Association of European Public Postal Operators

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

250,000€

Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

5.5 Fte (6)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

3

High-level Commission meetings

17

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Association of European Public Postal Operators   (PostEurop AISBL)

    EU Transparency Register

    092682012915-24 First registered on 11 Feb 2014

    Goals / Remit

    PostEurop brings added-value to its Members by functioning as a platform for cooperation, communication, innovation and providing solutions matching its tasks and priorities.

    It provides Members with interconnectivity, common development initiatives, sharing of best practices as well as facilitation and customised support upon request, taking into account the ultimate customer’s perspective and sustainable development aspects. PostEurop aims to be an effective platform of influence within the postal regulatory environment.

    PostEurop is a Restricted Union of the UPU, and aims at being an influential voice by meeting the demands that are related to UPU matters.

    PostEurop represents and supports its Members with external stakeholders where relevant and appropriate.

    Main EU files targeted

    -Regulation for the Cross Border Parcel Delivery
    -Digital Single Market package
    -Green Paper 'An integrated parcel delivery market for the growth of e-commerce in the EU'
    -Commission’s roadmap for completing the single market for parcel delivery
    - Postal Servides Directive
    - Union Customs Code legislation
    - Review of existing VAT legislation on public bodies and tax exemptions in public interest
    - Data protection rules (GDPR)
    - Transport Security
    - Modernising VAT for cross border e-Commerce
    - Standards

    Address

    Head Office
    Boulevard Brand Whitlock, 114
    Brussels 1200
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    6

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%5
    50%1

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    5.5

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 28 Jan 2019

    Name Start date End Date
    Andre FEIO 20 Feb 2024 19 Feb 2025
    Jana VLACHOVÁ 20 Feb 2024 19 Feb 2025
    Cynthia Li P Wee 20 Feb 2024 19 Feb 2025
    Botond SZEBENY 20 Feb 2024 19 Feb 2025
    Botond SZEBENY 12 Feb 2020 01 Mar 2021
    Cynthia Li P Wee 12 Feb 2020 01 Mar 2021
    Jana VLACHOVÁ 12 Feb 2020 01 Mar 2021
    Andre FEIO 12 Feb 2020 01 Mar 2021
    Cynthia Li P Wee 04 Sep 2018 01 Sep 2019
    Mr Antonio Manuel MONTEIRO FERREIRA AMARAL 04 Sep 2018 01 Sep 2019
    Botond SZEBENY 01 Sep 2018 31 Aug 2019
    Botond SZEBENY 27 Jun 2017 27 Jun 2018
    Cynthia Li P Wee 27 Jun 2017 21 Jun 2018
    Mr Antonio Manuel MONTEIRO FERREIRA AMARAL 27 Jun 2017 27 Jun 2018
    Botond SZEBENY 15 Jun 2016 14 Jun 2017
    Cynthia Li P Wee 06 Apr 2016 05 Apr 2017
    Ms Athina Georgiou 31 Mar 2016 11 Oct 2016
    Botond SZEBENY 08 Apr 2015 02 Apr 2016
    Ms Athina Georgiou 17 Feb 2015 13 Feb 2016

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Ms Elena FERNÁNDEZ – RODRÍGUEZ (Chair of European Union Affairs Committee of PostEurop)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Botond Szebeny (Secretary General)

  • Categories

    Category

    II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations

    Subcategory

    Trade and business associations

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    PostEurop is a Restricted Union of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) and represents the European Designated Postal Operators who are members of UPU.

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    250,000€

    EU grant income for closed financial year

    284,888 € (Source: European Commission)

    Other financial info

    PostEurop is a member driven association that provides Members with the necessary support and assistance in finding new and innovative ways of developing their activities in response to ever-changing market conditions and demanding customer needs. In this context, PostEurop has 7 pillars and 30 Working Groups of core and technical activities to fulfill its objectives and they are all led and formed by its Members. Among them only one pillar, the European Union Affairs Committee, is subject to the scope of the Transparency Register. In this pillar, Members exchange views and may reach common positions on EU postal issues. The common position can be used by the Members in their contacts with National or European stakeholders.

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    Projects Grant for the year 2019:

    1. Project title: COGnitive Logistics Operations through secure, dynamic and ad-hoc collaborative networks” COG-LO Project – Horizon 2020 Programme EC DG: Research and Innovation Grant Agreement Number: COG_LO- 769141, Grant for 2019: 101,250.00 EUR

    2. Project title: Age Management Training Strategic partnership for innovation in the Postal Sector – INNOV’AGE Project” EC DG: Education and Culture Grant Agreement Number: 2016-1-FR01-KA202-023924 Grant for 2019: 11,000.00 EUR

    3. Project title: Trend research for the postal sector in 2030 Project EC DG: Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Grant Agreement Number: VS/2017/0374 Grant for 2019: 120,000.00 EUR

    4. Project Title: ERASMUS + Programme – Newpost: Upgrading the EU Postal Sector with new Skills Project: European Commission - Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, Grant for 2019: 31,638.00 EUR

    5. Project Title: ERASMUS + Programme – “Cultural Mediators in the Postal Sector Project”: EC DG Education and Culture Grant Agreement Number: 2018-1-EL01-KA202-047904 Grant for 2019: 21,000.00 EUR

