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: Apr 2023 - Mar 2024
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.4 Fte (8)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
8
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Compassion in World Farming Brussels (CIWF Brussels)
EU Transparency Register
953480437831-04 First registered on 13 Apr 2020
Goals / Remit
Compassion in World Farming Brussels (CIWF Brussels) is the EU office of Compassion in World Farming International, an organization that works to end all factory farming practices, promote sustainable food systems and reduction in production and consumption of animal products.
In Europe, we have networks of supporters and offices in France, Poland, Italy and the Netherlands.
Through its advocacy work, the organization seeks to achieve significant improvements in farm animal welfare by strengthening legislation and enforcement, with a particular focus on Europe.
Over the years, the work of the organization has contributed to the EU recognition of animals as sentient beings, along with key legislation regarding the banning of cruel factory farming practices, such as the barren battery cages for egg-laying hens, veal crates and sow stalls in the EU, as well as Directives and Regulations on farm animal welfare.Main EU files targeted
Animal welfare legislation (end of cages in farming, transport, slaughter, species-specific Directives, fish welfare, labelling)
Farming policy (Vision for the Future of Agriculture and Food, Common Agricultural Policy, climate and agriculture, EU promotion policy, promotion of alternative proteins and incentives for plant-based production
Food policy (sustainable diets, food public procurement, labelling (animal welfare and/or aggregated sustainable labelling), measures aimed at transitioning towards more plant-based foods and alternatives to animal products)
Environment policy (Biodiversity Strategy, Nature Restoration, Climate targets, Water resilience, Nitrogen management)
Animal Health (Antimicrobial resistance, One Health approach)
Sustainable Finance (EU taxonomy)
Trade policyAddress
Head Office
Place du Luxembourg 12
Ixelles 1050
BELGIUMEU Office
Place du Luxembourg 12
Ixelles 1050
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
8
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 50% 2 10% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.4
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 22 Jan 2025
Name Start date End Date Marta Silvia Vigano' 02 Dec 2024 30 Nov 2025 Vincent McGovern 02 Dec 2024 30 Nov 2025 Vinciane Patelou 24 Oct 2024 23 Oct 2025 Olga KIKOU 21 Jun 2023 27 Jun 2024 Aleksandra Terzieva 19 Apr 2024 18 Jul 2024 Aleksandra Terzieva 03 Dec 2022 02 Dec 2023 Olga KIKOU 18 Jun 2022 17 Jun 2023 Complementary Information
Our Global CEO Philip Lymbery, is the current President of Eurogroup for Animals, and in that capacity, participated in the Strategic Dialogue of the Future of EU Agriculture in 2024.
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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
Eurogroup for Animals
European Environmental Bureau
EU Food Policy Coalition
European Alliance for Plant-based Foods
Climate Action Network EuropeMember organisations
We are an advocacy organization working on EU policy and do not have members.
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Apr 2023 - Mar 2024
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
502,738€
Major funding types in closed year
Grants
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Compassion in World Farming International 80,000€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Advisory Group on Sustainability of Food Systems#E03832#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3832 #MEMBER #C#Civil societySub-group on animal welfare at the time of killing#E03504/4#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=102592 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyWorking Group on Seeds and Propagating Material#E03832/3#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103433 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyAntimicrobial Resistance One Health Network#E03853#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3853 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyAnimal Health Advisory Committee#E03832/1#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103292 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyWorking Group on Plant Health#E03832/2#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103432 #MEMBER #C#Civil society
Groups (European Parliament)
Welfare and conservation of animals,Unofficial groupings
Communication activities
We hold events, webinars, panel discussions and exhibitions and are involved in many communication activities throughout the year. We attend meetings and events organized by various stakeholders, including the EU institutions. We publish briefings and papers on EU issues mentioned above.
Other activities
We have lobbied the Parliament to:
Move away from the use of cages in all animal farming
change the CAP to help EU agriculture move away from industrial animal production to sustainable, humane forms of animal husbandry
press for improved enforcement of EU legislation concerning the protection of farm animals
require animal products to be labelled as to method of production, as eggs are
continue to improve animal welfare legislation by introducing species specific directives on dairy cows, rabbits, turkeys, fish and other animals from whom there is no specific legislation
ban live animal exports to non EU countries where they are not protected by EU legislation and properly enforce Reg 1/2005 on transport of animals within the EU
work on the Farm to Fork strategy, announced review of animal welfare legislation
Significantly reduce the production and consumption of animal products and promote policies help the shift towards more plant based foods
prohibit the sale of food from cloned animals and their descendants
ban foie gras production
Meetings
Meetings
8 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.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 27 Nov 2023 Location BRUSSELS Subject factory farming and the ‘End the Cage Age’ European Citizens’ Initiative Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Diederik Samsom (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Apr 2023 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Taxonomy and agriculture Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Katherine Power (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject Conference on the revision of the EU legislation protecting farmed animals Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides Portfolio Health Attending - Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner)
- Panayiotis Pourgourides (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Dec 2022 Location Brussels Subject VTC Meeting: Sustainable Food Systems/Procurement Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides Portfolio Health Attending - Annukka Ojala (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Apr 2022 Location Online Subject Farm to Fork Strategy for food security Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner)
- Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Oct 2021 Location Online Subject Review of the EU agricultural promotion policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner)
- Roberto Berutti (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jan 2021 Location video phone call Subject Discussion on the ‘End the Cage Age’, the first successful European Citizens’ Initiative for farmed animals. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Magdalena Majerczyk (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Jun 2020 Location Brussles Subject VC Meeting - Farm to Fork Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides Portfolio Health Attending - Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists