Secretariat-General - PFAS lobbying
Dear Secretariat General of the European Commission,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, and further to my previous request 2024-3904 from 19 July 2024, I would like to request access to the following documents related to lobbying on PFAS, per and polyfluoroalkyl substances, including on the proposed universal PFAS restriction. In particular I would like:
1. A list of all meetings/ discussions held since 19 July 2024 between officials and or Commissioners with lobby organisations where this topic was discussed.
2. Any records, minutes, preparatory briefings, or other notes of these meetings/discussions, including correspondence which set-up, or was follow-up to, these meetings.
3. All correspondence since the above date, where this topic was raised, as exchanged between officials and or Commissioners with lobby organisations.
4. In addition I would like to receive a list of all studies or impact assessments which the DG has contracted out, or undertaken on, PFAS including the proposed universal PFAS restriction, and copies of these studies.
Please note that I am tabling similar requests to the Grow, Environment, Trade, Defis, Energy, Agri, Sante, RTD, Move, JRC, Clima, and Cnect. I look forward to receiving the respective documents accordingly.
Thank you in advance.
Yours faithfully,
Vicky Cann
CEO
Rue d’Edimbourg 26
1050 BXL
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Yours faithfully,
Secretariat-General - Access to Documents
European Commission
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Dear SG D ACCES DOC,
Thank you very much for the documents for 2025/1295. I have some queries about them:
- Ares 2024 5955360 2024 08 VCI Input for Chemicals Industry Package Redacted. This is actually a document from the EEB. Should there be an additional document from the VCI instead instead?
- Ares 2024 7521652 MJ response to open letter of NGOs 24 10 16 Redacted. Here the redactions seem too much. It is not clear to which organisation the letter is being sent, nor from whom / which level of staff it is sent.
- Ares(2025)339226 EurEau - PFAS phase out - a pre-requisite for a water resilient Europe_Redacted.pdf - I do not think this was included.
- Ares(2025)646358 Orgalim_Report EU regulatory burden on Technology Industries_011223_Redacted.pdf - I do not think this was included.
Hopefully we could resolve these issues without a confirmatory application? Thank you in advance.
Yours sincerely,
Vicky Cann