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Overview
Lobbying Costs
17,500€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
SRB S.p.A. (SRB S.p.A.)
EU Transparency Register
622796933499-57 First registered on 17 Dec 2018
Goals / Remit
Our main activity is to ensure that EU legislation treats cane sugar refining in a parallel and fair way to our main European competitor, sugar from beet.
SRB S.p.A. is a historic and cherished brand in the sugar market in Europe. Specialists in cane sugar refining, the business has around 250 direct and contract employees manufacturing sugar at our refinery in Brindisi, Italy. It is part of ASR Group.
SRB S.p.A. is almost unique in Europe in focusing solely on cane sugar. Our cane sugar supply chain stretches across developing countries around the world.
In Europe, sugar is manufactured from both sugar beet and sugar cane. The two models have co-existed since the early 1800s. A competing sweetener, isoglucose manufactured from cereals, now also plays a role in the European sugar market.
Sugar is a very heavily regulated market in Europe. Cane sugar currently accounts for around 17% of the total sugar and isoglucose availability in Europe. Beet sugar accounts for aro (...)Main EU files targeted
Main EU initiatives included:
- campaigning for a level playing field in tehe EU sugar market, in particular as regards access to raw material for cane sugar refiners
- building relationships with Members of the European Parliament, in particular following the introduction of co-decision in European Agriculture Policy
- building relationships with the new European Commission and the Permanent Representations in Brussels
- following various international trade dossiers
- following various development dossiers
- following various competition dossiersAddress
Head Office
Strada per Fiume Piccolo n. 10
Brindisi 72100
ITALY -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 20 Apr 2024
Name Start date End Date Mr Massimiliano Bassi 21 Dec 2018 01 Jan 2020 Mr Benedetto LORUSSO 20 Dec 2018 01 Jan 2020 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
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
- European Sugar Refineries Association (ESRA)
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
17,500€
Other financial info
The above costs represent the costs estimated to have been incurred representing our interests to the European institutions in our last full and closed financial year.
The estimate includes:
- salary costs representing the proportion of time spent by staff representing interests to European institutions
- travel costs
- costs of any campaign work
The cost range also includes membership fees of the trade association listed above which appears separately on the register. It also excludes the cost of our Brussels office which appears on the register under T&L Sugars Limited (which is an affiliated company of SRB S.p.A).
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
N/A
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
None declared