Industry lobbying on Thiacloprid and Chlorpyrifos
Dear DG SANTE,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in the access to documents Regulation 1049/2001 and Aarhus Regulation 1367/2006, we are requesting documents which contain the following information:
- Correspondence, including emails, between officials and industry representatives working on the assessments and/or renewals of Thiacloprid and/or Chlorpyrifos during the year 2019.
- This includes (but is not limited to) correspondence between industry representatives or lobbyists and any members or representatives of SCoPAFF during this period that mentions or pertains to Thiacloprid or Chlorpyrifos during the year 2019.
- Please specifically include all correspondence between the following representatives and lobbyists of of Bayer/Monsanto or Corteva/Dow/DuPont and EU officials or representatives involved in the assessment and/or renewal of Thiacloprid or Chlorpyrifos, including any members or representatives of SCoPAFF, which mentions or pertains to Thiacloprid or Chlorpyrifos, during the year 2019.
- Please also include all agendas or minutes of meetings with these parties during the year 2019 that mentions or pertains to the assessments or renewals of Thiacloprid or Chlorpyrifos:
DOW Europe
Mr Dennis Kredler, Director European Union Affairs and Head of Brussels office
Mr Howard Chase, Director of Government Affairs EMEAI
Corteva Agriscience
Mr Teslenko Igor, President Europe
Mr George Macy Merriman, Government and Industry Affairs Lead, EMEA
DuPont de Nemours International
Mr Pierrick Le Gallo, President DuPont Europe, Middle East & Africa
Ms Agnese Danelon, Government Affairs & Industry Relations
Monsanto
Mr Jonathan Ramsay
Government and Industry Affairs Lead
BAYER
Mr Volker Koch-Achelpöhler
People authorised for EU access at Bayer:
Hannah HERSCHEID
Andrea Mertens
Raquel RESENDES
Lucia SEGURINI
Simon TERWAGNE
DTB Associates LLP
Mr Craig Thorn
Mr Paul Drazek
EPPA SA
Alexandra BOCQUILLION
Camille DEHESTRU
Pavel GLUKHOV
Pascal MICHAUX
Meglena Tontcheva MIHOVA
Eduardo Mulas Fernandez
Morten Bjarne PETERSEN
Adam SEBESTA
Sharon SPOONER
Thomas TUGLER
Zornitza TZVETKOVA
Jacobo Truan Aguirre
Julius Deodatus David WALLER
Fleishman-Hillard (representing Monsanto)
Yours faithfully,
David Norton
Dear Mr Norton,
Thank you for your request for access to documents.
Unfortunately you have not indicated your postal address that is required
for registering and handling your request in line with the procedural
requirements. Please send us your full postal address at your earliest
convenience. Pending your reply, we reserve the right to refuse the
registration of your request.
You may, of course, use directly the electronic form for entering your
request:
[1]http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/...
Yours faithfully,
SANTE ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
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European Commission
Health and Food Safety
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Dear DG SANTE,
Thank you for your reply.
Please update my request with the following postal address:
SumOfUs c/o David Norton
Keltan House, 115 Mare Street
London E8 4RU
United Kingdom
Yours faithfully,
David Norton
Dear Mr Norton,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 14 August 2019 and for your further e-mail
dated 16 august 2019 in which you provided you with your postal address,
thus enabling us to register your request.
We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents,
which was registered on 16 August 2019 under reference number GestDem
2019/4848.
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European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application
will be handled within 15 working days. The time limit will expire on 06
September 2019. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
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Yours faithfully,
SANTE ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
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European Commission
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Dear Mr Norton,
Your application concerns some documents originating from third parties.
We have consulted these third parties and one of them –Bayer, would like
to know who is the requestor under the access to document request.
Therefore we would like to ask for your consent to disclose your name and
organisation to Bayer.
Please be informed that unless you reply positively to this e-mail by
27^th August, we are not going to disclose your personal details.
Regards,
Desislava Ivanova
Legal Officer
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European Commission
DG SANTE
Unit E4– Pesticide and Biocides
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+32 229-72046
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Dear Desislava Ivanova,
Thank you for your reply. I do not consent to disclosure. Please proceed with the request.
Yours faithfully,
David Norton
Dear Mr Norton,
The reply to your application for access to documents (Ref. GestDem No
2019/4848) is currently under signature and will reach you within a short
time.
We apologize for this delay and any inconvenience this might cause.
Best regards,
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL For Health and Food Safety
Food and feed safety, Innovation
Pesticides and Biocides
Dear Mr Norton,
Please find enclosed an advance copy of our letter ref. Ares(2019)5649754,
regarding your application for access to documents registered under
reference number GestDem 2019/4848.
The original letter is sent by registered mail with acknowledgment of
receipt as requested by the procedures.
The documents that can be partially released and the list of documents
containing the result of the assessment carried out on their content on
the basis of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 are published on the following
Commission webpage:
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You can view these documents by entering the GestDem reference of your
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Alternatively, you can click on "view documents per request" and search on
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The above mentioned page has been recently launched by DG SANTE as part of
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Best regards,
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL For Health and Food Safety
Food and seed safety, Innovation
Pesticides and Biocides
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Dear Health and Food Safety,
Thank you for your reply.
Please note that the follow address appears to be inaccessible and will not load:
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/dyna/extdoc
Please advise.
Yours faithfully,
David Norton
Dear Mr Norton,
Could you please try again using this URL?
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/dyna/extdoc...
We can access them both.
Kind regards,
SANTE ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
European Commission
Health and Food Safety
-----Original Message-----
From: David Norton <[FOI #7214 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2019 11:41 AM
To: SANTE ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS <[DG SANTE request email]>
Subject: Re: Your application for access to documents - Ref GestDem No 2019/4848
Dear Health and Food Safety,
Thank you for your reply.
Please note that the follow address appears to be inaccessible and will not load:
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/dyna/extdoc
Please advise.
Yours faithfully,
David Norton
-----Original Message-----
Dear Mr Norton,
Please find enclosed an advance copy of our letter ref. Ares(2019)5649754, regarding your application for access to documents registered under reference number GestDem 2019/4848.
The original letter is sent by registered mail with acknowledgment of receipt as requested by the procedures.
The documents that can be partially released and the list of documents containing the result of the assessment carried out on their content on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 are published on the following Commission webpage:
[1]https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/dyna/extdoc
You can view these documents by entering the GestDem reference of your request ("2019/4848") in the search box at the top of the page.
Alternatively, you can click on "view documents per request" and search on the left column for the GestDem reference of your request ("2019/4848").
The above mentioned page has been recently launched by DG SANTE as part of a pilot scheme to make documents publicly available following an access to documents request. This page will be updated each time new documents will have been made public through the access to documents procedure.
Best regards,
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL For Health and Food Safety
Food and seed safety, Innovation
Pesticides and Biocides
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:
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