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EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR ENERGY
ME Ref. Ares(2024)1970505 - 14/03/2024
Directorate A - Energy policy: Strategy and Coordination A.1 - Strategy, Policy Coordination and Planning, Interinstitutional Relations
Brussels, 14/03/2024
Ms Vicky Cann Rue d'Edimbourg 26, 1050 Brussels b email: ask+request-14144-
@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: Your application for access to documents EASE 2024/0502 -fair solution proposal
Dear Ms Cann,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents registered on 26/01/2024 under case number 2024/0502.
Your application concerns a very large number of documents, which need to be assessed individually. Such a detailed analysis cannot be carried out within the normal time limits set out in Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001.
Please find below the list of the identified documents:
Nr Stakeholder Ares
Date
Title
1 RECHARGE
Ares(2024)475765
22/01/2024
[Re] RECHARGE letter: Request to exclude batteries from the PFAS restriction proposal scope + meeting request date tbd
2 RECHARGE
Ares(2023)7683404
09/11/2023
RECHARGE
letter:
Request to exclude
batteries from the PFAS
restriction proposal
scope
Commission europeenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIE - Tel. +32 22991111 Office: DM24 08/084 - Tel. direct line +32 229-62496
3 RECHARGE
Ares(2023)7683404
09/11/2023
RECHARGE Letter to Commissioner Kadri Simson_231109
4 RECHARGE
Ares(2023)7691633
09/11/2023
RECHARGE
letter:
Request to exclude
batteries from the PFAS
restriction proposal
scope + meeting
request date tbd
5 RECHARGE
Ares(2023)7691633 09/11/2023 RECHARGE Letter to Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius_231109
6 Svenskt Vatten Ares(2023)8562235 13/12/2023 Message
to
AB
Commissioners - Time
to Deal With PFAS
7 SPECTARIS - Ares(2023)6090994 06/09/2023 Invitation
KS
German
24/10/2023 Brussels BE
Industry
to working breakfast:
Association
PFAS - Is the industry
for Optics,
threatened with an
Photonics,
unintended high-tech
Analytical and
ban?
Medical
Technology
8 SPECTARIS - Ares(2023)6173009 12/09/2023 RE: Invitation to
German
working breakfast: PFAS
Industry
- Is the industry
Association
threatened with an
for Optics,
unintended high-tech
Photonics,
ban?
Analytical and
Medical
Technology
9 SPECTARIS - Ares(2023)5025617 19/07/202 German Industry Association for Optics, Photonics, Analytical and Medical Technology
Save the Date -
Invitation
KS
24/10/2023 Brussels BE
at the SPECTARIS
breakfast meeting on
PFAS
10 Hydrogen
Ares(2023)6740512 04/10/2023 Joint statement on the
importance
of
2
Europe
fluoropolymers for the clean energy transition and the EU's Net Zero Industry
11 Hydrogen Europe
Ares(2023)6740512
04/10/2023
FINAL- Joint statement on importance of fluoropolymers-wider initiative
12 Hydrogen Europe
Ares(2024)154388
10/01/2024
[Re] Joint statement on the importance of fluoropolymers for the clean energy transition and the EU's Net Zero Industry
13 Hydrogen Europe
Ares(2024)154388
10/01/2024
SCAN1.[Re]
Joint
statement on the
importance
of
fluoropolymers for the
clean energy transition
and the EU Net Zero
Industry
14 European
Ares(2023)3917238 06/06/2023 Email Invitation KS to
Environmental
participate in a study
Bureau
on the levels of
hazardous chemicals -
European
Environmental Bureau
(EEB)
15 European
Ares(2023)3917238 06/06/2023 EEB invitation to
Environmental
Commissioner Simson
Bureau
16 European
Ares(2023)8841618 22/12/2023 European
Environmental
Environmental Bureau -
Bureau
Environmental
Priorities under the
Belgian Presidency of
the European Union
17 European
Ares(2023)8841618 22/12/2023 2023-12-22 to EC
Environmental
President von der
Bureau
Leyen
re
EEB
memorandum to BE
Presidency
