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Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Choices International Foundation (CIF)
EU Transparency Register
564335331630-41 First registered on 28 May 2018
Goals / Remit
The Choices mission is to help shaping national food systems to make the healthy choice the easy choice for consumers.
The food system is a complex and complicated thing. Changing it demands a variety of actions, honest collaboration and a long term commitment.
Choices wants to improve daily diets by guiding consumers to find healthier products, guiding industry to improve their products and collaborating with food & health authorities to shape effective nutrition policies.Main EU files targeted
1. Choices International represents the national Choices program in Czech Republic.
2. Choices International supports the national healthy food logo program in Croatia and provides information for national debates on front-of-pack labelling
3. Choices International drives the European Positive Logo Movement that brings together the 10 European countries with a positive logo
4. Choices International supports the Choices European Scientific Committee that stimulates and monitors European studies on the impact of front-of-pack labelling e.g. CLYMBOL
5. Choices International shares knowledge with DG Santé and JRC upon requestAddress
Head Office
Molenweg 18
Breedenbroek 7084 AV
NETHERLANDSEU Office
Molenweg 18
Breedenbroek 7084 AV
NETHERLANDSWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
Herbert Smorenburg 0.5 FTE
Semnen Lambert 0.5 FTEPerson 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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
Member of the SUN Business Network Global Platform
Member of the Netherlands Working Group on Global NutritionMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
124,267€
Major funding types in closed year
Grants, Other, Donations
Funding types "other" information
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution International Development Research Center 85,697€ Other financial info
Whilst we are in the process of seeking public funding for our activities, we had an operating result of 26232 in the financial year 2023.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
1. European Logo Round Tables 2012 (Brussels), 2014 (Copenhagen), 2016 (Amsterdam), 2018 (Copenhagen), 2021 (Online)
2. Video clip on European positive logo movement
3. Choices stakeholder events in 2014, 2015
4. Participation via Schuttelaar & Partners in FLABEL and CLYMBOL research projects
5. Session at the High Level Conference on Food product improvement, Febr 2016 in Amsterdam
6. Participation in stakeholder consultation on claims regulation and FOP labellingOther activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
None declared