Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Oct 2016 - Sep 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
7
Lobbying Costs over the years
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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
BrexitAddress
Head Office
Level 4, Wellington Chambers
154 Featherston Street
Wellington 6011
NEW ZEALANDEU Office
Avenue des Celtes 20, bte 8
Brussels 1040
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 50% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 30 Jul 2018
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 - Europe spends roughly 90% of time on EU policy activities. The red meat sector representative based in London spends approx 30% on EU matters.Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Ben O'Brien (Regional Manager - Europe)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Ben O'Brien (Regional Manager - Europe)
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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
International Meat Trade Association
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Oct 2016 - Sep 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
Other financial info
The budget estimated above covers only engagement in EU public affairs and represents a portion of the our Regional Manager's salary costs
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Monitor activity
Communication activities
B+LNZ operates a marketing programme for New Zealand lamb in the UK and Germany.
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.
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Date 17 Jul 2018 Location Brussels Subject Trade relations between EU and NZ Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Cristina Rueda Catry (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Jul 2017 Location Brussels Subject Business discussion Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Tom Tynan (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject Business discussion Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Tom Tynan (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Nov 2016 Location Brussels Subject Business discussion Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Tom Tynan (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Oct 2016 Location Brussels Subject Agri issues Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Tom Tynan (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Oct 2016 Location Brussels Subject Business discussion Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Tom Tynan (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject Business discussion Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Tom Tynan (Cabinet member)
- Meetings