Open Letters
To: Commissioner T. Borg
Cc: Commissioners D. Ciolos, J. Potočnik, Secretary General of the Commission C. Day
Dear Commissioner,
Transparency, public health and tobacco control NGOs have today written to EU Commission President Barroso to complain about Commission officials having undisclosed meetings with tobacco lobbyists, in violation of UN rules. The undisclosed meetings are particularly controversial in the context of the Dalligate tobacco lobbying scandal, which led to the resignation of Commissioner Dalli under unclear and contested circumstances.
Corporate Europe Observatory, alongside Lobby Control and Corporate Accountability International, have today submitted a formal complaint to European Commission President Barroso over the controversial reappointment of Michel Petite to the Commission’s ad hoc ethical committee.
Earth Open Source and Corporate Europe Observatory have written to EFSA's executive director about undeclared current activities with ILSI by an EFSA panel member. EFSA has so far not acted on this case, which sheds doubts on the implementation of EFSA's new independence rules. Not declaring such activities was in contradiction to the former rules, too.
CEO has responded to EFSA's threat to take legal action regarding the use of an illustration on Corporate Europe Observatory’s website . EFSA claims this illustration constitutes an “unauthorised use of EFSA’s logo and name” and that this entitles EFSA to take legal action “to ensure that the use ceases”.
On Friday 16 September, CEO received a letter from the European Food Safety Authority threatening legal action regarding the use of their logo and name in our article on conflicts of interest among members of EFSA's expert panel on food additives.
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