Dear Secretariat-General,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU Treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, we hereby request access to the following documents relating to the EU’s Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, in particular the revisions of the REACH and CLP Regulations and the Commission’s 2023 work programme:

1. A list of meetings that have taken place since 1 January 2021 between:

i. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and representatives of her cabinet, as well as Vice President of the EU Commission Frans Timmermans and/or representatives of his cabinet, Commissioner Thierry Breton and representatives of his cabinet; and

ii. Representatives of Germany’s Christian Democratic Party (CDU) and Christian Social Union party, as well as German industry associations Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V. (VCI) and Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (BDI), as well as representatives of chemicals company BASF.

2. All documentation (including but not limited to all email correspondence, letters, transcripts, recordings and minutes/notes, SMS and any other type of messages processed through phone apps – including WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram etc, recorded voice messages) of these meetings/discussions

3. Any briefings prepared for these meetings/discussions.

Our preference is for this information to be sent to us in machine-readable electronic format, to the email addresses provided below.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Eline Schaart and Leigh Stringer

Email: [email address]; [email address]