Contacts of DG ENVI with the tobacco industry and their lobbyists in 2023
Dear Environment,
The Ombudsman stressed that the tobacco industry continued to have regular contacts with representatives of the European Commission, and that transparency about these contacts, although necessary to achieve the EU's public health objectives, was lacking.
Therefore, 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 correspondence, preparatory documents, minutes of meetings and any other report of such meetings, notes, logs of phone calls having occurred in 2023 between officials/representatives/Commissioner/cabinet member of DG ENVI and the following private companies and stakeholders:
- Philippe Morris International;
- British American Tobacco;
- Japan American Tobacco;
- Any lobby group or individual when these exchanges are related to tobacco or nicotine products.
Yours sincerely,
Cassandre Bigaignon
Alliance contre le tabac
13 rue d’Uzès, 75002, Paris
France
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 24/04/2024 and registered on 26/04/2024 under the case number
2024/2227.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 22/05/2024. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.
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Yours faithfully,
Directorate-General for Environment - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Ms Bigaignon,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 26 April 2024 under case number EASE 2024/2227.
We are currently working on your request. However, we have not yet been
able to gather all the elements necessary to carry out a full analysis of
your request. In particular, we needed to consult different services in
view of your request. We will not be able to send you the reply within the
prescribed time limit expiring on 22 May 2024.
Therefore, in line with Article 7(3) of [5]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001,
we need to extend this time limit by 15 additional working days. The new
time limit expires on 12 June 2024.
Kind regards,
Access to Documents Team, DG Environment
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