Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.75 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Cocoa Association (ECA)
EU Transparency Register
03804222429-10 First registered on 01 Oct 2009
Goals / Remit
On behalf of its members, ECA monitors and reports on developments impacting the cocoa sector, (scientific, regulatory and business-related).
ECA also publishes quarterly grind statistics and provides general cocoa-related information to interested parties.
In addition, ECA is actively engaged in European and International fora related to the industry’s contribution to a sustainable cocoa economy.Main EU files targeted
food safety, trade, development
Address
Head Office
Avenue des Gaulois, 3
Brussels 1040
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 12 Jan 2017
Name Start date End Date Ms Catherine Entzminger 11 Jan 2023 01 Feb 2024 Mr Evangelos Koumentakos 07 Jan 2023 06 Jan 2024 Ms Julia VÁZQUEZ SANTIAGO 07 Jan 2023 06 Jan 2024 Mr Matthijs DE MEER 25 Jun 2022 24 Jun 2023 Mr Jakub PUŹNIAK 22 Jan 2020 01 Dec 2020 Aldo MARINO 21 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Ms Efthymia THEODORIDOU 17 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Ms Catherine Entzminger 01 Nov 2019 31 Oct 2020 Ms Maria NEGUT 17 Apr 2019 17 Apr 2020 Ms Catherine Entzminger 23 Jun 2018 22 Jun 2019 Maria Suman 23 Jan 2018 20 Jan 2019 Ms Catherine Entzminger 24 Feb 2017 23 Feb 2018 Ms Julia Manetsberger 23 Jan 2017 19 Jan 2018 Maria Suman 23 Jan 2017 13 Jan 2018 Ms Catherine MARTINEZ ENTZMINGER 14 Apr 2016 05 Apr 2017 Alessia Squarcella 06 Apr 2016 05 Apr 2017 Mrs Catherine MARTINEZ ENTZMINGER 17 Jan 2012 01 Nov 2012 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Maria Suman (EU Affairs Officer - Trade Policy and Communication)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Catherine Entzminger (Secretary General)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
PFP
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Monitoring of trade and scientific developments for cocoa and ad hoc meetings with commission officials on specific topics of interest. (Currently approximately 6-10/year)
Meetings
Meetings
3 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 28 Jun 2021 Location Videoconference Subject cocoa and due diligence Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jan 2021 Location Virtual Subject To discuss the cocoa initiative and deforestation-related issues, raised by traders and manufacturers of cocoa. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Eglantine Cujo (Cabinet member)
- Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
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Date 10 Nov 2020 Location Videoconference Subject cocoa sustainability Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
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