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Malta Independent Thursday, 23 May 2013, 15:58 Last update: about 11 years ago

 

The two missing pages from the leaked OLAF report have been published by New Europe.

They show records of telephone calls between Silvio Zammit and John Dalli. The second page of the report shows Gayle Kimberley boasting about the outcome of a meeting with the former Commissioner, in correspondence that she sent to Swedish Match.

A close friend of Dr Dalli, Silvio Zammit, is alleged to have tried to influence, through Mr Dalli, an EU directive on snus, leading to Dr Dalli’s resignation.

The report shows that Dr Kimberley was confident that Mr Dalli was “not adverse[ sic ] to lifting the (snus) ban. 

“He mulled over it for a while and told me that in order to have an objective and solid basis to act eventually the Commissioner will hold the first proper consultation with the industry in February 2012 and insured [ sic ] me that he will personally ensure that snus producers are represented,” the report quotes Dr Kimberley as saying.

She also boasted of having “direct access to the Commissioner to send any emails or information we want passed on to him.”

Dr Kimberley did warn that “by no means did he give me any assurance of lifting the ban but his openness to listen and willingness to take any decision he deems necessary based on facts is very welcome.” 

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