Request for Meeting Minutes - TotalEnergies
Dear all,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting
- meeting minutes;
- list of participants;
of the following meetings held between Commission staff and TotalEnergies representatives;
1. Meeting held on 17/03/2025 with HoU Stefanie Hiesinger on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and the upcoming Delegated Act under the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA).
2. Meeting held on 13/03/2025 with Bertrand L'huillier and Arthur Corbin, Cabinet members of Stéphane Séjourné on the Clean Industrial Deal Simplification Trade
3. Meeting held on 12/03/2025 with Anne-Maud Orlinski and Sid-Ahmed Kamil Talbi, Cabinet members of Dan Jørgensen, to Exchange of views on various aspects of EU energy policy
4. Meeting held on 11/03/2025 with HoU Fabrice D'Aprile, and Director Martin Lukas on LNG, SAF and power generation
5. Meeting held on 11/03/2025 with Nicolo Brignoli, Cabinet member of Valdis Dombrovskis on Omnibus
6. Meeting held on 11/03/2025 with HoU Helene Bussieres on SFDR
7. Meeting held on 11/03/2025 with Matthieu Moulonguet, Cabinet member of Wopke Hoekstra on The role of hydrogen for heavy-duty vehicles
8. Meeting held on 27/02/2025 with DG Kurt Vandenberghe on the Clean Industrial Deal and the climate targets, and some other climate and energy-related priorities
9. Meeting held on 20/02/2025 with Maria Cristina Lobillo and HoU Monika Zsigri on Security of Supply, decarbonization target
10. Meeting held on 18/02/2025 with Arthur Corbin and Bertrand L'huillier, Cabinet members of Stéphane Séjourné on the Clean Industrial deal
11. Meeting held on 10/02/2025 with HoU Emmanuelle Maire to Exchange of views on the Commission’s proposal for a Regulation on preventing plastic pellet losses to reduce microplastic pollution, currently under examination by the co- legislators.
12. Meeting held on 07/02/2025 with Director Felix Fernandez-Shaw on Total Energies’ renewable hydrogen projects in Latin America
13. Meeting held on 07/02/2025 with DIrector Felix Fernandez-Shaw on Total Energies’ renewable energy projects in Latin America
14. Meeting held on 06/02/2025 with Director Lukasz Kolinski on Introductory meeting to present TotalEnergies current activities and future plans
15. Meeting held on 06/02/2025 with Miguel Jose Garcia Jones, Cabinet member of Wopke Hoekstra on a
Discussion on the energy vision for 2050
Mnay thanks for your time and collaboration.
Best,
Celia Fogli
Dear Sir or Madam,
We are writing to you concerning your request for access to documents sent
on 29/03/2025 and registered on 31/03/2025 under case number 2025/1802.
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by introducing several requests under different identities. Indeed, in
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Yours faithfully,
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs - Access to Documents
European Commission
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