Dear Trade,

Under the European Union's Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, I request access to information pertinent to a series of meetings between ArcelorMittal representatives and Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice-President, and his Cabinet members, which include Michael Hager, Gints Freimanis, Andrea Beltramello, Elina Melngaile, Zaneta Vegnere and Jan Ceyssens between 2018 and 2023. The meetings requested took place as follows:

18/04/2023 meeting between Michael Hager, Cabinet member of Valdis Dombrovskis and ArcelorMittal on the “current situation of the steel sector in Europe. State-of-play regarding the negotiations on the GSA with the US”;
16/02/2023 meeting between Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice-President, and ArcelorMittal, on the “Critical Raw Materials package”;
04/02/2022 meeting between Gints Freimanis, Cabinet member of Valdis Dombrovskis, and ArcelorMittal, on the “Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism”;
26/04/2021 meeting between Gints Freimanis, Cabinet member of Valdis Dombrovskis, Michael Hager, Cabinet member of Valdis Dombrovskis, and ArcelorMittal, on “Emissions Trading Systems (ETS), Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)”;
On 26/03/2021 meeting between Andrea Beltramello, Cabinet member of Valdis Dombrovskis, and ArcelorMittal, on “Taxonomy, draft, Delegated Act”;
14/07/2020 meeting between Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice-President, and ArcelorMittal, on “COVID-19 impact on the steel industry - ArcelorMittal Carbon Emissions Reduction Roadmap - EU safeguard measures for steel - EU’s possible support for clean steel - Industrial alliances: hydrogen and energy intensive industry alliance”;
10/06/2020 meeting between Elina Melngaile, Cabinet member of Valdis Dombrovskis, Zaneta Vegnere, Cabinet member of Valdis Dombrovskis, and ArcelorMittal, on “COVID-19 impact on steel sector - Clean steel technologies - Europe’s recovery plan and timeline for its adoption - ArcelorMittal roadmap to achieving CO2 reduction goals (minus 30% by 2030) - Safeguard measures - Carbon border adjustment tax”;
22/11/2018 meeting between Jan Ceyssens, Cabinet member of Valdis Dombrovskis, and ArcelorMittal, on “taxonomy and EU IFRS”.

On the above, I request:

Preparatory documents including but not limited to memos, emails, briefing notes, and reports, shared between representatives of ArcelorMittal and any officials or employees from the Trade Directorate-General ahead of the aforementioned meetings.
All correspondence of any nature between representatives of ArcelorMittal and any officials or employees from the Trade Directorate-General ahead of the aforementioned meetings, and after the meeting, with a time-window of three months. This includes but is not limited to text messages, letters, emails and faxes.
Copies of supporting material provided both by the Trade Directorate-General and their cabinet members, and ArcelorMittal. This includes documentation, reports, and relevant presentations’ materials.
All official documents which present commitments taken by both parties during, and post, meetings between the Trade Directorate-General and their cabinet members, and ArcelorMittal.
Any meeting notes, conclusive documents or summaries taken during the above meetings.

Thank you,

Alma Rinaldi

Flat 2, 9 Sunborne Road, Liverpool, United Kingdom