Glyphosate to DG SANTE
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:
1. Any documents between January 2016 and now, including briefings, reports, correspondence (email or other), where the active substance glyphosate is concerned or mentioned, between DG SANTE (Commissioner, cabinet and officials) and officials/representatives of:
- Monsanto or any other company producing glyphosate
- Glyphosate Task Force
- Hume Brophy or any other firm representing industry with an interest in glyphosate
- COPA-COGECA and its members
- European Conservation Agriculture Federation
- European Crop Protection Association (ECPA)
- the US administration including agencies such as the EPA and the FDA
- the German government
- the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment BfR
2. A list of meetings, as well as agendas and minutes or any other reports of such meetings, also between January 2016 and now, where the active substance glyphosate is concerned or mentioned, between DG SANTE (Commissioner, cabinet and officials) and officials/representatives of the entities mentioned in the list under 1.
I kindly urge you to not apply a rigid interpretation of the clause on commercial secrets. Should this request be denied wholly or partially, please explain the denial or all deletions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation.
I look forward to a positive consideration of this request.
Yours faithfully,
Nina Holland
Dear Ms Holland,
Thank you for your request for access to documents.
Unfortunately, you have not indicated your postal address that is required for registering and handling your request in line with the procedural requirements.
Please send us your full postal address at your earliest convenience.
Pending your reply, we reserve the right to refuse the registration of your request.
You may, of course, use directly the electronic form for entering your request:
http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/...
Best regards,
European Commission
DG Health and Food Safety (SANTE)
Email: [DG SANTE request email]
Dear Health and Food Safety,
Our postal address is:
Corporate Europe Observatory
Rue d'Edimbourg 26
1050 Brussels
Belgium
Yours faithfully,
Nina Holland
Dear Ms Holland,
Thank you for sending us your postal address.
We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered today (18 May 2017) under reference number GestDem 2017/2964.
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 13 June 2017. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be informed in due course.
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.
Yours faithfully,
SANTE ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
European Commission
DG Health and Food Safety (SANTE)
Email: [DG SANTE request email]
Dear Ms Holland,
Please find enclosed a letter on above mentioned subject signed by Mr M.
Flüh and registered under reference Ares(2017)2634038.
Please note this document is sent electronically only.
Best regards,
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL For Health and Food Safety
Food and feed safety, Innovation
Pesticides and Biocides
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Dear Ms Holland,
Please find enclosed a letter on above mentioned subject signed by Mr X.
Prats Monné and registered under reference Ares(2017) 3240461.
The original documents together with CD-ROM containing the released
documents are sent by registered mail with acknowledgment of receipt.
Best regards,
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL For Health and Food Safety
Food and feed safety, Innovation
Pesticides and Biocides