Beef + Lamb New Zealand

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Registration as it was on 06 Nov 2023
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Overview

Lobbying Costs

25,000€ - 49,999€

Financial year: Oct 2022 - Sep 2023

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

0.75 Fte (1)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

7

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Beef + Lamb New Zealand   (B+LNZ)

    EU Transparency Register

    411499419067-78 First registered on 02 Oct 2015

    Goals / Remit

    B+LNZ is a non-profit levy body representing New Zealand sheep and beef farmers. It invests levies in activities in the areas of market promotion, market access and trade policy, farm extension, research, and leadership development.

    B+LNZ's sister organisation, the New Zealand Meat Board, is the body responsible for New Zealand's administration of quotas for access of high quality beef and sheepmeat into the European Union, and beef in the United States.

    Main EU files targeted

    Product Environmental Footprint Pilots
    Sheepmeat and beef market developmental initiatives
    Beef quota access
    Trade negotiations
    Sheepmeat
    Animal welfare
    Sustainability
    AMR
    Quota administration
    Tariff Rate Quotas
    Brexit
    NZ EU FTA
    Climate Change Policy
    Deorestation free supply chains
    Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

    Address

    Head Office
    Level 4, Wellington Chambers 154 Featherston Street
    Wellington 6011
    NEW ZEALAND
    EU Office
    Avenue des Gaulois 3
    Brussels B-1040 - B-1040
    BELGIUM

    Website

    http://beeflambnz.com

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    1

    Employment timeLobbyists
    75%1

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    0.75

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 27 Apr 2024

    Name Start date End Date
    Mr Benedict O'BRIEN 10 Aug 2019 08 Aug 2020
    Mr Benedict O'BRIEN 20 Jun 2018 20 Jun 2019

    Complementary Information

    We have 0.5 person FTE meeting quota administration
    requirements . The Regional Manager - UK & Europe spends roughly 50% of time on EU policy activities.

    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

  • Categories

    Category

    Trade and business associations

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    International Meat Trade Association
    International Meat Secretariat
    Global Meat Alliance

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Interests represented

    Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

    Closed financial year

    Oct 2022 - Sep 2023

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    25,000€ - 49,999€

    Major contributions in closed year

    None declared

    Intermediaries for closed year

    None declared

    Intermediaries for current year

    None declared

    Closed year Costs

    25,000€ - 49,999€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A
    Monitor activity
    Civil dialogues for Trade

    Communication activities

    Drinks reception/BBQ
    Letter writing

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    7 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 17 Jul 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Trade relations between EU and NZ
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
      Portfolio Agriculture &amp; Rural Development
      Attending
      • Cristina Rueda Catry (Cabinet member)
    • Date 13 Jul 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Business discussion
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
      Portfolio Agriculture &amp; Rural Development
      Attending
      • Tom Tynan (Cabinet member)
    • Date 01 Feb 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Business discussion
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
      Portfolio Agriculture &amp; Rural Development
      Attending
      • Tom Tynan (Cabinet member)
    • Date 22 Nov 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Business discussion
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
      Portfolio Agriculture &amp; Rural Development
      Attending
      • Tom Tynan (Cabinet member)
    • Date 06 Oct 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Agri issues
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
      Portfolio Agriculture &amp; Rural Development
      Attending
      • Tom Tynan (Cabinet member)
    • Date 06 Oct 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Business discussion
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
      Portfolio Agriculture &amp; Rural Development
      Attending
      • Tom Tynan (Cabinet member)
    • Date 09 Oct 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Business discussion
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
      Portfolio Agriculture &amp; Rural Development
      Attending
      • Tom Tynan (Cabinet member)
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