Pork lovers Europe campaign

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Dear Consumers, Health and Food Executive Agency,

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:

All documents and correspondence related to the proposition, organization and development of the Pork lovers Europe campaign, including the details of expenditure and its beneficiaries.

Please do not transfer this request to another authority. It is expressly addressed to your agency. Also, do not exclude short-lived documents or documents considered to be irrelevant according to archive rules.

Yours faithfully,

Álvaro Merino,
Calle Jesús Goldero 19, Planta 1
El Orden Mundial
28045 Madrid.

CHAFEA-ACCESS-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu, Exekutivagentur für Verbraucher, Gesundheit und Lebensmittel

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Dear Sir / Madam,

Please find attached the acknowledgement of receipt concerning your request for access to documents.

Yours faithfully,

Access to Documents Team

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Please find attached document Ares(2021)1180207 from ve_chafea.access-documents (CHAFEA.A) dated 11/02/2021.

Veuillez trouver ci-joint le document Ares(2021)1180207 de ve_chafea.access-documents (CHAFEA.A) daté du 11/02/2021.

Dear Consumers, Health and Food Executive Agency,

Please pass this on to the person who reviews confirmatory applications.

I am filing the following confirmatory application with regards to my access to documents request 'Pork lovers Europe campaign'.

The objective of the Pork lovers Europe campaign was "to promote pork meat to restore the confidence of the consumer". As such, it can be understood that no private company should have been benefited by it directly or at least uniquely in economic or commercial terms. For that reason, I see no logic in denying the access to the documents requested in order to protect the "commercial interests of grant applicants". With regard to personal data, I guess it can be easily redacted.

Yours faithfully,

Álvaro Merino

CHAFEA-ACCESS-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu, Exekutivagentur für Verbraucher, Gesundheit und Lebensmittel

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your e-mail of 11 February 2021. We hereby acknowledge receipt of your confirmatory application for access to documents, which was registered on 12 February 2021 under reference number Ares(2021)1216243.

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 05 March 2021. In case this time-limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.

For information on how we process your personal data visit our page Privacy statement – access to documents.
https://ec.europa.eu/info/principles-and...

Yours faithfully,

Chafea Access to Documents Team

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Please find attached document Ares(2021)1504589 from ve_chafea.access-documents (CHAFEA.A) dated 26/02/2021.

Veuillez trouver ci-joint le document Ares(2021)1504589 de ve_chafea.access-documents (CHAFEA.A) daté du 26/02/2021.

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Please find attached document Ares(2021)1575138 from ve_chafea.access-documents (CHAFEA.A) dated 02/03/2021.

Veuillez trouver ci-joint le document Ares(2021)1575138 de ve_chafea.access-documents (CHAFEA.A) daté du 02/03/2021.

Dear Consumers, Health and Food Executive Agency,

This is a confirmatory application to challenge the refusal to provide full access to documents related to my request of 09.02.2021 under reference number Ares(2021)1118450 on which I sought to obtain all documents and correspondence related to, received from or sent to INTERPORC.

The European Commission has identified 28 documentes and provided me with total access to 5 documents (nr 9, 10, 13, 24, 25), partial access to 15 documents (nr 2, 3, 4, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 23, 26, 27, 28) and no access at all to 8 documents (nr 1, 5, 6, 7, 16, 20, 21, 22).

Two exceptions have been applied to the material redacted and non-disclosured documents. With this confirmatory application, I ask that you review what I would argue is the overbroad application of exception number two (Protection of commercial interests of a legal person), and the failure to fully and adequately consider the public interest in the release of these documents.

As far as I understand, the FromFarmToFork and LetsTalkAboutPork campaigns were not directed to improve the performance of INTERPORC in the internal market. On the contrary, they were oriented to reinforce the status of European pork meat in China and also promote the consumption of pork meat in Spain (along with other Member States). As such, I believe that putting this information in the public domain would not affect its competitive position on the market as much as stated. Furthermore, in terms of a specific interest, I inform you that I need this information as part of journalistic research into the way the pork meat lobby in Spain exercises its influence and gets financed.

In this sense, I would like you to incorporate the PorkLovers campaign to the present request and internal review (I asked for the same documents in the request Ref Ares(2021)738921 from 29 January 2021, but it was totally rejected). I see no sense in provinding access to documents related to the FromFarmToFork and LetsTalkAboutPork campaigns but not to those related to the PorkLovers one.

Yours faithfully,

Álvaro Merino

CHAFEA-ACCESS-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu, Exekutivagentur für Verbraucher, Gesundheit und Lebensmittel

Dear Sir,

Thank you for your e-mail of 03.04.2021. We hereby acknowledge receipt of your confirmatory application for access to documents, which was registered on 04 March 2021 under reference number Ares(2021)1621344.

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 25 March 2021. In case this time-limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.

For information on how we process your personal data visit our page Privacy statement at
https://ec.europa.eu/info/principles-and...

Yours faithfully,

Chafea Access to Documents Team

ve_chafea.access-documents(CHAFEA), Exekutivagentur für Verbraucher, Gesundheit und Lebensmittel

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    confirmatory application Ref Ares 2021 1621344 concerning access to documents Ref Ares 2021 1118450.pdf

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Dear Mr. Merino,

Please find attached our reply to your confirmatory application concerning access to documents request Ares(2021)1118450.

Please acknowledge receipt of this letter by replying to [email address]

Yours faithfully,
Chafea Access to Documents