DG Sante correspondence on antimicrobial use and animal product imports (September-November2023)
Dear Health and Food Safety,
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:
I would like to access documents sent and received by European Commission’s DG Health and Food Safety regarding Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/905 of 27 February 2023 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the application of the prohibition of use of certain antimicrobial medicinal products in animals or products of animal origin exported from third countries into the Union.
Specifically, I would like to request all correspondence (including emails and their attachments) sent or received by DG Health and Food Safety officials and representatives between 1 September 2023 - present, which contain one or more of the following terms: “antibiotic” “antimicrobial” “animal origin” “medicinal”.
I kindly ask you to not redact any name of professional lobbyists and the organisations and companies they work, as such data cannot be considered personal data under Regulations 1049/2001 on access to documents and 45/2001 on data protection.
I would like to receive this information electronically.
Should my request be denied wholly or partially, please explain the denial or all deletions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation. Also I would expect the partial release of documents in case of partial exemption according to article 4.6. I reserve the right to appeal.
My address is:
DeSmog UK
5 Brayford Square
London, E1 0SG
Please confirm having received this application. I look forward to your reply within 15 business days, according to the regulation.
With thanks,
Brigitte Wear
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 29/11/2023 and registered on 29/11/2023 under the case number
2023/7115.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 20/12/2023. 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 Health and Food Safety - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Ms Wear,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 29 November 2023 under case number 2023/7115.
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 today on 20 December 2023.
The application concerns documents held by different Services, which must
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 20 January 2024.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
Unit D.4 - Veterinary Medicines Directorate General for Health and Food
Safety (DG SANTE)
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Dear Ms Wear,
Thank you for your request for access to documents with reference EASE
2023/7115.
We acknowledge that the time limit expires today 19 January 2024, and
apologize in advance for the delay.
We would like to inform you that your request is being handled and
launched in the workflow. The reply will be sent to you as soon as it is
signed at the appropriate level.
Please be reassured that we are doing our utmost to provide you with the
reply as soon as possible.
Thank you very much for your understanding.
Best regards,
SANTE VETERINARY MEDICINES
