The European Consumer Voice in Standardisation

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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 2023 - Dec 2023

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

2.85 Fte (7)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

5

High-level Commission meetings

9

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    The European Consumer Voice in Standardisation   (ANEC)

    EU Transparency Register

    507800799-30 First registered on 30 Jun 2008

    Goals / Remit

    ANEC is an international not-for-profit association, established in 1995. It uses the strapline, Raising Standards for Consumers.

    ANEC is recognised by the European Commission and EFTA as the European association representing the interests of consumers in standardisation, in line with Annex III to Regulation (EU) 1025/2012 on European standardisation. Its partnership with the European Commission is formalised through Framework Partnership Agreement ANEC FPA-OG 2021-2024 and, with EFTA, through Framework Partnership Agreement ANEC/EFTA/FPA-OG 2021-2024.

    Its principal aim is to promote, defend and represent the interests of consumers in the work of the three European Standardisation Organisations (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI) and in similar organisations whose technical regulations, technical standards, specifications or guidance documents may affect consumers, directly or indirectly.

    Main EU files targeted

    Regulation (EU) 1025/2012 on European standardisation (and participation in its Committee on Standards)
    Evaluation of Regulation (EU) 1025/2012
    Annual Union Work Programmes on European standardisation
    Rolling Plans for ICT Standardisation
    New Consumer Agenda and its successor
    Regulation (EU) 2023/988 on General Product Safety
    Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on Market surveillance & compliance
    EU Standardisation Strategy (including the High-Level Forum on Standardisation)
    Digital Single Market
    Directive 2009/48/EC on Toy safety and its revision as the Toy Safety Regulation
    Directive 2014/35/EC on Low voltage
    Directive 2014/33/EU on Lifts
    Regulation (EU) 2016/426 on Gas appliances
    Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230
    Directive 2014/53/EU on Radio equipment and its amendments
    Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 on ecodesign requirements for sustainable products (and Ecodesign Forum)
    Directive (EU) 2019/882 on the accessibility requirements for products and services
    Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 on type-approval requirements for motor vehicles and their trailers etc
    Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 "the AI Act"
    Regulation (EU) 2019/881 on cybersecurity (and its Expert Group)
    Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste
    The Green Deal
    The Chemicals Strategy (and its High-Level Group)
    Premature obsolescence of products

    Address

    Head Office
    Rue d’Arlon 80
    Brussels 1040
    BELGIUM
    EU Office
    Rue d’Arlon 80
    Brussels 1040
    BELGIUM

    Website

    http://www.anec.eu

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    7

    Employment timeLobbyists
    75%1
    50%3
    25%2
    10%1

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    2.85

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    5 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 18 Mar 2025

    Name Start date End Date
    ALINA CEZARA POPOVICI 16 Jan 2025 31 Dec 2025
    Isabel LOPEZ LOPEZ-NEIRA 16 Jan 2025 15 Jan 2026
    Michela VUERICH 16 Jan 2025 15 Jan 2026
    Tania Julia K Vandenberghe 16 Jan 2025 15 Jan 2026
    Chiara GIOVANNINI 16 Jan 2025 15 Jan 2026
    Isabel LOPEZ LOPEZ-NEIRA 17 Nov 2023 04 Oct 2024
    Tania Julia VANDENBERGHE 13 Sep 2023 12 Sep 2024
    Chiara GIOVANNINI 07 Nov 2023 04 Oct 2024
    Michela VUERICH 13 Sep 2023 12 Sep 2024
    Ms Clara OUVRIER 27 Aug 2022 26 Aug 2023
    Michela VUERICH 27 Aug 2022 26 Aug 2023
    Tania Julia VANDENBERGHE 27 Aug 2022 26 Aug 2023
    Ms Anja VAN DEN BERG 26 Aug 2022 26 Aug 2023
    Mr Stephen RUSSELL 26 Aug 2022 26 Aug 2023
    Chiara GIOVANNINI 26 Aug 2022 26 Aug 2023
    Chiara GIOVANNINI 21 May 2019 01 Jun 2020
    Tania Julia VANDENBERGHE 21 May 2019 01 Jun 2020
    Mr Stephen RUSSELL 21 May 2019 01 Jun 2020
    Michela VUERICH 21 May 2019 01 May 2020
    Chiara GIOVANNINI 28 Apr 2018 27 Apr 2019
    Tania Julia VANDENBERGHE 28 Apr 2018 27 Apr 2019
    Mr Stephen RUSSELL 28 Apr 2018 27 Apr 2019
    Ms Ayse GUVEN 17 Mar 2018 16 Mar 2019
    Michela VUERICH 16 Feb 2018 16 Feb 2019
    Chiara GIOVANNINI 09 Jun 2017 28 Apr 2018
    Tania Julia VANDENBERGHE 09 Jun 2017 28 Apr 2018
    Mr Stephen RUSSELL 09 Jun 2017 28 Apr 2018
    Michela VUERICH 08 Dec 2016 07 Dec 2017
    Kristina ALEKSANDROVA 19 Jul 2016 24 Jun 2017
    Tania Julia VANDENBERGHE 03 Jun 2016 03 Jun 2017
    Mr Stephen RUSSELL 03 Jun 2016 01 Jun 2017
    Chiara GIOVANNINI 31 May 2016 31 May 2017
    Chiara GIOVANNINI 21 Apr 2015 17 Apr 2016
    Kristina ALEKSANDROVA 21 Apr 2015 17 Apr 2016
    Tania Julia VANDENBERGHE 21 Apr 2015 17 Apr 2016
    Mr Stephen RUSSELL 21 Apr 2015 17 Apr 2016
    Michela VUERICH 26 Mar 2015 24 Mar 2016
    Michela VUERICH 15 Mar 2014 14 Mar 2015
    Tania Julia VANDENBERGHE 15 Mar 2014 14 Mar 2015
    Chiara GIOVANNINI 15 Mar 2014 14 Mar 2015
    Michela VUERICH 15 Mar 2014 27 Jan 2015
    Tania Julia VANDENBERGHE 15 Mar 2014 27 Jan 2015
    Mr Stephen RUSSELL 15 Mar 2014 14 Mar 2015
    Chiara GIOVANNINI 26 Mar 2013 15 Mar 2014
    Kristina ALEKSANDROVA 26 Mar 2013 23 Sep 2013
    Michela VUERICH 26 Mar 2013 15 Mar 2014
    Tania Julia VANDENBERGHE 26 Mar 2013 15 Mar 2014
    Mr Stephen RUSSELL 26 Mar 2013 15 Mar 2014
    Chiara GIOVANNINI 20 Dec 2011 01 Aug 2012
    Tania Julia VANDENBERGHE 20 Dec 2011 01 Aug 2012
    Mrs Tiziana GIUDICOTTI 20 Dec 2011 01 Aug 2012
    Michela VUERICH 30 Jan 2012 01 Aug 2012

