Overview
Lobbying Costs
500,000€ - 599,999€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3 Fte (12)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
16
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Express Association (EEA)
EU Transparency Register
1894704851-83 First registered on 22 Dec 2008
Goals / Remit
The European Express Association (EEA) represents global and local express delivery companies in Europe, whose core business is the provision of door-to-door transport and deliveries of next-day or time-definite shipments domestically and across the globe. In the European Union, the express industry directly employs 330,000 workers and supports some 1.1 million jobs across the EU. It delivers more than 450 million packages each year, constituting almost half of the intra-European air cargo market.
The EEA provides the express industry with a voice at both European and national levels to promote and protect the industry’s interests and objectives in line with the needs of their customers. The EEA consists of three committees, which cover: Trade Facilitation & Customs, Transport & Environment and Security.
The secretariat for the European Express Association is provided by Hume Brophy, an external public affairs and communications consultancy.Main EU files targeted
European policy areas covered by the organisation span postal reform, parcel delivery, environmental policy, transport policy (covering all modes: rail, road, rail, aviation and sea), customs and security related topics and trade issues.
Current relevant initiatives include:
- COM (2015) 192 final: Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe
- COM(2016) 285 final: Cross-border parcel delivery services
- VAT Digital Single Market Package
- Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
- Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1082/2012 amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 185/2010 in respect of EU Aviation Security Validations
- Commission Delegated regulation (EU) 2015/2446 and Commission Implementing regulation (EU) 2015/2447
- Ongoing amendments to the Union Customs Code (UCC), UCC IT Work Programme, VAT E-Commerce Package and Import Control System 2.0 (ICS2)
- COM (2015) 598 final: An Aviation Strategy for Europe
- COM (2017) 0279: Monitoring and reporting of CO2 emissions from and fuel consumption of new heavy-duty vehicles
- COM (2017) 0281: Pursuing the occupation of road transport operator and access to the international road haulage market
- COM (2017) 0278: Posting drivers in the road transport sector
- COM (2017) 0277: Minimum requirements on maximum daily and weekly driving times, minimum breaks and daily and weekly rest periods; positioning by means of tachographs
- COM (2017) 0275: Charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures
Responses by the EEA to specific consultations can be found at http://www.euroexpress.org/e-library/position-papersAddress
Head Office
Rue de la Science, 41
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue de la Science, 41
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
12
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 12 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
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
The full EEA members are members of the Global Express Association (GEA) which is an international body defending the interests of the express industry.
The EEA is a member of the European Services Forum (ESF).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 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
500,000€ - 599,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
500,000€ - 599,999€
Other financial info
The EEA is totally financed by the members contribution. There are two different levels of membership: full and associate (without voting rights).
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Stakeholders' Advisory Group on Aviation Security#X02883#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?groupID=2883 #Member #C#Industry#Trade Contact Group#E02134#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?groupID=2134 #Member #C#Industry#Expert Group on Drones#E03533#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?groupID=3533 #Member #C#Industry#European Observatory on Airport Capacity & Quality#E01111#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?groupID=1111 #Member #C#Industry#EU VAT Forum#E02845#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?groupID=2845 #Member #C#Professionals#CPG 002 - ICS 2.0 Functional Requirements / Specification and Transition Feasibility Project Group#E03500#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?groupID=3500 #Member #C#Industry#Expert Group on Land Transport Security#E02821#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?groupID=2821 #Observer #C#Industry#Noise Expert Group#E02809#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?groupID=2809 #Member #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Other activities
The EEA represents interests related to activities such as: logistics, cargo and freight. European policy areas of concern to the organisation include: trade negotiations, postal reform, environmental policy, transport policy (covering all modes: rail, road, rail, aviation and sea), customs and security related topics.
Meetings
Meetings
16 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 20 Apr 2022 Location Online Subject Digital labor platforms Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Commission - Mette Dyrskjot (Cabinet member)
- Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jul 2020 Location videoconference Subject EU-UK future trade relations Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Commission - Dermot Ryan (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Rail and road transport topics Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Commission - Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject Transport security Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King Portfolio Security Union Commission - Silvio Mascagna (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject Aviation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Commission - Joshua Salsby (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Mar 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Union Customs Code Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Commission - Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Mar 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Tax issues Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Commission - Antoine Kasel (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Mar 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Customs issues Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Commission - Maria Elena Scoppio (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Union customs code Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Commission - Lee Foulger (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Feb 2015 Location Brussels/BE Subject European Express Association Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Commission - Matej Zakonjsek (Cabinet member)
- Marjeta Jager (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Parcel delivery Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject TTIP Trade Facilitation Chapter and Developments of Union Customs Code Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Commission - Jon Nyman (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Customs Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Commission - Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Dec 2014 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Union Customs Code - implementing and delegated acts Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Commission - Maria Elena Scoppio (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject Securitisation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Commission - Valérie Herzberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject Capital Markets Union Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Commission - Valérie Herzberg (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists