ETD Revision Meeting Records
Dear Taxation and Customs Union,
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:
Dear European Parliament,
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:
All documents from September 2019 until December 2024 - including but not limited to correspondence, emails, minutes, notes (hand written or electronic), audio or video recordings, verbatim reports, operational conclusions, lines to take, briefings, and presentations - related to meetings between DT TAXUD and any of the following entities in relation to the Revision of the Energy Taxation Directive:
Companies: Neste, TotalEnergies, Shell, Repsol, Snam, Fluxys Group, BP, Eni, KGHM Polska, Miedz, Enagas, MOL Group Hungary, Uniper, N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie, PGE (Polska Grupa Energetyczna), Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG), Gaz-System
Industry Associations: Federation of German Industries (BDI), BusinessEurope, FuelsEurope, Hydrogen Europe, Wirtschaftsverband Fuels und Energie (en2x), Confederation of Italian, Industry (Confindustria), Natural & bio Gas Vehicle Association (NGVA Europe), Eurogas, Mouvement des Entreprises de France (MEDEF), Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE), Euracoal, International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP), Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE), Liquid Gas Europe
In consideration of the environment, I would prefer to receive documents electronically. Documents that cannot be sent in electronic format should be sent to:
Juliana Gaertner
ARIA
180 Borough High St
London SE1 1LB
United Kingdom
I would like to make clear I prefer you produce the documents on a rolling basis. At no point should the search for—or deliberations concerning—certain documents delay the production of others that the Commission has already retrieved and elected to produce.
Should my request be denied wholly or partially, please explain the denial or all deletions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation. Also I would 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.
If anything is unclear or would benefit from further discussion please do not hesitate to contact me by email.
Thank you for your assistance.
Yours faithfully,
Juliana Gaertner
Yours faithfully,
Juliana Gaertner
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 19/02/2025 and registered on 20/02/2025 under the case number
2025/0974.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 13/03/2025. 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,
Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Madam,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 20 February 2025 under case number 2025/0974.
In accordance with Article 2(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001[1], read in conjunction with Article 1 of the European
Commission’s Detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001[2], 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 to Commission documents. According to the information that
you have provided, you do not fulfil this condition. As a result, we
regret to inform you that we cannot handle your application.
Kind regards,
TAXUD Access to Documents
[1] OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43.
[2] OJ L, 5.12.2024, p.30.