Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
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 a Europe-wide trade body representing the interests of over 5,000 private/commercial radio stations across the EU27 and in Switzerland.
AER's main objective is to develop and improve the most suitable framework for private commercial radio activity. AER constantly follows EU actions in order to contribute, to enrich and develop the radio sector.
Furthermore, AER intends to promote the diffusion and the use of new technologies in radio transmission.
AER encourages co-operation between its members and with other European radio stations and associations, in order to preserve and develop freedom of speech, freedom of enterprise, private initiative and the protection of listeners.Main EU files targeted
AER follows initiatives related to
- Copyright, especially:
Directive 2001/29/EC of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society
And
Directive 2014/26/EU of 26 February 2014 on collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online use in the internal market
And
Proposal for a Regulation on ensuring the cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market
And
Directive 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the coordination of certain rules concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission
- Spectrum management and net neutrality, and electronic communication infrastructure, especially:
Regulation laying down measures concerning the European single market for electronic communications and to achieve a Connected Continent
And
Regulatory framework for electronic communications
in the European Union
- State aid to public broadcasting, especially:
Communication from the Commission on the Application of State Aid Rules to Public Service Broadcasting
- Advertising, such as:
Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market
- As well as the Directive 2010/13/EU of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive)
- And any initiative related to mediaAddress
Head Office
Rue des deux églises 26
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 50% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 02 Mar 2020
Name Start date End Date Francesca FABBRI 08 Feb 2024 07 Feb 2025 Francesca FABBRI 25 Oct 2022 25 Oct 2023 Francesca FABBRI 28 Mar 2020 27 Mar 2021 Marie-Pierre MOALIC 12 Sep 2019 12 Sep 2020 Francesca FABBRI 08 Mar 2019 07 Mar 2020 Marie-Pierre MOALIC 06 Dec 2018 12 Sep 2019 Vincent SNEED 23 Oct 2018 21 Feb 2019 Marie-Pierre MOALIC 30 May 2018 01 Dec 2018 Marie-Pierre MOALIC 06 Dec 2017 30 May 2018 Vincent SNEED 10 Oct 2017 10 Oct 2018 Marie-Pierre MOALIC 18 May 2017 17 Nov 2017 Vincent SNEED 30 Sep 2016 28 Sep 2017 Gabrielle ROBITAILLE 25 May 2016 31 Aug 2016 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 Vincent SNEED 27 Aug 2014 22 Aug 2015 Ms Raminta Šulskutė 29 Jan 2014 28 Jul 2014 Federica RAMPULLA 15 Oct 2013 08 Apr 2014 Ms Laura Ruiz Trullols 26 Sep 2013 24 Jan 2014 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 Vincent SNEED 31 Aug 2012 27 Jun 2013 Francesca FABBRI 13 Dec 2011 11 Apr 2012 Mr Igor BASANSKYI 30 Jan 2012 01 Jul 2012 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
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
European Advertising Standards Alliance
WorldDAB Forum
World Intellectual Property Organisation
Advertising Information Group
European Interactive Digital Advertising AllianceMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
5,740 € (Source: MediaRoad - Horizon 2020 - European Commission)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
European Internet Forum
Communication 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"
Other activities
AER is composed of private radio national associations and commercial radio stations, 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
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)
Other Lobbyists -
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)
Other Lobbyists -
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 - Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists
- Meetings