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Overview
Lobbying Costs
50,000€
Financial year: Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75 Fte (5)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Choices International Foundation (CIF)
EU Transparency Register
129983319649-02 First registered on 24 Nov 2015
Goals / Remit
The Choices Programme is a multi-stakeholder initiative designed to help consumers to easily select healthy food options while encouraging industry to improve their products. It was constituted in The Netherlands in 2006 as a response to the World Health Organisation’s call for food industry to take an active role in helping to tackle the growing problem of obesity and diet-related diseases around the world.
In order to identify the healthiest option in each food category, the Choices Programme consists of a nutrient profile model with product group-specific criteria. These criteria-based on international dietary guidelines-are established and periodically reviewed by an independent International Scientific Committee. They take into account a product’s level of saturated and trans-fatty acids, added sugar, salt and dietary fibre.
The Choices Programme focuses on three points of action to promote healthy choices:
1. Implement front-of-pack labelling: facilitate the use of the Choices logo or comparable positive front-of-pack labels to help consumers identify the healthy choice at a glance.
2. Stimulate (re)formulation of products and portfolios: improvements by individual companies with or without logo use.
3. Encourage healthy product promotion: use of the criteria to shape product offerings and communicate on healthy choices towards consumers.Main EU files targeted
Choices has presented itself and keeps in close contact with the EU Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health
Choices has regular expert interaction with DG SANTÉ
Choices is working in the areas of food composition, consumer education, public health, food legislation (esp. labelling) and facilitation of international trade.Address
Head Office
Rue Belliard 199
Brussels 1040
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People
Total lobbyists declared
5
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 2 25% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Rutger Schilpzand (Executive Secretary)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Clémence Ross (President of the Board)
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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
None declared
Member organisations
http://choicesprogramme.org/industry/participants
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
50,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
November 2014: Choices Breakfast debate in the European Parliament: debate on front-of-pack labelling
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
1 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 25 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Voluntary labelling on nutritional information Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)