acknowledgement of receipt for your request for access
to documents, which was registered on 27 October 2025, under Regulation
1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and
Commission documents, which the EEAS is also respecting.
Your requests for access to documents have been registered under reference
number: 2025/156.
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Dear Mr Hurtado Coronado,
Your application is currently being handled.
However, we are not in a position to complete the handling of your
application within the time limit of 15 working days. The delay in
replying to your confirmatory application is due to the need to run
consultations as regards the release of the document.
We therefore, exceptionally, need to extend the deadline for reply by an
additional 15 working days.
Thank you for your understanding.
Yours sincerely,
EEAS ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
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SG.LD.ATD
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Dear Mr Hurtado Coronado,
On behalf of Mr Seppo Nurmi please find attached the reply to your request
for access to documents.
Yours sincerely,
EEAS ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
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SG.LD.ATD
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