Documents regarding endocrine disrupters
Dear Secretariat General (SG),
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:
– on the topic of endocrine disrupters (also spelled: disruptors), all correspondence (including emails), the list of meetings with detailed minutes and any other reports of such meetings between the Chief Scientific Adviser of the European Commission (and her representatives) and the following organisations and/or individuals:
-The President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso (and his representatives)
-European Policy Centre (EPC)
-European Risk Forum (ERF)
-Plastics Europe
-Julie Girling
-Ragnar Löfstedt
-Mark Walport
-Ian Boyd
-UK Governement
-The German Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (BfR)
(between April 2011 and July 2013).
Should my request be denied wholly or partially, please explain the denial or all deletions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation. Also I expect the partial release of documents, in case of partial exemption according to article 4.6.
Do not hesitate to get back to me should you need any further information which could facilitate your research.
Thank you for your assistance.
Yours faithfully,
Stéphane Horel
Dear Mrs. Horel,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 11/07/2013 registered on 17/07/2013. I
hereby acknowledge receipt of your request for access to documents (ref.:
gestdem 2013-3771).
In accordance with Regulation 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, you will receive a
response to your request within 15 working days (07/08/2013).
Yours sincerely,
Paul SIMON
European Commission - Secretariat General
Unit SG.B.5, Transparency
Madame,
Suite à votre entretien téléphonique de ce matin avec Monsieur Legris et à
la proposition que ce dernier vous a faite, j'ai l'honneur de vous
adresser en annexe un tableau récapitulatif des différentes demandes que
vous avez envoyées à la Commission européenne, ainsi que les références et
les échéances s'y rattachant.
Je vous en souhaite bonne réception.
Veuillez agréer, Madame, l'assurance de ma considération distinguée.
Paul SIMON
Commission européenne - Secrétariat général
Unité SG.B.5, Transparence
Dear Mrs. Horel,
Further to your request, please find enclosed a letter from Professor Anne
Glover.
With kind regards,
Suzanne Speer
PA to Professor Anne Glover, CBE
Chief Scientific Adviser to the President
European Commission
Rue de la Loi 200 (BERL 8/36)
B – 1049 Brussels
+32 2 299 66 31
[1][email address]
Dear Ms Horel,
Please find enclosed a letter from Professor Anne Glover.
With kind regards,
Suzanne Speer
PA to Professor Anne Glover, CBE
Chief Scientific Adviser to the President
European Commission
Rue de la Loi 200 (BERL 8/36)
B – 1049 Brussels
+32 2 299 66 31
[1][email address]
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Dear Ms Horel,
Please find enclosed a letter (as well as 4 annexes) from Professor Glover
in reply to your above mentioned request for documents.
Best regards,
Suzanne Speer
PA to Professor Anne Glover, CBE
Chief Scientific Adviser to the President
European Commission
Rue de la Loi 200 (BERL 8/36)
B – 1049 Brussels
+32 2 299 66 31
[1][email address]
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Dear Secretariat General (SG),
Dear Mrs Glover,
Dear Mrs Speer,
Thank you for your reply and the documents you sent.
I have one question for you. The 17 June email (Annex 2 to reply Horel 30 Aug2013.pdf) contained three attachments. In the second one (Commentary - UK views on the issue of whether or not a threshold can be determined for endocrine disruptors identified as Substances of Very High Concern under REACH), one paragraph is blackened (bottom of 4th page). Would you be so kind as to tell me whether it was so in the original attached document, or whether your services blackened it? If it is the second option, could you please give me the reason?
Thank you for your help.
Yours faithfully,
Stéphane Horel
Dear Ms Horel,
I checked the issue, as we certainly have not blackened anything.
I send you enclosed the original mail as we received it from Professor Dekant.
As you will see, in the original pdf this paragraph has a red background. Probably when merging the attachments into one pdf for sending them to you the software blackened it for some technical reason. Apologies for this.
With best wishes
Jan Marco Müller
Dr. Jan Marco MÜLLER
Assistant to the Chief Scientific Adviser / Assistent der Wissenschaftlichen Chefberaterin /
Assistant de la conseillère scientifique principale
European Commission / Europäische Kommission / Commission européenne
Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA) / Büro europäischer Politikberater (BEPA) /
Bureau des conseillers de politique européenne (BEPA)
Berlaymont 08/364
Rue de la Loi 200
B-1049 Brussels / Brüssel / Bruxelles
Belgium / Belgien / Belgique
Tel.: +32 2 2992883
e-mail: [email address]
Internet: http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014...
Dear Secretariat General (SG),
Dear Mr Müller,
Thank you very much for taking the time to make this useful clarification! Indeed the paragraph highlighted in red became black in the scanner.
Before I close this access to document request, I would like to ask you whether Mrs Glover received any reply to her 20 June note to Karl Falkenberg. If it is the case, could you please provide it?
Thank you for your help.
Yours faithfully,
Stéphane Horel
Dear Ms Horel,
in response to your request, please find enclosed the reply the Chief Scientific Adviser received from DG Environment, with its respective annexes.
With best wishes
Jan Marco Müller
Dr. Jan Marco MÜLLER
Assistant to the Chief Scientific Adviser / Assistent der Wissenschaftlichen Chefberaterin /
Assistant de la conseillère scientifique principale
European Commission / Europäische Kommission / Commission européenne
Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA) / Büro europäischer Politikberater (BEPA) /
Bureau des conseillers de politique européenne (BEPA)
Berlaymont 08/364
Rue de la Loi 200
B-1049 Brussels / Brüssel / Bruxelles
Belgium / Belgien / Belgique
Tel.: +32 2 2992883
e-mail: [email address]
Internet: http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014...
Dear Secretariat General (SG),
Dear Mr Müller,
many thanks for your prompt response.
Have a good day.
Best wishes,
Stéphane Horel