All the meetings and discussions about PFAS( Per - and polyfluoroalkyl substances)
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:
For the period between 1 January 2011 to 31 december 2016:
- a list of all lobby and industry meetings and/or calls held by the Directorate-General for Health & Food Safety, t 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 Health & Food Safety, , 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,
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European Commission
Health and Food Safety
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My postal address is: Al Mulino Street, 1 Fornovo San Giovanni (Bergamo, Italy), 24040
Yours sincerely,
Matias Gadaleta
Dear Sir / Madam,
Thank you for your e-mail of 17 August 2021. We hereby acknowledge receipt
of your application for access to documents, which was registered on 19
August 2021 under reference number GESTDEM 2021/5114.
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Yours faithfully,
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European Commission
Health and Food Safety
Dear Sir/Madam,
We refer to your request dated 17 August 2021 in which you make a request
for access to documents, registered on 19 August 2021 under the above
mentioned reference number.
Your application is currently being handled. However, we will not be in a
position to complete the handling of your application within the time
limit of 15 working days, which expires today on 9 September 2021.
An extended time limit is needed due to internal consultations and a
thorough analysis of your request.
Therefore, we have to extend the time limit with 15 working days in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents. The new time limit expires on 30 September
2021.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
SANTE ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
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European Commission
Health and Food Safety
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Dear Mr Gadaleta,
Please find attached a letter ref. Ares(2021)5975359 from Ms Sandra Gallina, Director General (DG SANTE), dated 01/10/2021, regarding your request for access to documents ref. GestDem 2021/5114.
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 [email address]
Kind regards,
European Commission
DG Health and Food Safety
SANTE E2 - Food processing technologies and novel foods