Overview
Lobbying Costs
17,500€
Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.25 Fte (7)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
British in Europe (BiE)
EU Transparency Register
046364226533-09 First registered on 27 Mar 2017
Goals / Remit
We are a coalition of UK citizens groups with members in countries across the EU. We number around 35,000 members. We aim to secure and maintain our full bundle of EU rights after Brexit.
Main EU files targeted
Brexit:
Implementation of the citizens' rights chapter of the Withdrawal Agreement throughout the transition period and beyond at EU and national level for British nationals in the EU and EU nationals in the UK
The negotiations on the future relationship as they relate to the citizens' rights of British nationalsAddress
Head Office
48 rue St Honoré (5ème étage)
Paris
Paris 75001
FRANCE -
People
Total lobbyists declared
7
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 2 50% 2 25% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
We are all volunteers and most of our advocacy is carried out for free.
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
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
We work with/have an association with the3million in the UK
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Forum4EUcitizens/
Several groups are associations or have members across a number of EU states including:
http://www.ecreu.com
https://www.facebook.com/Brexpats-Hear-our-Voice-1013052115430056/Member organisations
British in Germany
Eurocitizens (Spain)
BRILL Luxembourg
Brexpats Hear our Voice (cross-border)
France Rights
ECREU (Cross-Border)
British in Italy
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
17,500€
Other financial info
We are a volunteer group.
We have received funding from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Foundation since January 2018. Our JRCT Grant for January 2018 - March 2019 was £22,500 (EUR 28,836.36)
We also receive donations from individual members. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
We have drafted numerous technical and legal briefings on citizens' rights throughout the negotiations.
We met on a regular basis with the Article 50 Task Force, including several times with Michel Barnier and Sabine Weyand
We have given oral evidence on citizens' rights and Brexit on several occasions at hearings in the European Parliament (various committee and groups) and regular meetings with members of the Brexit Steering Group and dozens of other MEPs.
We have also given oral and written evidence to the Exiting the EU Committee in the UK Parliament as well as the Italian, French, Spanish, German and Dutch parliaments.
For a full list of our briefings, publications and public hearings see: www.britishineurope.orgOther activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
3 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 Jul 2019 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU DG Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom Attending - Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 21 Nov 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU DG Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom Attending - Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 28 Mar 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU DG Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom Attending - Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force)
Other Lobbyists