Ref. Ares(2020)6966373 - 20/11/2020
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
SECRETARIAT-GENERAL
Directorate E - Twin Transition, Economic & Social Affairs
The Director
Brussels
SG.E/JW
Ms Belen Balanya
Corporate Europe Observatory
Rue d’Edimbourg 26
1050 Brussels
By e-mail: ask+request-7716-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem
No 2020/1182
Dear Ms Balanya,
We refer to your request addressed to the Commission to access documents, dated
27/02/2020 and registered on 28/02/2020 under reference number GESTDEM
2020/1182.
Please find enclosed documents falling within the scope of your request, namely copies
of correspondence:
- Between SNAM/Gas Naturally and President Ursula von der Leyen, with a reply
from her Cabinet and from Commissioner Kadri Simson;
- between Eurogas and President von der Leyen;
- between IOGP and the President, with a reply from the Head of Cabinet of
Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans;
- between Hydrogen Europe and a member of the Cabinet of the President;
- between Equinor and a member of the Cabinet of the President.
You will also find enclosed copies of the minutes of meetings between Eurelectric and a
member of the Cabinet of the President and between IOGP and a member of the Cabinet
of the President.
Please note that in line with Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, in the
attached documents, all personal data has been redacted. In your request, you do not
express any particular interest to have access to these personal data nor do you put
forward any arguments to establish the necessity to have the data transmitted for a
specific purpose in the public interest.
If you disagree with this position, you are entitled, in accordance with Article 7(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, to submit a confirmatory application requesting the
Commission to review this position. Such a confirmatory application should be addressed
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
Office: BERL 06/095 - Tel. direct line +32 229-64166
xxxx.xxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
within 15 working days of receipt of this letter to the Secretariat-General of the
Commission at the following address:
European Commission
Secretary-General Transparency unit SG-C.l
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Brussels
or by email t
o: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours sincerely,
(e-signed)
John Watson
Enclosures:
Correspondence with
- SNAM/Gas Naturally
- Eurogas
- IOGP
- Hydrogen Europe
- Equinor
Minutes of meetings with
- Eurelectric
- IOGP
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Electronically signed on 20/11/2020 11:44 (UTC+01) in accordance with article 11 of Commission Decision C(2020) 4482
