Overview
Lobbying Costs
50,000€ - 99,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.2 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Bottom Fishing Alliance (EBFA)
EU Transparency Register
316352847882-84 First registered on 13 Oct 2022
Goals / Remit
The European Bottom Fishing Alliance (EBFA) is a fishing industry coalition of 20 000 fishermen and women representing 7 000 vessels from 14 European coastal countries, ranging from artisanal to large scale bottom fisheries.
The EBFA was founded in March 2022 by fishing organisations to support the use of active bottom gears as a sustainable activity. We gathered to offer a united voice and to defend, support and showcase the environmental, economic, social and cultural realities of fishing operations with active bottom gears across the European Union fishing nations so that the European legislation could be based on science and facts.
Together, we deliver 25% of total European seafood landings. We provide healthy and sustainable food supplies for millions of people. We want to keep driving economic and social value to the coastal and peripheral communities of 14 European countries while working towards more sustainability.Main EU files targeted
The EBFA wishes to make decision-makers aware of the reality of bottom fishing activities. Provide facts and data for credible, science-based and reasoned policy options for balanced and responsible political decision-making which shall respect the three pillars of sustainability and contribute to achieve all SDGs. Additionally, the EBFA aims to prevent the introduction of arbitrary restrictive or limiting measures for bottom fishing, whether technical or spatial, via fisheries or environmental legislation, generally and specifically by means of the implementation of the EU Action Plan to conserve fisheries resources and protect marine ecosystems. Lastly, the EBFA aims to defend the sustainability and overall importance of all these widespread bottom fishing methods in all EU member states and demonstrate that these fisheries are well regulated, controlled, researched and widely certified. Support the EU to remain a world leader on effective and sustainable fisheries management by promoting measures which are rational, science-based, understandable and applicable for professional fishers who work to achieve a sustainable contribution to food supply and strive to be the guardians of the sea.
Address
Head Office
Rue Montoyer, 24
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue Montoyer, 24
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 10% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 25 Apr 2024
Name Start date End Date Ivan LÓPEZ VAN DER VEEN 16 Mar 2024 13 Mar 2025 Mr Ivan LÓPEZ VAN DER VEEN 16 Mar 2024 15 Apr 2024 Mr Ivan LÓPEZ VAN DER VEEN 18 Oct 2022 18 Oct 2023 Complementary Information
Daniel Voces de Onaíndi - Secretary of the EBFA
Rosalie Tukker - Secretary of the EBFAPerson 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
None declared
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
50,000€ - 99,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount backbone consulting 25,000€ - 49,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name association of national organisations of fishing enterprises in the european union Closed year Costs
50,000€ - 99,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
1 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 20 Oct 2022 Location Berlaymont Subject To discuss and answer questions about the implementing regulation on vulnerable marine ecosystems Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
- Agne Razmislaviciute-Palioniene (Cabinet member)
- Carmen Preising (Cabinet member)
- Simonas ŠATŪNAS (Cabinet member)
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