Overview
Lobbying Costs
100,000€
Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Argent Energy
EU Transparency Register
949527532602-87 First registered on 17 Sep 2018
Goals / Remit
To produce sustainable biodiesel for transport from wastes and residues.
Main EU files targeted
RED, RED II and FQD
• The 2020 climate and energy package
• European Energy Security Strategy
• Animal feed – EU regulation and safety monitoring
• Revision of the Energy Taxation Directive 2003/96
• Monitoring:
o Waste hierarchy,
o State Aid to biofuels sector
o EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS),
o EU strategy to reduce CO2 emissions from cars,
o EU Common Agricultural Policy – for availability of biodiesel raw material
o EU project aiming at the promotion of biofuels use, such as:
in aviation – Biofuels Flightpath 2020,
HORIZON 2020
• International trade-related issues:
o Customs issues-classification of biodiesel blends and Rules of Origin
• Technical issues (product specifications, sustainability aspects of biodiesel and biofuels etc.):
o REACH
o Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas assessment of biofuels (JEC)
Biodiesel and diesel standardisation in the EU (CEN)Address
Head Office
236 - 250 Biggar Road
Newarthill
UNITED KINGDOM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Dickon Posnett (Director of Corporate Affairs)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Dickon Posnett (Director of Corporate Affairs)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
European Biodiesel Board (EBB)
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
100,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
800,000 € (Source: Horizon 2020, EU Commission)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
EU ART Fuels Forum
Other activities
Board Member of European Biodiesel Board
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 02 Jun 2021 Location video call Subject Discussion on the sector’s perspective on the Refuel Aviation initiative. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Stefanie Hiesinger (Cabinet member)
- Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Mar 2021 Location conference call Subject waste-based biodiesel leaders on SAF Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
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