3rd Country Audits
Dear Health and Food Safety,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:
Article 124 of Regulation 2017/625 stipulates: "Member States shall inform the Commission of planned controls in the areas governed by the rules referred to in Article 1(2) on their territory, by the competent authorities of third countries"
Could you kindly provide me with a list starting from 2010 to present of all such third country controls which sought to evaluate either animal welfare or animal health in Member States? Furthermore, with regards to the above list, if a third country has shared the findings of their controls with the Commission, please could you also send me these findings?
Your assistance would be most appreciated,
Yours faithfully,
Kunal Solanky
42 Wykeham Crescent
OX4 3SB
Dear Health and Food Safety,
As a clarification, please ensure the list details at the minimum the auditing country, the audited country and the species audited.
Yours faithfully,
KUNAL SOLANKY
42 Wykeham Crescent
OX4 3SB
Dear Mr Solanky,
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Dear Mr Solanky,
We refer to your e-mail dated 30/09/2020 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 5/10/2020 under the above mentioned
reference number.
Your application is 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 today, 26/10/2020.
An extended time limit is needed as your application concerns documents,
some of which originate from third parties which have to be consulted.
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 17/11/2020.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
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Dear Mr Solanki,
The deadline for replying to your access to documents request, dated 30
September 2020 and registered on 05 October 2020, expired on 17 November
2020.
This email is just to inform you that the reply is already in the workflow
for signature and it will be soon sent to you.
Thank you very much for your understanding.
Kind regards
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Dear Mr Solanky,
Please find attached the reply to your application for access to documents (document Ares(2020)6960781) signed by DG SANTE's Director-General.
With kind regards,
European Commission
Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
Rue Breydel 4
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
Dear ve_sante.d.3(SANTE),
Thank you very much for your reply.
Yours sincerely,
KUNAL SOLANKY