Lobbying on Palm Oil
Dear DG Environment,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am submitting a request for documents on behalf of Friends of the Earth Europe.
The requests concerns documents (such as agendas, Commission briefing papers and minutes) that relate to meetings as well as correspondence (such as emails, letters, faxes) between Commissioner Karmenu Vella, Members of his cabinet, DG Environment members of staff, and the following:
- Sime Darby
- Indonesian Palm Oil Association
- Malaysian Palm Oil Council
- European Palm Oil Alliance
- Hill & Knowlton International Belgium
- Kreab
- Golden Agri-resource Ltd
- Cargill
- Wilmar International Limited
- Sinar Mas Group
- Unilever
concerning:
- Commission response to resolution 2016/2222
- EU-Indonesian free trade negotiations for CEPA
since January 1st, 2016.
Please send (electronically if possible) the requested documents to [email address].
Please produce the documents on a rolling basis. At no point should the search for - or deliberations concerning - certain documents delay the production of others that have already retrieved and eligible for disclosure. In the event this application relates to a very large number of documents, we are open to confer informally with a view to finding a fair solution within the prescribed time limits.
Should you need further information please do not hesitate to contact us. We look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely,
Katie Hodgetts
Katie Hodgetts
Economic Justice Programme
Friends of the Earth Europe
MundoB, 26 Rue D’Edimbourg, 1050 Brussels
Dear Madam,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 19/12/2017. We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered on 08/01/2018 under reference number GestDem 2018/0126.
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 29/01/2018. 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,
ELC
DG ENVIRONMENT
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
European Commission
DG Environment
Directorate E-Implementation & Support to Member States
Unit E4 - Compliance & Better Regulation
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
Dear Ms Hodgetts,
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered on 20/12/2017
under the reference number GestDem 2017/7545.
Your application is currently being handled. However, due to the heavy
workload on a large number of requests, we will not be in a position to
complete the handling of your application within the time limit of 15
working days, which expires on 19/01/2018.
Therefore, we have to extend the time limit with 15 working days in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents. The new time limit expires on 09/02/2018.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
Access to Documents Team
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European Commission
DG TRADE
References
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Dear Madam,
Please find attached a letter from our unit concerning your above mentioned request.
We wish you a good receipt of.
Best Regards,
LP
European Commission
Directorate-General for Environment
Unit F3 – Multilateral Environmental Cooperation
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
Dear Ms Hodgetts,
We would like to inform you that unfortunately we will not be able to
provide you with a reply to your request GestDem 2017/7545 by the deadline
of 9 February 2018.
We are currently working on the reply and we are intensifying our efforts
to finalise it as soon as possible.
You will be kept informed about the progress of the reply, which we hope
you will be able to receive very soon.
We apologise for the delay and we thank you very much for your patience.
Kind regards,
DG TRADE Access to Documents team
From: TRADE ACCES DOCUMENTS
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 4:37 PM
To: '[FOI #4880 email]'
Cc: TRADE ACCES DOCUMENTS
Subject: Your access to documents request number GestDem 2017/7545
Dear Ms Hodgetts,
We refer to your request for access to documents, registered on 20/12/2017
under the reference number GestDem 2017/7545.
Your application is currently being handled. However, due to the heavy
workload on a large number of requests, we will not be in a position to
complete the handling of your application within the time limit of 15
working days, which expires on 19/01/2018.
Therefore, we have to extend the time limit with 15 working days in
accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding
public access to documents. The new time limit expires on 09/02/2018.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
Access to Documents Team
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European Commission
DG TRADE
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Dear Environment,
I am writing in relation to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access. In accordance to this regulation, my request for access to documents should have been satiated within 15 working days. My initial request was logged on December 19th 2017, and registered on the 8th of January 2018.
A new time limit was put in place after the first deadline was not met. This expired on February 2nd 2018.
Over a month later, I am still waiting for a response.
I would like this request and access to these documents as soon as possible.
Yours faithfully,
Katie Hodgetts
Dear Ms Hodgetts,
We thank you for your email.
A response to your access to document request was addressed by email by DG Environment on 09/02/2018.
Please find attached this response.
We also send you, for information, the acknowledgement of receipt of the letter sent through the post, signed on 23/02/2018.
Do not hesitate to let us know should you encounter any technical issue with the attached documents.
In regard to your email below (request number GestDem 2017/7545) was addressed to DG Trade and treated by them.
Best regards.
Nathalie Couvreur