Dear International Partnerships,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I would like to request access to all documents related to lobbying on the ‘Critical Raw Materials Act’ and the strategic projects supported under it, as well as the ‘EU Energy and Raw Materials Platform’, including the raw materials, hydrogen and gas mechanisms under it, and similar/ related topics since 1 January 2025. In particular I would like to request:


1. A list of all meetings/ discussions between officials and or Commissioners with lobby organisations where this topic was discussed. This should include targeted consultations and stakeholder workshops/dialogues.

2. Any records, minutes, preparatory briefings, or other notes of these meetings/discussions, including correspondence which set-up, or was follow-up to, these meetings, as well as attendance lists. I would also like to receive full notes of any meetings held, and not just the summary notes proactively published by the Commission.

3. All correspondence since the above date, where this topic was raised, as exchanged between officials and or Commissioners with lobby organisations.

4. I would also like to receive all of the above types of documents as they relate to this topic between member state government(s) and the DG or Commissioners.

5. In addition I would like to receive a list of all studies or impact assessments which the DG has contracted out, or undertaken on, this topic.

Please note that I am tabling similar requests to the Secretariat-General, Grow, Competition, Energy, Trade, and Climate. I look forward to receiving the respective documents accordingly.

Yours faithfully,

Pascoe Sabido
Corporate Europe Observatory
Rue d’Edimbourg 26
1050 BXL

Dear International Partnerships,

Thank you for your previous response, and I understand things get tricky when colleagues are away (I suffered the same fate this summer).

However, I'm wondering if it's now been able to follow-up on this, and would you be able to provide me with a timeline as to when I should expect the requested documents?

Yours faithfully,

Pascoe Sabido

Dear International Partnerships,

I'm now back from a long winter break and picking things up again.

I hope the relevant colleagues are now back on your side, and will be able to take this forward as quickly as possible, because the initial request was 6 months ago, and your last message was 3 months ago.

If you could give me an update on when I should expect the documents, that would also be really helpful - and please do provide them as they become available (rather than waiting for them all to be signed off before sending).

Yours faithfully,

Pascoe Sabido

Dear International Partnerships,

Please can you let me know the status of this request?

Yours faithfully,

Pascoe Sabido

Dear International Partnerships,

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 'Critical Raw Materials Act lobbying'.

After the initial request was responded to and then had the deadline delayed, International Partnerships then stopped responding.

A full history of my request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.asktheeu.org/request/critica...

Yours faithfully,

Pascoe Sabido