Overview
Lobbying Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.6 Fte (5)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
5
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Biodiesel Board (EBB)
EU Transparency Register
84244281858-12 First registered on 18 Jun 2009
Goals / Remit
The European Biodiesel Board also known as EBB, is a non-profit organisation established in January 1997. EBB aims to promote the use of biodiesel in the European Union, at the same time, grouping the major EU biodiesel producers.
To achieve its aims, EBB:
- represents its members to the institutions of the European Union and other international organizations
- promotes scientific, technological, economic, legal and research activities
- collects, analyses and disseminates information
- studies problems confronted by the biodiesel industry and suggests solutions at economic, political, legal, institutional and technical levels.Main EU files targeted
• Renewable Energy Directive and Fuel Quality Directive – core business
• Animal feed – EU regulation and safety monitoring
• Revision of the Energy Taxation Directive 2003/96
• Monitoring:
o Waste hierarchy,
o State Aid to biofuels sector
o EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS),
o EU strategy to reduce CO2 emissions from cars and trucks,
o EU Common Agricultural Policy – for availability of biodiesel raw material
o EU project aiming at the promotion of biofuels use, such as:
in aviation – Biofuels Flightpath 2020,
HORIZON 2020
• International trade-related issues:
o Customs issues-classification of biodiesel blends and Rules of Origin
o EBB takes part in European Commission’s public briefings on international trade relations, called “Civil Society Dialogue Meetings”.
• Technical issues (product specifications, sustainability aspects of biodiesel and biofuels etc.):
o REACH
o Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas assessment of biofuels (JEC)
o IPCC/BAT Directive (?)
o Biodiesel and diesel standardisation in the EU (CEN)
o other?
Renewable energy is a key concern for all levels of EU authority.
EBB actively endeavoured to make the voice of the biodiesel industry heard in the discussion regarding the framework for post-2020 policiesAddress
Head Office
Boulevard Saint-Michel, 34
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMEU Office
Boulevard Saint-Michel, 34
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
5
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 75% 1 50% 1 25% 1 10% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.6
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 08 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Matteo SCODANIBBIO 28 Oct 2024 27 Oct 2025 Xavier NOYON 19 Sep 2024 19 Sep 2025 Cailean Iain MACLEOD 31 Jan 2024 04 Oct 2024 Xavier NOYON 31 Jan 2024 28 Sep 2024 Domenico Mininni 16 Apr 2024 15 Apr 2026 Ms Martina BARONCELLI 27 Apr 2023 09 Dec 2023 Mr André PAULA SANTOS 09 Mar 2023 09 Dec 2023 Xavier NOYON 09 Sep 2022 08 Sep 2023 Cailean Iain MACLEOD 21 Jun 2022 21 Jun 2023 Mr André PAULA SANTOS 23 Mar 2022 09 Mar 2023 Ms Gemma BEDIA BUENO 26 Aug 2021 26 Aug 2022 Xavier NOYON 26 Aug 2021 26 Aug 2022 Cailean Iain MACLEOD 25 Jun 2021 21 Jun 2022 Mr André PAULA SANTOS 13 Mar 2021 12 Mar 2022 Xavier NOYON 05 Sep 2020 26 Aug 2021 Ms Gemma BEDIA BUENO 05 Sep 2020 26 Aug 2021 Mr André PAULA SANTOS 07 Mar 2020 06 Mar 2021 Ms Gemma BEDIA BUENO 20 Feb 2020 01 Sep 2020 Raffaello GAROFALO 03 Sep 2019 12 Sep 2019 Mr André PAULA SANTOS 09 Apr 2019 07 Mar 2020 Raffaello GAROFALO 02 Aug 2018 01 Sep 2019 Mr André PAULA SANTOS 13 Mar 2018 13 Mar 2019 Raffaello GAROFALO 12 May 2017 10 May 2018 Agata JASKOT 12 May 2017 10 May 2018 Mr André PAULA SANTOS 20 Mar 2017 11 Mar 2018 Mr André PAULA SANTOS 01 Apr 2016 21 Mar 2017 Raffaello GAROFALO 01 Apr 2016 31 Mar 2017 Agata JASKOT 01 Apr 2016 31 Mar 2017 Mr Dermot BUTTLE 01 Apr 2016 21 Mar 2017 Mr Jean-Baptiste MAILLARD 11 Mar 2015 23 Oct 2015 Ms Chiara GIRARDI 18 Oct 2014 16 Oct 2015 Mrs Amandine MUSKUS 02 Sep 2014 16 Jan 2015 Raffaello GAROFALO 09 Jul 2014 07 Jul 2015 Mr Dermot BUTTLE 09 Jul 2014 07 Jul 2015 Agata JASKOT 08 Jul 2014 04 Jul 2015 Giulia Laura Cancian 09 Aug 2013 06 Jul 2014 Raffaello GAROFALO 08 Aug 2013 09 Jul 2014 Mr Dermot BUTTLE 08 Aug 2013 09 Jul 2014 Isabelle MAURIZI 08 Aug 2013 06 Jul 2014 Agata JASKOT 14 May 2013 09 May 2014 Ms Veronica CURTO 11 Aug 2012 15 Nov 2012 Raffaello GAROFALO 11 Aug 2012 08 Aug 2013 Mr Dermot BUTTLE 11 Aug 2012 08 Aug 2013 Isabelle MAURIZI 11 Aug 2012 08 Aug 2013 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
EUBA - European Bioeconomy Alliance
Member 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
100,000€ - 199,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount taxconsult 0€ - 10,000€ Intermediaries for current year
Name alienor - consultancy in european policies taxconsult Closed year Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Expert Group on alternative transport fuels ('the Sustainable Transport Forum')#E03321#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3321 #MEMBER #C#IndustryExpert Group EU Crops Market Observatory#E03526#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3526 #MEMBER #C#OtherAdvisory Group on Vehicle Emission Standards (AGVES)#E01295/5#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100254 #OBSERVER #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
EBB projects:
• RBO – Register of Biofuels Origination – a certification tool for the advanced biofuels generated from waste feedstock. This industry-led initiative is expected to be highly beneficial to raise the reputation and credibility of European produced advanced biodiesel both within the EU and abroad.
Projects in which EBB takes part in as a partner association:
ESBF – European Sustainable Biofuels Forum
European Biofuels Technology Platform (EBTP)
- Trade monitoring (anti-dumping already imposed)
On the side of international activities, EBB has continued to successfully defend our members against the recurrence of the dumping and countervailing duties imposed on biodiesel imports from selected third countries (United States, Argentina and Indonesia).Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
5 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.
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 05 May 2021 Location Conference call Subject RefuelEU Aviation SAF initiative Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Jan 2021 Location video call Subject Presentation of the Board’s view on Fit for 55 Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
- Stefanie Hiesinger (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 May 2017 Location Brussels Subject Anti-dumping Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Leon Delvaux (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 May 2017 Location Brussels Subject Biodiesel imports / anti-dumping measures Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)
- Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 21 Oct 2016 Location Madrid, Spain Subject Biofuels Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
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