All the meetings and discussions about PFAS( Per - and polyfluoroalkyl substances)
Dear Environment,
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:
For the period between 1 January 2011 to date:
- a list of all lobby and industry meetings and/or calls held by the Directorate-Generalfor Environment, th including any Cabinet Members and/or officials, during which “PFAS” and/or “C604” and/or “PFOA” and/or “GenX” were discussed.
The list should include: date, individuals attending and organisational affiliation, as well as the issues discussed;
- all minutes and other reports of these meetings and/or calls;
- all documents prepared for the purpose of the meetings issued both in preparation and after the meetings took place.
- all correspondence, including attachments (i.e. any emails, mail correspondence or telephone call notes) between the Directorate-General for Environment, , including any Cabinet Members and/or officials, and any lobby group and/or industry representative discussing “PFAS” and/or “C6O4” and/or “PFOA” and/or “GenX”
To the extent possible, I prefer the documents in electronic format.
Should my request be denied wholly or partially, I kindly request to explain the denial or all redactions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation. Also I would expect the partial release of documents, in case of partial exemption according to article 4.6.
Please confirm receipt of this application. I look forward to receiving your reply within 15 business days, as established by the regulation.
Yours faithfully,
Matias Gadaleta
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Best regards,
Access to Documents Team
Dear [email address],
Excuse me for the inconvenience.
My postal address is: Al Mulino street, 1 Fornovo San Giovanni (Bergamo, Italy) 24040
Yours sincerely,
Matias Gadaleta
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[4]GESTDEM 2021/5116 - Acknowledgement of receipt - access to documents
request - All the meetings and discussions about PFAS (Per - and
polyfluoroalkyl substances) - Ares(2021)5188599 (Please use this link
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Yours faithfully,
Access to Documents Team
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Subject: DG ENV reply to your access to documents request GESTDEM
2021-5116
Dear Mr Gadaleta,
Please find attached a reply to your above-mentioned access to documents
request.
We would like to apologise for the delay and the inconvenience this may
have caused.
May we please ask you to explicitly acknowledge the receipt of this
e-mail.
Kind regards,
European Commission
DG-Environment
Unit B.2 – Sustainable Chemicals