Environment - PFAS lobbying
Dear Environment,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, and further to my previous request 2024-3011 from 6 June 2024, I would like to request access to the following documents related to lobbying on PFAS, per and polyfluoroalkyl substances, including on the proposed universal PFAS restriction. In particular I would like:
1. A list of all meetings/ discussions held since 6 June 2024 between officials and or Commissioners with lobby organisations where this topic was 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.
3. All correspondence since the above date, where this topic was raised, as exchanged between officials and or Commissioners with lobby organisations.
4. In addition I would like to receive a list of all studies or impact assessments which the DG has contracted out, or undertaken on, PFAS including the proposed universal PFAS restriction, and copies of these studies.
Please note that I am tabling similar requests to the Secretariat-General, Grow, Trade, Defis, Energy, Agri, Sante, RTD, Move, JRC, Clima, and Cnect. I look forward to receiving the respective documents accordingly.
Thank you in advance.
Yours faithfully,
Vicky Cann
CEO
Rue d’Edimbourg 26
1050 BXL
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 05/03/2025 and registered on 06/03/2025 under the case number
2025/1312.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 27/03/2025. 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
For technical reasons we are closing this case. We confirm that we will
register your Access to Documents request under a new reference number and
confirm the number to you by email.
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Best regards
DG ENV- Access to Documents
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 05/03/2025 and registered on 06/03/2025 under the case number
2025/1315.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 27/03/2025. 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 06/03/2025 under case number 2025/1315.
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 27/03/2025 as part of the documents
requested originate from third parties, which have to be consulted.
Therefore, in line with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, we
need to extend this time limit by 15 additional working days. The new time
limit expires on 22/04/2025.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
DG-Environment
Unit C.4 "Safe and Sustainable Chemicals"
Dear Ms Cann,
Please find attached DG-ENV reply to your request for access to Commission
documents registered under the above case number 2025/1315.
We would like to sincerely apologies for the delay with our reply.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
Unit "Safe and Sustainable Chemicals"
DG-Environment
Dear Ms Cann,
Please find attached DG-ENV reply to your request for access to Commission
documents registered under the above case number 2025/1315.
We would like to sincerely apologies for the delay with our reply.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
Unit "Safe and Sustainable Chemicals"
DG-Environment
Dear Ms Cann,
Please find attached DG-ENV reply to your request for access to Commission
documents registered under the above case number 2025/1315.
We would like to sincerely apologies for the delay with our reply.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
Unit "Safe and Sustainable Chemicals"
DG-Environment
Dear Ms Cann,
Please find attached DG-ENV reply to your request for access to Commission
documents registered under the above case number 2025/1315.
We would like to sincerely apologies for the delay with our reply.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
Unit "Safe and Sustainable Chemicals"
DG-Environment
Dear Environment,
Thank you for the documents for 2025/1315. The delay is very regretable.
I do not appear to have yet received documents: 1, 2, 8, 11, 12, 15, 16.
Please could you urgently send.
Yours faithfully,
Vicky Cann
Dear Ms Cann,
Aplogies for the inconvinience.
Documents 1 and 2 are publicly available and those 10-11-12 and 14-15-16
were merged into one file each as there was a problem in the system. The
merged files contain the numbering of the three documents but it may not
be visible straight away. Apologies for that.
Please see the documents attached for your convinience.
Kind regards,
DG-Environment