Industry lobbying on Chlorpyrifos (Corteva/EFSA)

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Dear EFSA,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in the access to documents Regulation 1049/2001 and Aarhus Regulation 1367/2006, we are requesting documents which contain the following information:

- Correspondence, including the contents of all emails, between EFSA officials and industry representatives working on the assessment or renewal of Chlorpyrifos during the year 2019.

- This includes (but is not limited to) correspondence between industry representatives or lobbyists and any officials or representatives of EFSA during this period that mentions or pertains to Chlorpyrifos during the year 2019.

- Please specifically include all correspondence between the following representatives and lobbyists of Corteva/Dow/DuPont and EFSA officials or representatives, including (but not limited to) any which mention SCoPAFF during the year 2019.

- Please also include all agendas or minutes of meetings or calls with these parties during the year 2019 that mentions or pertains to the assessment or renewal of Chlorpyrifos:

Dow Europe
Mr Dennis Kredler, Director European Union Affairs and Head of Brussels office
Mr Howard Chase, Director of Government Affairs EMEAI

Corteva Agriscience
Mr Teslenko Igor, President Europe
Mr George Macy Merriman, Government and Industry Affairs Lead, EMEA

DuPont de Nemours International
Mr Pierrick Le Gallo, President DuPont Europe, Middle East & Africa
Ms Agnese Danelon, Government Affairs & Industry Relations

- The above requests also pertain to persons not listed here who are acting on behalf of Corteva/Dow/DuPont, or as lobbyists representing the interests of these parties on this issue.

Yours faithfully,
David Norton

EFSA.public.access.to.documents, Europäische Behörde für Lebensmittelsicherheit

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Dear Mr Norton,

 

I hereby acknowledge receipt of your e-mail of 14 August 2019 by means of
which you requested “documents which contain the following information:

 

- Correspondence, including the contents of all emails, between EFSA
officials and industry representatives working on the assessment or
renewal of Chlorpyrifos during the year 2019.

- This includes (but is not limited to) correspondence between industry
representatives or lobbyists and any officials or representatives of EFSA
during this period that mentions or pertains to Chlorpyrifos during the
year 2019.

- Please specifically include all correspondence between the following
representatives and lobbyists of Corteva/Dow/DuPont and EFSA officials or
representatives, including (but not limited to) any which mention SCoPAFF
during the year 2019.

- Please also include all agendas or minutes of meetings or calls with
these parties during the year 2019 that mentions or pertains to the
assessment or renewal of Chlorpyrifos:

 

Dow Europe

Mr  Dennis Kredler, Director European Union Affairs and Head of Brussels
office Mr  Howard Chase, Director of Government Affairs EMEAI

 

Corteva Agriscience

Mr  Teslenko Igor, President Europe

Mr  George Macy Merriman, Government and Industry Affairs Lead, EMEA

 

DuPont de Nemours International

Mr  Pierrick Le Gallo, President DuPont Europe, Middle East & Africa Ms 
Agnese Danelon, Government Affairs & Industry Relations

 

- The above requests also pertain to persons not listed here who are
acting on behalf of Corteva/Dow/DuPont, or as lobbyists representing the
interests of these parties on this issue.”

 

Your request has been registered as PAD 2019/081 and is being processed as
quickly as possible in accordance with [1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001
regarding public access to documents.

 

We will get back to you by 5 September 2019 at the latest.

 

We would like to inform you that the [2]AsktheEU.org website you have
used for submitting your request is a third-party platform, outside the
remit of the institutions, agencies and bodies of the EU, including EFSA.
Consequently, EFSA cannot be held liable for errors of any kind occurring
as a result of the use of this platform.

 

Additionally, please note that the third party running the AsktheEU.org
website is responsible for the processing of your personal data by means
of this platform. For further information, including on the way the third
party addresses your rights in the light of applicable data protection
legislation, please refer to the third party’s privacy policy. From our
experience with the way the platform operates, we understand that the
content of public access to documents requesters correspondence with EFSA
is usually published on the platform, including any personal data which
may be contained therein (e.g. private postal addresses).

 

Please contact us directly should you not wish your correspondence with
EFSA to be published on the AsktheEU.org platform. In the event that such
a communication is received from you, EFSA will then redirect all future
electronic correspondence to your private e-mail address only. We would
also be grateful if you could provide us with a postal address which may
be of need for the shipment of documents once EFSA has taken a decision on
the accessibility of the requested documents.

 

Please also be aware that Article 16 of the PAD Regulation provides that
this legal framework is applicable without prejudice to any existing rules
on copyright which may limit a third party's right to reproduce or exploit
released documents.

 

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Mariama Mesnaoui

Public Access to documents Team

Legal and Assurance Services

 

Via Carlo Magno 1A

I-43126 Parma
Italy

Tel. +39 0521036264  Fax: +39 05210360264
[3][email address] 
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Dear Mr Norton,

 

Further to our e-mail of 20 August 2019 by means of which we acknowledged
receipt of your request for access to documents registered at EFSA as PAD
2019/081, we would like to reiterate that your request is being processed
as quickly as possible in accordance with the provisions of [1]Regulation
(EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to documents (hereinafter “the PAD
Regulation”).

