Request in particular concerns issues, linked to NPP Astravyets project
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, as well as the REGULATION (EC) No 1367/2006 on on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies, in particular as covered under article 4 of the said Regulation, notably points 2(a) "texts of international treaties, conventions or agreements, and of Community legislation on the environment or relating to it, and of policies, plans and programmes relating to the environment", 2(e) "data or summaries of data derived from the monitoring of activities affecting, or likely to affect, the environment" as well as article 2(g) "environmental impact studies and risk assessments concerning environmental elements, or a reference to the place where such information can be requested or accessed, I am requesting the following information.
Kindly please provide with all and any documents on the on the issues related to Belarus nuclear power plant project in Astravyets (NPP Astravyets), its nuclear safety and security and its adverse environmental, economic and the security of energy supply effects as well as possible adverse impact on the stability of energy supply and transmission systems in the Union. This in particularly concerns the territorial areas of the Union, including but not limited to the territories neighbouring the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation, that may be affected by this project. This request also concerns all and any documents testifying the actions requested from, initiated by and deployed through the Union bodies to mitigate those adverse effects.
This request in particular concerns these issues, linked to NPP Astravyets project:
- environmental protection (Espoo and Aarhus conventions),
- nuclear safety (Euratom treaty and other Union treaties covering nuclear safety issues, IAEA safety standards),
- comprehensive and transparent risk and safety assessment ("stress tests"),
- construction incidents and work safety breaches during NPP construction in Astavets.
- minutes and conclusions of the meetings between the EU and ENSREG with the authorities of the Republic of Belarus regarding NPP project
- the outcome of Lithuania’s formal appeal calling on the EU and its institutions to take a principled stand in demanding that Belarus immediately prepare an action plan for implementing the stress test recommendations and commit to implementing it before the Astravyets NPP is launched
- the action plan and other activities outlining the EU’s next steps regarding the Astravyets NPP related to safety and security
This request also cover, but is not limited to, documents covering the meetings and exchanges which addressed the issues outlined above, between the Commission bodies (as detailed below) and:
- Other Union bodies, such as the Council of Europe, European Council, European Parliament
- The Republic of Lithuania
- The Republic of Belarus
- The Russian Federation
- Economic entities (privately or publicly owned) engaged in the NPP Astravyets project or having an economic stake in the project
- Other organisations directly or indirectly representing the interests of such economic entities and countries involved in, or affected by the NPP Astravyets project
- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Western European Nuclear Regulators Association (WENRA)
This request covers, but is not limited to, the activities of these European Commission bodies:
- The current and former Members of the College of Commissioners and their staff, including the current and former European Commission Presidents and their staff
- The Secretariat General of the European Commission;
- The Directorate General for Environment,
- The Directorate General for Energy,
- The Directorate General Joint research centre
- The European External Action Service
- The Nuclear Safeguards Implementation Expert Group (acting under Chapter VII, EURATOM Treaty)
- The European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG)
Thank you very much in advance for providing this information,
Yours faithfully,
The Association "Movement against Astravyets NPP"
Executive secretary Matas Lasauskas
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Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
Here is our postal address:
J. Tumo-Vaizganto 5-4, Vilnius LT-01108
Yours faithfully,
Matas Lasauskas
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supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
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Dear Matas Lasauskas,
Thank you for your e-mail of 24/04/2020. We hereby acknowledge receipt of
your application for access to documents, which was registered on
24/04/2020 under reference number GESTDEM 2020/2240.
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application
will be handled within 15 working days. The time limit will expire on
18/05/2020. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.
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has no link with any institution of the European Union. Therefore, the
European Commission cannot be held accountable for any technical issues or
problems linked to the use of this system.
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European Commission
Secretariat-General
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Dear Matas Lasauskas,
Thank you for your e-mails of 17/04/2020 and 24/04/2020. We hereby
acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents, which was
registered on 24/04/2020 under the reference numbers listed below.
Further to your access to documents request we hereby inform you that your
request initially submitted to the Secretariat-General has been
re-attributed to the Directorates-Generals/Services with the following
reference numbers:
* GESTDEM 2020/2240: Directorate-General for Energy (DG ENER)
* GESTDEM 2020/2444: Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV)
* GESTDEM 2020/2445: Historical Archives (OIB)
* GESTDEM 2020/2446: Secretariat-General (SG)
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application
will be handled within 15 working days. The time limit will expire on
18/05/2020. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.
For information on how we process your personal data visit our page
[1]Privacy statement – access to documents.
Kind regards,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
European Commission
Secretariat-General
Unit C1 – Transparency, Document Management & Access to Documents
[2]HOW WE PROCESS PERSONAL DATA
Dear Matas Lasauskas,
We refer to your e-mails dated of 17/04/2020 and 24/04/2020. We hereby
acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents, which was
registered on 24/04/2020 under the reference numbers listed below.
