Meetings with fertiliser industry - DG Clima
Dear Climate Action,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting:
Any documents related to the following meetings, including (but not limited to) email correspondence, attachments shared before or after the meeting, presentations, minutes, agendas, briefings and lists of attendees.
- Yara and Maroš Šefčovič (15/04/2024);
- Fertilizers Europe and Lukas Visek, Cabinet member of Maroš Šefčovič (08/02/2024);
- Fertilizers Europe and Maroš Šefčovič (09/01/2024);
- Fertilizers Europe, Maroš Šefčovič and multiple cabinet members (30/11/2023);
- Fertilizers Europe and Lukas Visek, Cabinet member of Frans Timmermans and Aleksandra Tomczak, Cabinet member of Frans Timmermans (24/04/2023);
- Fertilizers Europe and Adam Romanowski and Maroš Šefčovič (20/04/2023);
- Yara and Daniel Mes, Cabinet member of Wopke Hoekstra (23/02/2024);
- Fertilizers Europe and Kurt Vandenberghe (14/11/2024);
- Fertilizers Europe and Kurt Vandenberghe (12/10/2023);
- Fertilizers Europe and Mauro Raffaele Petriccione (27/04/2021)
I would like to receive this information electronically.
Should my request be denied wholly or partially, please explain the denial or all deletions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation.
I would prefer you to produce the documents on a rolling basis, rather than waiting until the full response is ready, and I would be pleased to receive an initial list of all documents as soon as possible.
I kindly ask you to not redact any name of professional lobbyists and the organisations and companies they work, as such data cannot be considered personal data under Regulations 1049/2001 on access to documents and 45/2001 on data protection.
My address is: 5 Brayford Square, London, E1 0SG
If anything is unclear or would benefit from further discussion please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours faithfully,
Clare Carlile
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 27/11/2024 and registered on 28/11/2024 under the case number
2024/6574.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 19/12/2024. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.
To find more information on how we process your personal data, please see
[1]the privacy statement.
Yours faithfully,
Directorate-General for Climate Action - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Climate Action,
Many thanks for your reply, which is noted.
Yours faithfully,
Clare Carlile
Dear Ms Carlile,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 28.11.2024 under case number EASE 2024/6574.
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 19.12.2025.
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 22/01/2025.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
CLIMA Access to documents Team
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Dear Climate Action,
Many thanks for your response. I look forward to receiving the documents by 22 January.
Yours faithfully,
Clare Carlile
Dear Climate Action,
Please could you provide an update on this FOI request. By law, under all circumstances, a response should have been filed by this time.
Yours faithfully,
Clare Carlile
Dear Climate Action,
Many thanks for the email. Could you please provide an update on when the documents can be expected?
Yours faithfully,
Clare Carlile
Dear Ms Carlile,
Thank you for your patience.
Our reply has been ready for 6 days already but we are experiencing technical problems with the internal tool allowing the whole hierarchy in CLIMA to validate our final reply. The IT teams is working on that and be reassured that we are monitoring the situation every day.
Thank you for your understanding,
CLIMA Access to documents Team
Dear Ms Carlile,
Please accept our apologies for the delay in handling your request.
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/6574.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
CLIMA Access to documents Team
Dear Ms Carlile,
Please accept our apologies for the delay in handling your request.
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/6574.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
CLIMA Access to documents Team
Dear Climate Action,
I have just been looking again through the FOI response and have noticed that one document is missing.
- '11.Emails Yara visit Sluiskil' refers to an email attachment that hasn't been shared: " slides of the Dutch authorities explaining a proposed company mandate to consume RFNBO’s, transposing RED Art 22a on hydrogen consumption in industry (slide 12 is key)"
Please could this be provided as soon as possible.
Yours faithfully,
Clare Carlile
Dear Climate Action,
I would be grateful if you could confirm receipt of my email.
Yours faithfully,
Clare Carlile
Dear Ms Carlile,
Please find attached the two documents enclosed to the document "11. Emails Yara visit Sluiskil".
The redactions refer to the protection of personal data related to third-party names and contacts.
Best regards,
CLIMA Access to documents Team
Dear [email address],
Many thanks for your reply and these documents, it's much appreciated.
Yours sincerely,
Clare Carlile