Overview
Lobbying Costs
200,000€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.85 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
7
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 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 sector policies, such as the revision of the e-Commerce directive (Digital Services Act), the New Consumer Agenda (proposal for a General Product Safety Regulation, revision of the Consumer Credit Directive), the revision of the ePrivacy directive, and Artificial Intelligence Act;
Competition, such as the proposed Digital Markets Act and the review of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation;
Energy and climate policies, such as the implementation of the EU Methane Strategy, the Circular Economy Action plan, the policy initiatives in the areas of deforestation and biodiversity;
Capital Markets Union policies.Address
Head Office
5 - 7 rue d'Aumale
Paris 75009
FRANCEEU Office
5 - 7 rue d'Aumale
Paris 75009
FRANCEWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 50% 2 10% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.85
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 13 May 2022
Name Start date End Date Marie Amicie BIDAUT 20 Mar 2024 02 Oct 2024 Anca CARUNTU 20 Mar 2024 02 Oct 2024 Ms Marie Amicie BIDAUT 20 Mar 2024 15 Apr 2024 Ms Anca CARUNTU 20 Mar 2024 15 Apr 2024 Ms Anca CARUNTU 16 Mar 2023 16 Mar 2024 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 less than 10% of the working time for activities covered by the register on an annual average and generally involves actions related to the moderation and preparation of events concerning EU policies and the institutional agenda.
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
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
Interests represented
Advances interests of their clients
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
200,000€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Clients for closed financial year
Clients list
Name Proposal Amount Cdiscount Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, General Product Safety Regulation, Consumer Credit Directive, circular economy policies, e-commerce related policies. 100,000€ - 199,999€ Criteo Digital Markets Act, Digital Services Act, revision of the ePrivacy directive, Artificial Intelligence Act, monitoring of other policies impacting the online advertising sector 50,000€ - 99,999€ KAYRROS EU methane strategy, Green Deal policy and legislative initiatives in the area of deforestation and reduction of carbon emissions, EU space programmes 50,000€ - 99,999€ Clients for current financial year
Clients list
Name criteo, cdiscount, kayrros Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
SAMMAN hosts events/ webinars on EU institutional developments such as those concerning the French EU Presidency (https://cabinet-samman.com/2021/08/02/french-eu-presidency-what-are-the-policy-priorities-and-expectations-post-event-summary/).
SAMMAN publishes notes on policy developments such as the Digital Services Act package (https://cabinet-samman.com/2021/02/08/digital-services-act-package-a-right-step-towards-a-europe-fit-for-the-digital-age/) or consumer protection credit rules (https://cabinet-samman.com/2021/09/23/consumer-protection-eu-consumer-credit-rules-are-going-through-overhaul/).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 09 Apr 2024 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject European Research and Innovation policy & Quantum Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Iliana Ivanova Attending - Nelly Bruno (Cabinet member)
- Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Apr 2024 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject - European Research and Innovation policy - Quantum Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Iliana Ivanova Attending - Nelly Bruno (Cabinet member)
- Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Jul 2023 Location Brussels (VTC) Subject tbd Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Dec 2021 Location Brussels Subject Digital Sovereignty Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - 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 Attending - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Jun 2021 Location Online Subject VBER review Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Michele Piergiovanni (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Jul 2019 Location Brussels Subject DSM Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Eric Peters (Cabinet member)