Request for access to documents – Strategic Projects under Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 (Article 7 plans)
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to request access to documents under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
Specifically, I request access to the plans submitted by project promoters of Strategic Projects pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 (Critical Raw Materials Act). These plans concern the measures for public participation, community engagement, and acceptance, which Article 7 requires project promoters to prepare and make publicly available.
Please provide me with:
The complete versions of the Article 7 plans submitted by each project promoter of projects that have been recognised as “Strategic Projects” by the Commission.
If available, any summaries or public versions of these plans that have been published on EU platforms or project promoters’ websites.
Any internal Commission documents compiling or assessing these Article 7 plans.
If parts of these documents are subject to exceptions under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, I kindly ask that the remainder be released in accordance with the principle of partial access.
I would be grateful to receive the documents in electronic format.
Thank you very much for your assistance.
Greifswalder Str. 4
10405 Berlin
Germany
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 09/09/2025 and registered on 09/09/2025 under the case number
2025/4562.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 30/09/2025. 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 Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Sir/Madam,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 09 September under case number EASE 2025/4562.
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 30 September.
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 21 October 2025.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
GROW I1 Team
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Dear Ms Levine,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2025/4562.
Kind regards,
GROW ATD
Dear GROW ATD Team,
thank you for your inquiry regarding strategic projects in Europe.
I am particularly interested in the following strategic projects in Europe:
1) Sweden – LKAB (Luossavaara-Kirunavaara AB) – ReeMAP Project
2) Czech Republic – Cínovec Lithium Project (Geomet s.r.o.)
3) Romania – Rovina Gold-Copper Project (Euro Sun Mining Inc.)
4) France – Emili Lithium Project (IMERYS Ceramics France)
5) Portugal – Barroso Lithium Project (Savannah Resources Plc)
Best regards,
Helen Levine
Dear Madam,
We refer to your request for access to documents initially registered on
09/09/2025 under case number EASE 2025/4562.
The reply to your request could not be finalised in due time. Therefore,
we were not in a position to complete the handling of your application
within the extended time limit of 15 working days, which expired on
21/09/2025.
Please be reassured that we are doing our best to be able to send you the
reply as soon as possible.
We apologise for this additional delay and for any inconvenience this may
cause.
Kind regards,
DG GROW – Access to Documents
Dear Requestor,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the case number 2025/4562
We kindly ask you to acknowledge the receipt of this message by return
email.
Kind regards,
GROW I1 Team