CONSUMER ASSOCIATION THE QUALITY OF LIFE

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The following entries are flagged as duplicates of this organisation: 805635627931-37

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 2021 - Dec 2021

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

5.85 Fte (11)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

0

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    CONSUMER ASSOCIATION THE QUALITY OF LIFE   (EKPIZO)

    EU Transparency Register

    418896639310-08 First registered on 02 Sep 2020

    Goals / Remit

    EKPIZO – Consumers’ Association The Quality of Life established in 1988, protects consumer rights and improves their quality of life; it is a nongovernmental, nonprofit and accredited association, administered by a 7 members Board, has 22.218 members, 8 employees and 40 volunteers (2020 data).

    Our financial sources, strictly defined by law, are only allowed from members’ fees, collective actions, subsidies/grants from national, EU and other international Public Institutions and Foundations.

    EKPIZO’ s multi annual work has led to jurisdiction’s creation and legal reforms; due to its court and out of court actions EKPIZO members got back over 21,5 million euro illegally withheld by companies

    EKPIZO has carried out over 100 EU and national projects

    Main EU files targeted

    EKPIZO works on the following prioritized issues:

    * Banking and Insurance services

    * Consumer Rights & Enforcement;
    - Passenger rights
    - Collective redress
    - Unfair commercial practices and contract terms
    - Enforcement and competition law

    *Digital Rights;
    - Privacy and personal data protection
    - Telecoms Single Market
    - Artificial Intelligence

    *Energy
    - Energy consumer rights
    - Energy markets

    *Food
    - Food information
    - Food safety
    - Food sustainability
    - Health and nutrition claims

    *Health
    - Medical devices
    - Pharmaceuticals
    - Access to Medicines

    *Safety
    - Chemicals
    - Product safety

    *Trade/TTIP

    Address

    Head Office
    Stournari 17
    Athens 10683
    GREECE
    EU Office
    Stournari 17
    Athens 10683
    GREECE

    Website

    https://www.ekpizo.gr/

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    11

    Employment timeLobbyists
    75%5
    50%3
    25%2
    10%1

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    5.85

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    No lobbyists with EP accreditations

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    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

  • Categories

    Category

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    EKPIZO is member of:

    - POMEK (Greek Federation of Consumer Associations)

    - BEUC ( The European Consumer Organization) www.beuc.eu

    - ANEC (European Organization for the consumers representation to Standardization), www.anec.eu

    - EU Health Alliance http://medicinesalliance.eu

    - Finance Watch, https://www.finance-watch.org (until 2022)

    - Consumers International, https://www.consumersinternational.org

    - Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue, www.tacd.org.

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Interests represented

    Does not represent commercial interests

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

    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

    166,906€

    Major funding types in closed year

    Member's contribution, EU funding, Other

    Major contributions in closed year

    TypeNameAmount
    Contribution The European Consumer Organization (BEUC) 38,000€
    Contribution DG/Agency: REA 72,322€
    Grant DG Just 5,750€

    Major contributions in current year

    TypeNameAmount
    Grant 2019 operating Grant for BEUC 5,700€
    Grant 2019 operating Grant for BEUC 9,600€
    Grant 2019 operating Grant for BEUC 700€

    Other financial info

    Members of EKPIZO Board are not allowed to receive any remuneration for their services offered to EKPIZO, apart from transportation or public relations expenses
    Therefore, they are supervising EU projects on behalf of the Board, without any payment apart from T&S expenses or other obligatory activities in the frame of the EU projects, such as domestic transportation

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    Consumer Policy Advisory Group#E03750#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3750 #Member #C#Civil society

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    None declared

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