PMI anti-contraband and anti-counterfeit agreement

Waiting for an internal review by European Anti-Fraud Office of their handling of this request.

Dear European Anti-Fraud Office,

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. All correspondence between Member States and the European Commission over the last year relating to the anti-contraband and anti-counterfeit agreement reached with PMI in July 2004 and most specifically, correspondence relating to the decision on whether or not to renew this agreement.

2. Any unpublished evaluations of the effectiveness of this agreement.

Yours faithfully,

Anna Gilmore

EC ARES NOREPLY, European Anti-Fraud Office

[1]Ares(2016)719076 - FW: Freedom of Information request - PMI
anti-contraband and anti-counterfeit agreement

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Dear Ms Gilmore,

We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents,
which was registered on 01/02/2016 under reference Gestdem 2016/0612.

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
22/02/2016. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.

Could you confirm that your postal address is still:

Ms. Anna GILMORE
Department for Health
University of Bath
Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY
United Kingdom
Email: A.Gilmorebath.ac.uk

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,

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
EUROPEAN ANTI-FRAUD OFFICE (OLAF)
Directorate  C: Investigation Support
Unit  C.4 – Legal Advice

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Dear European Anti-Fraud Office,
Yes you have my correct address at the University of Bath, Claverton Down Road, Bath, BA2 5NB, UK

Thank you

Yours faithfully,

Anna Gilmore

EC ARES NOREPLY, European Anti-Fraud Office

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[4]Ares(2016)911601 - Freedom of Information request - PMI anti-contraband
and anti-counterfeit agreement

Sent by URBAN Isabelle (OLAF) <[email address]>. All responses
have to be sent to this email address.
Envoyé par URBAN Isabelle (OLAF) <[email address]> . Toutes
les réponses doivent être effectuées à cette adresse électronique.

Dear Ms Gilmore,

 

We refer to your request for access to the documents dated 01/02/2016 and
registered under reference Gestdem 2016/612..

 

Your application is currently being handled.  However, we will not be in a
position to complete the handling of your application within the time
limit of 15 working days.

 

Therefore, we have to extend the time limit with 15 working days in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) N° 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents.

 

We apologise for the delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.

 

Yours sincerely

 

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
EUROPEAN ANTI-FRAUD OFFICE (OLAF)
Directorate  C: Investigation Support
Unit  C.4 – Legal Advice
Rue Joseph II, 30 • B-1000 Brussels (Belgium)

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Our policy regarding personal data protection can be viewed on
[6]http://ec.europa.eu/anti_fraud/about-us/...

 

 

 

 

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Dear EC ARES NOREPLY,

I am concerned that my request is now long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, you should have responded by now. My request concerns an important issue that the public need to know about. I also note that the Commission's response to the recent EU Ombudsman's recent investigation into Article 5.3 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control stated that the Commission is transparent and thereby complies with Article 5.3 because it complies with 1049 requests. Yet in this case, you are not compliant.
I look forward to hearing from you shortly.

Yours sincerely,

Anna Gilmore

Dear European Anti-Fraud Office,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of European Anti-Fraud Office's handling of my FOI request 'PMI anti-contraband and anti-counterfeit agreement'.

The request was made on 1st February for:
1.All correspondence between Member States and the European
Commission over the last year relating to the anti-contraband and
anti-counterfeit agreement reached with PMI in July 2004 and most
specifically, correspondence relating to the decision on whether or
not to renew this agreement.
2. Any unpublished evaluations of the effectiveness of this
agreement.

On 22nd February OLAF informed me that they could not complete handling of the application within the 15 day limit.

On 15th March I requested a response and I have still not heard back. I would be grateful if you could look into the matter. This is a topic of major public interest and the delay is unjustified.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/pmi_a...

Yours faithfully,

Anna Gilmore