Ref. Ares(2022)5704946 - 11/08/2022
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL
TAXATION AND CUSTOMS UNION
International and General Affairs
Inter-institutional relations, coordination, communication and strategic planning
Brussels,
TAXUD E2/Svdv – taxud.e.2(2022) 6249838
Mr Peter Teffer
Follow the Money
Overtoom 197
NL - 1054 HT Amsterdam
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(by e-mail only)
Dear Mr Teffer,
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No 2022/4415
We refer to your application dated 2 August 2022 in which you make a request for access to:
“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”, registered under the above
mentioned reference number.
Please find below the link to the document we have identified.
1. The minutes of the Tobacco taxation stakeholder online event of 18 May 2022:
https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/system/files/2022-
05/Tobacco%20taxation_Stakeholder%20event_draft%20minutes%20clean.pdf;
The minutes reflect the interventions of the participants and the conclusions of DG TAXUD.
Considering your interest in the meetings of DG TAXUD with tobacco industry representatives,
please note that the minutes of these meetings are available via DG TAXUD’s publicly accessible
transparency portal on the Europa website:
Meetings with the tobacco industry (europa.eu).
Commission européenne, B-1049 Bruxelles / Europese Commissie, B-1049 Brussel - Belgium. Telephone: (32-2) 299 11 11.
Office: J-79 (3/221) Telephone: direct line (32-2) 2921548
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of the document. Please note that the Commission does not assume liability stemming from the
reuse.
Yours sincerely,
(e-Signed)
Emer Traynor
Head of Unit
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