Contacts of DG SANTE with the tobacco industry and their lobbyists in 2023
Dear Health and Food Safety,
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 SANTE 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
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sent on 24/04/2024 and registered on 03/05/2024 under the case number
2024/2306.
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Yours faithfully,
Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Ms Bigaignon,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/2306.
Kind regards,
DG SANTE, Unit B4
Dear Ms Bigaignon,
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Best regards,
SANTE B4 Secretariat
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European Commission
DG Health and Food Safety
Unit B.4 – Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
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Dear Ms Bigaignon,
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Kind regards,
SANTE ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS