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From:
(CAB-KATAINEN)
Sent:
18 September 2015 10:38
To:
'
Cc:
;
(SG);
(SG);
(CAB-KATAINEN);
(CAB-KATAINEN);
(CAB-KATAINEN)
Subject:
RE: Meeting with ECPA
Dear Ms
,
Thank you for your email. I have been in contact with Mr
and Mr
who are
working on these matters in the Secretariat General, and they will be happy to meet with you.
I have put them in copy to this email and I would advise you to contact them in order to set up a
meeting.
Best
Member of Cabinet
Cabinet of Vice President Jyrki Katainen
Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
European Commission
BERL 10/
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
Office: +32 2 29
Mobile: +32
@ec.europa.eu
From:
[mailto
@ecpa.eu]
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 5:21 PM
To:
(CAB-KATAINEN)
Cc:
Subject: Meeting with ECPA
Ms
,
As mentioned in a meeting with Mr
in April, and referred to in the email below,
ECPA is facing important hurdles preventing our member companies to put new, innovative
plant protection products on the market in a timely manner. Since these hurdles recently
increased and call for an urgent solution, we would like to kindly request a meeting in order to
update you on the new procedural obstacles which our members reported on, especially
-
On the setting of Maximum Residue Levels that affect the approval of new active
substances
-
On the interim definition of Endocrine Disruption which is not scientifically based and
may hit safe active substances
For such a meeting we would like to propose the following times:
¾ Friday 18th September, between 1500-1700 hours
¾ Monday 21st September, before 1500 hours
¾ Tuesday 22nd September, all day
¾ Wednesday 23rd September, before 1500 hours
ECPA would be represented by Euros Jones and myself.
We hope that you will be able to reply positively to this request,
Best regards,
ECPA aisbl
6 Avenue E. Van Nieuwenhuyse
1160 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32 2
Fax: +32 2
www.ecpa.eu
EU Transparency Register ID N° 0711626572-26
From:
Sent: 22 April 2015 17:44
To: '
@ec.europa.eu'
Subject: Meeting with ECPA: Follow-up
Dear
Thank you for your time yesterday. I found it useful and I hope that the information on our
sector was useful. I appreciated your particular focus on innovation as this is a key area for our
companies; as I mentioned, the R&D budget exceeds €2 billion annually - but with a growing
percentage being focussed on non-EU markets. If I can provide any additional information,
please let me know.
We also briefly discussed the new procedures and the impact on the decision making procedure
on decision making, with the impact being a delay in the entry onto the market of new
innovation. We hope that delays will only be short term but as I mentioned, we do plan to write
to Commissioner Timmermans on this issue and we will of course keep you informed.
We only had a brief moment to discuss endocrine disruptors and as mentioned, this is very much
in the assessment phase in DG SANTE at the moment. But I would welcome the opportunity to
further discuss this issue with you when the assessment nears completion.
If you require any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thanks again and best regards
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European Crop Protection Association, aisbl
Tel: +32 2
(direct); +32 2
(reception)
Tel: +32
(GSM - Mobile)
EU Transparency Register ID N° 0711626572-26