Ref. Ares(2019)6407709 - 16/10/2019
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY
Health systems, medical products and innovation
Cross-border health care and tobacco control
Brussels,
SANTE.DDG1.B.2/AK/kms(2019)7147682
Mr Pablo Cano Trilla
By email only:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Dear Mr. Cano Trilla,
Subject:
Your application for access to documents – Ref GestDem No 2019/5439
We refer to your email dated 24 September 2019 in which you make a request for access
to documents, registered on the same date under the above-mentioned reference number.
This reply relates only to the documents held by DG SANTE.
1. Scope of your request
On the basis of Regulation (EC) No 1049/20011, you requested access to:
‘any document produced in the EU or any conversation held by EU officials,
member states or stakeholders in the sector which contain the following
information: Tobacco-free nicotine-containing pouches' (tobacco-free snus)
discussions on its regulation, policy, taxation or any market data on these
products.’
2. Identification and assessment of the relevant documents
We have identified the following document as falling under the scope of your request. It
is available at:
https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/tobacco/docs/ev_20190321_sr_en.pdf
You may reuse the document requested free of charge, for non-commercial and commercial
purposes provided that the source is acknowledged, that you do not distort the original
1 Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and
Commission documents (OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43).
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111
meaning or message of the document. Please note that the Commission does not assume
liability stemming from the reuse.
Yours sincerely,
(e-signed)
Thea EMMERLING
Head of Unit
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