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    C2020 CPG/036 - Air cargo security#E03115 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3115 #Member #C#Postal consignments#C2020 CPG 134 - ICS 2.0 Functional Requirements / Specification and Transition Feasibility Project Group#E03500 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3500 #Member #C#Stakeholders' Advisory Group on Aviation Security#X02883 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=2883 #Member #C#Trade Contact Group#E02134 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=2134 #Member #C

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    EU projects:
    1. COGnitive Logistics Operations through secure, dynamic and ad-hoc collaborative networks” COG-LO Project – Horizon 2020 Programme (Duration 2018 – 2021)
    2. Age Management Training Strategic partnership for innovation in the Postal Sector – INNOV’AGE Project” (Duration 2016-2019)
    3. Social Dialogue Committee Project: Trend research for the postal sector in 2030 Project (Duration 2018 - 2019)
    4. ERASMUS + Programme – Newpost Project: Upgrading the EU Postal Sector with new Skills (Duration 2018-2020)
    5. ERASMUS + Programme - “Cultural Mediators in the Postal Sector Project” (Duration 2018-2020)


    2) Publications:
    - PostEurop Position Paper on the Directive on the re-use of public sector information (Jan 19)
    - PostEurop Position Paper on ePrivacy (Dec 18)
    - PostEurop Position Paper on the service in the member states of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (Dec 18)
    - PostEurop position paper on the proposal on EC proposal for reg of xborder parcel delivery (Oct 17)
    - PostEurop position papers on EC proposal for regulation of cross-border parcel delivery (Jan 17)
    - PostEurop Position Paper on the Single Market Information Tool
    - PostEurop position paper on ERGP Medium Term Strategy consultation
    - PostEurop position paper on the EU Commission’s public consultation paper “Review of existing VAT legislation on public bodies and tax exemptions in the public interest.”
    - PostEurop position paper on the ERGP consultation on the implementation of the Universal Service in the postal sector in view of the market developments
    -PostEurop’s position on the Union Customs Code legislation
    -PostEurop's response to the Green Paper of the European Commission "An integrated parcel delivery market for the growth of the e-Commerce'
    - PostEurop position paper on the recast of
    the Data Protection Rules

    Other activities

    Main activities of PostEurop:
    Postal Services Directive, Taxation, Service of General Interest, WTO/GATS, Aviation Security, Transport, Energy, Public Procurement, Data Protection, E-Commerce Green Paper, Cross Border Parcel Delivery Regulation, E-identification, Digital Agenda, Standardisation, Financial Services, Customs, Cyber Security,Environmental Policy, Social Dialogue, Education, Training, Health

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    17 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 28 Nov 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject custom issues
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
      Attending
      • Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
    • Date 06 Jul 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Discussion of customs protocols
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness
      Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Patricia Reilly (Cabinet member)
    • Date 17 Nov 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject Postal services in the EU
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Lucia Caudet (Cabinet member)
      • Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
    • Date 05 May 2021 Location Brussels
      Subject Videoconference - Exchange of views on ISC2 Release1 operation and outstanding challenges for postal operators, and on low value consignments and the lack of transition period for the VAT e-commerce package roll-out on 1 July 2021.
      DG Taxation and Customs Union
      Attending
      • Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General)
    • Date 17 Feb 2021 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Videoconference - Exchange of views on ISC2 and VAT e-commerce implementation
      DG Taxation and Customs Union
      Attending
      • Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General)
    • Date 20 Nov 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Videoconference - Exchange of views on customs and VAT issues related to postal consignments
      DG Taxation and Customs Union
      Attending
      • Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General)
    • Date 27 Apr 2020 Location Videoconference
      Subject Introduction to PostEurop and current issues
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Pauline Weinzierl (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 20 Sep 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject EU legislation related to e-commerce (parcel delivery, end of unjustified geoblocking), future of postal services
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
      • Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
    • Date 19 Oct 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Cross-border parcel delivery services, e-commerce, innovation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
    • Date 02 May 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject e-Commerce, parcel delivery
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
      • Vivian Loonela (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 01 Mar 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject e-commerce and Cross-border Parcel Delivery
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Vivian Loonela (Cabinet member)
    • Date 03 Jun 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Digital Single Market
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics
      Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
      Attending
      • Adrienn Kiraly (Cabinet member)
    • Date 16 Apr 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Digital Single Market, parcel delivery, industry voluntary action
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Jasmin Battista (Cabinet member)
      • Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
    • Date 09 Feb 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Union Customs Code - implementing and delegated acts
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici
      Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs
      Attending
      • Maria Elena Scoppio (Cabinet member)
    • Date 02 Feb 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Parcel Delivery (also participating from Cab Bieńkowska Mr. Fabrice Comptour)
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska
      Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
      Attending
      • Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member)
      • Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)
      • Jasmin Battista (Cabinet member)
    • Date 02 Feb 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Parcel Delivery (also participating from Cab Bieńkowska Mr. Fabrice Comptour)
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)
      • Jasmin Battista (Cabinet member)
      • Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member)
    • Date 02 Feb 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Intro meeting
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska
      Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
      Attending
      • Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member)
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