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Open letter: stop food speculation

March 29, 2010 - 11:29
On 22 March, the below letter signed by various organisations was sent to Commissioner Michel Barnier, urging him to take urgent action against financial speculation on commodity prices, in particularly food. Michel Barnier European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services European Commission B - 1049 Brussels Belgium 22 March 2010 Dear Commissioner Barnier,

Ferrero-Waldner: cooling-off needed

March 26, 2010 - 10:52
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) has written to Secretary-General Catherine Day arguing that the Commission has failed to take adequate measures against potential conflicts of interest arising from Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner’s move to reinsurance giant Munich Re last month. The Commission followed the advice of an Ad Hoc Ethical Committee which concluded there was no problem, arguing that the ”envisaged occupation with Munich Re was a non-executive position”. CEO argues that the Ad Hoc Panel’s advice was inadequate and should not have been endorsed by the Commission.

A complaint to the Ombudsman re Pat Cox

February 23, 2010 - 11:49

Corporate Europe Observatory has filed a complaint to the European Ombudsman asking him to investigate how the former chair of the Parliament, Pat Cox’s conflicts of interests were assessed by the European Commission before his appointment and then re-appointment (2007 - 2009) as a Special Adviser to the out-going Consumer Commissioner Meglena Kuneva.

Letter to MEPs on STOA-PRRI GMO seminar

February 18, 2010 - 13:54
Corporate Europe Observatory and Greenpeace European Unit, along with nineteen other organisations have written to the members of the STOA-panel of the European Parliament, to raise concerns about an upcoming seminar they are holding on the EU GMO policy. This seminar is organised in cooperation with the Public Research Regulation Initiative (PRRI), an industry-biased pro-GMO lobbygroup, despite its name and pretentions.

Revolving doors - EFSA and Syngenta

January 21, 2010 - 11:31

Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) has sent a joint open letter to the European Commission to highlight concerns about "revolving doors" after the former head of the European Food Standards Agency GMO panel became a lobbyist for Syngenta. The European Food Standards Agency failed to intervene to impose a "cooling off" period before the move - which creates a clear conflict of interest.

Open letter to the College of Quaestors

December 3, 2009 - 16:20

Pat Cox's role questioned

May 29, 2009 - 12:53
An Open Letter to Commissioner Kuneva regarding concerns about potential conflicts of interest of her Special Adviser Pat Cox Dear Commissioner Kuneva, We are writing to you to express our concern about the potential conflicts of interest of Mr Pat Cox, who acts as your Special Adviser on “Communication and Strategy for Consumers on citizens”.

Open Letter: end secretive info policy

May 14, 2009 - 09:53

CEO and other civil society groups have called upon the European Commission to act against the secretive information policy of its trade department. In an open letter to President Barroso, Trade Commissioner Ashton, Transparency Commissioner Kallas and Communication Commissioner Wallström, the organisations criticised an internal DG Trade memo, which encourages staff to conceal information about meetings with lobbyists in case of access to information requests.

Open Letter: GM soy is not responsible

May 13, 2009 - 10:54
Over sixty organizations from across the world have signed an open letter to the participants of the Round Table on Responsible Soy (RTRS) calling for it to be abandoned. Your organisation can sign this letter by sending a message to Claire Robinson . More information about the RTRS can be found in the attached Q&A. Letter of critical opposition to the “Round Table on Responsible Soy" April 2009 We, the undersigned, call for the abandonment of the Round Table on Responsible Soy (RTRS), on the following grounds:

Barroso challenged on Telecom Italia

January 8, 2009 - 17:34

Dear President Barroso,

The undersigned, six civil society groups from Europe, call on you to act immediately to stop Commission officials from continuing to intervene on behalf of Telecom Italia in its efforts, via the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and the New York State Court, to extract excessive and unwarranted compensation for the renationalisation of the Bolivian telecommunications company ENTEL, much to the detriment of the Bolivian people.

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