Overview
Lobbying Costs
5,375,000€
Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Altroconsumo (AC)
EU Transparency Register
3832920956-65 First registered on 13 Jan 2009
Goals / Remit
ALTROCONSUMO promotes and protects the basic interest and rights of consumers, as regards health and safety, the protection of economic interests, the right to redress, the right to be informed, the right to consumer education, the right to be represented and heard, the right to a healthy environment.
ALTROCONSUMO takes action on two fronts: on the one hand information and assistance to consumers through our magazines and services, and on the other by representing consumers with local, national and international institutions and collective information spread through the media.
Our main way of action to protect consumers is to inform and educate them. We do this by means of our publications that carry the results of product comparison tests, wide coverage on surveys, concrete and useful advice to single out the best quality versus price ratio and the most profitable opportunities for consumers, thereby enabling the latter to be in a position to choose, negotiate, avoid mistakes or swindles and to protect themselves.
ALTROCONSUMO wants the voice of consumers to be heard by national and international institutions responsible for the decisions made on issues regarding aspects of the consumer’s daily life and actively takes part in a great number of hearings, meetings and committees, both Italian and international, dealing with consumer problems.
Through press releases, press conferences, TV and radio programs, our activity is publicized with the general public. Mass media are often a useful ally in making people aware, on a local, domestic and international level.
ALTROCONSUMO is committed to transparency about EU interest representation.
When registering, we have therefore chosen to give all relevant information that we consider necessary for lobbying transparency. A credible EU lobbying transparency register should include names of individual lobbyists and the issues that they try to influence, provide precise and comparable financial information on lobbying, and have effective sanctions to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the information disclosed. In an effort to arrive at a more objective way of calculating lobbying expenditures, we follow guidelines that result from consultations with public interest organisations, professionals working on lobby transparency as well as experts of US lobby disclosure legislation. Our registration is therefore providing a more comprehensive calculation of our lobbying expenses, and a list of those who, on behalf of ALTROCONSUMO, carry out activities with the objective of influencing the policy formulation and decision-making processes of the European institutions.Main EU files targeted
2019
Proposal of public hearing and own initiative report on medicines shortages in the EU (02.09.2019 Letter to Member ENVI Committee/European Parliament)
Dieselgate scandal (16.09.2019 Letter to EC President-elect Ursula Von der Leyen)
Proposal for a Directive on representative actions - Italian consumers need your vote (12.03.2019 Letter to Italian MEP’s/European Parliament)
19.03 - Public Consultation on the Evaluation of Directive 2008/48/EC (Consumer Credit Directive - CCD)
Proposal for a Directive on copyright in the digital single market - Altroconsumo asks to vote against art. 13 and for its cancellation (21.03 Letter to Italian MEP’s/European Parliament)
Spin-off of Telecom Italia (TIM)’s - Italy’s network future, potential risks for consumers (16.04 Letter to Roberto Viola/EC DG Connect, Anthony Whelan/ EC DG Connect e Cecilio Madero Villarejo/ EC DG Competition)
Reminder of the most felt issues related to consumer protection in Italy that could be usefully addressed with a community (28.11 Letter to Italian MEP’s/European Parliament: On. Patrizia Toia, On. Eleonora Evi, On. Brando Benifei)
NPL Directive and consumer protection (03.12 – Letter to Italian ECON Committee/European Parliament)
BEREC guidelines on common approaches to the identification of the network termination point in different network topologies
Dossier followed in collaboration with Beuc (European Consumer Organization):
Clean Energy package
Sunscream filter 50 +
Acrilammide in food
Nutriscore – Fop
News online (www.altroconsumo.it)
13.02 Kids smartwatch “Enox Safe Kid One” - https://www.altroconsumo.it/hi-tech/dispositivi-portatili/news/ue-ritiro-smartwatch
25.02 – Acrillamide on food - https://www.altroconsumo.it/alimentazione/sicurezza-alimentare/news/acrilammide-contaminante-cancerogeno-cottura
26.03 Copyright reform - https://www.altroconsumo.it/hi-tech/internet-telefono/consigli/diritto-d-autore-online
26.03 - 2021, addio ora legale- https://www.altroconsumo.it/vita-privata-famiglia/viaggi-tempo-libero/news/orale-legale
