Overview
Lobbying Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4.5 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
5
High-level Commission meetings
36
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Ceramic Industry Association (Cerame-Unie)
EU Transparency Register
79465004946-12 First registered on 11 Jan 2011
Goals / Remit
Cerame-Unie represents the European ceramic industry. Our mission is to ensure that the voice of this competitive, dynamic and innovative industry is heard at the EU level. Our membership is drawn from the national ceramics associations and companies across Europe with whom we work to provide solutions to challenges affecting the industry in Europe and globally, in fields such as:
Circular Economy;
Climate change and Energy;
Environment;
Health & Safety;
Raw materials;
Research & Innovation;
Standardisation;
Skills;
Sustainable Construction;
Trade and Internal Market.Main EU files targeted
Cerame-Unie in particular covers the following EU policy issues:
Circular Economy;
Climate change and Energy;
Environment;
Health & Safety;
Raw materials;
Research & Innovation;
Standardisation;
Skills;
Sustainable Construction;
Trade and Internal Market.
In these areas Cerame-Unie aims at promoting a fair and competitive environment.Address
Head Office
Rue Belliard 12
Bruxelles 1040
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue Belliard 12
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 75% 3 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
5 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 29 Sep 2023
Name Start date End Date Mr Leonardo MOSCA 26 Sep 2023 25 Sep 2024 Ms Anne Claire STRECK 26 Sep 2023 25 Sep 2024 Ms Daniela Alessandra VIGILANTE 26 Sep 2023 25 Sep 2024 Mr Renaud Batier 26 Sep 2023 25 Sep 2024 Ms Magdalena Anna VALLEBONA 26 Sep 2023 25 Sep 2024 Mr Leonardo MOSCA 30 Sep 2022 26 Sep 2023 Ms Anne Claire STRECK 30 Sep 2022 26 Sep 2023 Ms Daniela Alessandra VIGILANTE 30 Sep 2022 26 Sep 2023 Mr Renaud Batier 30 Sep 2022 26 Sep 2023 Ms Magdalena Anna VALLEBONA 30 Sep 2022 26 Sep 2023 Mr Leonardo MOSCA 28 Sep 2021 28 Sep 2022 Ms Anne Claire STRECK 28 Sep 2021 28 Sep 2022 Ms Daniela Alessandra VIGILANTE 28 Sep 2021 28 Sep 2022 Mr Renaud Batier 28 Sep 2021 28 Sep 2022 Ms Magdalena Anna VALLEBONA 28 Sep 2021 28 Sep 2022 Mr Renaud Batier 19 Nov 2019 01 Dec 2020 Ms Simona Vackeová 04 Oct 2019 03 Oct 2020 Ms Magdalena Anna VALLEBONA 04 Oct 2019 03 Oct 2020 Ms Daniela Alessandra VIGILANTE 04 Oct 2019 03 Oct 2020 Mr Rafael SAMPSON 06 Jun 2019 15 Sep 2019 Ms Anne Claire STRECK 06 Jun 2019 06 Jun 2020 Mr Renaud Batier 24 Oct 2018 24 Oct 2019 Ms Simona Vackeová 12 Sep 2018 01 Oct 2019 Ms Magdalena Anna VALLEBONA 12 Sep 2018 01 Oct 2019 Ms Daniela Alessandra VIGILANTE 12 Sep 2018 01 Oct 2019 Mr Rafael SAMPSON 20 Apr 2018 20 Apr 2019 Ms Camille MAURY 08 Mar 2018 01 Apr 2019 Ms Mayssa Sana N Vande Vyvre 28 Feb 2018 12 Apr 2018 Mr Renaud Batier 14 Oct 2017 13 Oct 2018 Ms Simona Vackeová 08 Sep 2017 06 Sep 2018 Ms Magdalena Anna VALLEBONA 08 Sep 2017 06 Sep 2018 Ms Daniela Alessandra VIGILANTE 08 Sep 2017 06 Sep 2018 Ms Mayssa Sana N Vande Vyvre 07 Dec 2016 06 Dec 2017 Mr Renaud Batier 30 Sep 2016 20 Sep 2017 Ms Simona Vackeová 30 Sep 2016 08 Sep 2017 Ms Astrid Volckaert 30 Sep 2016 07 Sep 2017 Ms Magdalena Anna VALLEBONA 30 Sep 2016 08 Sep 2017 Ms Magdalena Anna VALLEBONA 23 Sep 2015 21 Sep 2016 Mr Renaud Batier 22 Sep 2015 17 Sep 2016 Ms Simona Vackeová 19 Sep 2015 18 Sep 2016 Ms Simona Vackeová 06 Sep 2014 04 Sep 2015 Ms Astrid Volckaert 10 Sep 2014 08 Sep 2015 Mr Renaud Batier 06 Sep 2014 04 Sep 2015 Mrs Simona Vackeová 06 Sep 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mr Adolfo Aiello 06 Sep 2014 04 Sep 2015 Mr Renaud Batier 27 Jun 2013 21 Jun 2014 Ms Astrid Volckaert 26 Jul 2012 25 Jul 2013 Mr Adolfo Aiello 26 Jul 2012 25 Jul 2013 Mrs Simona Vackeová 23 Mar 2012 02 Apr 2013 Mr Renaud Batier 10 Mar 2012 02 Apr 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
Cerame-Unie is active in the following organisations / platforms:
- AEGIS Europe
- BusinessEurope
- CEN
- Construction Products Europe
- Energy Intensive Industries' Alliance
- IED Alliance
- REACH Alliance
- SPIRE
- World Ceramic Tiles Forum
- World Refractory Association
- EP Ceramics Forum
- Eurométaux
- Construction2050 AllianceMember 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
400,000€ - 499,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
High Level expert Group on energy-intensive industries#E03326#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3326 #Member #C#Industry#Sherpa Group#Raw Materials Supply Group#E01353#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1353 #Member #C#Industry#Commission expert group on climate change policy #E03590#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3590 #Member #C#Industry, SMEs#Trade Contact Group#E02134#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2134 #Member #C#Industry, SMEs#Innovation Fund Expert Group#E03593#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3593 #Member #C#Industry#Expert Group on the exchange of information on Best Available Techniques related to industrial emissions (IED Article 13 Forum)#E02611#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2611 #Member #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
Green new deal#Climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development#Competitive European Industry: long-term and sustainable investment#SME
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
36 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 publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 12 May 2023 Location Brussels Subject Exchange on competition and State aid questions, and the challenges of the ceramic industry Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Thomas Woolfson (Cabinet member)
- Pierre-Arnaud Proux (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 May 2023 Location Brussels Subject Present their Roadmap to 2050- and their views on decarbonisation Attending - Kerstin Jorna (Director-General)
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Date 20 Oct 2022 Location Brussels Subject circular economy and construction sector Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 07 Jul 2022 Location Virtual Subject Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Gints Freimanis (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 06 Dec 2021 Location video conference Subject revision of Climate, Energy and Environmental Aid Guidelines (CEEAG) Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Zaneta Vegnere (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Nov 2021 Location Virtual Subject Meeting the European Ceramic Industry Association (ECIA) to discuss the ECIA position concerning the Commission’s new CEEAG (Climate, energy and environment aid Guidelines) Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Arunas Ribokas (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Nov 2021 Location Online Subject Meeting on the draft Communication on the revised Climate, Energy and Environmental Aid Guidelines (CEEAG) Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elisa Ferreira Portfolio Cohesion and Reforms Attending - Carole Mancel-Blanchard (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Oct 2021 Location Online Subject High energy prices and how this is affecting the competitiveness of European companies in the energy intensive sectors. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Tatiana Marquez Uriarte (Cabinet member)
- Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
- Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Jun 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Pact for skills: re/upskilling needs for a successful green and digital transition in the energy intensive industries ecosystem Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - Federazione Imprese Siderurgiche Italiane
- European Aluminium AISBL
- industriAll European Trade Union
- The Association of Polish Papermakers
- European Chemical Industry Council
- Borealis AG
- European Chemical Employers Group
- MBO Raad
- Ferroglobe
- EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG
- EUROALLIAGES
- Bundesarbeitgeberverband Chemie e.V.
