Confédération des Associations Nationales de Tanneurs et Mégissiers de la Communauté Européenne

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

250,000€

Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

1 Fte (1)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

1

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Confédération des Associations Nationales de Tanneurs et Mégissiers de la Communauté Européenne   (COTANCE)

    EU Transparency Register

    077706416598-79 First registered on 16 Mar 2015

    Goals / Remit

    COTANCE, Confederation of National Association of Tanners and Dressers of the European Community, is the representative body of the European Leather Industry. It is a non-for-profit umbrella organisation gathering the network of leather producers’ associations of the EU connecting with over 95% of all European tanneries. COTANCE is composed by the most important European associations related to leather (IT, ES, FR, DE, UK, PT, NL, SE, DK, AT, RO, BU, HU).
    The COTANCE office is a small Secretariat of 2-3 highly qualified professionals based in Brussels.
    COTANCE is furthermore the employers side of the sector’s Social Partners at EU level. It has established together with Euratex (European Textiles & Clothing Industry) and industriAll the first European Sector’s Skills Council for the Textile Clothing and Leather industry that has been enlarged also to CEC (European Footwear industry).
    Apart from representing the leather producing industry at European and International level in front of EU and UN institution and bodies, COTANCE develops active coordination policies in the areas of environmental performance, social accountability, corporate social responsibility, R&D&I as well as education & training and image & communication.
    Finally, COTANCE cooperates ad hoc with the Footwear and Textile & Garments Technology Platforms.

    Main EU files targeted

    Etiquetage, empreinte environnementale, émissions industrielles, économie circulaire, politique commerciale (accords), programmes de recherche, normalisation, etc.

    Address

    Head Office
    Rue Washington 40
    Bruxelles 1050
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    1

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%1

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    1

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 02 Mar 2017

    Name Start date End Date
    Gustavo GONZALEZ-QUIJANO 07 Nov 2023 06 Nov 2024
    Vita Kobiela 17 Nov 2023 15 Nov 2024

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Mr Gustavo Gonzalez-Quijano (Secrétaire Général)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Gustavo Gonzalez-Quijano (Secrétaire Général)

  • Categories

    Category

    II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations

    Subcategory

    Trade unions and professional associations

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    COTANCE is a member of ICT, the International Council of Tanners and participates in GLCC, the Global Leather Cooperation Committee gathering the 3 international organisations of the leather industry ICT (Leather), ICHSLTA (Hides & Skins), IULTCS (Chemicals & Technology Suppliers).

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    250,000€

    EU grant income for closed financial year

    109,860 € (Source: DG Employment, Social Dialogue)

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    Groupe d'experts textile
    Director's Contact Group (ECHA)
    EF Steering Committee

    ACC

    None

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    None

    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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