Correspondence on EDCs (1)
Dear Health and Food Safety,
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 (including emails), minutes of meetings and any other reports of such meetings, where the EU criteria for the identification of endocrine disruptors, or endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in general, were mentioned/discussed between officials of DG SANTE and officials/representatives of (one or more of) the following DGs/organizations:
-Secretariat-General
-DG AGRI
-DG ENV
-DG TRADE
-DG GROWTH
-United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
-United States government
-Canadian government
-Brazilian government
-Argentinian government
-Uruguayan government
-American Chamber of Commerce
-CropLife America/International
-American Chemistry Council (ACC)
-European Crop Protection Association (ECPA)
-Cefic (European Chemical Industry Council)
-BusinessEurope
-Burson-Marsteller
-BASF
-Bayer
-Dow Chemicals
-DuPont
-DowDuPont (after merger)
-Syngenta
(between December 22th 2016 and July 28th 2018).
When 'officials' are mentioned in this request this includes the Commissioners and their Cabinet members, as well as Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and his Cabinet.
Do not hesitate to get back to me should you need any further information which could facilitate your research.
Kind regards,
Vincent Harmsen
Postal address:
[ADDRESS REDACTED]
[ADDRESS REDACTED]
[ADDRESS REDACTED]
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 30/07/2018. We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on
30/07/2018 under reference number GestDem 2018/4140.
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
21/08/2018. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.
Yours faithfully,
SANTE ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS team
Dear Mr Harmsen,
Please find enclosed a letter registered under reference Ares(2018)4149032
on above mentioned subject.
Please note this document is sent electronically only.
Best regards
European Commission
DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY
Food and feed safety, innovation
Pesticides and Biocides
Dear Mr Harmsen,
Please find enclosed an advance copy of our letter ref. Ares(2018)4656813
of 11 September 2018 regarding your application for access to documents
GestDem 2018/4140.
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 ("2018/4140") 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 ("2018/4140").
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
References
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1. https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/dyna/extdoc
Dear Mr Harmsen,
Please find enclosed an advance copy of our letter ref. Ares(2018)4833693
of 20 September 2018 regarding your application for access to documents
GestDem 2018/4140.
The documents that can be (partially and full) 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 ("2018/4140") 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 ("2018/4140").
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.
Best regards,
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL For Health and Food Safety
Food and feed safety, Innovation
Pesticides and Biocides
References
Visible links
1. https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/dyna/extdoc