Lobbying on siloxanes

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Dear Health and Food Safety,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, as well as Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies, I would like to request access to all documents relating to lobbying on the assessment of:
- Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4);
- Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5);
- Dodecamethylcyclohexasiloxane (D6);
(hereinafter siloxanes) as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and the subsequent regulatory actions in the EU and under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, by the US chemical company Dow, its affiliates and/or any of its lobby intermediaries (currently declared as Fipra, Euromediations, EU Focus, bcw - Burson Cohn Wolfe, FB & Associati, and Teneo).

These documents 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 or submissions since 20 September 2020.

In addition, I would like to receive all documents relating to any interservice consultation on siloxanes, including circulated drafts, received comments, and the dates of any consultation periods.

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, DG Environment, DG Sante, the Secretariat-General of the Commission, and ECHA, and I look forward to receiving the respective documents accordingly.

Yours faithfully,

Vicky Cann
CEO
Rue d'Edimbourg 26
1050 Brx
and
Vito Buonsante
IPEN Gothenburg SE-40235 - 7256
SWEDEN

SANTE-ACCESS-TO-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu,

Dear Sir or Madam,

We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 15/02/2024 and registered on 15/02/2024 under the case number
2024/0888.

We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 07/03/2024. We will let you know
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Yours faithfully,

Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety - Access to Documents
European Commission

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SANTE-ACCESS-TO-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu,

Dear Ms Cann,

We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 15 February 2024 under case number 2024/0888.

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 today on 07 March 2024.

Your application concerns different Services, which must be 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 02 April 2024.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Kind regards,

SANTE ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS

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Dear Health and Food Safety,

Do you know when you will reply to this please? It is now substantially overdue.

Thank you in advance.

Yours faithfully,

Vicky Cann

Dear Health and Food Safety,

Do you know when you will reply to 2024/0888 please? It is now substantially overdue; I was expecting a reply on 2 April.

Thank you in advance.

Yours faithfully,

Vicky Cann

SANTE-ACCESS-TO-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu, Health and Food Safety

Dear Ms Cann,

Thank you very much for your email and we are sorry for the delay in replying to your access to documents request 2024/0888.

Due to internal checks, the preparation of our reply took longer than expected. A reply is now being prepared and will be sent to you as soon as it is signed at the appropriate level.

Apologies again and thank you for your patience.

With kind regards,

SANTE ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS

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Dear [email address],

Thank you for the update.

Yours sincerely,

Vicky Cann

SANTE-ACCESS-TO-DOCUMENTS@ec.europa.eu,

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Dear Ms Cann,

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Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/0888.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.

Kind regards,

DG SANTE