Energy Omnibus lobbying
Dear Energy,
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 proposed ‘Energy Omnibus’, 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, 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 Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 21/07/2025 and registered on 21/07/2025 under the case number
2025/3666.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 11/08/2025. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.
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Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 21/07/2025 and registered on 21/07/2025 under the case number
2025/3669.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 11/08/2025. 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 Mr Sabido,
Further to your request of 21/07/2025 (EASE 2025/3666) for the same
documents, we will close the request created by DG ENER (reference EASE
2025/3669), in order to avoid duplication.
Kind regards,
DG ENER Access to TeamRef Documents
Dear Sir Sabido,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 21/07/2025 under case number EASE 2025/3666.
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 11/08/2025.
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 02/09/2025.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
Access to documents team - DG ENER
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Dear Mr Sabido,
Thank you for your request for access to documents, registered on
21/07/2023 under number 2025/3666.
After reviewing your request, we would like to kindly inform you that the
Commission has not proposed an ‘energy omnibus’, therefore the term
‘energy omnibus’ is not sufficiently specific to enable us to identify any
documents that you may be seeking. In order to assist you more
effectively, and in line with Article 6(2) of [1]Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001 regarding public access to documents, we kindly ask you to
either:
· Reformulate your request by providing more precise information,
such as the context, subject matter, relevant dates or specific documents
you are interested in;
or
· Withdraw your request if you no longer require the information.
The remaining 10 working days to reply to your request will start running
only when you reply to this message. If you do not reply within 7 working
days, we will close this case in line with our detailed rules for the
application of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001.
Please let us know how you would like to proceed at your earliest
convenience.
Yours sincerely,
DG ENER - Access to Documents Team
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Dear Mr Sabido,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 21/07/2025 under case number EASE 2025/3666.
On 19/08/2025 we asked you to clarify the scope of your request since it
was not clear.
Since you have not replied to our clarification request, we could not
start handling it and we have closed this case.
Kind regards,
DG ENER Access to Documents Team
Dear Energy,
Apologies for the delay, I was not working in August.
Firstly, please can you re-open the case. Given the number of delays that I regularly tolerate when trying to obtain documents (including in this very case), I hope the same courtesy can be extended in the other direction.
Secondly, as requested, I'd like to refine my search term by providing more precise information, such as the context, subject matter or relevant dates.
To clarify, the term Energy Omnibus refers to a sweeping Omnibus review of energy policy announced by European Commissioner for Energy Dan Jørgensen in his interview with Contexte, published 13 May 2025 (https://www.contexte.com/eu/article/ener...). It refers to a simplification of energy policies, often claimed to be linked to lowering administrative burden and increasing competitiveness.
Policies that have been mentioned by Commissioner Jørgensen and others include methane regulations, permitting (for renewable and other low-carbon energy projects), accelerating the roll-out of renewables, bringing down energy prices, ensuring competitiveness, and protecting the climate. Specific directives include (but are not limited to) the Renewable Energy Directive (RED), Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), Methane Regulation.
I am interested in efforts to 'simplify' these and other energy regulations in the name of competitiveness, which has been signalled to potentially fall under an 'Energy Omnibus'. While an Energy Omnibus has not been formally announced, Jørgensen and his cabinet have been meeting stakeholders about competitiveness and many of the topics previously mentioned. Therefore, as stated in my previous request, I would like to see all documents pertaining to this from January 2025 until today (2 September). This includes:
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.
Yours faithfully,
Pascoe Sabido
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