Communications between the German Government and the Commission on the universal PFAS restriction proposal
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting all documents (letters, emails, meeting notes, other communications) between the German Government and the Commission on the universal PFAS restriction proposal since 1 February 2023.
To the extent possible, my strong preference is to receive documents in electronic format.
I would also be grateful to receive the documents in batches, as soon as they are identified and available to send.
I look forward to receiving the respective documents accordingly.
Thank you in advance.
Vicky Cann
CEO
Rue d’Edimbourg 26
1050 BXL
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Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 19/07/2024 and registered on 20/07/2024 under the case number
2024/3907.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 12/08/2024. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.
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Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Ms Cann,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 20.07.2024 under case number 2024/3907.
We are currently working on your request. However, we have not yet been
able to gather all the elements necessary to carry out a full analysis of
your request. We will not be able to send you the reply within the
prescribed time limit expiring on 12.08.2024.
Therefore, in line with Article 7(3) of [1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001,
we need to extend this time limit by 15 additional working days. The new
time limit expires on 03.09.2024.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
SG.D2 Secretariat
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Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
I wondered if there was any update to this request 2024-3907?
Furthermore I would like to clarify that my request also covers the regional governments in Germany. For example, I understand that Minister of Economic Affairs Hubert Aiwanger of the Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Landesentwicklung und Energie, and his counterpart Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut of the Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Tourismus Baden-Württemberg have recenty written to the Commission President on the topic of PFAS.
Yours faithfully,
Vicky Cann
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Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
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[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
L’unité «Transparence» du secrétariat général de la Commission européenne
a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
[2]règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 du 30 mai 2001 relatif à l’accès du public
aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
Registrierung Ihres Antrags (oder die Notwendigkeit weiterer Informationen
im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
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Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
When will I get a response to this request 2024-3907? It was tabled in July and is now substantially overdue.
Yours faithfully,
Vicky Cann
Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
Requests for public access to documents are treated on the basis of
[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
L’unité «Transparence» du secrétariat général de la Commission européenne
a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
[2]règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 du 30 mai 2001 relatif à l’accès du public
aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
Registrierung Ihres Antrags (oder die Notwendigkeit weiterer Informationen
im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
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Dear applicant,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/3907.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
Sg D Secretariat
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
Please pass this on to the person who reviews confirmatory applications.
I am filing the following confirmatory application with regards to my access to documents request 'Communications between the German Government and the Commission on the universal PFAS restriction proposal' 2024/3907.
I had asked for "all documents (letters, emails, meeting notes, other communications) between the German Government and the Commission on the universal PFAS restriction proposal since 1 February 2023." I subsequently clarified that my request should also include "the regional governments in Germany" as well.
I was therefore very surprised to only be sent 6 documents. I would like the Commission to review this as I think there could be many more. I would like to receive a list of all documents that are covered by my request, even if the Commission considers that some documents should be withheld.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
Vicky Cann
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your confirmatory request for case
2024/3907, sent on 27/11/2024 and registered on 28/11/2024.
We will handle your confirmatory request within 15 working days as of the
date of registration. The time-limit expires on 19/12/2024. We will let
you know if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working
days.
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
Dear applicant,
We are writing concerning your confirmatory request for access to
Commission documents for case 2024/3908 registered on 28/11/2024.
We are currently working on your confirmatory request. However, we have
not yet been able to gather all the elements necessary to carry out a full
analysis of your request. We will not be able to send you the reply within
the prescribed time limit expiring on 19/12/2024, due to the complexity of
your file.
Therefore, in line with Article 8(2) of [1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 we
need to extend this time limit by 15 additional working days. The new time
limit expires on 22/01/2025.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear applicant,
We are writing to you concerning your confirmatory request for access to
Commission documents for case 2024/3907, registered on 28/11/2024.
On 19/12/2024, we extended the time-limit for replying to your
confirmatory request to 22/01/2024.
Unfortunately, we will not be able to send you the reply within this
extended time limit, due to the complexity of your file.
However, we assure you that we are doing our best to send a reply to your
confirmatory request as soon as possible.
We regret this additional delay and sincerely apologize for any
inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission