Correspondence and minutes regarding Export ban on hazardous chemicals and glyphosate renewal

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Dear Madam/ Sir,

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:

All correspondence since 01 June 2023, (including emails, letters and attached documents, SMS & any other type of messages processed through phone apps - eg., WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram etc., recorded voice messages), regarding:
- the Export Ban on hazardous chemicals, "prohibiting production for export of chemicals banned in the European Union" as was announced in the EU Chemical Strategy for Sustainability (CSS) towards a toxic-free environment, published on 14 October 2020;
- the renewing of the approval of the active substance glyphosate.

We request access to all correspondence between the European Commission (President, Vice-Presidents, Comissioners & cabinets, DGs - Environment, Santé, Agri, Grow, Trade; and officials), ECHA, EFSA, Consumers, Health and Food Executive Agency and European Food Safety Authority on the one hand, and, on the other hand, one or several of these entities:

- VCI (Verband der Chemischen Industrie)
- Croplife Europe
- CropLife International
- ECCA (European Crop Care Association)
- Copa-Cogeca
- Business Europe
- CEFIC
- FarmEurope
- Glyphosate Renewal Group
- BDI (Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie)
- Agriculture&Progress

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- Bayer AG
- Bayer CropScience
- Anhui Huaxing Chemical Industry Company
- BASF
- Syngenta
- Corteva
- Dow AgroSciences
- DuPont
- Jiangsu Good Harvest - Weien Agrochemical Company
- Nantong Jiangshan Agrochemical & Chemicals Co.
- Nufarm
- SinoHarvest
- Zhejiang Xinan Chemical Industrial Group Company
Cargill
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Yours faithfully,

João Camargo
CEO Researcher

Dear European Chemicals Agency,

Our postal address, should you require it, is
Corporate Europe Observatory, Rue d’Édimbourg 26
1050 Brussels – Belgium

Yours faithfully,
João Camargo
Researcher - Corporate Europe Observatory

ECHA ATD, European Chemicals Agency

Dear Mr. João Camargo

Thank you for your below message dated 20/09/2023.

We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, which has been registered on 21/09/2023 under reference ATD/066/2023.

Best regards,

Access to documents team
European Chemicals Agency

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Dear Mr. João Camargo,

 

With reference to your request for access to document dated 20 September
2023 (reference number ATD/066/2023), please find attached a reply from
ECHA.

 

Kind regards,

 

Hazard I Secretariat

 

European Chemicals Agency
P.O. Box 400,

FI-00121 Helsinki, Finland
[1]http://echa.europa.eu/

 

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