HEAD OF LEGAL AND ASSURANCE SERVICES
Parma, 11 October 2017
Ref. DD/CP/mm (2017) – out-18496351
Nina Holland
Agribusiness campaign
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
Rue d'Edimbourg, 26
BE-1050 Brussels
Belgium
e-mail
:ask+request-4286-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Re:
Your request for public access to documents of 12 May 2017
Our ref: PAD 2017/036
Dear Ms Holland,
Further to our previous reply letter dated 20 September 2017, I am hereby
complementing to our reply to your request for public access to documents submitted on
12 May 2017 through Ask the EU website, by means of which you requested access to:
“1. Any documents between December 2013 and December 2015, including briefings,
reports, correspondence (email or other), where the active substance glyphosate is
concerned or mentioned, between officials/representatives/experts of EFSA and
officials/representatives of:
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Monsanto or any other company producing glyphosate
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Glyphosate Task Force
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Hume Brophy or any other firm representing industry with an interest in glyphosate
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European Crop Protection Association (ECPA)
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representatives of the US administration, including agencies such as the EPA and the
FDA
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representatives of the German government
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the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment BfR
2. A list of meetings, as well as agendas and minutes any other reports of such
meetings, between December 2013 and now, where the active substance glyphosate is
concerned or mentioned, between officials/representatives/experts of EFSA and
officials/representatives of the entities mentioned in the list under 1.
3. All access to documents requests sent to EFSA on glyphosate (minus CEO's) since
2012.”
As per our letter of 20 September 2017 in view of the on-going consultation with the
third party on documents falling within the scope of your request, in line with Article 4(4)
of the PAD Regulation, we proposed you to get back to you once the consultation is over.
This letter constitutes the complementary and final batch of documents falling within the
scope of your request.
European Food Safety Authority • Via Carlo Magno 1A • 43126 Parma • ITALY
Tel. + 39 0521 036 111 • Fax + 39 0521 036 110 • www.efsa.europa.eu
1. Partial disclosure – complementary batch
After conclusive consultation with the United States Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), we are pleased to provide you with a complementary set of documents
constituting the correspondence between EFSA and EPA, particularly, correspondence
exchanged in 2015 is disclosed to you.
Please note that personal data (i.e. names of individuals and other personal data)
present in
all the documents disclosed to you have been masked in accordance with
Article 4(1)(b) of the PAD Regulation and Article 8(b) of the Data Protection Regulation
(EC) No 45/2001. In line with the settled case law of the Union Courts, EFSA will only be
able to balance the interests at stake and to consider the disclosure of personal data
after you have provided an express and legitimate justification and convincing
arguments in order to demonstrate the necessity of having personal data transferred to
you.
We hope you find the disclosed document useful. I must remind you that all persons
reproducing, redistributing, exploiting or making commercial use of this information are
expected to adhere to the terms and conditions asserted by the copyright holder.
2. Confirmatory application
To exercise your right to appeal against this decision of partial disclosure by a
confirmatory application, you may write to EFSA at the address below. You have fifteen
working days from receipt of this letter to appeal. Beyond this deadline, your initial
request will be considered as fully satisfied. In case you submit a confirmatory
application, EFSA will inform you of the outcome of this re-examination of your request
within fifteen working days of receipt, either by granting you access to the documents or
by confirming the refusal. In the latter case, you will also be informed of any further
appeal routes available.
Further correspondence must be sent to:
EFSA
Dirk Detken, Head of the Legal and Assurance Services
Via Carlo Magno 1/A
IT-43126 Parma
Italy
e-mail:
xxxx.xxxxxx.xxxxxx.xx.xxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxxxxx.xx Yours sincerely,
[SIGNED]
Dirk Detken
Cc: J. Tarazona (EFSA)
Encl: CD-ROM
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