Overview
Lobbying Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Direct Selling Europe (DSE)
EU Transparency Register
9435658947-27 First registered on 12 Jan 2009
Goals / Remit
- Promote the visibility and defend the interests of the direct selling industry in the European Institutions, ensuring that they understand and take into account the concerns and realities of the sector throughout the decision-making process.
- Raise awareness among EU decision-makers of the growing economic significance of this sector.
- Improve the quality of EU legislation so as to reduce costs and uncertainties for business and to ensure a favorable commercial environment allowing the sector to operate and prosper.
- Keep its members informed of EU developments impacting their daily activities.
- Offer a platform for the exchange of information and experience among its members.Main EU files targeted
Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, Misleading and Comparative Advertising Directive, Consumer Rights Directive, Commercial Agents Directive, Data Protection Regulation, Collective Redress, Consumer Protection Cooperation Regulation, Consumer Credit Directive, Working Conditions for Self-Employed Persons, ADR/ODR.
Address
Head Office
Avenue de la Toison d'Or, 51
St. Gilles 1060
BELGIUMEU Office
Avenue de la Toison d'Or, 51
St. Gilles 1060
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 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 26 Apr 2024
Name Start date End Date Mr Oscar Cano Arias 20 Jun 2020 19 Jun 2021 Mr Oscar Cano Arias 29 Jun 2019 20 Jun 2020 Mr Oscar Cano Arias 27 Jun 2018 29 Jun 2019 Ms Anamaria Corca 24 Jan 2018 23 Jun 2018 Mr Oscar Cano Arias 20 Jul 2017 27 Jun 2018 Mr Frederico Frade Diogo de Santos Martins 25 Feb 2017 16 Dec 2017 Mr Oscar Cano Arias 19 Jul 2016 19 Jul 2017 Mr Frederico Frade Diogo de Santos Martins 10 Mar 2016 25 Feb 2017 Mr Oscar Cano Arias 29 Jul 2015 20 Jul 2016 Mr Frederico Frade Diogo de Santos Martins 03 Mar 2015 27 Feb 2016 Mr Oscar Cano Arias 31 Jul 2014 29 Jul 2015 Mr Frederico Frade Diogo de Santos Martins 12 Mar 2014 03 Mar 2015 Mr Oscar Cano Arias 19 Sep 2013 31 Jul 2014 Mr Frederico Frade Diogo de Santos Martins 02 Mar 2013 12 Mar 2014 Mr Oscar Cano Arias 25 Aug 2012 12 Sep 2013 Mr Marc Pouw 08 Jun 2012 24 Aug 2012 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
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Categories
Category
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
EuroCommerce - http://www.eurocommerce.eu/
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
300,000€ - 399,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Consumer Rights
Employment
Meetings
Meetings
3 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 26 Mar 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Door-step sales and the New deal for consumers Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject Consumer Package Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Kilian Gross (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Mar 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject New deal for consumers Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Renate Nikolay (Cabinet member)
- Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists