Overview
Lobbying Costs
25,000€ - 49,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
ECG - The Association of European Vehicle Logistics (ECG)
EU Transparency Register
2297093238-71 First registered on 24 Jul 2008
Goals / Remit
ECG, the Association of European Vehicle Logistics, has been the voice of the Finished Vehicle Logistics industry in Europe since 1997. ECG represents the interests of over 140 member companies and partners, from family owned SMEs to multi-nationals, and is the major champion of the European vehicle logistics sector. ECG represents all transport modes at EU level – road, rail, maritime and fluvial. ECG Members provide transport, distribution, storage, preparation and post-production services to manufacturers, importers, car rental companies and vehicle leasing operators across the European Union as well as Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Turkey and beyond. They own or operate more than 360 car-carrying ships, 15,100 purpose-built railway wagons, 22 river barges and more than 23,000 road transporters. (Source: ECG Biennial Survey 2022/2023)
Main EU files targeted
Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy specifically Flagship 4 'Greening Freight Transport'
In particular:
- Weights & Dimensions (Directive 2015/719)
- CountEmissionsEU COM(2023) 443/2
- Combined Transport (Directive 92/106/EEC)
Other files of interest:
- Eurovignette Directive (Directive 2022/362)
- The three Mobility Packages
- Electronic Transport Documents (e-CMR)
- Secure Truck Parking Areas
- TEN-T & CEF
- Low Sulphur in Marine Fuels Directive & SECAsAddress
Head Office
BluePoint Brussels, Boulevard Auguste Reyers 80
Brussels 1030
BELGIUMEU Office
BluePoint Brussels, Boulevard Auguste Reyers 80
Brussels 1030
BELGIUMWebsite
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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
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 12 May 2024
Name Start date End Date Andreea Maria SERBU 23 Sep 2023 20 Sep 2024 Michael Guy STURGEON 23 Sep 2023 20 Sep 2024 Andreea Maria SERBU 07 Sep 2022 07 Sep 2023 Michael Guy STURGEON 07 Sep 2022 07 Sep 2023 Michael Guy STURGEON 24 Sep 2021 07 Sep 2022 Michael Guy STURGEON 20 Nov 2019 01 Dec 2020 Mr Tom Antonissen 29 Aug 2019 01 Mar 2020 Michael Guy STURGEON 27 Nov 2018 20 Nov 2019 Ms Szilvia KISS 27 Nov 2018 01 Dec 2019 Mr Tom Antonissen 31 Aug 2018 29 Aug 2019 Mr Jari Jokinen 09 Feb 2018 25 Nov 2018 Michael Guy STURGEON 13 Nov 2017 11 Nov 2018 Mr Tom Antonissen 08 Sep 2017 31 Aug 2018 Michael Guy STURGEON 02 Dec 2016 13 Nov 2017 Ms Szilvia KISS 30 Sep 2016 22 Sep 2017 Mr Tom Antonissen 05 Sep 2016 31 Aug 2017 Mr Oleh Shchuryk 05 Sep 2016 01 Oct 2017 Michael Guy STURGEON 28 Aug 2015 29 Aug 2016 Mr Oleh Shchuryk 26 Aug 2015 25 Aug 2016 Ms Szilvia KISS 26 Aug 2015 25 Aug 2016 Mr Tom Antonissen 25 Aug 2015 24 Aug 2016 Ms Szilvia KISS 02 Sep 2014 26 Aug 2015 Michael Guy STURGEON 26 Aug 2014 20 Aug 2015 Mr Tom Antonissen 26 Aug 2014 19 Aug 2015 Mr Oleh Shchuryk 26 Aug 2014 20 Aug 2015 Michael Guy STURGEON 23 Aug 2013 22 Aug 2014 Mr Tom Antonissen 19 Jul 2013 18 Jul 2014 Michael Guy STURGEON 31 Jan 2013 18 Jul 2013 Ms Gabriela Caraman 31 Jan 2013 18 Jul 2013 Mr William Dénous 07 Feb 2013 06 Oct 2013 Mr Tom Antonissen 22 Dec 2012 18 Jul 2013 Michael Guy STURGEON 22 Nov 2011 01 Nov 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
Mobility for Prosperity in Europe - MPE
www.mobilityeurope.eu
Its secretariat is managed by the European Union Road Federation (ERF)
2022 membership fee: €750
European Logistics Platform - ELP
www.european-logistics-platform.eu
Its secretariat is managed by CLECAT
2022 membership fee: €750
Rail Forum Europe - RFE
www.rail-forum.eu
Its secretariat is managed by UNIFE
2022 membership fee: €600
Alliance for Logistics Innovation through Collaboration in Europe - ALICE
www.etp-logistics.eu
No membership fee
IRU - International Road Transport Union
www.iru.org/
2022 membership fee: CHF 3000
FAIB - Federation of European and International Associations established in Belgium
https://faib.org/home/
2022 membership fee: €330Member 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
25,000€ - 49,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
25,000€ - 49,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
European Sustainable Shipping Forum (ESSF)#E02869#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2869 #Member #C#Industry#Digital Transport and Logistics Forum#E03280#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3280 #Member #C#Industry#Working Group on Motor Vehicles#E01295#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1295 #Member #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Every year ECG organises a Dinner Debate in the European Parliament to enable our members, politicians and interested parties to come together and discuss views on topics of current interest or concern to our sector while dining within the European Parliament here in Brussels. Normally held during the month of March, these events are hosted on behalf of ECG by a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).
See for more information: https://www.ecgassociation.eu/activities/events/ecg-dinner-debates/
ECG occasionally publishes Briefing Reports and Position Papers, which can be found here: https://www.ecgassociation.eu/publications-and-reports/Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
4 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 21 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject Meeting on road transport Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject ECG Dinner-debate event Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Jocelyn Fajardo (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Jun 2017 Location Brussels Subject Mobility package and multimodal transport Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Jocelyn Fajardo (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Apr 2016 Location Brussels - Belgium Subject preparation dinner-debate on digitalisation of logistics Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Desiree Oen (Cabinet member)