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EFSA accused of legal bullying by campaign group

27.09.2011

EFSA accused of legal bullying by campaign group

Brussels, 27 September – Campaigners today accused the European Food Safety Authority of using legal threats to try and intimidate its critics, after receiving a legal threat from the EU agency [1].

Research and campaign group Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) received a letter from EFSA’s Head of the Legal and Regulatory Affairs Unit following publication of an article highlighting hidden conflicts of interest among members of EFSA’s expert panel responsible for food additives.

Response to EFSA re use of logo

27.09.2011

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”.

Legal letter from EFSA

27.09.2011

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.

Visit Brussels – the heart of lobbying

27.09.2011

Have you noticed the new VisitBrussels promotional video campaign springing up around the city in the last couple of weeks? So far, we've spotted it at Gare du Midi and Place Flagey. Among the glossy photos and promises of fun-filled weekends, is the following image:

Lobby Planet: Putting Brussels' lobbyists on the map

21.09.2011

Brussels, Friday 23 September – Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) today launched its unique new guide to the hidden world of corporate lobbying in Brussels, highlighting the key players, the locations and the tactics used by big business to influence decision making in the European Union.

The new edition of the Lobby Planet to Brussels’ EU quarter features a guide to some of the biggest lobby players operating in Brussels, as well as three thematic tours, highlighting the carbon lobby, the finance lobby and the agribusiness lobby.
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Putting Brussels' lobbyists on the map

21.09.2011

Our unique new guide to the hidden world of corporate lobbying in Brussels is now available, highlighting the players, the locations, and the tactics used by big business to influence decision making in the European Union.

Kangaroo Group's base in Parliament challenged

21.09.2011

Corporate Europe Observatory has written to the European Parliament's College of Quaestors (the body responsible for administrative matters regarding the running of the Parliament) to question why the Kangaroo Group has an office in the Parliament building. The Kangaroo Group is not a registered Intergroup, nor does it appear to have any other official status vis-a-vis the European Parliament.

Does EFSA know its own rules?

21.09.2011

EFSA has claimed CEO got its facts wrong in our recent article about conflicts of interest at EFSA. EFSA's response to CEO shows that the agency is failing to properly deal with conflicts of interest. Perhaps EFSA needs to read its own guidance on what its panel members need to declare? Read CEO's response to EFSA.

Response to EFSA

20.09.2011

EFSA has claimed CEO got its facts wrong in the article about conflicts of interest. EFSA's response to CEO shows that the agency is failing to properly deal with conflicts of interest. Perhaps EFSA needs to read its own guidance on what its panel members need to declare?