Dear Sir or Madam,

Referring to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to EU documents and to the 'Aarhus Convention' I would herewith like to ask for access to the following:

All documents—including but not limited to correspondence, emails, minutes, notes (hand written or electronic), audio or video recordings, verbatim reports, operational conclusions, lines to take, briefings, and presentations—related to the following meetings between commission staff and the International Associations of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP):

Date 25 Oct 2023 Location Brussels
Subject 1. CCS in NZIA and beyond 2. Regulation on methane emissions reduction in the energy sector 3. IOGP Europe feedback on the DG CLIMA/DG ENER non-paper in light of the COP28 preparation

Date 18 Jul 2023 Location Brussels
Subject Net Zero Industry Act proposal on CO2 injection target and oil and gas companies’ plans with respect to the need to transition to net zero emissions by 2050

Date 18 Jul 2023 Location Brussels
Subject Net Zero Industry Act proposal on CO2 injection target and oil and gas companies’ plans with respect to the need to transition to net zero emissions by 2050

Date 12 Jun 2023 Location Brussels
Subject NZIA and the forthcoming Commission Communication on CCUS

Date 25 Apr 2023 Location Brussels
Subject Energy, environmental and digital challenges of our time

Date 10 Mar 2023 Location Brussels
Subject Green Deal Industrial Plan

Date 24 Nov 2022 Location Brussels
Subject Short and long-term perspectives for additional gas supplies for Europe in the context of the current energy crisis and future plans for CCUS technology deployment and the production of hydrogen in Europe

Date 13 Oct 2022 Location Brussels
Subject IOGP study on gas supply diversification potential

Date 12 May 2022 Location video-call
Subject RePowerEU Plan and diversification of gas supplies

Date 26 Oct 2021 Location Brussels (videoconference)
Subject Energy transition

Date 23 Apr 2021 Location Brussels - video conference
Subject Preparation of the CCUS Forum and on-going work on hydrogen

Date 13 Apr 2021 Location Brussels
Subject Role of gas in decarbonisation

Date 05 Feb 2021 Location Brussels
Subject Hydrogen

In consideration of the environment and the current circumstances with the COVID pandemic I would prefer to receive documents electronically.

I would like to make clear 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. Also I would expect the partial release of documents in case of partial exemption according to article 4.6. I reserve the right to appeal.

Please confirm having received this application. I look forward to your reply within 15 business days, according to the regulation.

If anything is unclear or would benefit from further discussion please do not hesitate to contact me by email or on +44 7525 592 738. My address for any written correspondence necessary is Barnaby Pace, Rue Belliard 53, 1000, Bruxelles, Belgique.

Thank you for your assistance.

Yours sincerely
Barnaby Pace

Dear Climate Action,

I am writing with regard to this documents request. I note that normally your department should have responded promptly and by the 19th February. Could you please provide an update?

Yours faithfully,

Barnaby Pace

Dear [email address],

Thank you for your response. I note that the link to your EASE system does not work. I will bear it mind for the future. At present I would appreciate your response to this response on this current platform given that it is already long overdue.

Yours sincerely,

Barnaby Pace