Your applications are currently being handled. However, we will not be in
a position to complete the handling of your application within the time
limit of 15 working days, which expires on 18/05/2020.
An extended time limit is needed for thorough analysis as to the
availability of the documents requested.
Therefore, we have to extend the time limit with 15 working days in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents. The new time limit expires on 11/06/2020.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
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European Commission
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Dear Matas Lasauskas,
With respect to the documents to be disclosed by DG Energy, please note
that your application is currently being handled.
A reply is prepared and is being validated by our hierarchy.
You may expect to receive an advance copy by email next week.
Best regards,
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Dear Mr Lasauskas,
Subject: Your application for access to documents – Ref. GestDem nr.
2020/2445.
We are sorry we have not been able to reply to you within the extended
time limit of 11 June 2020.
However, we can assure you that we are doing our best in order to provide
you with a final reply as soon as possible.
We are sorry for this additional delay and we do sincerely apologise for
any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
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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 'Request in particular concerns issues, linked to NPP Astravyets project'.
We still haven't received any answer for given requests: GESTDEM 2020/2444; GESTDEM 2020/2445.
Please inform us about the status of our awaited requests.
A full history of my request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/requ...
Yours faithfully,
Matas Lasauskas
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Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
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upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
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supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
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Dear Matas Lasauskas,
With respect to the documents to be disclosed by DG Energy, please note
that your application is currently being handled.
A reply is prepared and is being validated by our hierarchy.
You may expect to receive an advance copy by email in the next days.
Best regards,
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European Commission
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Dear Sir,
Thank you for your email dated 29 June 2020 by which you request, pursuant
to Regulation No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament,
Council and Commission documents, a review of the position taken by DG ENV
in reply to your initial application GESTDEM 2020/2444.
We hereby acknowledge receipt of your confirmatory application for access
to documents which was registered on 2 July 2020 (Ares(2020)3473780).
Your application will be handled within 15 working days (24/07/2020). In
case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due
course.
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formal Commission decision that will be notified to you by express
delivery. Thank you for providing your contact phone number, so that the
external delivery service can contact you in case of absence.
Please note that the Commission will not use your phone number for any
other purpose than for informing the delivery service, and that it will
delete it immediately thereafter.
Yours faithfully,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (GD)
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European Commission
Secretariat-General
SG C.1
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Dear Sir,
Thank you for your email dated 29 June 2020 by which you request, pursuant
to Regulation No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament,
Council and Commission documents, a review of the position taken by the
JRC in reply to your initial application GESTDEM 2020/2445.
We hereby acknowledge receipt of your confirmatory application for access
to documents which was registered on 2 July 2020 (Ares(2020)3474164).
Your application will be handled within 15 working days (24/07/2020). In
case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due
course.
Please be informed that the answer to your confirmatory application is a
formal Commission decision that will be notified to you by express
delivery. Thank you for providing your contact phone number, so that the
external delivery service can contact you in case of absence.
Please note that the Commission will not use your phone number for any
other purpose than for informing the delivery service, and that it will
delete it immediately thereafter.
Yours faithfully,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (GD)
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European Commission
Secretariat-General
SG C.1
[7][email address]
Dear Mr Lasauskas,
Subject: Your application for access to documents – Ref. GestDem No
2020/2445
With reference to your application for access to documents, registered on
24/04/2020 under the above mentioned reference number, please find a note
for your attention signed by the Director General of the Joint Research
Centre.
Please note that, due to the current exceptional circumstances, we will
not be able to send the above mentioned note via registered mail to you.
Consequently, we kindly ask you to acknowledge receipt of the note by
replying to this email within five days.
Yours faithfully,
JRC Access to documents Team
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GESTDEM 2020/2445.
Yours faithfully,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (GD)
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European Commission
Secretariat-General
SG C.1
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Mr Matas Lasauskas,
Please find attached the reply to your request for access to documents,
registered under reference GestDem 2020/2444. Please notice that the
documents will also be sent by registered post.
With best regards,
European Commission
Directorate-General Environment
Mainstreaming & Environmental Assessments
Unit ENV E1 - B-1049 Brussels/Belgium –BU-9 02/173
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Dear Mr Lasauskas,
Please find attached the reply to your application for access to documents
– GESTDEM 2020/2240.
Kind regards,
on behalf of
Hans RHEIN
Head of Unit DG ENER D1
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Dear Sir,
Please find enclosed a letter concerning your confirmatory application –
GESTDEM 2020/2444.
Yours faithfully,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (GD)
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European Commission
Secretariat-General
SG C.1
[2][email address]
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