Ref. Ares(2022)3657048 - 13/05/2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
SECRETARIAT-GENERAL
Directorate D - Twin Transition, Economic & Social Affairs
SG.D.2 - European Green Deal
Brussels
SG.D/TSE
Ms Belen Balanya
Corporate Europe Observatory
Rue d’Edimbourg 26
1050 Brussels
by email: ask+request-11070-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Dear Ms Balanya,
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No
2022/2349
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered on the 30 March under the
abovementioned reference number.
Your request concerns
“1- all correspondence (including email) since 8th December
2021 between Commissioner Simson, Commissioner Timmermans, Commissioner
Breton, President van der Leyen, and/or their cabinets and/or officials from DG Energy,
DG Clima, DG Grow and/or Secretariat General on one hand and representatives from
Dii Desert Energy, the MENA Hydrogen Alliance and/or Royal Vopak on the other, in
which hydrogen was discussed. 2 - list of meetings since since 8th December 2021
between Commissioner Simson, Commissioner Timmermans, Commissioner Breton,
President van der Leyen, and/or their cabinets and/or officials from DG Energy, DG
Clima, DG Grow and/or Secretariat General on one hand and representatives from Dii
Desert Energy, the MENA Hydrogen Alliance and/or Royal Vopak on the other, in which
hydrogen was discussed. 3 - minutes of the meetings mentioned above.”
Please note that due to the wide scope of your request, covering also areas falling under the
responsibility of other Directorates-General, parts of your request have been attributed to
other Directorates-Generals1. This reply relates only to the documents held by the President
of the Commission, Executive Vice-President Timmermans, their Cabinets and the
Secretariat-General. You will receive the replies from the other Directorates-General in due
course.
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GESTDEM 2022/2379, Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA)
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
The documents falling into the scope of your request as explained above are enclosed.
Please note that in line with Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, in the
attached document, all personal data has been redacted. In your request, you do not
express any particular interest to have access to these personal data nor put forward any
arguments to establish the necessity to have the data transmitted for a specific purpose in
the public interest.
Please note that documents originating from third parties are disclosed to you based on
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. However, this disclosure is without prejudice to the rules
on intellectual property, which may limit your right to reproduce or exploit the released
documents without the agreement of the originator, who may hold an intellectual
property right on them. The European Commission does not assume any responsibility
from their reuse.
Please note that in line with Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, in the
attached document, all personal data has been redacted. In your request, you do not
express any particular interest to have access to these personal data nor do you put
forward any arguments to establish the necessity to have the data transmitted for a
specific purpose in the public interest.
In case you disagree with this position, you are entitled, in accordance with Article 7(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, to submit a confirmatory application requesting the
Commission to review this position. Such a confirmatory application should be addressed
within 15 working days upon receipt of this letter to the Secretariat-General of the
Commission at the following address:
European Commission
Secretary-General Transparency unit SG-C.l
BERL 7/076
B-1049 Bruxelles
or by email t
o: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx
Yours sincerely,
e-signed
Vesa TERAVA
Head of Unit
Enclosure: Ares(2021)7461383, Ares(2021)7736601, Ares(2021)5950809,
Ares(2021)6561178
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Electronically signed on 13/05/2022 11:54 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121
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