Ref. Ares(2022)6187195 - 07/09/2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
SECRETARIAT-GENERAL
Directorate D - Twin Transition, Economic & Social Affairs
SG.D.2 - European Green Deal
Brussels
SG.D/TSE
Ms Frida Kieninger
Rue d’Edimbourg 26,
1050 Ixelles
Belgium
by email: ask+request-11046-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Dear Ms Kieninger,
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No
2022/3187
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered on 1 June 2022 under the
abovementioned reference number.
Your request concerns
“1- all correspondence (including email, SMS, private twitter and
WhatsApp) since 1st February 2022 between Commissioner Timmermans, and/or his
cabinet and/or officials from DG Climate Action with representatives from the oil and
gas industry, namely the following associations: Eurogas, GIE, Gas4Climate, IOGP,
Marcogaz, FuelsEurope and GasNaturally in which the EU’s response to Ukraine
invasion, particularly the RePowerEU communication was discussed. 2- any briefings
prepared for Commissioner Timmermans, and/or his cabinet and/or officials from DG
Climate Action for meetings since 1st February 2022 with representatives from the oil
and gas industry, namely the following associations: Eurogas, GIE, Gas4Climate, IOGP,
Marcogaz, FuelsEurope and GasNaturally in which the EU’s response to Ukraine
invasion, particularly the RePowerEU communication was discussed. 3 - list of meetings
since since since 1st February 2022 between Commissioner Timmermans, and/or his
cabinet and/or officials from DG Climate Action with representatives from the oil and
gas industry, namely the following associations: Eurogas, GIE, Gas4Climate, IOGP,
Marcogaz, FuelsEurope and GasNaturally in which the EU’s response to Ukraine
invasion, particularly the RePowerEU communication was discussed. 4 - minutes of the
meetings mentioned above. 5 – any briefings prepared ahead of meetings between
Commissioner Timmermans, and/or his cabinet and/or officials from DG Climate Action
with representatives from the oil and gas industry, namely the following associations:
Eurogas, GIE, Gas4Climate, IOGP, Marcogaz, FuelsEurope and GasNaturally in which
the EU’s response to Ukraine invasion, particularly the RePowerEU communication was
discussed.”
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
Please note that due to the wide scope of your request, covering also areas falling under the
responsibility of other Directorates-General, parts of your request have been attributed to the
Directorate-General for Climate Action. This reply relates only to the documents held by
Executive Vice-President Timmermans and his cabinet. You will receive the replies from
the Directorate-General for Climate Action in due course.
The documents falling into the scope of your request as explained above are enclosed.
Please note that in line with Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, in the
attached documents, all personal data has been redacted. In your request, you do not
express any particular interest to have access to these personal data nor put forward any
arguments to establish the necessity to have the data transmitted for a specific purpose in
the public interest.
Please note that documents originating from third parties are disclosed to you based on
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. However, this disclosure is without prejudice to the rules
on intellectual property, which may limit your right to reproduce or exploit the released
documents without the agreement of the originator, who may hold an intellectual property
right on them. The European Commission does not assume any responsibility from their
reuse.
In case you disagree with this position, you are entitled, in accordance with Article 7(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, to submit a confirmatory application requesting the
Commission to review this position. Such a confirmatory application should be addressed
within 15 working days upon receipt of this letter to the Secretariat-General of the
Commission at the following address:
European Commission
Secretary-General Transparency unit SG-C.l
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Bruxelles
or by email t
o: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours sincerely,
e-signed
Elisa Roller
Director
Enclosure: Ares(2022)3303894,Ares(2022)3265362, Ares(2022)4403106,
Ares(2021)6807609, Ares(2022)2260490, Ares(2022)3427883, Ares(2022)2259339.
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Electronically signed on 07/09/2022 11:59 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121
