Lobby contacts on hydrogen/ South Africa

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Dear Energy,

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:

1. A list of all meetings/ discussions since 1 September 2023 between officials and or Commissioners with businesses, trade associations, think tanks, or consultancies where the issue of hydrogen (and derivatives and infrastructure) in and from South Africa was discussed.

2. Any records, minutes or notes of these meetings/discussions.

3. All correspondence since 1 September 2023, where the issue of hydrogen (and derivatives and infrastructure) in and from South Africa was discussed, exchanged between officials and or Commissioners with businesses, trade associations, think tanks, or consultancies.

To the extent possible, my strong preference is to receive documents in electronic format.

I would also be grateful to receive the documents in batches, as soon as they are identified and available to send.

Please note that I am tabling this request separately to DG INTPA, DG CLIMA, the EEAS and the Secretary General. I look forward to receiving the respective documents accordingly.

Thank you in advance.

Yours faithfully,

Pia Eberhardt
CEO
Rue d'Edimbourg 26
1050 Brx

sg-acc-doc@ec.europa.eu,

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2024/3373.

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Dear Ms Eberhardt,

We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 25/06/2024 under case number 2024/3373.

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 16/07/2024.

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 06/08/2024.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

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Dear Ms Eberhardt,

 

This is to inform you that we are finalising the reply to your request for
access to documents (case 2024/3373). We can confirm that it will be sent
as soon as possible.

 

Thank you for your understanding.

 

Regards,

DG ENER Access to Documents Team

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    2024 3373 Reply AtD case 3373 rev final 1 clean.pdf

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    e mail Ministerial invite Commissioner Kadri Simson 15 17.10 2023 South Africa Hydrogen Summit.pdf

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    Invitation Commissioner Kadri Simson 15 17.10 2023 South Africa Hydrogen Summit.pdf

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    Program of the South Africa Green Hydrogen Summit.pdf

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    Email from ENERTRAG to Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Simson.pdf

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    EUD SOUTH AFRICA Cmr Simson visit 24 November CRM Green Hydrogen Electric Batteries.pdf

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    Report on Commissioner Simson s visit of 24 November 2023.pdf

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    Briefing Commissioner Kadri Simson visit to South Africa on Critical Raw materials green hydrogen electric batteries Redacted.pdf

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    Agenda for a European Hydrogen Bank stakeholder workshop.pdf

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    Mission report World Hydrogen Summit Rotterdam.pdf

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    Agenda for a European Hydrogen Bank workshop with the private sector.pdf

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    Email exchange with Sasol on a European Commission DG Energy South Africa Delegation Meeting Additional Clarification Information.pdf

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    Sasol South Africa Flex Allocation Additional Info Letter to EC Energy Directorate.pdf

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Dear Ms Eberhardt,

Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/3373.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.

Kind regards,

ENER ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS

Dear Energy,

I herewith confirm that I have received the requested documents. Thank you very much!

After having gone through the files I have the impression that one document might be missing, which was likely covered by the request, namely: the response to document 10 (Email from ENERTRAG to Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Simson dated 27/11/2023 as follow-up to her visit on 24/11/2024). Of course, I do not know whether the Commission has responded to the email, but I would assume so. In this case I also assume that the response would be covered by the request.

Could I please ask you to check if such a response/ document exists and if it can be released as a part of my request?

Thank you in advance for your help!

Friendly greetings,

Pia Eberhardt

ENER-ACCES-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu,

Dear Ms EBERHARDT,

I hope you are doing well.

Regarding the reply to "Email from ENERTRAG to Head of Cabinet of
Commissioner Simson dated 27/11/2023 as follow-up to her visit on
24/11/2024", I regret to inform you that no reply has been sent.

Kind regards,

ENER ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS

Dear Energy,

thank you very much for checking and for your response.

Yours faithfully,

Pia Eberhardt