Ref. Ares(2024)5975399 - 22/08/2024
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR ENERGY
Directorate C - Green Transition and Energy System Integration
C.2 - Decarbonisation and Sustainability of Energy Sources
Brussels, 22.08.2024
ENER C.2/AD/svh(2024)6750213
Ms Belen Balanya
Corporate Europe Observatory
Rue d’Edimbourg 26
1050 Brussels
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – EASE 2024/3763
Dear Ms Balanya,
I refer to your request for access to Commission documents registered on 13 July 2024
under case number 2024/3763.
Identification and assessment of the relevant documents:
Your application concerns the following documents that fall under the category:
“
Correspondence relating to the Industrial Carbon Management Strategy (ICMS)
between 1 Sept 2023 and 6 February 2024, with the International Association of Oil &
Gas Producers (IOGP), Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP), Bellona, the Florence School of
Regulation, the Clean Air Task Force (CATF), Progressive Energy, Wintershall Dea,
European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition (ERCST),
ENTSOG, Snam, Equinor, Eni, TotalEnergies and/or Shell,
Records, minutes or notes of meetings at which the ICMS was discussed between 1 Sept
2023 and 6 February 2024 with the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers
(IOGP), Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP), Bellona, the Florence School of Regulation, the
Clean Air Task Force (CATF), Progressive Energy, Wintershall Dea, European
Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition (ERCST), ENTSOG, Snam,
Equinor, Eni, TotalEnergies and/or Shell.”
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
xxxxx.xxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Title
ARES reference
Release
Reason under
Regulation
1049/2001
1.
-
email - CCUS Forum
Ares(2023)6340073
YES
Article 4(1)(b) of
Working group report
Regulation (EC)
1049/2001 in
-
Towards a European cross-
conjunction with
border CO2 transport and
Article 9(1)(b) of
storage infrastructure
Regulation (EU)
2018/1725 (for
-
An Interoperable CO2
personal data)
Transport Network
2.
-
email - Final version paper
Ares(2023)6535859
YES
Article 4(1)(b) of
from WG public perception
Regulation (EC)
1049/2001 in
-
Public perception of CCUS
conjunction with
Article 9(1)(b) of
Regulation (EU)
2018/1725 (for
personal data)
3.
Partnership for CCUS – A start
Ares(2024)269938
YES
N/A
4.
-
FW_ Invitation to speak at
Ares(2024)5649608
YES
Article 4(1)(b) of
FSR webinar on CCS
Regulation (EC)
regulatory framework
1049/2001 in
conjunction with
-
FSR_PD_CCS_051224
Article 9(1)(b) of
Regulation (EU)
2018/1725 (for
personal data)
5. Wintershall DEA. Fw_ Urgent_ Ares(2024)5651922
YES
Article 4(1)(b) of
Standardisation - call tomorrow
Regulation (EC)
1049/2001 in
conjunction with
Article 9(1)(b) of
Regulation (EU)
2018/1725 (for
personal data)
6.
-
Fw_ invitation to join
Ares(2024)5697138
YES
Article 4(1)(b) of
potential EU SEW session
Regulation (EC)
on CCS
1049/2001 in
conjunction with
-
Anthemis Project event-
Article 9(1)(b) of
invite
Regulation (EU)
2018/1725 (for
personal data)
2
7.
Ares(2024)5714517Re_
Info
on Ares(2024)5714517
YES
Article 4(1)(b) of
strategy
Regulation (EC)
1049/2001 in
conjunction with
Article 9(1)(b) of
Regulation (EU)
2018/1725 (for
personal data)
8.
-
Ares(2024)5714606Re_
Ares(2024)5714606
YES
Article 4(1)(b) of
Info on strategy
Regulation (EC)
1049/2001 in
-
Re_ Info on strategy
conjunction with
attachment : 20240118
Article 9(1)(b) of
CRCF trilogues and CCUS
Regulation (EU)
strategy
2018/1725 (for
personal data)
9.
-
IOGP_FW_ FSR Policy
Ares(2024)5843286
YES
Article 4(1)(b) of
Webinar Jan 17 on CCS
Regulation (EC)
1049/2001 in
-
annex_IOGP Europe
conjunction with
considerations regarding EU
Article 9(1)(b) of
Industrial Carbon
Regulation (EU)
Management Strategy
2018/1725 (for
personal data)
10. Shell_RE_ Meeting request - CCS in
Ares(2024)5843706
YES
Article 4(1)(b) of
Europe
Regulation (EC)
1049/2001 in
conjunction with
Article 9(1)(b) of
Regulation (EU)
2018/1725 (for
personal data)
11.
-
email - Letter calling for
Ares(2025)766061
YES
Article 4(1)(b) of
inititatives to promote a
Regulation (EC)
market for low carbon
1049/2001 in
products
conjunction with
Article 9(1)(b) of
-
Joint letter to the EC - call
Regulation (EU)
for low-carbon products
2018/1725 (for
strategy in ICMS
personal data)
12. RE_ [Placeholder] ZEP Policy & Ares(2024)5649086
YES
Article 4(1)(b) of
Economics Committee
Regulation (EC)
1049/2001 in
conjunction with
Article 9(1)(b) of
Regulation (EU)
2018/1725 (for
personal data)
3
13.
-
FW_ CCSA_ZEP report on
Ares(2024)5649086
YES
Article 4(1)(b) of
CO2 transport by ship
Regulation (EC)
1049/2001 in
-
Final report on CO2
conjunction with
transport by ship
Article 9(1)(b) of
Regulation (EU)
2018/1725 (for
personal data)
14. RE_
ICM
Knowledge
Sharing Ares(2024)5649086
YES
Article 4(1)(b) of
Network - ZEP Projects Network
Regulation (EC)
1049/2001 in
conjunction with
Article 9(1)(b) of
Regulation (EU)
2018/1725 (for
personal data)
With regard to the majority of the documents listed above, a complete disclosure is
prevented by the exception concerning the protection of privacy and the integrity of the
individual outlined in Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, because they
contain the following personal data:
- the names/initials and contact information of Commission staff members not
pertaining to the senior management;
- the names/initials and contact details of other natural persons.
Article 9(1)(b) of the Data Protection Regulation1 does not allow the transmission of
these personal data, except if you prove that it is necessary to have the data transmitted to
you for a specific purpose in the public interest and where there is no reason to assume
that the legitimate interests of the data subject might be prejudiced. 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.
Consequently, we conclude that, pursuant to Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC)
1049/2001, access cannot be granted to the personal data contained in the requested
documents, as the need to obtain access thereto for a purpose in the public interest has
not been substantiated and there is no reason to think that the legitimate interests of the
individuals concerned would not be prejudiced by disclosure of the personal data
concerned.
Please note that documents originating from third parties are disclosed to you based on
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. However, this disclosure is without prejudice to the rules
on intellectual property, which may limit your right to reproduce or exploit the released
document/documents without the agreement of the originator, who may hold an
1 Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the
protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions,
bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No
45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC, OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39.
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intellectual property right on them. The European Commission does not assume any
responsibility from their reuse.
In accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, you are entitled to make
a confirmatory application requesting the Commission to review this position.
Such a confirmatory application should be addressed within 15 working days upon receipt
of this letter to the Secretary-General of the Commission at the following address:
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Transparency, Document Management & Access to Documents (SG.C.1)
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Brussels
or by email to:
xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours sincerely,
Kitti NYITRAI
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Electronically signed on 22/08/2024 10:31 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121
