Dutch derogation of the nitrate directive 2017-2018

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Dear Environment,

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:

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, and Regulation 1367/2006, I am requesting the following information:

All documents between 26 October 2017 and 4 April 2018 – including but not limited to (draft versions of) minutes, (hand-written) notes, audio recordings, verbatim reports, operational conclusions, briefings, e-mails, attachments, letters, text messages, phone call notes, (powerpoint) presentations – related to meetings with Carola Schouten (Dutch minister for Agriculture) and/or Marc Calon (Land- en Tuinbouworganisatie, LTO) about a derogation from the Nitrates Directive.

Since the information might at least partly also concern "activities affecting or likely to affect" the "state of the elements of the environment", I believe Regulation 1367/2006 applies.

Should you encounter any difficulties in interpreting or processing my request, I am ready to discuss ways to clarify or amend it to keep the effort required on your part to the necessary minimum.

Please send me an acknowledgement of receipt for this request, as foreseen by Article 7 (1) of Regulation 1049/2001. I would appreciate it if you could send a list of documents that correspond to my request. Please note I prefer to receive the documents in digital format, not by physical mail. I also kindly request you make and digital files searchable using OCR.

Yours faithfully,

Jan Daalder

Follow the Money
Overtoom 197-1
1054HT Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Yours faithfully,

Jan Daalder

Dear Environment,

I am especially (but not exclusively) interested in the meeting(s) that took place on 22 February 2018. I hope giving you this date will make it easier for you to find the documents. I would prefer you to produce the documents on a rolling basis, starting with documents from the meeting(s) on 22 February 2018, rather than waiting until the full response is ready,

Yours faithfully,

Jan Daalder

ENV-ACCESS-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu,

Dear Sir or Madam,

We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 12/04/2024 and registered on 17/04/2024 under the case number
2024/2064.

We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 10/05/2024. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.

To find more information on how we process your personal data, please see
[1]the privacy statement.

Yours faithfully,

Directorate-General for Environment - Access to Documents
European Commission

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ENV-ACCESS-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu, Environment

Dear Mr Daalder

Thank you for your clarification to your request for access to documents below, sent 16 April 2024, in relation to your access to documents request which you submitted 12 April 2024. Your request was registered under reference number 2024/2064 on 17 April 2024.

Best regards

DG ENVIRONMENT - ACCESS to DOCUMENTS

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Dear [email address],

On 12/04/2024 I request for documents with case number 2024/2064. On 17/04/2024 you acknowledged my request and informed me the time-limit would expire on 10/05/2024. I have however not heard back from you. Can you send me the documents before 16/07/2024? If I have not received the documents by then, I will request a internal review.

Yours faithfully,

Jan Daalder

Dear [email address],

On 12/04/2024 I sent a request for documents with case number 2024/2064, related to meetings with Carola Schouten (Dutch minister for Agriculture) and/or Marc Calon (Land- en Tuinbouworganisatie, LTO) about a derogation from the Nitrates Directive. On 17/04/2024 you acknowledged my request and informed me the time-limit would expire on 10/05/2024. I have however not heard back from you, not even after I sent a reminder on 09/07/2024. I am therefore hereby requesting an internal review.

Yours sincerely,

Jan Daalder

sg-acc-doc@ec.europa.eu,

Dear Sir or Madam,

We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your confirmatory request for case
2024/2064, sent on 07/10/2024 and registered on 07/10/2024.

We will handle your confirmatory request within 15 working days as of the
date of registration. The time-limit expires on 28/10/2024. We will let
you know if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working
days.

Yours faithfully,

Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission

sg-acc-doc@ec.europa.eu,

Dear applicant,

We are writing concerning your confirmatory request for access to
Commission documents for case 2024/2064 registered on 7 October 2024.

We are currently working on your confirmatory request. However, we have
not yet been able to gather all the elements necessary to carry out a full
analysis of your request. We will not be able to send you the reply within
the prescribed time limit expiring on 28 October 2024 due to the
complexity of the file.

Therefore, in line with Article 8(2) of [1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 we
need to extend this time limit by 15 additional working days. The new time
limit expires on 19 November 2024.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Kind regards,

Secretariat-General - Access to Documents

European Commission

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