DG Grow: Titanium dioxide
Dear Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I would like to request a list of all lobby meetings held by any of the 15 organisations listed below, with DG Grow, since 1 September 2017, where the classification of titanium dioxide (TiO2) was discussed. The list should include the names of the individuals and organisations attending; the date; and any agendas / minutes / notes produced. I would additionally like to receive any position papers, emails, or other correspondence which relates to the classification of titanium dioxide (TiO2) by these 15 lobby groups.
I would be very grateful if you would release documents when they are retrieved, rather than waiting until the full reply is ready.
1- Titanium dioxide manufacturers association (TDMA)
2- European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (UEAPME)
3- German chemicals industry association-Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V. (VCI)
4- German Industry Federation-Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. (BDI)
5- International Association for Soaps, Detergents and Maintenance Products (AISE)
6- Association of German Paint and printing ink industry - Verband der deutschen Lack- und Druckfarbenindustrie e.V. (VdL)
7- Paints industry association (CEPE)
8- Downstream users of chemicals coordination group (DUCC)
9- European Plastics Converters (EuPC)
10- European metals association (Eurometaux)
11- EuroCommerce
12- European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services (FEAD)
13- European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC)
14- Fleishman-Hillard
15- Titanium Dioxide Industry Consortium (TDIC)
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely,
Vicky Cann
CEO
Rue d’Edimbourg 26
Bruxelles 1050
Dear Madam,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 14/06/2018. We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered on 18/06/2018 under reference number GestDem 2018/3299.
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 09/07/2018. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.
Yours faithfully,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
DG GROW/A1 – Communication, Access to Documents and Document Management
Dear Madam,
You have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website. Please note that this is a private website which has no link with any institution of the European Union. Therefore the European Commission cannot be held accountable for any technical issues or problems linked to the use of this system.
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Yours faithfully,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
DG GROW/A1 – Communication, Access to Documents and Document Management
Dear Ms Cann,
We refer to your e-mail dated 14/06/2018 in which you make a request for
access to documents, registered on 18/06/2018 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 on 09/07/2018.
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 30/07/2018.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours sincerely,
DG GROW – Access to documents team
[1]cid:479385507@17082012-2045
European Commission
Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs
DG GROW/A1 – Communication, Access to Documents and Document Management
References
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Please find attached document Ares(2018) regarding "GESTDEM 2018/3299 -
TiO2" sent by Ms Johanna Bernsel on 27/07/2018.
Sandra Desmedt
European Commission
DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Unit GROW/D2 – Chemicals
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