PAFF minutes
Dear Health and Food Safety,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I would like to request the minutes/ report for the 13 December 2017 meeting on draft rules for identifying endocrine-disrupting chemicals in pesticides by the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (PAFF), and the minutes/ reports for all previous votes during 2016 and 2017 where endocrine-disrupting chemicals were discussed.
Yours faithfully,
Vicky Cann
CEO
Rue d'Edimbourg 26
1050 Brx
Dear Ms Cann,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 20/12/2017.
We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered on 22/12/2017 under reference number GestDem 2017/7632.
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 23/01/2018. 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,
SANTE ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
Dear Ms Cann,
We refer to your emails dated 20 December 2017 in which you make requests
for access to documents, registered on the same day under the above
mentioned reference numbers.
In your applications, you requested access to the
· "voting list for the 13 December 2017 vote on draft rules for
identifying endocrine-disrupting chemicals in pesticides by the Standing
Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (PAFF), and the voting lists
for all previous votes during 2016 and 2017 where endocrine-disrupting
chemicals were voted upon" (GestDem 2017/7630);
· "the minutes/report for the 13 December 2017 meeting on draft
rules for identifying endocrine-disrupting chemicals in pesticides by the
Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (PAFF), and the
minutes/reports for all previous votes during 2016 and 2017 where
endocrine-disrupting chemicals were discussed" (GestDem 2017/7632).
The documents you requested can be found here:
[1]https://ec.europa.eu/health/endocrine_di...
(The minutes and the voting lists are the same documents.)
You may reuse the documents requested free of charge for non-commercial
and commercial purposes provided that the source is acknowledged and that
you do not distort the original meaning or message of the documents.
Please note that the Commission does not assume liability stemming from
the reuse.
Yours faithfully,
SANTE ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
European Commission
DG Health and Food Safety (SANTE)
Email: [DG SANTE request email]
References
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1. https://ec.europa.eu/health/endocrine_di...
Dear Health and Food Safety,
Thanks for the link but the minutes do not tell me how each country voted. Please could you provide that information?
Yours faithfully,
Vicky Cann
Dear Ms Cann,
Thank you for your email dated 4 January 2018 in which you requested access to voting sheets related to the discussions on endocrine disruptors in the PAFF-meetings that took place in 2016 and 2017.
We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered on 5 January 2018 under reference number GestDem 2018/91.
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 26 January 2018. 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,
SANTE ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
European Commission
DG Health and Food Safety (SANTE)
Email: [DG SANTE request email]
Message on behalf of Mr Xavier Prats Monné to Ms Vicky Cann:
Dear Madam,
Please find enclosed our letter ref. Ares(2018)204276, of 12 January 2018
regarding your applications for access to documents GestDem No 2017/7634
and 2018/91.
The original letter together with the released document is sent by
registered mail with acknowledgement of receipt as requested by the
procedures.
Best regards,
E4 – Pesticides and Biocides
Directorate E – Food and food safety, innovation
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
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