18 European
Ares(2023)8841618 22/12/2023 EEB Memorandum to
Environmental
the Belgian Presidency
3
Bureau
of the EU
19 European
Ares(2023)4557941 29/06/2023 EEB's Memorandum to
Environmental
the Spanish Presidency
Bureau
July - December 2023
20 European
Ares(2023)4557941 29/06/2023 2023-06-29 to EC
Environmental
President von der
Bureau
Leyen
re
EEB
Memorandum to ES
Presidency
21 European
Ares(2023)4557941 29/06/2023 EEB Memorandum to
Environmental
the Spanish Presidency
Bureau
of the EU
22 European
Ares(2023)4666858 05/07/2023 Letter
and
a
Environmental
memorandum setting
Bureau
out EEB's hopes and
aspirations with respect
to
the
environmentrelated
outcomes of the
Presidency Trio of
Spain, Belgium and
Hungary
23 European
Ares(2023)4666858 05/07/2023 2023-07-05 Letter to EC
Environmental
President von der
Bureau
Leyen re EEB Dozen
Demands for ES_BE_HU
Presidency Trio
24 European
Ares(2023)4666858 05/07/2023 EEB_Dozen Demands
Environmental
for the ES_BE_HU
Bureau
Presidency Trio
25 European
Ares(2023)7876497 20/11/2023 [Re]
EEB's
Environmental
Memorandum to the
Bureau
Spanish Presidency July
- December 2023
26 European
Ares(2023)5982534 04/06/2023 [Re] Letter and a
Environmental
memorandum setting
Bureau
out EEB's hopes and
aspirations with respect
to the environment-
related outcomes of the
Presidency Trio of
Spain, Belgium and
Hungary
4
27 European
Ares(2023)4082747 08/06/2023 Email EEB's input to the
Environmental
EU
Environment
Bureau
Council
Meeting,
Luxembourg
20/06/2023
28 European
Ares(2023)4082747 08/06/2023 EEB_s input to the EU
Environmental
Environment Council
Bureau
Meeting, Luxembourg,
20 June 2023
29 Honeywell
Ares(2024)1406088
23/02/2024
MINUTES: HoC Grassi meeting with Ms Stacey Bernards, VP Global Government Relations at Honeywell Energy & Sustainability Solutions - 23/02/2024
30 Honeywell
Ares(2023)4374932
23/06/2023
MEETING REQUEST AKW [open date] Meeting with Honeywell on F-Gas regulation
31 Honeywell
Ares(2023)4512261
29/06/2023
[Re] MEETING REQUEST AKW [open date] Meeting with Honeywell on F-Gas regulation
32 Hitachi Energy Ares(2023)1653607 07/03/2023 Email Hitachi Energy on F-gas regulation
33 Hitachi Energy Ares(2023)1653607 07/03/2023 Hitachi Energy on Fgas
34 Hitachi Energy Ares(2023)4374362 23/06/2023 [Re] Hitachi Energy on F-gas regulation
35 Johnson Controls
Ares(2023)3713459
26/05/2023
Thank you message following the for meeting with Johnson Controls & MEETING REQUEST KS 2829/06/2023 Brussels BE - Meeting with Johnson Controls' Vice President and Chief Sustainability and External Relations Officer
36 Johnson Controls
Ares(2023)3713459
26/05/2023
F-gas
Regulation
revision - EPEE
comparison between
5
EP, Council and EC
37 Johnson Controls
Ares(2023)3713459 26/05/2023 F-gas Infosession.pptx
38 Johnson Controls
Ares(2023)3794724
01/06/2023
Thank you message following the for meeting with Johnson Controls & MEETING REQUEST KS 2829/06/2023 Brussels BE - Meeting with Johnson Controls' Vice President and Chief Sustainability and External Relations Officer - MEETING SLOTS OFFERE
39 Johnson Controls
Ares(2023)3031738
28/04/2023
MEETING REQUEST KS 22-26/05/2023 Brussels BE - Meeting on F-Gas with the from Johnson Control's Vice President
40 Johnson Controls
Ares(2023)3031738 28/04/2023 F-gas revision ahead of trilogue
41 Johnson Controls
Ares(2023)3146530
04/05/2023
RE Meeting request on F-Gas from Johnson Controls Vice President
42 Johnson Controls
Ares(2023)4040434
12/06/2023
MINUTES VC with Johnson 22 May-PR
meeting Controls
43 European
Ares(2023)6552548 23/09/2023 MEETING REQUEST KS
Partnership
[open date] - Meeting
for Energy
with EPEE on a critical
and
the
matter for the RACHP
Environment
industry
(EPEE)
44 European
Ares(2023)6552548 23/09/2023 EPEE - Request for a
Partnership
face to face meeting on
for Energy
