Overview
Lobbying Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Apex-Brasil Brussels-Europe (ApexBrasil)
EU Transparency Register
91665214476-01 First registered on 04 Nov 2010
Goals / Remit
ApexBrasil is the Brazilian Trade Promotion and Investment Agency. Its mission is to develop the competitiveness of Brazilian companies, to promote their internationalisation as well as to attract Foreign Direct Investment to Brazil.
ApexBrasil offers a number of services to promote the competitiveness and sustainability of Brazilian companies in their internationalisation process, including market intelligence, capacity-building programmes and trade promotion activities.Main EU files targeted
- Due Diligence;
- Farm-to-fork, including the sustainable use of pesticides, plant health regulation
- Regulation on Deforestation-free products
- Fit-for-55, including CBAM, the CO2 emission standards for cars and vans
- Trade and sustainable development
- EU trade agreements
- Monitor EU policies and analyse their impact on Brazilian companies’ ability to export products and services to the European Union
- Engage with key stakeholders in EU-Mercosur relations
- Engage with EU decision-makers to promote trade between the EU and Brazil
- Monitor EU policies and analyse their impact on Brazilian companies’ ability to export products and services to the European Union
- Engage with key stakeholders in EU-Mercosur relations
- Engage with EU decision-makers to promote trade between the EU and BrazilAddress
Head Office
Avenue des Arts, 19AD
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
Avenue des Arts, 19AD
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 09 May 2024
Name Start date End Date Bruno CAPUZZI 02 Feb 2024 01 Feb 2025 ALEX DE FIGUEIREDO ALVES PINTO 02 Feb 2024 01 Feb 2025 Bruno CAPUZZI 08 Feb 2023 02 Feb 2024 ALEX DE FIGUEIREDO ALVES PINTO 08 Feb 2023 02 Feb 2024 Bruno CAPUZZI 08 Feb 2022 08 Feb 2023 ALEX DE FIGUEIREDO ALVES PINTO 08 Feb 2022 08 Feb 2023 Bruno CAPUZZI 26 Nov 2019 26 Nov 2020 ALEX DE FIGUEIREDO ALVES PINTO 26 Jul 2019 25 Jul 2020 Ms Priscila TEIXEIRA QUAINI 11 Jul 2018 11 Jul 2019 ALEX DE FIGUEIREDO ALVES PINTO 23 Jun 2018 22 Jun 2019 Ms Anna Beatryz OLIVEIRA 19 Jun 2018 05 Aug 2018 Emily Rees 05 May 2018 02 Aug 2018 Emily Rees 05 May 2017 04 May 2018 Ms Priscila TEIXEIRA QUAINI 20 Jul 2017 11 Jul 2018 Mr Joaquim Jean M BERRYER 27 Jun 2017 21 Jul 2017 ALEX DE FIGUEIREDO ALVES PINTO 12 May 2017 12 May 2018 Ms Clarisse Joana Clarinda BOULAY 12 May 2017 28 Jun 2017 Emily Rees 05 May 2017 03 May 2018 Mr KEN PIERAERTS 05 Sep 2016 01 Feb 2017 Ms Priscila TEIXEIRA QUAINI 22 Aug 2016 21 Jul 2017 Emily Rees 20 Jun 2016 06 May 2017 ALEX DE FIGUEIREDO ALVES PINTO 20 Jun 2016 13 May 2017 Ms Isabel Karina DE PIAN 16 Jan 2016 21 Apr 2016 Ms Priscila TEIXEIRA QUAINI 02 Oct 2015 23 Aug 2016 Emily Rees 30 Jun 2015 04 Jun 2016 Mr Caio Salame Lobo 30 Apr 2015 01 Oct 2015 ALEX DE FIGUEIREDO ALVES PINTO 30 Apr 2015 28 Apr 2016 Mr Rui Manuel Costa Faria Da Cunha 12 Sep 2014 23 Jan 2015 Mr Caio Salame Lobo 02 Apr 2014 30 Apr 2015 ALEX DE FIGUEIREDO ALVES PINTO 02 Apr 2014 30 Apr 2015 Ms Samla Cristina Da Rosa e Silva 28 Sep 2013 11 Jan 2014 Mr Rui Manuel Costa Faria Da Cunha 28 Sep 2013 12 Sep 2014 Complementary Information
The EU Affairs team comprises of one full-time representative and occasionally one intern requiring Parliamentary accreditation; Apex-Brasil Europe’s legal representative also has Parliamentary accreditation.
