Meeting documents with MOL Group in 2024
Dear DG Energy,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I write to request information around meetings held between members of the Commission and Hungarian oil and gas company MOL Group (also known as MOL Plc.).
In particular, I would be grateful to receive all correspondence (including SMS & any other type of messages processed through phone apps, e.g. WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram etc; recorded voice messages; emails, letters and attached documents), meeting notes, minutes, and agendas relating to the following meetings:
– February 5th, 2024, online meeting between representatives of MOL Group and Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič on the subject of High-Level roundtable with Suppliers.
– April 16, 2024, meeting in Brussels between representatives of MOL Group and Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič on the subject of IOGP Roundtable.
I would like to receive this information electronically. 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.
Should my request be denied wholly or partially, please explain the denial or all deletions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation. I would also expect the partial release of documents in case of partial exemption according to article 4.6. I reserve the right to appeal.
My address is:
DeSmog UK
5 Brayford Square
London, E1 0SG
Please confirm having received this application. I look forward to your reply within 15 business days, according to the regulation cited above.
With thanks,
Brigitte Wear
Dear Sir or Madam,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents dated 07/08/2025.
In accordance with Article 2(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001[1], read in conjunction with Article 1 of the European Commission’s Detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001[2], only citizens of the Union and natural or legal persons residing or having their registered office in a Member State have the right to access to Commission documents.
According to the information that you have provided, you do not fulfil this condition.
As a result, we regret to inform you that we cannot handle your application.
Kind regards,
Access to documents team - cr
SG.C.1
Transparency
[1] OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43.
[1] OJ L, 5.12.2024, p.30.
Dear [email address],
Thank you very much for your response. I am an EU citizen living in France. However, I have listed my registered address as the address of the office for the outlet I work for (DeSmog) as I do not wish to disclose my personal address publicly since I am sending this FOI request via AsktheEU.
Please let me know if this information is sufficient for the request to proceed.
Thanks,
Brigitte Wear
Dear Ms Wear,
Thank you for your input.
Could you please provide proof of your French citizenship by sending us a copy of your Photo ID.
One we have received this we will register your access to documents request.
Kind regards,
European Commission
Access to Documents Team