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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

  • 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/brexit

    Address

    Head Office
    via Valassina, 22
    Milano 20159
    ITALY
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    5

    Employment timeLobbyists
    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 Papers

    Person 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

  • Categories

    Category

    III - Non-governmental organisations

    Subcategory

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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/CHAFEA

    Other 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.

    • 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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