Dies ist eine HTML Version eines Anhanges der Informationsfreiheitsanfrage 'Meeting with scientists on EDC criteria'.



 
Ref. Ares(2017)963968 - 22/02/2017
EUROPEAN COMMISSION 
Directorate-General for Trade 
 
 
  The Director General 
 
Brussels,  
trade.dga2.g.3(2017)800027 
 
By registered letter with acknowledgment of 
receipt 

Mr Vincent Harmsen 
c/o Simon de Bergeyck 
Rue au Bois 216 
1150 Belgium 
 
Advance copy by email:  
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx 
 
 
 
Subject: 
Your application for access to documents – Ref. GestDem No 2017/152 
Dear Mr Harmsen, 
I refer to your application of 23 December 2016 in which you make a request for access 
to  documents  in  accordance  with  Regulation  (EC)  No  1049/2001,1  registered  under  the 
above  mentioned  reference  number,  and  to  your  email  of  the  same  day  in  which  you 
clarify the scope of such request. 
In particular, you would like to receive access to: 
"- on the topic of endocrine disruptors (also spelled: disrupters), all minutes of meetings 
or any other reports of such meetings between officials/representatives of the European 
Commission  (all  DGs,  including  the  SG)  and  scientists  (between  March  15th  2016  and 
December 22th 2016). 

When 'officials' are mentioned in this request this includes the Commissioners and their 
Cabinet members, as well as the Commission President and his Cabinet.

                                                 
1   Regulation  (EC)  No  1049/2001  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  20  May  2001 
regarding  public  access  to  European  Parliament,  Council  and  Commission  documents,  OJ  L  145, 
31.5.2001, p. 43. 
 
 
Commission européenne, B-1049 Bruxelles / Europese Commissie, B-1049 Brussel - Belgium. Telephone: (32-2) 299 11 11. 
 
 
 



I regret to inform you that no documents were found that would fall under the scope of 
your request. 
As  specified  in  Article  2(3)  of  Regulation  1049/2001,  the  right  of  access  as  defined  in 
that regulation applies only to existing documents in the possession of the institution. 
Given that no such documents have been identified, the Commission is not in a position 
to handle your request. 
*** 
In  accordance  with  Article  7(2)  of  Regulation  1049/2001,  you  are  entitled  to  make  a 
confirmatory application requesting the Commission to review this position. 
Such  a  confirmatory  application  should  be  addressed  within  15  working  days  upon 
receipt of this letter to the Secretary-General of the Commission at the following address: 
 
 
European Commission 
Secretary-General 
Transparency unit SG-B-4 
BERL 5/282 
B-1049 Bruxelles 
 
or by email to: xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xx  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yours sincerely, 
 
Jean-Luc DEMARTY 

Electronically signed on 22/02/2017 09:48 (UTC+01) in accordance with article 4.2 (Validity of electronic documents) of Commission Decision 2004/563