Overview
Lobbying Costs
10,000€ - 24,999€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.1 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Apparel and Footwear International RSL Management Group (AFIRM Group)
EU Transparency Register
477838445914-27 First registered on 22 Mar 2022
Goals / Remit
To reduce the use and impact of harmful substances in the apparel and footwear supply chain.
To provide a forum to advance the global management of restricted substances in apparel and footwear, communicate information about RSL to the supply chain, discuss concerns, and exchange ideas for improving RSL management.Main EU files targeted
REACH Annex 17 Restriction of chemicals in products, including the EU Sensitizer Restriction Proposal
REACH Revision ConsultationAddress
Head Office
10513 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
UNITED STATESEU Office
320 Overhill Rd.
Orinda, CA 94563
UNITED STATESWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 10% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
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 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
10,000€ - 24,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
Name kreab Closed year Costs
10,000€ - 24,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Green new deal
Communication activities
REACH Annex 17 restriction of chemicals in products: AFIRM has submitted many rounds of comments related to various proposals in the past. AFIRM has also participated in webinars for the Commission and Member State Representatives and has attended in-person workshops hosted by the Commission.
REACH Revision Consultation: We have plans to respond to the consultation and provide a position paper.
We have engaged the Commission at Cabinet level as well as REACH Member State Competent Authorities regarding the EU Sensitizer Restriction Proposal. As part of this we submitted a Briefing Memo with Annex containing relevant technical detailsOther activities
None declared
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Meetings
1 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 12 Oct 2022 Location Virtual Subject REACH restriction proposal on skin sensitisers in textiles and its implications Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Elena Montani (Cabinet member)
- Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Wolkat Products B.V.
- Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry
- EUROPEAN APPAREL AND TEXTILE CONFEDERATION
- Ecological and Toxicological Association of Dyes and Organic Pigments Manufacturers
- H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB
- RECOVER TEXTILE SYSTEMS, S.L.
- adidas AG
- European Chemistry for Textile and Leather
- Meetings