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 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6 Fte (8)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
4
High-level Commission meetings
8
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE)
EU Transparency Register
4760969620-65 First registered on 06 Nov 2008
Goals / Remit
I. Introduction
The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) represents the bars and law societies of 31 member countries, one affiliate and 14 further associate and observer countries, and through them more than 1 million European lawyers.
The CCBE was founded in 1960, as the ramifications of the European Economic Community on the legal profession started to be seriously considered (www.ccbe.eu/about/history/). During the decades which followed and through to the present day, the CCBE has been in the forefront of advancing the views of European lawyers and defending the legal principles upon which democracy and the rule of law are based. The CCBE is an international non-profit association incorporated in Belgium.
The CCBE is recognised as the voice of the European legal profession by the national bars and law societies on the one hand, and by the EU institutions on the other. For complete information, please see: https://www.ccbe.eu/about/who-we-are/Main EU files targeted
Service of judicial docs and evidence in civil or commercial matters/Modification of the Interinstitutional Agreement on the TR/Transparency, Accountability and Integrity in the EU Inst./Rule of Law/EU production and preservation orders for e-evidence in criminal matters/EU justice scoreboard/EU/USA Agreement: protection of personal info/Brexit/EU-UK Trade Agreement/Liability for emerging digital technologies/GDPR/Multiannual EU e-Justice Strategy/Council Regulation No2201/2003/AML Directives and Supra-National Risk AssessmentAML Authority/AML Regulation/Criminal proceedings: strengthening of presumption of innocence and of right to be present at trial and procedural safeguards for suspects and defendants in criminal proceedings/EAW/Legal aid/EU Public Prosecutor's Office/TTIP, provision of legal services and the establishment of lawyers/Directive 77/249/Directive 98/5/EC/EU Patent Litigation Certificate/New Pact on Migration and Asylum/Proposal for a Long-Term Residents Directive/recognition of qualifications of third-country nationals/Frontex/EU Asylum Agency/EU Judicial Training/ ETP/EU action on whistleblowers/EC Services Package/Prof. Qualifications Directive/EU Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations/SLAPP/EU fund on strategic litigation/Proposal for a Regulation on supervision following EC Communication for an Action Plan /Judicial Training strategy 2021-2024 and its implementation/Annual Judicial Training report/Implementation of DAC 6 and administrative cooperation in tax matters/Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC/Digitalisation of criminal justice and law enforcement/Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EU)2016/794/Council resolution 13084/1/20/EU-US Privacy Shield/CEAS/COM(2020) 610/EC Communication on Digitalisation of Justice in EU/EC Proposal for a Regulation on e-CODEX system/EC Inception Impact Assessment/Digital judicial cooperation package/EU Initiatives re. AI/EP Draft report on AI in criminal law/EC proposal on a EU e-ID on Regulation(EU)No 910/2014/Data Governance Act: EC Proposal for a Regulation on EU data governance/Europe's Digital Decade: 2030 Digital Targets/CCBE’s European projects in the area of e-Justice/Me-CODEX/AI4Lawyers/EU Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements/EU strategy rights of child/Agreement between the EP, Council, and EC regarding a EU mandatory Transparency Register/EC initiative to revise Product Liability Directive/Digital Services Act/Digital Markets Act/New Consumer Agenda/EU Enforcement Order/Admissibility of evidence/Pre-trial detention/EIO/Digitalisation and judicial cooperation instruments/EC initiative and legislative proposal Sustainable corporate governance/Monitoring of implementation of the two company law directives (digitalisation and cross-border mobility) into national laws, 2023 EC’s legislative proposal to further expand and upgrade the use of digital tools and processes in company law /Cooperation between Bars, Establishment Directive 98/5/EC; Internal Market Studies from DG GROW covering the legal profession and services sector/GROW.E5, GROW.D1 and GROW.A2/EC Comm on reform recommendations for regulation in professional services/Identifying and addressing barriers to the single market/Action Plan for Better Implementation and Enforcement of Single Market rules/SME strategy for a sustainable and digital Europe/EU Accession to the ECHR negotiations/Gender equality within the legal profession/International market access for legal services/Proposal for a Council Directive laying down rules to prevent the misuse of shell entities for tax purposes and amending Directive 2011/16/EU/EU initiatives related to tax intermediaries, transparency, tax avoidance and evasion/Securing the Activity Framework of Enablers/Court of Justice: amendment of Prot. No3 (2022/0906(COD))/Draft Rules of Procedure for the General Court or the Court of Justice/Issues re. EU Court of Justice and EFTA Court
Address
Head Office
Rue Joseph II, 40 6e étage
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue Joseph II, 40 6e étage
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
8
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 8 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 16 May 2024
