New GMOs
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
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:
- Any documents since 01 February 2025, including briefings, reports, correspondence (email or other including via whatsapp or other platforms), as well as attachments, exchanged by the Commission (Commissioner, cabinet and/or staff) on the proposal for a regulation on NGTs (new genomic techniques, also called gene editing techniques or genome editing techniques; including the issue of patents and NGTs) with (representatives or employees of) Croplife EU, Euroseeds, Bayer, BASF, Syngenta, Corteva, Copa-Cogeca, Wageningen University, EU-SAGE, EPSO, Flemish Biotechnology Institute (VIB), or any lobby firm, law firm, think tank acting on their behalf. I'm also requesting a list of meetings (also since 01 February 2025) with detailed minutes and any other reports of such meetings, held by the Commission with the same actors on the same topic.
- Any documents since 01 February 2025, including briefings, reports, correspondence (email or other, including via whatsapp or other platforms), as well as attachments, exchanged by the Commission (Commissioner, cabinet and/or staff) on the proposal for a regulation on NGTs (new genomic techniques, also called gene editing techniques or genome editing techniques; including the issue of patents and NGTs) with representatives of the government of the US or Canada. I'm also requesting a list of meetings (also since 01 February 2025) with detailed minutes and any other reports of such meetings, held by the Commission with the same actors on the same topic.
I would like to receive the complete set of documents digitally.
I kindly urge you to not apply a rigid interpretation of the clause on commercial secrets. Should this request be denied wholly or partially, please explain the denial or all deletions referring to specific exemptions in the regulation.
I look forward to a positive consideration of this request and I thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Yours faithfully,
Nina Holland
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European Commission
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Dear Ms Holland,
Please find attached a reply concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2026/0738.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message within 5 working days by
replying to [email address]
Kind regards,
SANTE - E3
Dear Ms Holland,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 03/02/2026 under case number EASE 2026/0739.
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 24/02/2026.
• in order to retrieve the documents requested, large files have to be
examined;
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 (17/03/2026).
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
SG.D2 Secretariat
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Dear DG SANTE,
Thank you for sending the documents on new GMOs which I'll read with interest.
Yours faithfully,
Nina Holland
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upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
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Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
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aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
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Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
As per your previous message, a deadline for a response was set on 17 March for the Secretariat-General to respond to my request. Could you please inform me by when I can expect the reply? Thank you in advance.
Yours faithfully,
Nina Holland
Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
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upon registration of your request and will duly inform you of the
registration of the request (or of any additional information to be
provided in view of its registration and/or treatment).
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a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
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aux documents du Parlement européen, du Conseil et de la Commission.
Le secrétariat général répondra à votre demande dans un délai de 15 jours
ouvrables à compter de la date d’enregistrement de votre demande, et vous
informera de cet enregistrement (ou vous indiquera toute information
supplémentaire à fournir en vue de l'enregistrement et/ou du traitement de
votre demande).
Ihre Nachricht ist beim Referat „Transparenz“ des Generalsekretariats der
Europäischen Kommission eingegangen.
Anträge auf Zugang zu Dokumenten werden auf der Grundlage der
[3]Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1049/2001 vom 30. Mai 2001 über den Zugang der
Öffentlichkeit zu Dokumenten des Europäischen Parlaments, des Rates und
der Kommission behandelt.
Das Generalsekretariat beantwortet Ihre Anfrage innerhalb von
15 Arbeitstagen nach deren Registrierung und wird Sie über die
Registrierung Ihres Antrags (oder die Notwendigkeit weiterer Informationen
im Hinblick auf dessen Registrierung und/oder Bearbeitung) unterrichten.
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Dear Ms Holland
We are currently working on your reply, which you should receive shortly.
We apologise for the delay and thank you for your understanding.
Kind regards
SG.D2 Secretariat
Dear Ms Holland,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2026/0739.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
SG.D2