Overview
Lobbying Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
5
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Association of European Radios (AER)
EU Transparency Register
6822083232-32 First registered on 23 Jul 2008
Goals / Remit
The Association of European Radios (AER) is the Europe-wide trade body for commercial radio, representing the interests of companies operating thousands of commercial radio stations to the EU Institutions. AER promotes the development of commercially-funded radio broadcasting in Europe, by ensuring a fair and sustainable economic framework for radio so it can continue to thrive.
Main EU files targeted
They include: the European Media Freedom Act, the Digital Services Act, the Digital Markets Act, the Media and Audiovisual Action Plan, the European Democracy Action Plan, advertising and consumer protection related proposals and consultations (Consumer Credit Directive, ePrivacy, political advertising, etc.), legislation on Copyright (Collective Rights Managements and Term Directives etc.) and consultation (Targeted consultation on the conditions for the remuneration of music performers and record producers from third (non-EU) countries for recorded music played in the EU), spectrum related proposals and consultations (Radio Spectrum Policy Programme and Radio Spectrum Policy Group Opinion on ITU-R World Radiocommunication Conference 2023), European Commission's policies towards tackling the spread of online Disinformation and funding, telecoms and network fees, including exploratory consultation on the future of the electronic communications sector, social dialogue in the audiovisual sector, generative artificial intelligence, cookie pledge.
Address
Head Office
Square de Meeûs 35
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
Square de Meeûs 35
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
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 24 Apr 2024
Name Start date End Date Francesca FABBRI 08 Feb 2024 07 Feb 2025 Ms Francesca FABBRI 08 Feb 2024 15 Apr 2024 Ms Francesca FABBRI 25 Oct 2022 25 Oct 2023 Ms Francesca FABBRI 28 Mar 2020 27 Mar 2021 Ms Marie-Pierre MOALIC 12 Sep 2019 12 Sep 2020 Ms Francesca FABBRI 08 Mar 2019 07 Mar 2020 Ms Marie-Pierre MOALIC 06 Dec 2018 12 Sep 2019 Mr Vincent Sneed 23 Oct 2018 21 Feb 2019 Ms Marie-Pierre MOALIC 30 May 2018 01 Dec 2018 Ms Marie-Pierre MOALIC 06 Dec 2017 30 May 2018 Mr Vincent Sneed 10 Oct 2017 10 Oct 2018 Ms Marie-Pierre MOALIC 18 May 2017 17 Nov 2017 Mr Vincent Sneed 30 Sep 2016 28 Sep 2017 Ms Gabrielle Robitaille 25 May 2016 31 Aug 2016 Mr Vincent Sneed 25 Sep 2015 23 Sep 2016 Mr Etienne Barlet 29 Apr 2015 27 Oct 2015 Ms AEDIN BURKE CONBOY 01 Oct 2014 30 Mar 2015 Mr Vincent Sneed 27 Aug 2014 22 Aug 2015 Ms Raminta Šulskutė 29 Jan 2014 28 Jul 2014 Ms Federica Rampulla 15 Oct 2013 08 Apr 2014 Ms Laura Ruiz Trullols 26 Sep 2013 24 Jan 2014 Mr Vincent Sneed 09 Jul 2013 06 Jul 2014 Mr Frantisek Markovic 06 Apr 2013 06 Jul 2013 Ms Soraya Maanani 31 Jan 2013 01 Jul 2013 Mr Stefano Lambertucci 04 Oct 2012 02 Apr 2013 Ms Alicia Gabán Barrio 31 Aug 2012 21 Dec 2012 Mr Vincent Sneed 31 Aug 2012 27 Jun 2013 Mrs Francesca FABBRI 13 Dec 2011 11 Apr 2012 Mr Igor BASANSKYI 30 Jan 2012 01 Jul 2012 Complementary Information
The AER Secretariat is supported on a part-time basis by Europe Analytica since March 2021.
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
European Advertising Standards Alliance
European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance
European Internet Forum
WorldDAB Forum
Advertising Information Group
Wider Spectrum Group
Representative in the European Social Dialogue for the Audiovisual sector
Observer in World Intellectual Property Organisation
Partner with UNESCO World Radio Day
Partner with Radiodays EuropeMember 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 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
100,000€ - 199,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount europe analytica 25,000€ - 49,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name europe analytica Closed year Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
European Internet ForumCommunication activities
AER organises an annual conference often dealing with the issues presented above under "Main EU initiatives, policies and legislative files currently followed by your organisation". Last AER annual conference was held in the European Parliament in 2019.
Other activities
AER is composed of national associations representing commercial radio stations and of commercial radio groups, whose target is to promote private radio broadcasters' interests in Europe and to offer assistance to its members.
Main fields of interest:
Advertising Standards
Audiovisual Media Services
Competition
Consumer Affairs
Copyright
Data Protection
Digital Agenda
Disinformation / Fake News
eCommerce
Freedom of expression
Funding
Information Society
Internal Market
Media Pluralism
Net neutrality
Services
Social Dialogue
Spectrum Management
Technology and Transmission Standards
Meetings
Meetings
5 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 19 Dec 2017 Location Brussels Subject SatCab Regulation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Nov 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Consumer credit directive Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Sep 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Consumer credit directive obligations on advertising in radios Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject commercial radio - Consummer Credit Directive Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject Spectrum, UHF band Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
- Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists