bxl-law SPRL

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

37,500€

Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

1 Fte (1)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

0

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    bxl-law SPRL   (bxl-law)

    EU Transparency Register

    636327710482-27 First registered on 18 Jan 2013

    Goals / Remit

    bxl-law was set up in September 2010 as a law firm advising clients on food and farm, retail and consumer law. It has extended its scope of activity to become a full service EU affairs consultancy that also offers association management services and advice on 'Lisbon Comitology' specifically the use of delegated acts and implementing acts and the important role these legal instruments play in shaping the regulatory environment faced by EU industry. It is an SME consultancy for SME clients.

    Main EU files targeted

    Food law and policy
    Agricultural law and policy
    Maritime law
    Lisbon Comitology (procedure for the adoption of EU tertiary law)

    Address

    Head Office
    Avenue de la Renaissance 1
    Brussels 1000
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    1

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%1

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    1

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    No lobbyists with EP accreditations

    Complementary Information

    Jens Karsten

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Mr Jens Karsten (Rechtsanwalt)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Jens Karsten (Rechtsanwalt)

  • Categories

    Category

    I - Professional consultancies/law firms/self-employed consultants

    Subcategory

    Law firms

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    Vrije Universiteit Brussel - LSTS (Law, Science, Technology and Society Studies) - VUB Food Forum
    Food Lawyers' Network worldwide (FLN)
    Brussels Food Law Centre (BFLC)
    European Food Law Association (EFLA)
    Norwegian Institute of Maritime Law
    Belgisch-Deutsche Gesellschaft

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    37,500€

    Other financial info

    Fees for publications and speakers' compensation

    Declared lobby clients

    Client Name Amount
    European Federation of Associations of Health Product Manufacturers (EHPM) 10,000€ - 24,999€
    European Vegetarian Union (EVU) 0€ - 9,999€
    FEFANA 10,000€ - 24,999€
    KWG Rechtsanwälte 25,000€ - 49,999€
    Norwegian Maritime Law Association 0€ - 9,999€
  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    Participation in the "VUB Food Forum" (www.vub.ac.be/LSTS/food-forum)

    Member of the Food Lawyers' Network worldwide (FLN)
    (www.food-lawyers.net)

    Other activities

    bxl-law has adviced clients on the following
    Legislative acts:
    Food Information Regulation 1169/2011 - Implementation
    Health Claims Regulation 1924/2006 - Implementation
    Food Improvement Agents Package (FIAP) - Implementation
    Food Supplements Directive 2002/46 - Implementation
    Fortification Regulation 1925/2006
    Novel Food Regulation 2015/2283
    Organic Food and Farming
    Consumer Rights Directive 2011/83 - Implementation
    Policy areas:
    Food
    Agriculture, namely quality policy, product denominations and organic food
    Marketing practices
    Foreign trade in agricultural products
    Vegetarian food
    Smoked food
    Animal welfare policy
    Feed
    Sustainable food
    Maritime transport

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    None declared

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