- Malopolska Region Brussels Office
- FuelsEurope
- Revigrés - Pavimentos e Revestimentos
- European Steel Technology Platform
- SSAB AB
- Aurubis AG
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Date 07 Jun 2021 Location video-call Subject Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Antoine Colombani (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 03 May 2021 Location Video conference Subject Carbon Borden Adjustment Mechanism Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Gints Freimanis (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - EUROMETAUX
- EUROPEAN BICYCLE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
- European Aluminium AISBL
- EUROALLIAGES
- The European Steel Association
- Fertilizers Europe
- Federazione Imprese Siderurgiche Italiane
- European Domestic Glass
- AEGIS Europe
- Dalmine S.p.A.
- European Producers Union of Renewable Ethanol
- Fieldfisher (Belgium) LLP
- UNIFE
- Confederation of European Paper Industries
- GlassFibreEurope
- King & Spalding LLP
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Date 14 Apr 2021 Location Video-conference Subject Trade defence and market access Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member)
- Sofja Ribkina (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Jul 2020 Location Brussels Subject To discuss ETS guidelines Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Louise Groenfeldt (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 May 2020 Location video-call Subject ETS and compensation of indirect costs Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Antoine Colombani (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 May 2020 Location Brussels (video conference) Subject ETS Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Jan 2020 Location Brussels Subject introduction to the ceramics industry and its key priorities related to industrial policy Attending - Gwenole Cozigou (Acting Director-General)
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Date 23 Nov 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject clean energy transition and decarbonisation Attending - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
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Date 10 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject EU industry and China Attending - Jean-Luc Demarty (Director-General)
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Date 24 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject Ceramic Industry/SPIRE Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)
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Date 17 Sep 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Presentation of a study Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - European Melamine Producers Association
- Confederazione Generale dell'Industria Italiana
- EUROPEAN BICYCLE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
- The European Steel Association
- EUROMETAUX
- EU ProSun
- European Aluminium AISBL
- Confederation of European Paper Industries
- EUROALLIAGES
- European Association of Mining Industries, Metal Ores & Industrial Minerals
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Date 17 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject EU-China trade relations Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject AEGIS presenting new study on consequences of granting MES to China Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Miguel Ceballos Baron (Cabinet member)
- Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
- Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - EUROMETAUX
- Confederazione Generale dell'Industria Italiana
- The European Steel Association
- EUROALLIAGES
- European Melamine Producers Association
- EU ProSun
- EUROPEAN BICYCLE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
- Confederation of European Paper Industries
- European Association of Mining Industries, Metal Ores & Industrial Minerals
- European Aluminium AISBL
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Date 17 Sep 2015 Location Berlaymont Subject Market economy status for China Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Bernd Martenczuk (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - European Association of Mining Industries, Metal Ores & Industrial Minerals
- Confederazione Generale dell'Industria Italiana
- The European Steel Association
- European Melamine Producers Association
- EUROPEAN BICYCLE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
- EUROMETAUX
- European Aluminium AISBL
- EUROALLIAGES
- EU ProSun
- Confederation of European Paper Industries
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Date 03 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject AEGIS Europe and MES China Cabinet Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini Portfolio Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Attending - Peteris Ustubs (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jul 2015 Location European Commission, Brussels, Belgium Subject ETS Review Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Gints Freimanis (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject Introductory meeting Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner)
- Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject China policy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)
- Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 May 2015 Location BU-24 3/87 Subject ETS Attending - Jos Delbeke (Director-General)
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Date 29 Apr 2015 Location Brussels Subject Better Regulation Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Antoine Colombani (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Apr 2015 Location Berlaymont, Brussels Subject Trade Policy Cabinet Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini Portfolio Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Attending - Peteris Ustubs (Cabinet member)
- Arianna Vannini (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Industrial Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Energy Union and energy intensive industries Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Christian Linder (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Feb 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Competitiviness, Energy Union and ETS review Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
- Silvia Bartolini (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Developments in the ceramics industry, TTIP and Trade Defence Instruments Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Jan 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Consumer policies and Consumer protection package Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Jan 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Introduction to the work of Cerame-Unie Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Competition Attending - Soren Schonberg (Cabinet member)