Legal concerns over third COVID-19 vaccine contract signed with Pfizer
Dear Legal Service,
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’d like all documents produced by the Directorate General of Legal Services in relation to the pre-negotiation, negotiations, and follow up on the third advance purchase agreement for COVID-19 vaccines signed with Pfizer.
On May 20, 2021, the European Commission announced that: the European Commission signed a third contract with the pharmaceutical companies BioNTech and Pfizer for up to 1.8 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine on behalf of all EU Member States, between end 2021 to 2023.
I'd like all emails, memos, reports, and communication, including and not limited to text messages, to and from the Directorate General of Legal Services relating to possible legal concerns in connection to this contract. This includes documents produced in the run-up to the signing of the contract, as well as any created afterwards.
Yours faithfully,
Carlo Martuscelli
Rue de la Loi 62,
1040 Bruxelles,
Belgium
Dear Madam/Sir,
We refer to you below request for access to documents sent to the Legal Service on 31 march 2023.
In order to register this request, could you please tell us if it should be registered under the name of Ms Christina Gennet or Mr Carlo Martuscelli?
Thank you in advance for your reply.
Yours faithfully,
Access to Documents team
European Commission
Legal Service
Berlaymont
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
[email address]
Dear [email address],
This should be registered under the name Carlo Martuscelli. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Carlo Martuscelli
Rue de la Loi 62,
1040 Bruxelles,
Belgium
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 11/04/2023 and registered on 11/04/2023 under the case number
2023/2153.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 03/05/2023. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.
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Yours faithfully,
Legal service - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Mr Martuscelli,
We refer to your above-referenced request for access to documents under
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European
Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ L 145, 31.05.2001, pages
43).
Your request is currently being handled. However, in view of the number
and nature of the requests for access to documents the Legal Service is
dealing with, we will not be in a position to complete the processing of
your request within the time limit of 15 working days, which expires on 03
May 2023.
For this reason, this time-limit will be extended by 15 working days, in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, to expire on
26 May 2023.
Thank you for your understanding.
Yours sincerely,
Access to Documents team
European Commission
Legal Service
Berlaymont
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
[1][email address]
References
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1. mailto:[email address]
Dear Mr Martuscelli,
We refer to your above-referenced request for access to documents under
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European
Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ L 145, 31.05.2001, pages
43).
Your request is currently being handled. However, in view of the number
and nature of the requests for access to documents the Legal Service is
dealing with, we will not be in a position to complete the processing of
your request within the time limit of 15 working days, which expires on 03
May 2023.
For this reason, this time-limit will be extended by 15 working days, in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, to expire on
26 May 2023.
Thank you for your understanding.
Yours sincerely,
Access to Documents team
European Commission
Legal Service
Berlaymont
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
[1][email address]
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1. mailto:[email address]
Link: [1]File-List
Link: [2]Edit-Time-Data
Link: [3]themeData
Link: [4]colorSchemeMapping
[5]Your request for Access to Documents - Reference: 2023-2153 -
Ares(2023)3431993 (Please use this link only if you are an Ares user –
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Dear Mr Martuscelli,
Attached, please, find the Legal Service's reply to your above-referenced
request for access to documents.
We kindly ask you to confirm and acknowledge, by return email, receipt of
the Commission Legal Service’s reply and the document attached.
Yours sincerely,
Access to Documents team
European Commission
Legal Service
Berlaymont
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
[6][email address]
References
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2. file:///tmp/cid:editdata.mso
3. file:///tmp/~~themedata~~
4. file:///tmp/~~colorschememapping~~
5. https://webgate.ec.testa.eu/Ares/documen...
6. mailto:[email address]