Cross-border health threats - Reporting on prevention, preparedness and response planning
Dear Madam, Sir,
Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 November 2022 on serious cross-border threats to health, article 7, requires that Member States "provide the Commission and relevant Union agencies and bodies with an updated report on prevention, preparedness and response planning and implementation at national level and, where appropriate, cross-border interregional levels", by 27 December 2023.
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting all documents related to that requirement, dated between 23 November 2022 (the date of the Regulation) and 3 January 2024.
Only digital copies are required, please consider the environment by not sending me any physical mail.
I am of course available to clarify my request further if needed.
Sincerely
Peter Teffer
Follow the Money
Overtoom 197
1054HT Amsterdam
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 03/01/2024 and registered on 03/01/2024 under the case number
2024/0033.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 24/01/2024. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.
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Yours faithfully,
Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Mr Teffer,
Thank you for your request for access to documents with reference EASE
2024/0033.
We acknowledge that the time limit has expired on 15 February and we
apologize in advance for the delay.
The consultation of the documents falling within the scope of your request
required more time due to the volume of the information received from the
Member States and due to the time needed for the consultation.
We would like to inform you that your request is being handled and the
reply will be sent to you as soon as it is signed at the appropriate
level.
Please be reassured that we are doing our utmost to provide you with the
required documents as soon as possible.
Thank you very much for your understanding.
Best regards,
SANTE B2 - European Commission
DG SANTE | Health and Food Safety | Unit B2 - Health Security
DRB | 12, rue Guillaume Kroll
L-1882 Luxembourg
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Dear Madam, Sir,
The time limit to reply to my request EASE 2024/0033 has expired for more than a month now. In your message from 19 February 2024 you explained the delay was "due to the volume of the information received from the Member States and due to the time needed for the consultation".
Has the Commission not considered to impose deadlines on the Member States by which they should reply to the consultation?
The Commission is not legally obliged to wait ad infinitum for Member States to reply and can take a decision on documents it holds. I also would like to point out there is the option to release the document in batches.
Sincerely
Peter Teffer