EU rules on CO2 emission performance standards for new cars and vans
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
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 correspondence - including attachments - between the Secretariat General and third-parties, in which the topic of the EU rules on CO2 emission performance standards for new cars and vans mentioned or discussed.
- All documents pertaining to meetings between the Secretariat General and stakeholders in which the topic of the EU rules on CO2 emission performance standards for new cars and vans mentioned or discussed.
By documents I refer to internal preparatory meetings, notes, minutes and any other documents exchanged before, during and after the meeting both internally between Commission' staff and between Commission' staff and third-parties.
I am interested in documents between 2022 and today.
By third-parties, I refer to stakeholders that are not part of the European Commission (e.g. private companies, consultancies, trade groups, think-tanks, MEPs, national governments, etc.).
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.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this request for access to documents.
Yours faithfully,
Alessandro Runci
Via Fausto Pesci 47, 00177, Rome, Italy
[email address]
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 30/10/2025 and registered on 30/10/2025 under the case number
2025/5586.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 20/11/2025. 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 applicant,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 30/10/2025 under case number 2025/5586.
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 20/11/2025.
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 11/12/2025.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
SG D Secretariat
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Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
The time limit for your response to my access to documents request expired on the 11th of December. When can I expect to receive the documents requested?
Yours faithfully,
Alessandro Runci
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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[1]RE: access to documents request - EU rules on CO2 emission performance
standards for new cars and vans - EASE 2025/5586 - Ares(2025)11250427
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Dear Mr Runci,
Thank you for your reminder. The Commission services are working on your
request. Because the subject area of your request is itself undergoing a
very active phase, the work takes longer than usual. We will send you the
results as soon as available.
Best regards,
SG D Secretariat
Dear SG D ACCES DOC,
When can I expect to receive the documents?
Yours sincerely,
Alessandro Runci
Dear SG D ACCES DOC,
Your response is long overdue. Are you going to disclose the documents requested?
Yours sincerely,
Alessandro Runci
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
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 'EU rules on CO2 emission performance standards for new cars and vans'.
My request was registered on the 30/10/2025. On November 20, the Secretariat General requested a time-limit extension, with the new time limit expiring on 11/12/2025.
On December 16, the Secretariat General informed me they were working on my request and would have completed as soon as possible. As of today, I still haven't received any response.
A full history of my request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.asktheeu.org/request/eu_rule...
Yours faithfully,
Alessandro Runci
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 confirmatory request for case
2025/5586, sent on 10/02/2026 and registered on 10/02/2026.
We will handle your confirmatory request within 15 working days as of the
date of registration. The time-limit expires on 03/03/2026. We will let
you know if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working
days.
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
Dear applicant,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2025/5586.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
SG D Secretariat
Dear applicant,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2025/5586.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
SG D Secretariat
Dear applicant,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2025/5586.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
SG D Secretariat
Dear applicant,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2025/5586.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
SG D Secretariat
Dear applicant,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2025/5586.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
SG D Secretariat
Dear applicant,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2025/5586.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
SG D Secretariat
Dear applicant,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2025/5586.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
SG D Secretariat
Dear applicant,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2025/5586.
Kind regards,
Secretariat-General - Access to documents
European Commission