 

However, we regret to inform you that due to the fact that your request
concerns a very large number of documents and the time-consuming nature of
the third-party consultation foreseen in accordance with Article 4(4) of
the PAD Regulation, we have to extend the deadline to reply to your
request by 15 working days in accordance with Article 7(3) of the PAD
Regulation. Please accept our apologies for any inconveniences caused by
this delay.

 

You will receive an answer by 26 September 2019 at the latest.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Chiara Macchi

Public Access to Documents Team

Legal and Assurance Services

 

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Via Carlo Magno 1A

43126 Parma (Italy)

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From: MESNAOUI Mariama <[email address]> On Behalf Of
EFSA.public.access.to.documents
Sent: 20 August 2019 16:04
To: David Norton <[FOI #7215 email]>
Cc: EFSA.public.access.to.documents
<[email address]>
Subject: PAD 2019/081_Acknowledgement of receipt of your request of
14/08/2019

 

 

Dear Mr Norton,

 

I hereby acknowledge receipt of your e-mail of 14 August 2019 by means of
which you requested “documents which contain the following information:

 

- Correspondence, including the contents of all emails, between EFSA
officials and industry representatives working on the assessment or
renewal of Chlorpyrifos during the year 2019.

- This includes (but is not limited to) correspondence between industry
representatives or lobbyists and any officials or representatives of EFSA
during this period that mentions or pertains to Chlorpyrifos during the
year 2019.

- Please specifically include all correspondence between the following
representatives and lobbyists of Corteva/Dow/DuPont and EFSA officials or
representatives, including (but not limited to) any which mention SCoPAFF
during the year 2019.

- Please also include all agendas or minutes of meetings or calls with
these parties during the year 2019 that mentions or pertains to the
assessment or renewal of Chlorpyrifos:

 

Dow Europe

Mr  Dennis Kredler, Director European Union Affairs and Head of Brussels
office Mr  Howard Chase, Director of Government Affairs EMEAI

 

Corteva Agriscience

Mr  Teslenko Igor, President Europe

Mr  George Macy Merriman, Government and Industry Affairs Lead, EMEA

 

DuPont de Nemours International

Mr  Pierrick Le Gallo, President DuPont Europe, Middle East & Africa Ms 
Agnese Danelon, Government Affairs & Industry Relations

 

- The above requests also pertain to persons not listed here who are
acting on behalf of Corteva/Dow/DuPont, or as lobbyists representing the
interests of these parties on this issue.”

 

Your request has been registered as PAD 2019/081 and is being processed as
quickly as possible in accordance with [10]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001
regarding public access to documents.

 

We will get back to you by 5 September 2019 at the latest.

 

We would like to inform you that the [11]AsktheEU.org website you have
used for submitting your request is a third-party platform, outside the
remit of the institutions, agencies and bodies of the EU, including EFSA.
Consequently, EFSA cannot be held liable for errors of any kind occurring
as a result of the use of this platform.

 

Additionally, please note that the third party running the AsktheEU.org
website is responsible for the processing of your personal data by means
of this platform. For further information, including on the way the third
party addresses your rights in the light of applicable data protection
legislation, please refer to the third party’s privacy policy. From our
experience with the way the platform operates, we understand that the
content of public access to documents requesters correspondence with EFSA
is usually published on the platform, including any personal data which
may be contained therein (e.g. private postal addresses).

 

Please contact us directly should you not wish your correspondence with
EFSA to be published on the AsktheEU.org platform. In the event that such
a communication is received from you, EFSA will then redirect all future
electronic correspondence to your private e-mail address only. We would
also be grateful if you could provide us with a postal address which may
be of need for the shipment of documents once EFSA has taken a decision on
the accessibility of the requested documents.

 

Please also be aware that Article 16 of the PAD Regulation provides that
this legal framework is applicable without prejudice to any existing rules
on copyright which may limit a third party's right to reproduce or exploit
released documents.

 

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Mariama Mesnaoui

Public Access to documents Team

Legal and Assurance Services

 

Via Carlo Magno 1A

I-43126 Parma
Italy

Tel. +39 0521036264  Fax: +39 05210360264
[12][email address] 
[13]www.efsa.europa.eu

[14]twitter.com/EFSA_EU [15]Twitter_logo_blue

[16]youtube.com/EFSAchannel [17]YouTube-logo-full_color

[18]linkedin.com/company/efsa [19][IMG]

 

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authorized by a recipient), access to this e-mail message or any
disclosure or copying of its content, or any action taken in reliance on
it is unauthorized and may be unlawful.  If you are not the intended
recipient, please let the sender know immediately.

 

 

 

 

 

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Dear Mr Norton,

 

Please find attached the letter of fair solution referenced 21860252 from
Mr Dirk Detken, the Head of the Legal and Assurance Services of EFSA.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Mariama Mesnaoui

Public Access to documents Team

Legal and Assurance Services

 

Via Carlo Magno 1A

I-43126 Parma
Italy

Tel. +39 0521036264  Fax: +39 05210360264
[1][email address] 
[2]www.efsa.europa.eu

[3]twitter.com/EFSA_EU [4]Twitter_logo_blue

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[7]linkedin.com/company/efsa [8][IMG]

 

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it is unauthorized and may be unlawful.  If you are not the intended
recipient, please let the sender know immediately.

 

 

 

 

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