Stakeholder event to gather views on the upcoming revision of the tobacco taxation directive
Dear Madam, Sir
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 - including but not limited to minutes, (hand-written) notes, audio recordings, video recordings, verbatim reports, operational conclusions, lines to take, briefings, e-mails, letters, and presentations - related to the videoconference "Stakeholder event to gather views on the upcoming revision of the tobacco taxation directive" held on 18 May 2022.
Please note I prefer to receive the documents in digital format, not by physical mail.
Sincerely,
Peter Teffer
Follow the Money
Overtoom 197
1054 HT Amsterdam
The Netherlands
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Dear Madam, Sir
I acknowledge receipt. However, I have a question. The minutes of the stakeholder event published online stated on page 3: "DG TAXUD announced that minutes would be published with name of all organisations
represented, and thanked participants for their contributions."
However, in the minutes I do not see a specific list of all organisations represented. The minutes only referred to speakers, but that would exclude any organisations attending that did not speak up. Can you inform me whether a separate list exists - and if so, publish it - or otherwise explain why it was not specifically included in the minutes?
best
Peter Tefffer