a critical matter for the
and
the
RACHP industry
Environment
(EPEE)
45 European
Ares(2023)6170998 12/09/2023 Input on F-Gas
Partnership
regulation - Member
for Energy
companies
and
6
and
the
Environment
(EPEE)
associations of the European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE)
46 European
Ares(2023)6170998 12/09/2023 Statement F-gas Sept
Partnership
2023 - final Ms.
for Energy
Weidenbach
and
the
Environment
(EPEE)
47 European
Ares(2023)7383662 27/10/2023 [Re] Input on F-Gas
Partnership
regulation - Member
for Energy
companies
and
and
the
associations of the
Environment
European Partnership
(EPEE)
for Energy and the
Environment (EPEE)
48 Euroheat Power
& Ares(2023)4266390 20/06/2023 Heat Pump Action Plan l Euroheat & Power participation
49 Euroheat Power
& Ares(2023)4266390 20/06/2023 EHP feedback on the EC Heat Pump Action Plan
50 Euroheat Power
& Ares(2023)3886012 02/06/2023 Euroheat & power Follow-up - Heat decarbonization Action plan
51 Euroheat Power
& Ares(2023)3886012 02/06/2023 EHP feedback on the EC Heat Pump Action Plan
The reply to your initial application covers 51 documents.
The assessment of the said documentation requires processing a significant amount of information for the sole benefit of one applicant.
It needs to be emphasised that the assessment carried out under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 is not limited to reading of the documents but also to the analysis of their content.
First, the relevant information that requires protection under various exceptions provided for in Article 4 of that Regulation has to be filtered out and identified. The length of that process depends on the level of complexity of the documents content-wise.
Second, a significant number of documents originate from third parties. Consequently, the consultation under Article 4(4) of Regulation (EC) No
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1049/2001 is required. The time needed to carry out the necessary consultations includes preparation of the consultation letters, their internal validation workflow and delivery. Subsequently, the consulted third parties are given five working days to reply. That deadline starts running from the date of registration of the consultation. Finally, following the assessment of the documents, which takes into account the positions of the consulted third parties, the case handler must prepare the final version of the documents, including internal consultation (for example with a policy officer competent in the subject matter), marking the text to be redacted by means of the dedicated informatics tools and preparation of the final, redacted version of the document. Then, the final reply and the whole file is put into the validation process in view of its approval. This part of the process adds at least four working days to the over time of the handling. Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 provides for a possibility to confer with an applicant informally with a view to finding a fair solution when an application relates to a very long document or concerns a very large number of documents. Based on the above-mentioned provision, we would kindly ask you to identify the documents you are interested in. For this reason, in order to narrow down the scope of your application and to reduce it to a more manageable number of documents, we kindly ask you to select a maximum number of 20 documents. Please reply to this proposal for a fair solution within five working days at the latest. In the absence of a reply within five working days, we will restrict the scope of your application to those parts that can be dealt with within a reasonable amount of time. Yours sincerely, DG ENER Access to Documents Team
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