CF EU EPA Geographical Indications (GIs)
Joyce Naar made this access to documents request to Trade This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Trade (TRADE),
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:
About the CF EU EPA Geographical Indications (GIs): Has article 145 CF EU EPA been implemented by EU and CARIFORUM States, did CF states establish a system of protection for GIs no later than 1 January 2014 and did EU and CARIFORUM enter into negotiation for a fully fledged agreement on GIs, as stated and agreed upon in article 145 CF EU EPA? This article provides for a rendez-vous clause according to which no later than 1 January 2014 the Cariforum countries will establish a system of protection for GIs. On that date, the EU and Cariforum will enter into negotiation for a fully fledged agreement on GIs. The current GI provisions also aim at fostering cooperation to identify and promote GIs in Cariforum countries via the active involvement of the Trade and Development Committee established by the EPA.
Yours faithfully,
Joyce Naar
Dear Ms. Naar,
Your request for access to documents has been registered under the code 2014/0430. This message is an acknowledgement of receipt.
In accordance with Regulation 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, you will receive a reply within 15 working days (17/02/2014).
Yours faithfully,
Laura Saija
Access to Documents
European Commission
DG TRADE
Unit A3 - Information, communication and civil society
CHAR 7/90
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 29 83078
[email address]
Dear Ms. Naar,
As asked by the responsible Unit of DG TRADE, we kindly invite you to resend the request about CF EU EPA Geographical Indications (GIs),to DG AGRICOLTURE, which is chef de file for this topic.
With this mail we will close your ATD request 2014/0430.
Thank you for your understanding
Laura Saija
Access to Documents
European Commission
DG TRADE
Unit A3 - Information, communication and civil society
CHAR 7/90
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 29 83078
[email address]
Dear Madam,
I would like to inform you that your e-mail dated 27/01/2014 that you sent
to DG TRADE was forwarded to DG AGRI on 03/02/2014. We hereby acknowledge
receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered
on 03/02/2014 under reference number GestDem 2014/636.
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
24/02/2014. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.
Yours faithfully,
Vassiliki ANAGNOSTOU
Access to documents coordinator
European Commission
DG Agriculture and Rural Development
Unit R.6
L130 4/70
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 29 598 94
[1][email address]
Veuillez trouver ci-joint le document Ares(2014)422466 concernant "Access to documents request - Partially negative reply to Ms Naar - No Gestdem 636/2014" envoyé par M. PLEWA Jerzy Bogdan le 20/02/2014.
Please find attached document Ares(2014)422466 regarding "Access to documents request - Partially negative reply to Ms Naar - No Gestdem 636/2014" sent by Mr PLEWA Jerzy Bogdan on 20/02/2014.
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Dear Trade (TRADE),
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Trade (TRADE)'s handling of my FOI request 'CF EU EPA Geographical Indications (GIs)'.
With regard to the refusal of public access to documents on the CF EU EPA Geographical Indications Negotiations on basis of the exception laid down in article 4 (1) third intent of Regulation 1049/2001: protection of international relations, I refer to the European Ombudsman’s Press release no. 1/2014, 28 January 2014, the European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, welcoming the announcement of European Parliament President Martin Schulz that future trade negotiations ........will be more transparent and open for stakeholder involvement. This comes after the Ombudsman's recommendation to make such negotiations more transparent and the recognition of the EU institutions themselves of past failures in such trade talks. Emily O'Reilly stated: "....... Apart from the legitimate need for certain documents to remain confidential in such important negotiations, the public needs to know about the state of play in trade agreements that will ultimately affect their daily lives." http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/press/...
This means that the public needs to know about the state of play in the EU CF GI negotiations, especially which CF Countries are engaged in the GI negotiations, the reasons for the delay, why the negotiations did not start on I Januari 2014 as foreseen in article 145 CF EU EPA stating that CF states should have established a system of protection for GIs no later than 1 January 2014 and that on that date (I January 2014), the EU and Cariforum will enter into negotiation for a fully fledged agreement on GIs. The public also needs to know what the constraints are.
The current GI provisions also aim at fostering cooperation to identify and promote GIs in
Cariforum countries via the active involvement of the Trade and Development Committee established by the EPA.
The press release from the Trade and Development Committee dated November 2013 only says with regard to the EU-CF GI negotiations, that ‘On agriculture, they launched talks on measures to promote and protect Geographical Indications (GIs) – such as Blue Mountain coffee from Jamaica or Rocquefort cheese from France’:
http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/1159/...
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: http://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/cf_eu...
Yours faithfully,
Joyce Naar
Dear Ms Naar,
The link you have provided in your application is for the reply that you have received from DG AGRI, did you made a mistake to the request you was referring to for the review?
For your information, reviews are conducted by Secretary General of European Commission. So you should introduce them directly to:
[email address], and not to individual DG's.
In addition, would it be possible to receive your phone number, I would like to discuss with you the Regulation 1049/2001, so that you understand better the way it is implemented.
Thank you and kind regards,
Indre VAICEKAUSKAITE
Access to Documents
European Commission
DG TRADE
Unit A3 - Information, communication and civil society
CHAR 7/90
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
+32 2 295 61 07
[email address]