Ref. Ares(2022)1203070 - 17/02/2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
SECRETARIAT-GENERAL
Directorate D - Twin Transition, Economic & Social Affairs
SG.D.3 - Cohesion, Economic & Social Affairs
Brussels
SG.D.3
Ms Venetia Roxburgh
1 Long lane
London (UK)
e-mail:
ask+request-10452-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject:
Consultation pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission
documents – GESTDEM 2022/0067
Dear Ms Roxburgh,
We refer to your request of 5 January 2022 for access to documents under the reference
number mentioned above.
You requested access to all documentation (including but not limited to all email
correspondence, attendance lists, agendas, background papers, transcripts, recordings and
minutes/notes) relating to the meeting listed below:
1. Between Cemex, Diederik Samsom and Antoine Colombani Cabinet members of
Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans on 11 June 2020.
2. Between Eurofer and Antoine Colombani, Cabinet member of Executive Vice-
President Frans Timmermans on 26 October 2021.
3. Between Eurofer and Ilze Juhansone, Secretary-General on 7 July 2021.
4. Between Eurofer and Kurt Vandenberghe, Cabinet member of President Ursula
von der Leyen on 18 June 2021
Your request includes the documents listed in the below annex. Copies of these
documents are enclosed.
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
Please note that Cemex attended the meeting of 11 June 2020 as part of the Aldersgate
group umbrella organisation and not an individual basis. No minutes were drawn up of
this meeting.
In your application, you indicate that your address is in United Kingdom (UK). Transfers
of personal data from the Commission to countries that are not members of the European
Economic Area (EEA), or to international organisations are regulated under Chapter V of
the Data Protection Regulation.
According to Article 47(1) of this Regulation, a transfer of personal data to a third
country or an international organisation may take place where the Commission has
decided that the third country, a territory or one or more specified sectors within that
country, or the international organisation in question ensures an adequate level of
protection and where the personal data are transferred solely to allow tasks within the
competence of the controller to be carried out.
Based on the information available, the country of your residence is recognised by the
Commission as ensuring an adequate level of protection. However, we would further like
to inform you that Article 9(1) (b) of the Data Protection Regulation 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 put forward any arguments to establish the necessity to have the
data transmitted for a specific purpose in the public interest.
Consequently, I conclude that, pursuant to Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No
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.
The minutes were drawn up for internal use under the responsibility of the relevant
Cabinet. They solely reflect the author's interpretation of the discussion and do not set
out any official position of the third parties to which the document refers, which were not
consulted on its content. They do not reflect the position of the Commission and cannot
be quoted as such.
Yours faithfully,
Maxianova Karola
Head of Unit
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Annex of documents
Meeting Date
Stakeholder
CAB member(s) present
Registered correspondence
11 June 2020
CEMEX
Diederik Samsom and
Ares(2020)552094 Request of the Meeting with Aldersgate Group and EVP
Antoine Colombani
Timmermans 11 June 2020 with annexes
Ares(2020)552094 Letter from Aldersgate Group to EVP Timmermans
Ares(2020)552094 Beyond the 2019 Elections - CE Package Report
Ares(2020)552094 Report of the Aldersgate Group Think 2030
Ares(2020)1402950 E-mail exchanges of the Meeting with Aldersgate Group
and Mr Samsom and Mr Colombani on 11 June 2020
18 June 2021
EUROFER
Kurt Vandenberghe
Ares(2021)3746884 Reply of the meeting request with Eurofer and Mr
Vandenberghe 18 June 2022
Ares(2021)3746884 Letter from EUROFER to the President and College on
CBAM
Ares(2021)3746884 Map of potential IPCEI projects of the EU steel industry
Ares(2021)3746884 Analysis on ETS and CBAM scenario
Ares(2021)4055950 Minutes of the meeting with Eurofer and Mr
Vandenberghe 18 June 2022
Ares(2021)4055950 Support document of the meeting with Eurofer and Mr
Vandenberghe 18 June 2022
7 July 2021
EUROFER
Ilze Juhansone
Meeting request with Eurofer and Ms Juhansone on 7 July 2021 with
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
annexes
Ares(2021)374688) Letter from EUROFER to the President and College on
CBAM
Ares(2021)3746884 EUROFER key low CO2 projects for IPCEI
Cost impact of the EU ETS on the steel industry in phase 4 – with and
without CBAM
Analysis of the ETS impact with CBAM
Analysis of the ETS impact without CBAM
Ares(2021)438287 Minutes of the meeting with Eurofer and Ms Juhansone
on 7 July 2021
26 October 2021
EUROFER
Antoine Colombani
Ares(2021)5772472 E-mail exchanges of the Request of the Meeting with
EUROFER and Mr Colombani on 26 10 2021
Ares(2021)2761306 Accompanying document from EUROFER to the EEAG
public consultation
Ares(2021)2761306 Joint Response of the Competition Policy on the New
Green Deal
Ares(2022)828111 Minutes of the meeting with EUROFER and Mr
Colombani on 26 October 2021
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Electronically signed on 17/02/2022 18:10 (UTC+01) in accordance with article 11 of Commission Decision C(2020) 4482
