France's ban on single-use plastic bags
Dear Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW),
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:
- minutes and other reports of meetings between the European Commission's DG GROW and industry representatives (including Pack2Go Europe, International Paper, Serving Europe, Eamonn Bates Europe Public Affairs and others) in which the French government's ban on plastic bags was discussed (between November 2014 and today);
- all correspondence (including emails) between the European Commission's DG GROW and and industry representatives (including Pack2Go Europe, International Paper, Serving Europe, Eamonn Bates Europe Public Affairs and others) in which the French government's ban on plastic bags was discussed (between November 2014 and today).
Yours faithfully,
Olivier Hoedeman
on behalf of Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
Rue d'Edimbourg 26,
1050 Brussels, Belgium
http://www.corporateeurope.org
Tel. +32 (0)2 893 0930
Mobile: +32 474 486545
EU Transparency Register ID Number: 5353162366-85
Dear Sir Hoedeman,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 06/02/2017. We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered on 06/02/2017 under reference number GestDem 2017/653.
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 27/02/2017. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.
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Yours faithfully,
Maria Giovanna Zamburlini
Blue Book trainee
European Commission
DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
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From: Olivier Hoedeman [mailto:[FOI #3963 email]]
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2017 11:07 AM
To: GROW ACCES DOCUMENTS
Subject: access to documents request - France's ban on single-use plastic bags
Dear Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW),
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:
- minutes and other reports of meetings between the European Commission's DG GROW and industry representatives (including Pack2Go Europe, International Paper, Serving Europe, Eamonn Bates Europe Public Affairs and others) in which the French government's ban on plastic bags was discussed (between November 2014 and today);
- all correspondence (including emails) between the European Commission's DG GROW and and industry representatives (including Pack2Go Europe, International Paper, Serving Europe, Eamonn Bates Europe Public Affairs and others) in which the French government's ban on plastic bags was discussed (between November 2014 and today).
Yours faithfully,
Olivier Hoedeman
on behalf of Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
Rue d'Edimbourg 26,
1050 Brussels, Belgium
http://www.corporateeurope.org
Tel. +32 (0)2 893 0930
Mobile: +32 474 486545
EU Transparency Register ID Number: 5353162366-85
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Dear Mr Hoedeman,
We refer to your e-mails dated 06/02/2017 in which you make two requests
for access to documents, registered on 06/02/2017 under the above
mentioned reference numbers.
Your applications are currently being handled. However, we will not be in
a position to complete the handling of your applications within the time
limit of 15 working days, which expires today.
An extended time limit is needed as part of the documents requested
originate from third parties which have been 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 limits expire on 20/03/2017.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
Access to Documents team
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European Commission
DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
A1/ Communication, Access to Documents and Document Management
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Dear Mr Hoedeman,
Please find enclosed the reply to your request for access to documents
registered under number GESTDEM 2017/653.
Best regards,
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European Commission
DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
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