Climate and disease
Dear Climate Action,
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 assessments made by or for the commission in the last 5 years of the increased risk of human disease spread caused by climate change or the effects of climate change, and any work by or for the commission on mitigating those risks.
Yours faithfully,
Neil Roberts
Bridge House,
69 London Rd,
London
TW1 3SP
Dear Mr Roberts,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 9 March 2020. We hereby acknowledge
receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered
on the same day under reference number GestDem 2020/1424.
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
31/03/2020. 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.
Please note also that the European Commission is not responsible for any
possible processing of personal data by the private organisation running
the AsktheEU.org website, through which you have channelled your request.
Please refer to their privacy policy.
Yours faithfully,
Access to Documents team
European Commission
Directorate-General for Climate Action
Av. de Beaulieu 24
1049 Brussels
Dear Mr Roberts,
We refer to your request for access to documents dated 9 March 2020,
registered on 10 March 2020 under the above mentioned reference numbers.
We are not in a position to complete the handling of your application
within the time limit of 15 working days, which expires tomorrow.
In accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents we have to extend the time limit by 15 working
days, the new deadline is set for 24 April 2020.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Sincerely,
Access to Documents team
European Commission
Directorate-General for Climate Action
Av. de Beaulieu 24
1049 Brussels
Dear Mr.Niels,
Further to Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No
2020/1414 and 1424, please find attached the reply.
According to standard operational procedure, the reply is usually also
sent to you by registered post. Please note, however, that due to the
extraordinary health and security measures currently in force during to
the COVID-19 epidemics, which include the requirement for all Commission
non-critical staff to telework, we are unfortunately not in a position to
follow this procedure until further notice.
We would therefore appreciate if you could confirm receipt of the present
e-mail by replying to [1][email address]
Kind regards,
Access to Documents team
European Commission
Directorate-General for Climate Action
Av. de Beaulieu 24
1049 Brussels
References
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1. mailto:[email address]
Dear Mr Roberts,
DG CLIMA replied to your access to documents request (Gestdem 2020/1414
and 2020/1424) on 20 April 2020.
As explained in our previous email, due to the extraordinary health and
security measures currently in force during to the COVID-19 epidemics, we
we are unfortunately not in a position to sent to you the reply by
registered post. Therefore, we would be grateful if you could confirm
receipt of the e-mail sent on 20 April by replying to
[1][email address]
If you have not received our first email, we will resend it to you.
Many thanks for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
Access to Documents team
European Commission
Directorate-General for Climate Action
Av. de Beaulieu 24
1049 Brussels
From: CLIMA ACCESS DOCUMENTS <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 12:25 PM
To: [FOI #7746 email]
Subject: application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No 2020/1414
and 1424
Dear Mr.Niels,
Further to Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No
2020/1414 and 1424, please find attached the reply.
According to standard operational procedure, the reply is usually also
sent to you by registered post. Please note, however, that due to the
extraordinary health and security measures currently in force during to
the COVID-19 epidemics, which include the requirement for all Commission
non-critical staff to telework, we are unfortunately not in a position to
follow this procedure until further notice.
We would therefore appreciate if you could confirm receipt of the present
e-mail by replying to [2][email address]
Kind regards,
Access to Documents team
European Commission
Directorate-General for Climate Action
Av. de Beaulieu 24
1049 Brussels
References
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1. mailto:[email address]
2. mailto:[email address]
Dear Mr Roberts,
As explained on 27 April 2020. due to the extraordinary health and
security measures currently in force during to the COVID-19 epidemics, we
are unfortunately not in a position to send to you the reply by registered
post. Therefore, we would be grateful if you could confirm receipt of the
e-mail sent on 20 April by replying to
[1][email address]
If you have not received our initial reply from 20 April, we will proceed
to send you the reply in electronic form again.
Many thanks for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
Access to Documents team
European Commission
Directorate-General for Climate Action
Av. de Beaulieu 24
1049 Brussels
From: CLIMA ACCESS DOCUMENTS
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2020 11:12 AM
To: '[FOI #7746 email]'
<[FOI #7746 email]>
Subject: FW: application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No
2020/1414 and 1424
Dear Mr Roberts,
DG CLIMA replied to your access to documents request (Gestdem 2020/1414
and 2020/1424) on 20 April 2020.
As explained in our previous email, due to the extraordinary health and
security measures currently in force during to the COVID-19 epidemics, we
we are unfortunately not in a position to sent to you the reply by
registered post. Therefore, we would be grateful if you could confirm
receipt of the e-mail sent on 20 April by replying to
[2][email address]
If you have not received our first email, we will resend it to you.
Many thanks for your cooperation.
Sincerely,
Access to Documents team
European Commission
Directorate-General for Climate Action
Av. de Beaulieu 24
1049 Brussels
From: CLIMA ACCESS DOCUMENTS
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 12:25 PM
To: [3][FOI #7746 email]
Subject: application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No 2020/1414
and 1424
Dear Mr.Niels,
Further to Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No
2020/1414 and 1424, please find attached the reply.
According to standard operational procedure, the reply is usually also
sent to you by registered post. Please note, however, that due to the
extraordinary health and security measures currently in force during to
the COVID-19 epidemics, which include the requirement for all Commission
non-critical staff to telework, we are unfortunately not in a position to
follow this procedure until further notice.
We would therefore appreciate if you could confirm receipt of the present
e-mail by replying to [4][email address]
Kind regards,
Access to Documents team
European Commission
Directorate-General for Climate Action
Av. de Beaulieu 24
1049 Brussels
References
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1. mailto:[email address]
2. mailto:[email address]
3. mailto:[FOI #7746 email]
4. mailto:[email address]