Communications with MS and other Directorates re the pesticide export ban
Dear Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs,
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:
- any documents (including emails, briefings, reports, as well as attachments) received from (or sent to) representatives of Member States since October 2020 that concern or make mention of of the commitment in the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability that the EU will “lead by example, and, in line with international commitments, ensure that hazardous chemicals banned in the European Union are not produced for export, including by amending relevant legislation if and as needed.”
- a list of meetings held (and minutes of those meetings when available) with representatives of Member States since October 2020 at which there was any discussion of the commitment in the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability that the EU will “lead by example, and, in line with international commitments, ensure that hazardous chemicals banned in the European Union are not produced for export, including by amending relevant legislation if and as needed.”
- any documents (including emails, briefings, reports, as well as attachments) received from (or sent to) other Departments and executive agencies from the European Commission (including but not limited to DG AGRI, DG COMP, DG ECFIN, DG GROW, DG RTD, DG TRADE) since October 2020 that concern or make mention of the commitment in the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability that the EU will “lead by example, and, in line with international commitments, ensure that hazardous chemicals banned in the European Union are not produced for export, including by amending relevant legislation if and as needed.”
- a list of meetings held (and minutes of those meetings when available) other Departments and executive agencies from the European Commission (including but not limited to DG AGRI, DG COMP, DG ECFIN, DG GROW, DG RTD, DG TRADE) since October 2020 that concern or make mention of the commitment in the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability that the EU will “lead by example, and, in line with international commitments, ensure that hazardous chemicals banned in the European Union are not produced for export, including by amending relevant legislation if and as needed.”
Yours faithfully,
Laurent Gaberell
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-----Original Message-----
From: Laurent Gaberell <[FOI #11567 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2022 4:34 PM
To: GROW ACCES DOCUMENTS <[DG GROW request email]>
Subject: access to documents request - Communications with MS and other Directorates re the pesticide export ban
Dear Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs,
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:
- any documents (including emails, briefings, reports, as well as attachments) received from (or sent to) representatives of Member States since October 2020 that concern or make mention of of the commitment in the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability that the EU will “lead by example, and, in line with international commitments, ensure that hazardous chemicals banned in the European Union are not produced for export, including by amending relevant legislation if and as needed.”
- a list of meetings held (and minutes of those meetings when available) with representatives of Member States since October 2020 at which there was any discussion of the commitment in the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability that the EU will “lead by example, and, in line with international commitments, ensure that hazardous chemicals banned in the European Union are not produced for export, including by amending relevant legislation if and as needed.”
- any documents (including emails, briefings, reports, as well as attachments) received from (or sent to) other Departments and executive agencies from the European Commission (including but not limited to DG AGRI, DG COMP, DG ECFIN, DG GROW, DG RTD, DG TRADE) since October 2020 that concern or make mention of the commitment in the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability that the EU will “lead by example, and, in line with international commitments, ensure that hazardous chemicals banned in the European Union are not produced for export, including by amending relevant legislation if and as needed.”
- a list of meetings held (and minutes of those meetings when available) other Departments and executive agencies from the European Commission (including but not limited to DG AGRI, DG COMP, DG ECFIN, DG GROW, DG RTD, DG TRADE) since October 2020 that concern or make mention of the commitment in the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability that the EU will “lead by example, and, in line with international commitments, ensure that hazardous chemicals banned in the European Union are not produced for export, including by amending relevant legislation if and as needed.”
Yours faithfully,
Laurent Gaberell
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Dear Mr Gaberell,
We would like to inform you that the enclosed request registered under
GESTDEM ref. No 2022/4069 has been split between other DGs namely:
• DG RTD - GESTDEM Ref. 2022/4326,
• DG COMP – GESTDEM Ref. 2022/4327 and
• DG ECFIN – GESTDEM Ref. 2022/4328.
They will address you separate replies under ref. numbers above by 8
August 2022 or send you a holding reply in case the deadline cannot be
met.
Yours sincerely,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM (IC)
European Commission
Secretariat-General
SG.C1 (Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents)
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Dear Mr. GABERELL
We refer to your email dated 13/07/2022 in which you make a request for
access concerning documents related to the European Chemicals Strategy for
Sustainability, from, among others, DG COMP since October 2020.
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, which expires on 08/08/2022.
An extended time limit is needed as your application eventually concerns
documents held by different Units and Services which must be consulted.
Therefore, we have to extend the time limit with 15 working days in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents. The new time limit expires on 30/08/2022.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
Unit E5
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European Commission
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Dear Mr. Gabarell,
Please find attached a reply from ECFIN/A1 to your request to access
documents concerning Communications with MS and other Directorates re: the
pesticide export ban.
Kind regards,
ECFIN/A1
Dear Sir,
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered on 15/07/2022
under the above mentioned reference number.
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, which expires today.
An extended time limit is needed as the application concerns different
Services which must be consulted.
Therefore, we have to extend the time limit with 15 working days in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents. The new time limit expires on 30/08/2022.
We apologize for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
DG GROW/B1 – Planning and Briefings
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Dear Mr Gaberell,
We are writing concerning your request for access to documents registered
by the Commission on 15 July 2022 with reference number 2022/4326 and
attributed to DG RTD on 25 July with reference number in subject.
As different services had to be consulted concerning the requested
documents, we could not complete the handling of your application within
the extended time limit of 30 working days, which expires today, 8 August.
The new extended deadline will expire on 30 August 2022 and we will send
you our reply as soon as possible.
Please accept our sincerest apologies for this delay and for any
inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
RTD Access to documents team
European Commission
DG Research and Innovation
Common Legal Support Service
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Dear Mr. Gaberell,
Please find attached the No documents held reply to your original request.
Kind regards,
ECFIN/A1
Dear Sir,
We refer to your e-mail dated 13/07/2022 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 29/07/2022 under the above mentioned
reference number.
Please find attached the reply to your request for access to documents.
Yours faithfully,
Roberto ALONSOSÁNCHEZ
Case Assistant
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European Commission
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Dear Mr Gaberell,
We refer to your request for access to European Commission documents
registered on 15 July 2022 under the above-mentioned reference number.
Please find the reply to the request attached.
Best regards,
Sarah Onians
Secretary
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