Namibia partnership
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting:
Any document - including, but not limited to, minutes, transcripts, decisions, reports and/or any form of correspondence - concerning renewable/green hydrogen in Namibia since October 2022.
In particular, on 20/05/2023 President von der Leyen said: "In Namibia, we are providing guarantees for private investments in green hydrogen". Please provide any document (including but not limited to agreements, contracts, reports, assessments) concerning the abovementioned "guarantees for private investments in green hydrogen" in Namibia mentioned by the President.
To the extent possible, I prefer the documents in electronic format.
Should my request be denied wholly or partially, I kindly request to explain the denial or all redactions 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.
Please confirm receipt of this application. I look forward to receiving your reply within 15 business days, as established by the regulation.
Yours faithfully,
Matteo Civillini
[address redacted]
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 27/07/2023 and registered on 27/07/2023 under the case number
2023/4406.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 18/08/2023. 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,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Mr CIVILLINI,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 27/07/2023 under case number 2023/4406.
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 18/08/2023.
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 08/09/2023.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
SG D Secretariat
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Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
Thank you for your message.
I should have received a reply to my request by 8th September, as you stated.
Could you please provide a response, or an update if there are further delays?
Thank you
Yours faithfully,
Matteo Civillini
Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
Requests for public access to documents are treated on the basis of
[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
L’unité «Transparence» du secrétariat général de la Commission européenne
a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
[2]règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 du 30 mai 2001 relatif à l’accès du public
aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
Registrierung Ihres Antrags (oder die Notwendigkeit weiterer Informationen
im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
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Dear Mr Civillini,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2023/4406.
Kind regards,
SG D Secreteriat
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
Please pass this on to the person who reviews confirmatory applications.
I am filing the following confirmatory application with regards to my access to documents request 'Namibia partnership'.
Your response states that "the Commission does not hold any documents that would
correspond to the description given in your application".
I find that highly implausible to believe that unless you are taking an unfairly narrow interpretation of my request.
Just as an example, as stated in my request, on 20/05/2023 President von der Leyen said: "In Namibia, we are providing guarantees for private investments in green hydrogen". I find it impossible to believe that such statement was made in the absence of any briefing document (or any other type of document) that at the very least the Commission should have considered as part of my application.
The same goes with the statement given by the President when the MoU with Namibia was launched in November 2022.
A full history of my request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/namib...
Yours faithfully,
Matteo Civillini
Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
Requests for public access to documents are treated on the basis of
[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
L’unité «Transparence» du secrétariat général de la Commission européenne
a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
[2]règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 du 30 mai 2001 relatif à l’accès du public
aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
Registrierung Ihres Antrags (oder die Notwendigkeit weiterer Informationen
im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
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3. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/...
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your confirmatory request for case
2023/4406, sent on 15/09/2023 and registered on 15/09/2023.
We will handle your confirmatory request within 15 working days as of the
date of registration. The time-limit expires on 06/10/2023. We will let
you know if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working
days.
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
Dear Mr Civillini,
We refer to your email, registered on 15 September 2023, by which you
submit a confirmatory application in accordance with Article 7(2) of
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European
Parliament, Council and Commission documents ("Regulation (EC) No
1049/2001"), registered under reference number above.
Your confirmatory application is currently being handled. Unfortunately,
we have not yet been able to finalize the internal consultations needed to
carry out a full analysis of your request and to take a final decision.
Therefore, we are not in a position to reply to your confirmatory request
within the prescribed time limit which expires on 6 October 2023.
Consequently, we have to extend this period by another 15 working days in
accordance with Article 8(2) of Regulation (EC) No1049/2001. The new
deadline expires on 27 October 2023.
We regret this additional delay and sincerely apologise for any
inconvenience this may cause. However, we can assure you that we are doing
our utmost to provide you with a final reply as soon as possible.
Yours sincerely,
SG.C1 ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
Dear applicant,
We are writing to you concerning your confirmatory request for access to
Commission documents for case 2023/4406, registered on 15 September 2023.
On 5 October 2023, we extended the time limit for replying to your
confirmatory request to 27 October 2023.
Unfortunately, as internal consultations are still ongoing, we will not be
able to send you the reply within this extended time limit.
However, we assure you that we are doing our best to send a reply to your
confirmatory request as soon as possible.
We regret this additional delay and sincerely apologize for any
inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
SG.C1 ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
Dear Mr. Matteo Civillini,
Please find attached the electronic version of Commission Decision C(2024)
233 as adopted by the European Commission on 9.1.2024.
The formal notification of the decision under Article 297 TFEU is being
made only in electronic form.
Could you please confirm receipt of the attached document by return
e-mail?
Many thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
MARTIN GALAN MARIA SERENA
Secrétariat général de la Commission
SG B2 - Procédures écrites, habilitation, délégation
BERL 05/P071' +32-2-299.59.48
Dear Ms / Dear Mr,
It is very important for us.
Please, could you please acknowledge the receipt of the document enclosed
in the message addressed to you ?
MARTIN GALAN MARIA SERENA
Secrétariat général de la Commission
SG B2 - Procédures écrites, habilitation, délégation
BERL 05/P071' +32-2-299.59.48
From: SG GREFFE CERTIFICATION
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2024 5:20 PM
To: '[FOI #13312 email]'
<[FOI #13312 email]>
Cc: GRIGORAS Eduard (SG) <[email address]>
Subject: C(2024) 233 addressed to Matteo Civillini
Dear Mr. Matteo Civillini,
Please find attached the electronic version of Commission Decision C(2024)
233 as adopted by the European Commission on 9.1.2024.
The formal notification of the decision under Article 297 TFEU is being
made only in electronic form.
Could you please confirm receipt of the attached document by return
e-mail?
Many thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
MARTIN GALAN MARIA SERENA
Secrétariat général de la Commission
SG B2 - Procédures écrites, habilitation, délégation
BERL 05/P071' +32-2-299.59.48