28.03 Single-use plastic - https://www.altroconsumo.it/casa-energia/pulizie/news/direttiva-europea-plastica-monouso
04.04 – Toys Safety, squishy e soft toys - https://www.altroconsumo.it/vita-privata-famiglia/mamme-e-bimbi/news/giocattoli-pericolosi
20.12 – Toys Safety - online - https://www.altroconsumo.it/vita-privata-famiglia/mamme-e-bimbi/speciali/giocattoli-che-fanno-maleAddress
Head Office
via Valassina, 22
Milano 20159
ITALY -
People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 6 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
On behalf of ALTROCONSUMO, the persons listed below have spent, during the last 12 months 20 percent or more of their working time on lobbying activities for ALTROCONSUMO:
Luisa Crisigiovanni
(Altroconsumo General Secretary)
Projects/Fundraising
Ivo Tarantino
(Head of Altroconsumo Public Affairs and Media Relations)
Communication - Public Affairs
Bianca Luongo
Enforcement
Fabio Tumminello
Campaigns
Maria Luisa Villa
Position Papers
Cristina Lombardo
Projects, FundraisingPerson in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
On an international level, Altroconsumo is a member of BEUC (European Bureau of Consumer Organizations) and of Euroconsumers the European group composed by independent consumers association in several countries: Test-Achats (Belgium), DECO (Portugal), OCU (Spain) - PROTESTE (Brasil).
Altroconsumo is an active member of Consumers International (a worldwide organization of consumer associations) and thanks to the ICRT (International Consumers Testing & Research) membership, many Altroconsumo tests are performed in collaboration with independent consumer associations in other European countries.
Our aim, in close collaboration with these consumer organisations, is to reinforce consumerism and to get the voice of European consumers heard at world level.Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
5,375,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
60,264 € (Source: Project Mile 21 - University of Salonicco)
Other financial info
Altroconsumo's expenses for interest representation activities were calculated according to guidelines agreed by the civil society contact group: http://www.act4europe.org/register
Altroconsumo would also like to underline that the amounts indicated under the heading "public funding" is linked to reimbursement of direct expenses.
This part is not to be considered as a source of income. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Events 2019
29.01 Bruxelles – Parlamento EU - Meeting on Non Performing Loans (NPL)
11.04 Roma – Convegno “L’Europa arriva in città” (Altroconsumo/European Commission-Roma)
21.05 Roma - CESE – Meeting on Directive 2008/48/EC (Consumer Credit Directive - CCD)
19.06 Bruxelles – European Commission – Conference "Empowering energy consumers – innovative approaches from European projects"
12-13.09 Dublin – “11th Citizens’ Energy Forum” (European Commission)
15.10 Bruxelles – Conference “New EU Goals and policies for sustainable development. Join perspective of consumers and enviromentalists” (EU – CESE)
24.10 Bruxelles – Conference “European Conference on Digital Footprint” (European Digital Learning Network)
28.10 Milano – Colazione di lavoro con Italian MEP’s “Le associazioni di consumatori e gli Europarlamentari, insieme, a beneficio degli italiani – (Intervenute: On. Patrizia Toja e On. Eleonora Evi)
20.11 Bruxelles – Conference “The Future of Food Conference” (Friends of Europe)
NPL Directive and consumer protection – Several Meetings January/July 2019
Projects 2019/2020
Clear 2.0 – Commissione Europea (Horizon 2020)
Mile 21 - Commissione Europea ( Life+)
Belt, 30 mesi - Commissione Europea (Horizon 2020)
Gvi - link third party di ICRT, Commissione Europea (Horizon 2020)
Clean – Commissione Europea (Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme)
Comcamp/Beuc – Commissione Europea FOODSUPPADS/Beuc - ChafeaOther activities
Altroconsumo is member of several international organizations, such as Consumers International, and is represented since 1978 in BEUC, the European Consumer Association Organization, that guarantees each association privileged lines of communication with EU institutions.
We actively participate at BEUC activities and take part in a great number of hearings, meetings and committees with MEP’s and EU Commissioners dealing with consumer problems.
Meetings
Meetings
2 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 26 Nov 2015 Location BXL Subject Cybersecurity and consumers fostering web safety DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Bodo Lehmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject digital divide of italian users and consumers / Web Safety Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
- Jasmin Battista (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists