Meetings with the pharmaceutical industry since December 1st 2019
Dear Health and Food Safety,
On behalf of Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), I would like to - under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties as developed in Regulation 1049/2001 - request access to the following documents:
- all reports (and other notes) from meetings between DG SANTE and representatives of the pharmaceutical industry (companies as well as organisations such as EFPIA) from December 1st 2019 onwards. This should include the following companies: Bayer AG, Novartis International AG, Merck, GlaxoSmithKline, Amgen Inc, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Johnson & Johnson, SANOFI, Pfizer Inc., AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly and Company, and MSD (Europe) Inc. (Merck Sharp & Dohme).
- all correspondence (including emails) between the DG SANTE and representatives of the pharmaceutical industry (companies as well as organisations such as EFPIA) from December 1st 2019 onwards.
- a list of all the above-mentioned documents (including dates, names of participants/senders/recipients and their affiliation, subject of meeting/correspondence)
Yours faithfully,
Olivier Hoedeman
on behalf of Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)
Rue d'Edimbourg 26,
1050 Brussels, Belgium
http://www.corporateeurope.org
Tel. +32 (0)2 893 0930
Mobile: +32 474 486545
EU Transparency Register ID Number: 5353162366-85
Dear Mr Hoedeman,
Thank you for your e-mail dated 14 January 2020. We hereby acknowledge
receipt of your application for access to documents, which was registered
on the same date under reference number GestDem 2020/0261.
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 4
february 2020. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
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Yours sincerely,
SANTE ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
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European Commission
Health and Food Safety
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Dear Mr Hoedeman,
We refer to your request dated 14 January 2020 in which you make a request
for access to documents, registered on the same date under the above
mentioned reference number.
Your application is currently being handled. However, 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 4 February 2020.
An extended time limit is needed as part of the documents requested
originate from third parties which have been consulted;
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 25 February
2020.
We apologise for this delay and for any inconvenience this may cause.
Yours faithfully,
SANTE ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
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European Commission
Health and Food Safety
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Dear Mr Hoedeman,
The deadline for replying your access to documents request Ref GestDem No
2020/0261 expires today, 25 February 2020.
This email is just to inform you that the reply to your request has been
prepared and is now in the workflow for validation and signature and it
will be sent to you as soon as possible.
Thank you very much for your understanding.
Yours sincerely,
SANTE ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
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