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
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Categories
Category
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
100,000€ - 199,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount hill+knowlton strategies 100,000€ - 199,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name hill+knowlton strategies Closed year Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Other financial info
This register has been updated including information about the coalition Brazil Agri-Food Facts, properly described in previous fields, that was formed in 2022 and has its actions coordinated by ApexBrasil’s Headquarters. The financial data (14.b) included to the intermediary described in this register refers to the contract between ApexBrasil’s headquarters and this intermediary for actions involving the coalition Brazil Agri-Food Facts as a whole (not necessarily related to the actions performed by ApexBrasil Brussels Europe), and do not represent financial payments conducted by ApexBrasil Brussels Europe, to whom this register relates.
In item 14.c, the sum relates to the costs of the activities described by this register and conducted by ApexBrasil Brussels Europe.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Publications: Mercosur-European Union Dialogue (ISBN 978-85-66713-05-3)
Events:
EU-Mercosur: untapped potential for industry, services and public procurement (July 2017)
Launch of the Bilateral Investment Map Brazil/European Union (November 2017)
Dialogue on sustainable food and agriculture:
building a low-emissions future (November 2018)
FFA - Forum for the Future of Agriculture (April 2019)
Dialogue on sustainable food and agriculture:
building resilient farming through international trade (December 2019)
Agri-Sustainability Talks 2019 (November 2019)
Food production and the trade map: buying local vs buying global (November 2020)
Dialogue on Sustainable Food and Agriculture:
Leading the transition Sharing experiences on carbon farming & precision agriculture (November 2020)
Agri-Sustainability Talks 2020 (December 2020)
FFA Portugal 2021 - Forum for the Future of Agriculture (May 2021)
The road to COP26: what is the role of biofuels? (September 2021)
The road to COP26: is beef climate change villain? (September 2021)
Options for a sustainable Irish transport system: how to achieve carbon neutrality? (November 2021)
COOPERATIVISM AND THE ESG AGENDA (November 2021)
Brazil Talks - sustainability, innovation and productivity (February 2022)
Brazil Talks - Energy transition: challenges and opportunities in Brazil (March 2022)
Brasil Talks - Initiatives for a sustainable industry in Brazil (April 2022)
FFA - Forum for the Future of Agriculture (April 2022)
AgriTalks Madrid - El futuro que deseamos construir: La colaboración agroambiental entre Brasil y España (May 2022)
AgriTalks Berlim - A transformação verde da agropecuária no Brasil e na Alemanha (May 2022)
AgriTalks Roma - Inovações para a Sustentabilidade Agropecuária: Experiências de Brasil e Itália (May 2022)
AGRITALKS LISBOA - Inovações para a sustentabilidade no setor agropecuário: experiências de Brasil e Portugal (September 2022)
OECD - Seminar “Brazil and Portugal: building a sustainable economy” – AGRITALKS OECD (September 2022)
WTO Public Forum - Tropical agriculture: a sustainable alternative for world supply chain (September 2022)
FFA Regional Spain – Participation in Session 1 - Sustainable production increases trade? (April 2023)
WTO Public Forum 2023 – Session 28 Inclusive policies in the Amazon: local development as a driver for environmental conservation (September 2023)
Confernce Soil Health 2023 (December 2023)
Brazil Agri Food Facts: ApexBrasil manages the coalition named Brazil Agri Food Facts formed by 15 associations of the agriculture and food chains in the country. In Europe, ApexBrasil Brussels-Europe coordinates campaigns and actions within the scope of the coalition. The coalition does not configure any sort of membership or affiliation, being a partnership of equal parts. Nonetheless, the completed list of partner associations of the coalition is provided in the respective section of this register.
Brazil Agri Food Facts events:
Dialogue on Sustainable Food and Agriculture: Science & Resilience in Agri-Food (16 November 2022)
Dialogue on Sustainable Food and Agriculture 2023:
- Rome (October 2023)
- Paris (October 2023)
- Brussels (November 2023)
- London – AgriSustainability Talks (November 2023)Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
None declared