Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5 Fte (5)
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.Main EU files targeted
2020
NPL directive
(27.02.2020 Letter to member ECON Committee/European Parliament)
Eurobond e Coronabond
(06.04.2020 – Lettera a Paolo Gentiloni, Commissario europeo per l’Economia/Commissione EU - Maurizio Massari, Ambasciatore Rappresentanza Permanente d’Italia presso l’UE – Elena Basile, Ambasciatrice d’Italia a Bruxelles)
Enforcement of air passenger rights in the COVID-19 context
(22.07.2020 Letter to Marie-Paule Benassi, DG JUST and Adina Valean, DG MOVE/European Commission)
05.10.2020 – Contribution to the Public Consultation – The new Consumer Agenda, open public consultation - empowering consumers in the green transition, a review of the Directive on consumer credit agreements for consumers (2008/48/EC); a review of the General Product Safety Directive (2001/95/EC)
Mercato unico sostenibile e sicurezza prodotti
(23.11.2020 - Letter to Italian MEPS/European Parliament)
Open Fiber “Rete Unica”
(12.10.2020 – Letter to Margrethe Vestager, Commissioner for Competition/European Commission - Thierry Breton, Commissioner for Internal Market/European Commission – Paolo Gentiloni, Commissioner for Economy/European Commission)
Online Questionnaire on the Pharmaceutical Strategy
Dossier followed in collaboration with Beuc (European Consumer Organization):
Clean Energy package
Sunscream filter 50 +
Acrilammide in food
Nutriscore – Fop
Pharmaceutical Strategy
News online (www.altroconsumo.it):
29.01.2020 - L’Italia sceglie l’etichetta “a batteria”. Perché sarebbe stato meglio il Nutri-Score
https://www.altroconsumo.it/alimentazione/fare-la-spesa/news/nutriscore
01.09.2020 - Incidente auto all'estero: ecco cosa fare
https://www.altroconsumo.it/auto-e-moto/rc-auto/news/incidente-all-estero-che-cosa-fare
22.09.2020 - Origine in etichetta: nuove regole dall'Europa
https://www.altroconsumo.it/alimentazione/la-spesa-che-sfida/news/origine-in-etichetta
08.10.2020 - Ora legale o solare? Ecco cosa cambia dal 2021
https://www.altroconsumo.it/vita-privata-famiglia/viaggi-tempo-libero/news/orale-legale
17.11.2020 - Viaggio a bordo di un’auto elettrica
https://www.altroconsumo.it/auto-e-moto/automobili/news/auto-elettrica-viaggio
30.11.2020 - Superfoods: quali sono, cosa sono e soprattutto cos'hanno di speciale
https://www.altroconsumo.it/alimentazione/la-spesa-che-sfida/news/superfoods
21.12.2020 - Acqua del rubinetto: l'Ue approva la nuova direttiva. Più sicurezza e trasparenza
https://www.altroconsumo.it/alimentazione/acqua/news/rubinetto
28.12.2020 - Brexit: il 1° gennaio 2021 la Gran Bretagna esce dall'Europa. Ma ora c'è un accordo. Cosa cambia per i consumatori?
https://www.altroconsumo.it/soldi/mutui/news/brexitAddress
Head Office
via Valassina, 22
Milano 20159
ITALY -
People
Total lobbyists declared
5
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 5 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5
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 (50%)
(Altroconsumo General Secretary)
Projects/Fundraising
Ivo Tarantino
(Head of Altroconsumo Public Affairs and Media Relation)
Communication – Public Affairs
Bianca Luongo
Enforcement
Fabio Tumminello
Campaigns
Maria Luisa Villa
Position PapersPerson 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 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
38,364 € (Source: EU Projects)
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.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Consumer Policy Advisory Group#E03750#http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3750 #Member #C#Civil society
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Events 2020
20.01 Roma - Incontro con Dott.ssa Hilal Elver, Alto Rappresentante delle Nazioni Unite sul diritto al cibo
30-31.01 Bruxelles - Commissione EU, Consumer Summit 2020
20.02 Bruxelles – Beuc, Convegno “CLEAR 2.0 final Conference “Switching consumers on the renewables: lessons from the ground for the Green Deal”
25.02 Roma – Incontro con delegazione deputati Commissione IMCO - Parlamento europeo
29.10 Videoconference - Incontro con MEP Elisabetta EVI su Mobilità Sostenibile
10.11 Webinar - Food labelling for healthier choices: Towards an EU-wide Nutri-Score? (Beuc) - RELATORI
Projects 2020
MILE 21 (settembre 2018/Agosto 2021) - Commissione Europea ( Life+)
BELT (settembre 2019/febbraio 2022) - Commissione Europea (Horizon 2020)
PROMPT (maggio 2019/aprile 2023) – Commissione Europea
GVI (giugno 2019/novembre 2020) - link third party di ICRT, Commissione Europea (Horizon 2020)
CLEAN (giugno 2020/maggio 2021) – Commissione Europea (Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme)
ConsumerPro Sustainability (luglio 2019/luglio 2021) – Beuc CHAFEA/2018/CP/04)
CICLE (24 months) – Commissione Europea/CHAFEA
Circthread (48 months) – European Commission
Clear 2.0 – Commissione Europea (Horizon 2020)
Comcamp/Beuc – Commissione Europea
FOODSUPPADS (gennaio 2020/giugno 2021) – Beuc/CHAFEAOther activities
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.
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)
Other Lobbyists -
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 - Jasmin Battista (Cabinet member)
- Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists
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