Name Start date End Date Anna DROZD 04 May 2023 04 May 2024 Anna SMOLINSKA 21 Sep 2023 20 Sep 2024 Stephanie ALVES 16 Jun 2023 14 Jun 2024 Peter MC NAMEE 03 May 2023 04 May 2024 Karine Métayer 21 Sep 2023 20 Sep 2024 Simone CUOMO 20 Sep 2023 19 Sep 2024 Ms Indra BULE 02 Feb 2023 02 Feb 2024 Peter MC NAMEE 02 Mar 2022 02 Mar 2023 Anna SMOLINSKA 10 Jul 2021 09 Jul 2022 Simone CUOMO 18 Feb 2020 01 Mar 2021 Peter MC NAMEE 18 Feb 2020 01 Mar 2021 Ms Indra BULE 18 Feb 2020 01 Mar 2021 Karine Métayer 17 Dec 2019 17 Dec 2020 Mr Philip BUISSERET 13 Dec 2019 01 Jan 2021 Stephanie ALVES 18 Jun 2019 01 Jul 2020 Ms Oona MIKKELÄ 18 Jun 2019 01 Jul 2020 Ms Indra BULE 23 Feb 2019 18 Feb 2020 Simone CUOMO 05 Feb 2019 18 Feb 2020 Peter MC NAMEE 05 Feb 2019 18 Feb 2020 Mr Philip BUISSERET 13 Nov 2018 13 Nov 2019 Karine Métayer 13 Nov 2018 13 Nov 2019 Stephanie ALVES 13 Jun 2018 13 Jun 2019 Ms Oona MIKKELÄ 14 Apr 2018 13 Apr 2019 Ms Indra BULE 27 Feb 2018 23 Feb 2019 Simone CUOMO 30 Jan 2018 30 Jan 2019 Peter MC NAMEE 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Mr Philip BUISSERET 05 Oct 2017 29 Sep 2018 Stephanie ALVES 13 Jun 2017 10 Jun 2018 Karine Métayer 09 Jun 2017 25 May 2018 Ms Madeleine KELLEHER 21 Feb 2017 08 Feb 2018 Simone CUOMO 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Mr Hugo Roebroeck 08 Oct 2014 03 Oct 2015 Ms Dawn Turek 22 Feb 2014 03 Mar 2015 Mr Hugo Roebroeck 01 Jun 2013 31 May 2014 Simone CUOMO 04 Jun 2013 01 Jun 2014 Mr Peter McNamee 04 Jun 2013 01 Jun 2014 Mr Antoine Louis FOBE 03 Feb 2012 01 Dec 2012 Complementary Information
The work of the CCBE committees and working groups where CCBE positions are prepared is co-ordinated by six Legal Advisors, one Communication Manager and one Secretary General.
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
Trade unions and professional associations
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Networking
Affiliation
The CCBE is a member of the following bodies:
• BIP (Bureau pénal international)
• Council of Europe (observer member): CEPEJ (European Commission on the Efficiency of Justice) / Conference of International Non-governmental Organisations (member) / Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) / the Committee of Experts on the Protection of Lawyers (CJ-AV) / The Gender Equality Commission (GEC) / Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) / Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAI) / Committee of Experts on Strategic lawsuits against public participation (MSI-SLP) / European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ)
• European Services Forum (ESF)
• European Law Institute (observer member)
• OING-Service
• International Institute of Law Association Chief Executives
• Fédération des associations européennes et internationales établies en Belgique
• International Legal Assistance Consortium
• Frontex Consultative Forum
• EUAA Consultative Forum
• Network of Experts on Beneficial Ownership Transparency (NEBOT)
• The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
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
2,089,598€
Major funding types in closed year
Member's contribution
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant Me-CODEX3 1,277€ Grant AML Tender 9,809€ Grant AI4Lawyers 43,922€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant BREULAW 20,000€ Grant Me-CODEX3 2,301€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Expert group against SLAPP#E03746#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3746 #Member #C#Professionals#Implementation of the Anti-SLAPP Recommendation#Expert Group on European Judicial Training#E02241#Giovanni PANSINI #https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2241 #Member #B#Professionals
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
- European Lawyers Day (ELD) as part of the European Day of Justice: https://www.ccbe.eu/actions/european-lawyers-day/
- Organisation of webinars for lawyers on topics related to EU policies: https://www.ccbe.eu/actions/events/
- Participation in projects co-funded by the EU: https://www.ccbe.eu/actions/projects/
- The CCBE is one of the founders and a board member of European Lawyers in Lesvos (ELIL), an association providing free legal assistance to asylum seekers in Greece and Poland: https://www.europeanlawyersinlesvos.eu/
- Development and Organisation of Training for Lawyers on Anti-money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing (AML-CTF) Rules at EU Level
- Position papers: http://www.ccbe.eu/documents/position-papers/?no_cache=1
- Publications: http://www.ccbe.eu/documents/publications/Other activities
None declared
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.
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Date 03 Mar 2022 Location Brussels Subject Rule of law Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Joachim Herrmann (Cabinet member)
- Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
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Date 22 Feb 2021 Location video conferencing Subject digitalisation of justice and Rule of Law Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Joachim Herrmann (Cabinet member)
- Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
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Date 02 Feb 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Transparency Register IIA Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Alvaro De Elera (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Sep 2019 Location Brussels Subject Rule of Law Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Alvaro De Elera (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 May 2019 Location Brussels Subject gender balance in digital skills Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Andrea Almeida Cordero (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jan 2019 Location Brussels Subject Challenges of Artificial Intelligence in the legal sector Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)
- Christiane Kirketerp De Viron (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Sep 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject European Parliament resolution of 12 March 2014 on the electronic mass surveillance of EU citizens Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Isabelle Perignon (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Mar 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Presentation of the activites of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), including CCBE's position on EPPO, data protection, access to a lawyer Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Věra Jourová (Commissioner)