Lobbying on calcium cyanamide and by Alzchem Trostberg GmbH.

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Dear Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I would like to request access to all documents relating to:
- lobbying on the substance calcium cyanamide and its proposed retriction
- lobbying on all topics by Alzchem Trostberg GmbH.

These include:

1. A list of all meetings/ discussions since 1 September 2020.

2. Any records, minutes or notes of these meetings/discussions.

3. All correspondence since 20 September 2020.

To the extent possible, my strong preference is to receive documents in electronic format.

I would also be grateful to receive the documents in batches, as soon as they are identified and available to send.

Please note that I am tabling this request separately to DG Grow, the Secretariat-General of the Commission, and the EEAS, and I look forward to receiving the respective documents accordingly.

Yours faithfully,

Vicky Cann
CEO
Rue d'Edimbourg 26
1050 Brx

GROW-ACCES-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu,

Dear Sir or Madam,

We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 19/01/2024 and registered on 23/01/2024 under the case number
2024/0375.

We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 13/02/2024. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.

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Yours faithfully,

Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and
SMEs - Access to Documents
European Commission

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Dear Madam,

Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/0375

Kind regards,

DG GROW ATD Team

Dear Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs,

Thank you for the clarification request.

I would be interested in lobbying on this substance by any and all chemical companies and trade associations, including CEFIC, Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V. (VCI), and of course by Alzchem Trostberg Gmb. I hope this helps. Thank you in advance.

Yours faithfully,

Vicky Cann

GROW-ACCES-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu,

Dear Ms Cann,

We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 23/01/2024 under case number 2024/0375.

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 23/02/2024, as (part of) the documents
requested originate from third parties, which have been 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 15/03/2024.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Kind regards,

European Commission

DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

F1 - REACH unit

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Dear applicant,

Please find attached the reply to your request for access to documents, registered under reference EASE 2024/0375.

We would appreciate if you could confirm receipt of the present e-mail by replying to [email address].

Please note that a 2nd email will be sent with the last documents (Doc 11 to Doc 20).

Many thanks in advance and best regards,

European Commission
DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs REACH

GROW-F1@ec.europa.eu, Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

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    Doc 11 220804 ARES 2024 1144674 Reply Meeting on the calcium cyanamide case Redacted2.pdf

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    Doc 12 220805 ARES 2024 1144674 Re Meeting on the calcium cyanamide case Redacted3.pdf

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    Doc 13 220810 ARES 2024 1144674 Email Alzchem REACH Restriction Calcium Cyanamide Redacted2.pdf

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    Doc 14 220916 ARES 2024 1144674 Calcium Cyanamide Redacted2.pdf

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    Doc 15 220916 ARES 2024 1144674 Annex 2022 09 16 Alzchem Alternative Restrictions.pdf

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    Doc 16 221004 ARES 2022 6933770 Minutes meeting Alzchem of 221004 on CACN2 Redacted2 Redacted.pdf

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    Doc 17 221026 ARES 2022 7438655 Email Alzchem to F1 REACH Restriction on Calcium cyanamide fertiliser Redacted2.pdf

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    Doc 18 221026 ARES 2022 7438655 Email Alzchem to F1 Annex 2022 10 24 Further considerations on Calcium Cyanamide fin Redacted2.pdf

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    Doc 19 230809 ARES 2023 5512832 Letter Alzchem IGBCE to Cssr Breton Redacted2.pdf

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    Doc 20 210121 ARES 2024 1732358 Notification TRIS.pdf

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Dear applicant,

Please find attached the last documents 11 to 20.

We would appreciate if you could confirm receipt of the present e-mail by replying to [email address].

Many thanks in advance and best regards,

European Commission
DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs REACH

Dear [email address],

Thank you for the reply and documents.

Yours sincerely,

Vicky Cann

Dear [email address],

Thank you for the documents already received on 2024-0375. I have some questions and queries:

1. Please can you explain the Commission's decision-making process and timeline on the proposed restriction on calcium cyanamide. Without this information it is hard to understand whether the redactions are justified or not. Afterall I understand a Commission decision was originally planned for December 2022.

2. Also, I wondered if some documents are missing? For example, did Commissioner Breton reply to document 19? Did a meeting follow? If so, we would like to receive those documents. And document 19 also mentions that Commissioner Breton has also been approached by MEPs on this topic. I think any such emails, letters, meeting notes etc should be covered by this request.

Thank you in advance.

Yours faithfully,

Vicky Cann

Dear [email address],

Please could you respond to my queries of 10 May?

Thank you in advance.

Yours sincerely,

Vicky Cann

Dear [email address],

Regarding 2024-0375, when will I receive a reply to my questions of 10 May 2024?

Yours sincerely,

Vicky Cann

GROW-F1@ec.europa.eu, Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

Dear Ms Cann,

We have searched our files and could not find your email/questions you have sent on 10 May 2024.

Would you mind sending them back ?

Many thanks in advance and best regards,

European Commission
DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
REACH

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Dear [email address],

The questions were higher up the thread for this request, reproduced below for ease:

Dear [email address],

Thank you for the documents already received on 2024-0375. I have some questions and queries:

1. Please can you explain the Commission's decision-making process and timeline on the proposed restriction on calcium cyanamide. Without this information it is hard to understand whether the redactions are justified or not. Afterall I understand a Commission decision was originally planned for December 2022.

2. Also, I wondered if some documents are missing? For example, did Commissioner Breton reply to document 19? Did a meeting follow? If so, we would like to receive those documents. And document 19 also mentions that Commissioner Breton has also been approached by MEPs on this topic. I think any such emails, letters, meeting notes etc should be covered by this request.

Thank you in advance.

Yours faithfully,

Vicky Cann