Dutch implementation Single Use Plastics directive
Dear Madam, Sir
On 14 December 2023, the Dutch government informed parliament that it would send the market surveillance authority ILT a notice instructing it not to enforce part of the Dutch law which implements the Single Use Plastics directive.
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 internal Commission documents - including but not limited to minutes, (hand-written) notes, reports, audio recordings, verbatim reports, operational conclusions, lines to take, briefings, e-mails, letters, and presentations - related to the Dutch implementation of the Single Use Plastics directive since 1 December 2023.
- All documents - including but not limited to minutes, (hand-written) notes, reports, audio recordings, verbatim reports, operational conclusions, lines to take, briefings, e-mails, letters, and presentations - related to communication between the Dutch government and the European Commission about the Dutch implementation of the the Single Use Plastics directive since 1 July 2023.
Only digital copies are required, please consider the environment by not sending me any physical mail.
I am of course available to clarify my request further if needed.
Sincerely
Peter Teffer
Follow the Money
Overtoom 197
1054HT Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 11/01/2024 and registered on 12/01/2024 under the case number
2024/0191.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 02/02/2024. 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
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Dear Mr Teffer,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/0191.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
Dear Madam, Sir,
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 EASE 2024/0191.
The Commission says that it was "not able to identify any document based on the description given in your request".
However, it also said that the "evaluation of the Dutch transposition is ongoing", and "not completed". This wording strongly suggests that this evaluation has started, which means that documents falling in the scope of my request must exist and therefore should have been identified.
I also would like to point out that my request would include any communication between the Dutch authorities and the Commission, for example questions sent by the Dutch authorities regarding the implementation and (non-)surveillance of the rules. This communication can exist outside of / in parallel to the evaluation of Dutch transposition.
Sincerely
Peter Teffer
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your confirmatory request for case
2024/0191, sent on 07/02/2024 and registered on 07/02/2024.
We will handle your confirmatory request within 15 working days as of the
date of registration. The time-limit expires on 28/02/2024. 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 Mr Teffer,
We are writing concerning your confirmatory request for access to
Commission documents for case EASE 2024/191 registered on 07/02/2024.
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. Due to the need to conduct internal
consultations, we will not be able to send you the reply within the
prescribed time limit expiring on 28/02/2024.
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 20/03/2024.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
SG.C1 - Transparency, Document Management and Access to Documents
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Dear Sir,
Please find attached the electronic version of Commission Decision C(2024)
1890 final as adopted by the European Commission on 18.03.2024.
The formal notification of the decision under Article 297 TFEU is being
made only in electronic form.
Could you please confirm receipt of the attached document by return
e-mail?
Many thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
Access to documents team - dd
SG.C.1
Transparency