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 2024 - Dec 2024
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25 Fte (5)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
19
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
ECTA (ECTA)
EU Transparency Register
932781112187-50 First registered on 04 Nov 2013
Goals / Remit
The Association has always concentrated on those issues where the interests of all members coincide and has refrained from taking a position on matters in which there is no common viewpoint.
The extensive work carried out by the Association so far, following the above guidelines, combined with the high degree of professionalism and recognised technical capabilities of its members, has established ECTA at the highest level and has allowed the Association to achieve the status of a recognised expert spokesman on all questions related to the protection and use of trade marks, designs, geographical indications, copyright, domain names and related matters in and throughout the European Union, and for example, in the following areas:
Harmonisation of the national laws of the EU member countries;
European Union Trade Mark Regulation and Directive;
European Union (Community) Design Regulation and Directive;
Organisation and practice of the EUIPO.Main EU files targeted
The fields in which ECTA is active can be found inter alia in its position papers.
In this regard, during the period of June 2023 to June 2024 ECTA has submitted a number of position papers and other submissions including, for example, the following:
- ECTA Position Paper “The legal framework on the scope of protection of GIs”;
- ECTA Position Paper “Use GIs as ingredients, do not trade mark them”;
- ECTA Comments on the draft Rules of Appeal Proceedings of the EUIPO Boards of Appeal (revision cycle 2023);
- ECTA Response to EUIPO SP2030 Consultation;
- ECTA Input for the EU-Mexico Trade Committee on Intellectual Property; ECTA Input for the IP Dialogue with Ukraine; ECTA Input for the EU-China IP Working Group;
- ECTA Comments to draft EUIPO Guidelines on trade mark practice and designs practice, 2024 edition;
and many others.
Jointly with other associations ECTA also contributed to Joint Comments of ECTA, INTA and MARQUES on various aspects of the Council’s position on the EU's proposed new design laws.
ECTA position papers are available at www.ecta.orgAddress
Head Office
Rue des Colonies, 18-24
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue des Colonies, 18-24
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
5
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 5 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
ECTA's work is carried out through its Committees, Supervisory Board, Board of Directors and its Secretariat based in Brussels.
The number of persons involved from our organisation depends on the specific field, being the Supervisory Board and Board of Directors always involved in the process of delivering ECTA's position papers.
Therefore, ECTA is unable to accurately answer this question.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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
ECTA together with other associations specialised in Intellectual Property (APRAM, BMM, CITMA, GRUR, MARQUES and UNION-IP) is participating in the European Sister Associations.
The above mentioned associations meet once per year in order to discuss the latest developments in the field of Intellectual Property. Latest meeting took place in Amsterdam in February 2024.Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2024 - Dec 2024
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
1,900,000€
Major funding types in closed year
Member's contributions
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Other financial info
For 2024 the estimated amount of our gross income is 1.9M Eur.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
ECTA informs its members of its activities relating to the EU policies above via the ECTA website (www.ecta.org/ www.ecta.eu) and ECTA Bulletin issues electronically three times a year, as well as via ECTA Twitter and LinkedIn pages.
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
19 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below covers meetings with Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general (high-level) Commission meetings published December 2014 to December 2024, and the meetings of Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general and officials holding "management functions" in the Commission published since 1 January 2025. Other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may well have taken place, but the Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. All information below comes from the Commission and not from the registrant.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 17 Feb 2025 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Introductory meeting Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen Attending - Silke Dalton (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Jan 2025 Location Brussels, L51 Subject Studies launched by the Commission DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Peter Stuckmann (Head of Unit)
- Lucrezia Busa (Head of Unit)
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Date 30 Sep 2024 Location Brussels Subject Digital infrastructure DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 26 Sep 2024 Location BRUSSELS Subject on competitiveness Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Apr 2024 Location Brussels Subject Commission’s White Paper on “How to master Europe’s digital infrastructure needs" Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Attending - Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)
- Liliane Giardino-karlinger (Cabinet member)
- Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Dec 2023 Location BRUSSELS Subject Smart Networks Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Oct 2023 Location Brussels Subject on Electronic Communications Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Jul 2023 Location Brussels Subject Telcoms policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Eleonora Ocello (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jun 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Connectivity infrastructure Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Apr 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Endorsing the Joint statement on Roaming and International calls between EU and Ukraine Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Deutsche Telekom
- Telia Company AB
- Orange
- European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association
- Polkomtel Sp.z o.o.
- KPN
- Telenor
- TIM S.p.A.
- Telefonica, S.A.
- Colt Technology Services
- MVNO Europe
- Iliad
- Proximus
- Fastweb S.p.A.
- Vodafone Stiftung Deutschland gGmbH
- Liberty Global Corporate B.V.
- GRUPO MASMOVIL
- TRANSATEL
- GSMA Europe
- BOUYGUES EUROPE
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Date 29 Mar 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Efforts to facilitate Roaming with Ukraine Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 13 Apr 2021 Location Videoconference Subject European telecommunications regulation and investment Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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Date 27 Jan 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Telecoms regulation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Nov 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Challenges of the telecom sector Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Nov 2017 Location Brussels Subject European Electronic Communications Code DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 22 Nov 2017 Location Brussels Subject European Electronic Communications Code DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 10 Nov 2016 Location BXL Subject DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject telecom review DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 13 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject Vectoring in Germany Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)