Critical Chemicals - lobbying
Dear Environment,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I would like to request access to all documents related to lobbying on ‘critical molecules’, a ‘Critical Chemicals Act’, the ‘Critical Chemicals Alliance’, and similar/ related topics since 1 January 2025. In particular I would like to request:
1. A list of all meetings/ discussions between officials and or Commissioners with lobby organisations where these topics were discussed.
2. Any records, minutes, preparatory briefings, or other notes of these meetings/discussions, including correspondence which set-up, or was follow-up to, these meetings. I would also like to receive full notes of any meetings held, and not just the summary notes proactively published by the Commission.
3. All correspondence since the above date, where these topics were raised, as exchanged between officials and or Commissioners with lobby organisations.
4. I would also like to receive all of the above types of documents as they relate to these topics between member state government(s) and the DG or Commissioners.
5. In addition I would like to receive a list of all studies or impact assessments which the DG has contracted out, or undertaken on, these topics.
Please note that I am tabling similar requests to the Secretariat-General, Grow, and Environment. I look forward to receiving the respective documents accordingly.
Yours faithfully,
Vicky Cann
Corporate Europe Observatory
Rue d’Edimbourg 26
1050 BXL
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 17/07/2025 and registered on 18/07/2025 under the case number
2025/3628.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 08/08/2025. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.
To find more information on how we process your personal data, please see
[1]the privacy statement.
Yours faithfully,
Directorate-General for Environment - Access to Documents
European Commission
References
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1. https://ec.europa.eu/info/principles-and...
Dear Ms Cann,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 18/07/2025 under case number EASE 2025/3628.
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 08/08/2025, as part of the documents
requested originate from third parties, which have to be consulted.
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 01/09/2025.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
DG-Environment
Unit C.4 "Safe and Sustainable Chemicals"
References
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1. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/...
Dear Environment,
Please can you provide the documents for 2025/3628? The last deadline that you set was 1 September and this request is now substantially overdue.
Thank you in advance. Yours faithfully,
Vicky Cann
Dear Ms Cann,
Please find attached DG-ENV reply to your request for access to Commission
documents registered under the above case number 2025/3628. We would like
to sincerely apologise for the delay and the inconvinience this might have
caused.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
DG-ENV, Unit C.4 "Safe and Sustainable Chemicals"