Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Cabinet d'avocats SAMMAN (SAMMAN)
EU Transparency Register
472030121036-71 First registered on 21 Mar 2016
Goals / Remit
SAMMAN Law & Corporate Affairs is a French law firm specializing in public and regulatory affairs and practicing in both Paris and Brussels. SAMMAN has a team of lawyers and consultants whose combined specializations contribute to an integrated approach to service delivery of public affairs (or "government affairs", or "institutional relations") to clients at French and EU levels.
Main EU files targeted
SAMMAN accompanies clients in their relationship with EU institutions in connection with the following policy fields :
Digital policies, such as the revision of the e-Commerce directive (Digital Services Act), the actions included in the New Consumer Agenda, and the revision of the ePrivacy directive;
Competition, such as the proposed Digital Markets Act, and the review of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation;
Energy, such as the EU Methane Strategy and the Circular Economy Action plan;
Capital Markets Union.Address
Head Office
5 - 7 rue d'Aumale
Paris 75009
FRANCEEU Office
Rue de la Loi 227
Bruxelles 1040
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 50% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 11 Mar 2021
Name Start date End Date Ms Thaima SAMMAN 07 Mar 2020 06 Mar 2021 Mr Benjamin DE VANSSAY 23 Nov 2019 21 Nov 2020 Ms Anca CARUNTU 14 Nov 2019 14 Nov 2020 Mr Patrick STARKMAN 28 Feb 2018 28 Feb 2019 Ms Anca CARUNTU 24 Feb 2018 23 Feb 2019 Ms Anca CARUNTU 26 Jan 2017 25 Jan 2018 Ms Cecile AUVIEUX 26 Jan 2017 25 Jul 2017 Mr Patrick STARKMAN 26 Jan 2017 25 Jan 2018 Complementary Information
One of the persons spends far less than 25% of the working time for activities covered by the register on an annual average.
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
I - Professional consultancies/law firms/self-employed consultants
Subcategory
Law firms
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Networking
Affiliation
FIPRA, a cross-border network of public affairs specialists covering more than 50 countries : https://fipra.com/global-fipra-network/
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
Other financial info
Concerning Cdiscount, the budget is an estimation for the 2020 period, as SAMMAN started its representation activity as from January 2020 - The estimated budget will be updated throughout 2020 should the depth and breadth of activities change.
Declared lobby clients
Client Name Amount Cdiscount 10,000€ - 24,999€ Criteo 50,000€ - 99,999€ Managed Funds Association 50,000€ - 99,999€ -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
4 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 publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 03 Dec 2021 Location Brussels Subject Digital Sovereignty Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Commission - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Sep 2021 Location video-call Subject Methane regulation and satellite emission monitoring technologies Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Commission - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 04 Jun 2021 Location Online Subject VBER review Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Commission - Michele Piergiovanni (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 12 Jul 2019 Location Brussels Subject DSM Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Commission - Eric Peters (Cabinet member)