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Glyphosate to Secretariat General

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Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,

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:

1. Any documents between January 2016 and now, including briefings, reports, correspondence (email or other), where the active substance glyphosate is concerned or mentioned, between the Secretariat-General (Secretary-General and officials) and officials/representatives of:

- Monsanto or any other company producing glyphosate, such as: ADAMA Agan Ltd., Agria S.A., Agro Trade GmbH, Albaugh UK Limited, Arysta Lifesciences SAS, Barclay Chemicals (Manufacturing) Ltd., Brokden SL, BROS Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością spółka komandytowa, Cheminova A/S, Coromandel International Ltd, EXCEL CROP CARE(Europe) NV, Helm AG, Industrias Afrasa S.A., Monsanto Europe S.A./N.V., Nufarm GmbH & Co KG, Rotam Agrochemical Europe Limited, Sapec Agro S.A., Sinon Corporation, Société Financière de Pontarlier, Syngenta Limited, United Phosphorus Ltd, Wynca UK Limited.
- the Glyphosate Task Force
- Hume Brophy or any other organisations representing industry with an interest in glyphosate
- European Crop Protection Association (ECPA)

- the US government and administration including agencies such as the EPA and the FDA
- representatives of the German administration and government
- representatives of the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment BfR
- representatives of DG Trade (Commissioner, cabinet and officials)
- representatives of DG GROW (Commissioner, cabinet and officials)
- representatives of DG Competition (Commissioner, cabinet and officials)
- First Vice-President Frans Timmermans and cabinet
- Commission President Jean Claude Juncker and cabinet
- European Commission’s Legal Service

2. A list of meetings, as well as agendas and minutes or any other reports of such meetings, also between January 2016 and now, where the active substance glyphosate is concerned or mentioned, between the Secretariat-General (Secretary-General and officials) and officials/representatives of the entities mentioned in the list under 1.

I kindly urge you to not apply a rigid interpretation of the clause on commercial secrets. Should this request be denied wholly or partially, please explain the denial or all deletions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation.

I look forward to a positive consideration of this request.

Yours faithfully,

Nina Holland

Corporate Europe Observatory
Rue d'Edimbourg 26
1050 Brussels
Belgium

Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Dear Ms Holland,
 
Thank you for your e-mail  dated  18/05/2017.  We hereby acknowledge
receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered
on 18/05/2017 under GESTDEM 2017/2968 reference.
 
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application
will be handled within 15 working days. The time limit will expire on
13/06/2017. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.
 
You have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website. Please note
that this is a private website which has no link with any institution of
the European Union. Therefore the European Commission cannot be held
accountable for any technical issues or problems linked to the use of this
system.

 
Yours faithfully,
 
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
European Commission
Secretariat General
Unit B4 - Transparency
 
 

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Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Dear Ms Holland,
 
Please note that your request has been split in several parts :
2017/2968 => SEC GEN
2017/2971 => DG TRADE
2017/2973 => DG GROW
2017/2974 => DG COMP
2017/2975 => L.S.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
European Commission
Secretariat General
Unit B4 - Transparency
 
 
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EC ARES NOREPLY, Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Dear Madame,

Please find attached document Ares(2017)2879519 regarding "RA - access to documents request_from N. Holland_Glyphosate_ to SG - GESTDEM 2017/2968 (+2971+2973+2974+2975) - deadline extension" sent by Mr SLEATH William on 08/06/2017.

Best regards
SG.E.1

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Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Dear Ms Holland,
 
Further to the letter sent to you on  08/06/2017 under reference Ref.
Ares(2017)2879519 (see below),
Please note that only the SGE1 will reply to your request (given that the
request is about correspondence between the SG and these bodies)
 
Yours sincerely
 
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
European Commission
Secretariat General
Unit B4 - Transparency
 
 

EC ARES NOREPLY, Secretariat General of the European Commission

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Dear Madam,

Please find attached document Ares(2017)3360356 regarding "R - access to documents request - Glyphosate to Secretariat General - GESTDEM 2017/2968 (+2971+2973+2974+2975)_N. Holland" sent by Mr SLEATH William on 04/07/2017.

Best regards
SG.E1

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