    Complementary Information

    None

    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

  • Categories

    Category

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    The organisations with which ANEC most frequently collaborates in its mission are:

    CEN, the European Committee for Standardization www.cen.eu
    CENELEC, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization www.cenelec.eu
    ETSI, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute www.etsi.org
    ISO, the International Organization for Standardization www.iso.org
    IEC, the International Electrotechnical Commission www.iec.ch
    CI, Consumers International www.consumersinternational.org
    BEUC, the European Consumers' Organisation www.beuc.eu
    ICRT, International Consumer Research & Testing www.international-testing.org
    ECOS, the Environmental Coalition on Standards https://ecostandard.org/
    ETUC, the European Trade Union Confederation www.etuc.org
    SBS, Small Business Standards www.sbs-sme.eu
    PROSAFE, Product Safety Enforcement Forum of Europe www.prosafe.org
    ICPHSO, the International Consumer Product Health & Safety Organization https://icphso.org/
    KMPEU, Keep me posted EU https://keepmepostedeu.org
    KAN, German Commission for Occupational Health & Safety and Standardization www.kan.de
    THUAS, the Hague University of Applied Sciences www.thuas.com

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Interests represented

    Does not represent commercial interests

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

    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

    1,574,239€

    Major funding types in closed year

    EU funding, Grants, Public funding

    Major contributions in closed year

    TypeNameAmount
    Contribution European Commission 1,495,527€
    Grant Single Market Programme 1,495,527€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    Commission Expert Group on Textile Names and Labelling#E02773#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2773 #OBSERVER #C#Industry#OtherCommission Expert Group on Machinery#E03676#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3676 #MEMBER #C#IndustryGroup of experts on Ecodesign for Sustainable Products and Energy Labelling ('the Ecodesign Forum')#E03969#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3969 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyWorking Group on Motor Vehicles#E01295#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1295 #MEMBER #C#OtherEuropean Multi-Stakeholder Platform on ICT Standardisation#E02758#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2758 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyHigh Level Roundtable on the implementation of the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability#E03757#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3757 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyHIGH-LEVEL FORUM ON EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION#E03874#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3874 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyDriver’s Behaviour Assessment Systems (DBAS)#E01295/15#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103112 #MEMBER #C#OtherSub-Group on Artifical Intelligence (AI), connected products and other new challenges in product safety#E00935/6#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100875 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyWorking Group on chemicals in toys#E01360/1#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100294 #OBSERVER #C#OtherExpert Group on Cybersecurity of Products with Digital Elements#E03967#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3967 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyExpert Group on Toys Safety#E01360#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1360 #OBSERVER #C#OtherElectromagnetic Compatibility Working Party#E01341#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1341 #OBSERVER #C#OtherConsumer Safety Network #E00935#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=935 #OBSERVER #C#OtherForum for the Exchange of Information on Enforcement of the EU legislation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles#E03652#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3652 #OBSERVER #C#OtherCommission expert group on Radio Equipment#E03587#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3587 #MEMBER #C#IndustryWorking Group Gas Appliances#E01348#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1348 #OBSERVER #C#Civil societySHERPA sub-group of the group of experts ‘High-Level Forum on European Standardisation’#E03874/1#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103332 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyGroup of Experts on Pyrotechnic Articles#E01323#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1323 #OBSERVER #C#Civil societyConsumer Policy Advisory Group#E03750#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3750 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyEnvironmental Footprint Steering Group#E00470/1#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100615 #MEMBER #C#Civil societySmart Grids Task Force #E02892#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2892 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyLow Voltage Directive Working Party#E01342#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1342 #OBSERVER #C#Civil societyAdvisory Group on Vehicle Emission Standards (AGVES)#E01295/5#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100254 #MEMBER #C#OtherCommission's Expert Group on Circular Economy and Sustainable Production and Consumption#E00470#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=470 #MEMBER #C#Civil society

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A

    Communication activities

    Explanatory video about ANEC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn9PdTlgdP0
    Video to mark ANEC's 25th anniversary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUOqL9Bqt3A
    ANEC Annual Review https://www.anec.eu/publications/annual-reviews
    ANEC e-Newsletter https://www.anec.eu/publications/newsletters
    ANEC Brochure, "What we do for you" https://bit.ly/2QCBjO8

    ANEC Position Papers & similar https://www.anec.eu/publications/position-papersl

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    9 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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