Overview
Lobbying Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4.5 Fte (8)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
7
High-level Commission meetings
29
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Cockpit Association (ECA)
EU Transparency Register
39838147687-59 First registered on 13 Jan 2012
Goals / Remit
The European Cockpit Association represents the collective interests of its Member Associations at European level, striving for the highest levels of aviation safety and fostering social rights and quality employment for pilots in Europe.ECA strives to ensure safe and sustainable growth of the air transport industry across Europe, based upon clear, harmonised and enforceable rules throughout the EU.
Moreover, since 2000, ECA is a recognised Social Partner in the EU's Sectoral Social Dialogue. This allows it to develop - jointly with European employers' organisations - common positions, recommendations and agreements that can have legally binding effect throughout the EU.
ECA pursues its aims by:
Active involvement with the European Institutions regulating the European air transport, such as EASA, the European Commission, European Parliament and Council of Ministers, as well as EUROCONTROL and ECAC;
Monitoring European legislative and policy developments and advising our m (...)Main EU files targeted
Aviation safety and security
White paper on transport
Single European Sky
Transport social package
fight against undeclared work
training and skills
posting of workers
working time
Aviation environmentAddress
Head Office
rue du Commerce, 20-22
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
rue du Commerce, 20-22
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
8
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 5 25% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
7 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 27 Apr 2024
Name Start date End Date Loic MICHEL 13 May 2023 10 May 2024 Anastasiia PRYCHTA 11 May 2023 10 May 2024 Kristina GIRETHOVA 11 May 2023 10 May 2024 Sarah KAMER 23 Feb 2024 21 Feb 2025 Paulina MARCICKIEWICZ 18 May 2023 17 May 2024 Ignacio PLAZA SEVILLANO 21 Feb 2024 20 Feb 2025 Philip VON SCHOPPENTHAU 21 Feb 2024 20 Feb 2025 Ms Sarah KAMER 23 Feb 2024 15 Apr 2024 Mr Ignacio PLAZA SEVILLANO 21 Feb 2024 15 Apr 2024 Mr Philip VON SCHOPPENTHAU 21 Feb 2024 15 Apr 2024 Ms Paulina Marcickiewicz 18 May 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Loic MICHEL 13 May 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Anastasiia PRYCHTA 11 May 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Kristina GIRETHOVA 11 May 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Ignacio PLAZA SEVILLANO 02 Mar 2023 21 Feb 2024 Mr Philip VON SCHOPPENTHAU 19 Jan 2023 19 Jan 2024 Ms Sarah KAMER 16 Nov 2022 16 Nov 2023 Ms Kristina GIRETHOVA 01 Jun 2022 11 May 2023 Ms Anastasiia PRYCHTA 26 May 2022 11 May 2023 Ms Paulina Marcickiewicz 26 May 2022 18 May 2023 Mr Loic MICHEL 24 May 2022 13 May 2023 Mr Loïc Claude Richard MICHEL 21 May 2022 21 Jun 2022 Mr Ignacio PLAZA SEVILLANO 10 Mar 2022 02 Mar 2023 Mr Philip VON SCHOPPENTHAU 20 Jan 2022 19 Jan 2023 Ms Kristina GIRETHOVA 30 Jan 2020 30 Jan 2021 Mr Loïc Claude Richard MICHEL 15 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Mr Philip VON SCHOPPENTHAU 19 Dec 2019 19 Dec 2020 Mr Ignacio PLAZA SEVILLANO 19 Dec 2019 19 Dec 2020 Ms Paulina Marcickiewicz 19 Dec 2019 19 Dec 2020 Ms Rosella Marasco 21 Aug 2019 01 Sep 2020 Mr Loïc Claude Richard MICHEL 11 Jan 2019 11 Jan 2020 Ms Sarah KAMER 20 Dec 2018 01 Jan 2020 Mr Philip VON SCHOPPENTHAU 19 Dec 2018 19 Dec 2019 Mr Ignacio PLAZA SEVILLANO 19 Dec 2018 19 Dec 2019 Ms Paulina Marcickiewicz 19 Dec 2018 19 Dec 2019 Ms Kameliya Georgieva Encheva 19 May 2018 18 May 2019 Ms Rosella Marasco 19 May 2018 18 May 2019 Ms Sarah KAMER 03 Jan 2018 20 Dec 2018 Mr Philip VON SCHOPPENTHAU 15 Dec 2017 14 Dec 2018 Mr Ignacio PLAZA SEVILLANO 15 Dec 2017 14 Dec 2018 Mr Loïc Claude Richard MICHEL 15 Dec 2017 14 Dec 2018 Ms Paulina Marcickiewicz 15 Dec 2017 14 Dec 2018 Ms Kameliya Georgieva Encheva 09 Jun 2017 19 May 2018 Ms Rosella Marasco 09 Jun 2017 19 May 2018 Mr Philip VON SCHOPPENTHAU 13 Dec 2016 13 Dec 2017 Mr Ignacio PLAZA SEVILLANO 13 Dec 2016 13 Dec 2017 Mr Loïc Claude Richard MICHEL 13 Dec 2016 13 Dec 2017 Ms Rosella Marasco 18 May 2016 14 May 2017 Ms Paulina Marcickiewicz 18 May 2016 14 May 2017 Ms Kameliya Georgieva Encheva 16 Apr 2016 14 Apr 2017 Mr Ignacio PLAZA SEVILLANO 03 Dec 2015 01 Dec 2016 Mr Loïc Claude Richard MICHEL 03 Dec 2015 01 Dec 2016 Mr Philip VON SCHOPPENTHAU 18 Nov 2015 16 Nov 2016 Ms Rosella Marasco 19 May 2015 13 May 2016 Ms Paulina Marcickiewicz 19 May 2015 13 May 2016 Mr Ignacio PLAZA SEVILLANO 26 Nov 2014 24 Nov 2015 Ms Kameliya Georgieva Encheva 26 Nov 2014 24 Nov 2015 Mr Philip VON SCHOPPENTHAU 22 Nov 2014 18 Nov 2015 Mr Loïc Claude Richard MICHEL 22 Nov 2014 20 Nov 2015 Mr Philip VON SCHOPPENTHAU 21 Dec 2013 22 Nov 2014 Mr Loïc Claude Richard MICHEL 21 Dec 2013 22 Nov 2014 Mr Ignacio PLAZA SEVILLANO 21 Dec 2013 26 Nov 2014 Ms Kameliya Georgieva Encheva 21 Dec 2013 26 Nov 2014 Mr Philip VON SCHOPPENTHAU 25 Jan 2013 18 Dec 2013 Mr Loïc Claude Richard MICHEL 30 Jan 2013 21 Dec 2013 Mr Ignacio PLAZA SEVILLANO 30 Jan 2013 21 Dec 2013 Mr Philip VON SCHOPPENTHAU 09 Feb 2012 08 Feb 2013 Mr Ignacio PLAZA SEVILLANO 01 Feb 2012 08 Feb 2013 Mr Loïc Claude Richard MICHEL 27 Feb 2012 08 Feb 2013 Complementary Information
The association is composed both of permanent and benevolent representatives.
6 staff members are involved in the activities described under heading 9.
ECA is governed by 7 elected persons that also deal with those activities. These persons are not ECA employees and their contribution is not remunerated.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 unions and professional associations
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Networking
Affiliation
Ifalpa International Air Line Pilots Associations http://www.ifalpa.org
Flight Safety Foundation https://flightsafety.org/
EUROCAE https://www.eurocae.net/
CEN https://www.cen.eu/Pages/default.aspxMember 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
Type Name Amount Grant European Commission DG EMPL VS/2019/0291 88,281€ 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)
Expert Group on Aviation Internal Market#E03118#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3118 #Observer #C#Professionals#Sub-group on social matters related to aircrews#Expert Group on the human dimension of the single European sky#E02561#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2561 #Member #C#Professionals#Expert Group on Drones#E03533#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3533 #Member #C#Employees/workers#Group of experts on horizontal social issues in transport#E03732#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3732 #Observer #C#Employees/workers#Stakeholders' Advisory Group on Aviation Security#X02883#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2883 #Member #C#Professionals
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Atypical employment in the aviation sector (social dialogue joint project together with the associatin of European Airlines, with the financial support of the European commission)
Various publications in the domains of security, Safety and air Traffic Management (see www.eurocockpit.be)Other activities
In the area of air transport, we followed EU's activities in airport securty (revision of the regulation, new screening methods), safety (follow up of EASA work and rules, black list etc), the airport packages (slots, groundhandling)....
