PFAS lobbying since 1 January 2023
Dear Energy,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I would like to request access to the following documents related to lobbying on PFAS, per and polyfluoroalkyl substances. In particular I would like:
1. A list of all meetings/ discussions since 1 January 2023 between officials and or Commissioners with businesses, trade associations, or think tanks where this topic was discussed.
2. Any records, minutes, preparatory briefings, or other notes of these meetings/discussions.
3. All correspondence since 1 January 2023, where this topic was discussed, exchanged between officials and or Commissioners with businesses, trade associations, or think tanks.
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 Clima, DG Defis, DG Energy, DG Sante, DG JRC, and DG Trade of the Commission, and a similar request to DG Environment, DG Grow, and the Secretariat-General, and I look forward to receiving the respective documents accordingly.
Thank you in advance.
Yours faithfully,
Vicky Cann
CEO
Rue d'Edimbourg 26
1050 Brx
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your request for access to documents
sent on 26/01/2024 and registered on 26/01/2024 under the case number
2024/0502.
We will handle your request within 15 working days as of the date of
registration. The time-limit expires on 16/02/2024. We will let you know
if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working days.
To find more information on how we process your personal data, please see
[1]the privacy statement.
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear Ms Cann,
We are writing concerning your request for access to Commission documents
registered on 26/01/2024 under case number 2024/0502.
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 16/02/2024.
The application concerns documents held by 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 08/03/2024.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Kind regards,
DG ENER Access to Documents Team
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Dear Ms Cann,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/0502.
Kind regards,
DG ENER Access to Documents Team
Dear Energy,
Thank you for the reply.
I would be interested to receive all documents except those from the European Environmental Bureau. they are not in scope anyhow as EEB is an NGO.
I hope that might be acceptable.
Yours faithfully,
Vicky Cann
Dear Ms Cann,
with reference to your request for access to document registered under
number 2024/0502, we would like to inform you that we are currently
working on it.
Due to the high number of documents requested, it is taking longer than
expected. We will revert to you soon.
Kind regards,
DG ENER Access to Documents Team
Dear Ms Cann,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/0502.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
DG ENER Access to documents Team
Dear Ms Cann,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/0502.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
DG ENER Access to documents Team
Dear Ms Cann,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/0502.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
DG ENER Access to documents Team
Dear Ms Cann,
Please find attached a message concerning your request for access to
Commission documents registered under the above case number 2024/0502.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message by return email.
Kind regards,
DG ENER Access to documents Team
Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
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Dear Energy,
Please pass this on to the person who reviews confirmatory applications. I am filing the following confirmatory application with regards to my access to documents request 'PFAS lobbying since 1 January 2023', 2024-0502.
Thank you for the documents of 24 May. I note that documents 15 and 16 were not provided. Third-party authors do not have a veto on the release of documents and, as you will be aware there is a strong public interest in the PFAS issue. Is it really the case that the entire documents are to be considered as commercially sensitive?
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
Vicky Cann
Dear Sir or Madam,
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your confirmatory request for case
2024/0502, sent on 28/05/2024 and registered on 29/05/2024.
We will handle your confirmatory request within 15 working days as of the
date of registration. The time-limit expires on 19/06/2024. We will let
you know if we need to extend this time limit for additional 15 working
days.
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
Dear Energy,
Please can you let me know when I will receive a reply to my confirmatory application for 'PFAS lobbying since 1 January 2023', 2024-0502, tabled on 28 May 2024.
Yours faithfully,
Vicky Cann
Dear Energy,
When I will receive a reply to my confirmatory application for 'PFAS lobbying since 1 January 2023', 2024-0502, tabled on 28 May 2024. It is now substantially overdue
Yours faithfully,
Vicky Cann
Your message has been received by the Transparency Unit of the
Secretariat-General of the European Commission.
Requests for public access to documents are treated on the basis of
[1]Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents.
The Secretariat-General will reply to your request within 15 working days
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).
L’unité «Transparence» du secrétariat général de la Commission européenne
a bien reçu votre message.
Les demandes d’accès du public aux documents sont traitées sur la base du
[2]règlement (CE) n° 1049/2001 du 30 mai 2001 relatif à l’accès du public
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.
References
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2. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/...
3. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/...
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Dear Madam,
Thank you for your email.
Please kindly note that a reply to your confirmatory decision, registered
under reference 2024/0502, has been sent to you on 14/02/2025 - see
attached.
Yours faithfully,
Access to documents team
SG.C.1
Transparency
Dear SG ACCES DOCUMENTS,
Thank you very much for the final documents for 2024-0502 received on 5 March 2025; I dont see them having been posted on this thread before.
Yours sincerely,
Vicky Cann