European Audiovisual Production Association

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

75,000€

Financial year: Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

1.5 Fte (2)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

1

High-level Commission meetings

2

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    European Coordination of Independent Producers   (CEPI)

    EU Transparency Register

    59052572261-62 First registered on 11 Sep 2009

    Goals / Remit

    The European Coordination of Independent Producers (CEPI) was founded in 1989, to organise and represent the interests of independent cinema and television producers in Europe. Today the Coordination represents approximately 4000 independent production companies in Europe.

    All together, our members supply over 16000 hours of new programming each year to broadcasters in Europe, ranging from single documentaries and special event programming, to game shows, light entertainment and high-cost drama serials. As the producers form the basic support of the audiovisual industry, it is necessary to articulate the interests of those producers within a unique European organisation.

    Main EU files targeted

    Our organization focuses focuses mainly on the following areas:
    - European Commission Annual Work Programme/Roadmaps
    -Participation to EU Consultations(Your Voice)
    - Copyright (Roadmaps from DG Connect/DG EAC/DG Markt which target copyright issues)
    - AVMS Directive
    - Creative Europe Programme
    - Audiovisual Social Dialogue Committee
    - European Parliament legislation and Parliamentary Committees such as (CULT/JURY/IMCO/INTA/EMPL)

    Address

    Head Office
    Rue Cernuschi
    Paris 75017
    FRANCE
    EU Office
    Avenue Livingstone 26
    Brussels 1000
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    2

    Employment timeLobbyists
    75%2

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    1.5

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 08 Mar 2017

    Name Start date End Date
    Ms Margaux CHIELLE 12 Apr 2023 15 Apr 2024
    Mr Jerome DECHESNE 01 Apr 2023 01 Jun 2023
    Mr Salvatore Columbro 21 Oct 2022 31 Mar 2023
    Ms ELENA LAI 20 Feb 2020 01 Mar 2021
    Ms ELENA LAI 09 Aug 2018 01 Sep 2019
    Ms ELENA LAI 20 Mar 2017 09 Mar 2018
    Ms ELENA LAI 14 Apr 2016 21 Mar 2017
    Ms Lai Elena 14 Apr 2016 26 Apr 2016
    Ms ELENA LAI 29 Oct 2014 27 Oct 2015
    Ms ELENA LAI 14 Sep 2013 07 Sep 2014
    Ms ELENA LAI 17 Oct 2012 12 Sep 2013

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Ms Elena Lai (Secretary General)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Dechesne Jerome (President)

  • Categories

    Category

    III - Non-governmental organisations

    Subcategory

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    The European Coordination of Independent Producers is a member of the European Commission Social Dialogue, as well as the Advisory Committee of the European Audiovisual Observatory (www.obs.coe.int) and holds observer status with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (www.wipo.int) in Geneva, and the Council of Europe (www.coe.int) in Strasbourg.

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    75,000€

    Other financial info

    Reimbursement of 368,55 euros for the EU Funded Project (Erope Skills Council) run by UNIEUROPA

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    DG CONNECT-MEDIA Unit- Stakeholders Dialogue on Licensing

    ACC

    European Social Dialogue Committee specific for the audiovisual sector
    http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=480&langId=en&intPageId=1825

    Advisory Committee of the European Audiovisual Observatory (www.obs.coe.int)

    Groups (European Parliament)

    European Film Forum

    Communication activities

    EU Funded Project VP/2014/001/0351
    Analysis of the EU Audiovisual Sector Labour Market and of changing forms of employment & work arrangements;

    EU Skills Council European Services and Live Performance
    EU Funded project VS/2014/0459

    Other activities

    Independent producers recognise the importance of discussing collective issues, exchanging appropriate experiences and adopting common positions. Therefore, CEPI brings national independent producers together in order to:

    Represent independent television and cinema production on a European scale, protecting its general interests and furthering its development;

    Strengthen exchanges of information concerning audiovisual production;

    Develop commercial relations between European producers;

    Create a network of information and dialogue about the various problems affecting the profession in Europe, whether these are economic, legal, technical, social or other;

    Promote the interests of independent producers vis-a-vis the various European, national and international authorities.

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    2 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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