In the area of employment and social affairs, we folloew the debates on social secirity coordination, revision of the posted worker directive, the esecise of fundamental rights and the revision of the working time directive among others
Meetings
Meetings
29 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 Dec 2023 Location Brussels Subject - Revision of Regulation 1008/2008 - Pilots fatigue - Cooperation with EASA DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Magdalena Kopczynska (Director-General)
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Date 11 Jan 2023 Location Brussels Subject 1008/2008 revision Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Rachel Smit (Cabinet member)
- Walter Goetz (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Sep 2022 Location brussels Subject Aviation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Rachel Smit (Cabinet member)
- Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner)
- Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
- Walter Goetz (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject Aviation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Walter Goetz (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Jul 2022 Location Brussels Subject Aviation Dialogue Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner)
- Rachel Smit (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Feb 2021 Location Conference call Subject Meeting to discuss the social aspects of the SSMS. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Walter Goetz (Cabinet member)
- Gaëlle Michelier (Cabinet member)
- Pablo Fabregas Martinez (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Jan 2021 Location Conference call Subject Meeting to discuss the latest developments in aviation. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Gaëlle Michelier (Cabinet member)
- Pablo Fabregas Martinez (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Dec 2020 Location online Subject aviation roundtable report DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Attending - Joost Korte (Director-General)
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Date 26 Nov 2020 Location virtual Subject Aviation Roundtable Report DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 23 Sep 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Videoconference meeting on the working conditions of pilots. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
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Date 14 Jul 2020 Location Conference call Subject Air transport Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Gaëlle Michelier (Cabinet member)
- Pablo Fabregas Martinez (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Jun 2020 Location telephone conference Subject impact of the crisis on pilots employment DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Attending - Joost Korte (Director-General)
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Date 17 Jun 2020 Location Conference call Subject Aviation recovery from COVID crisis Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Walter Goetz (Cabinet member)
- Gaëlle Michelier (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Apr 2020 Location Conference call Subject Transport Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Pablo Fabregas Martinez (Cabinet member)
- Gaëlle Michelier (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Aviation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Gaëlle Michelier (Cabinet member)
- Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner)
- Walter Goetz (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Aviation, exchange views on upcoming challenges & mutual priorities Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Gaëlle Michelier (Cabinet member)
- Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner)
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Date 18 Nov 2019 Location Brussels Subject aviation DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 21 Nov 2018 Location Brussels Subject Working conditions in aviation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Marianne Thyssen (Commissioner)
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Date 21 Nov 2018 Location Brussels Subject Meeting on Working conditions in aviation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Violeta Bulc (Commissioner)
- Joshua Salsby (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Jul 2018 Location Brussels Subject Aviation- social aspects Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Joshua Salsby (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Jul 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Social dimension of aviation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Marianne Thyssen (Commissioner)
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Date 22 May 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Social agenda in aviation DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 07 Sep 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject NAI, NAUK DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 02 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject European sectoral social dialogue committee for Civil Aviation (SSDC) Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Violeta Bulc (Commissioner)
- Joshua Salsby (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Jan 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Board meeting, aviation safety strategy, aviation policy DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 21 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject Aviation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Joshua Salsby (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Apr 2015 Location Brussels/Be Subject European Cockpit Association Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Marjeta Jager (Cabinet member)
- Violeta Bulc (Commissioner)
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Date 20 Apr 2015 Location Brussels, Belguim Subject Meeting between European Cockpit Association and Commissioner Bulc Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Matej Zakonjsek (Cabinet member)
- Marjeta Jager (Cabinet member)
- Violeta Bulc (Commissioner)
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Date 18 Mar 2015 Location Brussels/BE Subject European Cockpit Association (ECA) Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Marjeta Jager (Cabinet member)