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Council of the European Union General Secretariat Directorate-General Communication and Information - COMM Directorate Information and Outreach Information Services Unit / Transparency Head of Unit Brussels, 3 October 2024 Ms Vicky Cann Email: ask+request-14977-cb16fd30@asktheeu.org Ref. 24/2423 Request made on: 17.09.2024 Dear Ms Cann, Thank you for your request for access to a list of all Council working party meetings and ministerial meetings where PFAS, per and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as `forever chemicals' has been discussed since 6 June 2024 as well as the agendas for the meetings, and any minutes, notes, summaries, reports for those meetings".0F1 After a thorough search in our data bases, it appears that "PFAS, per and polyfluoroalkyl substances or `forever chemicals'" was not on agendas of Council working party or ministerial meetings since 6 June 2024. Please note however, as mentioned in our reply to your previous request, that it does not mean that this topic was not addressed in some documents issued during this period. As a way of example, the following (public) documents might be of some interest to you: 10796/24 INIT: Note from the General Secretariat of the Council to the Permanent Representatives Committee on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, Directive 2006/118/EC on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration and Directive 2008/105/EC on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy 1 The General Secretariat of the Council has examined your request on the basis of the applicable rules: Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43) and the specific provisions concerning public access to Council documents set out in Annex II to the Council's Rules of Procedure (Council Decision No 2009/937/EU, OJ L 325, 11.12.2009, p. 35). Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175 - B-1048 Bruxelles/Brussel - Belgique/Belgi Tel. +32 (0)2 281 67 10 - www.consilium.europa.eu - access@consilium.europa.eu 1/2 10860/24 INIT: Revised Presidency compromise text on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, Directive 2006/118/EC on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration and Directive 2008/105/EC on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy 10860/1/24 REV 1 :2 1F Revised Presidency compromise text on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, Directive 2006/118/EC on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration and Directive 2008/105/EC on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy 11003/242F3 : Draft Council conclusions on the 8th Environmental Action Programme - The way forward to a green and just transition for a sustainable Europe 11999/24: Four-column document on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law) In addition to these documents, document 11760/24 ADD 1 which sets out the addendum to the summary record of the meeting of the Permanent Representatives Committee of 11, 12 and 14 June 2024 which contains a statement on the directive on priority substances in the field of water policy was also identified as being of interest to you. You may have access to this document. You will find it attached. Yours sincerely, Fernando FLORINDO Enclosure 2 A link to document 11383/24 which contains the mandate which was agreed by COREPER on this file was already provided in our letter of 27 June 2024. 3 A link to document 11326/24 which contains the conclusions which were approved by the Council on this issue on 17 June 2024 was already provided in our letter of 27 June 2024. Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175 - B-1048 Bruxelles/Brussel - Belgique/Belgi Tel. +32 (0)2 281 67 10 - www.consilium.europa.eu - access@consilium.europa.eu 2/2