Correspondence with petrochemicals and fertilizer industry about hydrogen regulation
Dear DG Energy,
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:
1- All briefings, minutes of meetings, and correspondence (including emails, sms, and what's app messages) since 1st January 2023 up to today between representatives of DG Energy and representatives of ‘Yara International’, or 'BASF', or 'OCI Global', or 'CF Energies Inc', or 'Ammonia Europe', or 'Fertilizers Europe' ; or with PR companies or law firms representing those firms in which the following regulations were discussed : 'Directive (EU) 2024/1788, or Regulation (EU) 2024/1789, or the Delegated Act setting out 'the methodology to determine the GHG emission savings of low-carbon fuels'.
I would like to make clear I prefer you produce the documents on a rolling basis.
At no point should the Commission’s search for—or deliberations concerning—certain documents delay the production of others that the Commission has already retrieved and elected to produce.
To the extent possible, I would prefer the documents in electronic format but if that is not possible please use the following postal address:
DeSmog UK
5 Brayford Square
London, E1 0SG
Should my request be denied wholly or partially, please explain the denial or all deletions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation. Also I expect the partial release of documents, in case of partial exemption according to article 4.6.
I reserve the right to appeal.
Please confirm having received this application. I look forward to your reply within 15 business days, according to the regulation.
Yours faithfully,
Agathe Bounfour
Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
Requests for public access to documents are treated on the basis of
[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
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supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
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Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
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Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
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Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 14/02/2025 and registered on 14/02/2025 under the case number
2025/0851.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 07/03/2025. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.
To find more information on how we process your personal data, please see
[1]the privacy statement.
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Ms Bonfour,
Thank you for application for access to documents. We note that you are
based in a country outside the European Union.
In accordance with Article 2(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001,
read in conjunction with Article 1 of the European Commission’s Detailed
rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, only citizens
of the Union and natural or legal persons residing or having their
registered office in a Member State have the right to access Commission
documents.
The information that you have provided so far is not sufficient to
establish whether you fulfil this eligibility condition:
• If you are an EU citizen living outside the EU and have submitted your
application in your personal capacity, please confirm this by
responding to this email.
•
• (1) If you are not an EU citizen OR (2) if you have submitted your
application on behalf of a legal person not having a registered office
in one of the Member States, unfortunately the Commission cannot
handle your application and it will be closed in due course.
We would appreciate it if you could provide us the necessary
clarifications in this respect within 5 working days. In the absence of a
reply from your part within this deadline, we will close your request.
Thank you for your understanding.
Access to documents team - SG.C.1
Dear access to document team,
I am an EU citizen living and working in an EU member state.
Please find the correct address :
Agathe Bounfour chez Disclose
35 Rue Chanzy, 75011
Paris, France
A s mentioned in my request, I would prefer to receive the information electronically.
Thank you and all the best,
Agathe Bounfour
Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
Requests for public access to documents are treated on the basis of
[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
L’unité «Transparence» du secrétariat général de la Commission européenne
a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
[2]règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 du 30 mai 2001 relatif à l’accès du public
aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
Registrierung Ihres Antrags (oder die Notwendigkeit weiterer Informationen
im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
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Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 04/02/2025 and registered on 18/02/2025 under the case number
2025/0901.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 11/03/2025. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.
To find more information on how we process your personal data, please see
[1]the privacy statement.
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Ms Bonfour,
Thank you for application for access to documents.
Please kindly note that on 14/02/2025 we sent you this message:
"We note that you are based in a country outside the European Union.
In accordance with Article 2(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001,
read in conjunction with Article 1 of the European Commissionâ€s Detailed
rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, only citizens
of the Union and natural or legal persons residing or having their
registered office in a Member State have the right to access Commission
documents.
The information that you have provided so far is not sufficient to
establish whether you fulfil this eligibility condition:
• If you are an EU citizen living outside the EU and have submitted your
application in your personal capacity, please confirm this by responding
to this email.
• (1) If you are not an EU citizen OR (2) if you have submitted your
application on behalf of a legal person not having a registered office in
one of the Member States, unfortunately the Commission cannot handle your
application and it will be closed in due course.
We would appreciate it if you could provide us the necessary
clarifications in this respect within 5 working days. In the absence of a
reply from your part within this deadline, we will close your request".
As you did not reply to our message, please be informed that this
application has been closed in our database.
Thank you,
Access to documents team - SG.C.1
Dear Ms Bounfour,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 18/02/2025 under case number 2025/0901.
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 11/03/2025.
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 01/04/2025.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
DG ENER Access to Documents Team
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