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
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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 time Lobbyists 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)
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Categories
Category
I - Professional consultancies/law firms/self-employed consultants
Subcategory
Law firms
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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 GesellschaftMember organisations
None declared
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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
- Meetings