Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Confédération Européenne de l’Industrie de la Chaussure (CEC)
EU Transparency Register
13497369622-37 First registered on 17 Sep 2012
Goals / Remit
A) Lobbying.
Maintaining close contact with EU institutions with a view to ensuring that the view of the Confederation is heard at the appropriate level.
B) Information and coordination.
Liaison with Members: Informing them about relevant initiatives of the EU or other worldwide bodies. Coordination of Members’ activities in relation to the EU where appropriate.
C) Research and Innovation.
Initiating research into subjects approved by the General Assembly on technical, safety and environmental, commercial and social issues.
Identification of EU funding opportunities through the participation in EU projects.
D) Foster employment and Training.
Working with Member Federations and EU bodies to create and monitor best practices and coordinate activities between Members. Identification of financial assistance for training projects.
E) Cooperation with other Confederations connected to the Footwear Industry.
F) Provision of regular country and European wide statistics, especially on production and import figures as well as other economic and social data to help provide a factual basis to other CEC activities.Main EU files targeted
- FTA's: USA, Japan, Vietnam
- Consumer product safety and market surveillance package
- EU falgship initiative: Multistakeholder forum on CSR
- REACH and related chemical regulations
- Sector Skills Council on TCLF
- Footwear Social Dialogue
- COSME, Horizon 2020 and ERASMUS+
- Internationalisation of SMEsAddress
Head Office
Rue de la Science, 14b
Bruxelles 1040
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 11 Sep 2015
Name Start date End Date Ms Carmen ARIAS CASTELLANO 16 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Ms Andreea Nicoleta STEFAN 16 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Mr Paul LASSERRE 16 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Ms Carmen ARIAS CASTELLANO 12 Oct 2018 12 Oct 2019 Ms Andreea Nicoleta STEFAN 04 Oct 2018 01 Nov 2019 Ms Michela Valentina Reino 22 Nov 2014 29 Sep 2015 Mrs CARMEN ARIAS CASTELLANO 25 Sep 2013 24 Sep 2014 Ms Michela Valentina Reino 19 Sep 2013 18 Sep 2014 Ms Michela Valentina Reino 27 Sep 2012 19 Sep 2013 Mrs CARMEN ARIAS CASTELLANO 27 Sep 2012 21 Sep 2013 Complementary Information
President and General Secretary
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Carmen Arias Castellano (General Secretary)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Cleto Sagripanti (President)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
- FFC - Federation Française de la Chaussure
- ESELVIE - Hellenic Association Of Footwear Manufacturers And Exporters
- Assocalzaturifici
- PIPS - Polish Chamber of Shoe and Leather Industry
- APICCAPS - Portuguese Footwear, Components, Leather Goods Manufacturers’ Association
- APR - ASSOCIATION OF ROMANIAN SHOE PRODUCERS
- FICE - FEDERACIÓN DE INDUSTRIAS DEL CALZADO ESPAÑOL
- BFA – British Footwear Association
- Association of Finnish Leather and Shoe Industries
- Swedish Federation of the Footwear Industry -
Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
22,000 € (Source: European Commission Programme Life+ and Leonardo)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Lobbying for the footwear sector
- Meetings
Meetings
2 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 16 Mar 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Pact for Skills roundtable with the textile, clothing, leather and footwear sectors. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 16 Mar 2021 Location Videconference Subject Skills roundtable on textile Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Eszter Batta (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists
- Meetings