Overview
Lobbying Costs
800,000€
Financial year: Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3 Fte (12)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
18
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 represents global and local express delivery companies. In the EU-27 alone, the express industry directly employs 272,000 people but supports 579,000 jobs in total across the EU27. It delivers more than 450 million packages each year, constituting almost half of the intra-European air cargo market. It has been forecast that, by 2020, the express industry will directly employ 300,000 people in the EU-27.
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 four committees, which cover: Competition & Market Reform, Customs, Transport & Environment and Security.
The secretariat for the European Express Association is provided by FleishmanHillard, an external 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 (2011) 824 final: Proposal for a Regulation of the EP and of the Council on ground handling services at Union airports and repealing Council Dir. 97/67/EC
- COM (2011) 827 final: Proposal for a Regulation of the EP and of the Council on common rules for the allocation of slots at EU airports
- COM (2011) 828 final: Proposal for a Regulation of the EP and of the Council on the establishment of rules and procedures with regard to the introduction of noise-related operating restrictions at Union airports
- COM(2013) 195: Proposal for a Directive amending Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 07 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorized dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorized weights in international traffic
- COM (2012) 698: Green Paper on an integrated parcel delivery market for the growth of e-commerce in the EU
- Regulation (EU) No 185/2010 laying down detailed measures for the implementation of the common basic standards on aviation security
- Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1082/2012 amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 185/2010 in respect of EU Aviation Security Validations
- TAXUD/UCC-DA/2014: Draft Union Customs Code Delegated Act
- TAXUD/UCC-IA/2014: Draft Union Customs Code Implementing Act
Responses by the EEA to specific consultations can be found at http://www.euroexpress.org/e-library/position-papersAddress
Head Office
Square de Meeus, 35
Brussels 1000
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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
Mr Mark van der Horst (Treasurer)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Jaap Mulders (Chairman)
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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
The full EEA members are also members of the Global Express Association (GEA) which is an international body defending the interests of the express industry.
The EEA is also a member of the Postal Users Group (PUG) and the European Services Forum (ESF).Member organisations
Membership details about the European Express Association can be found at:
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
800,000€
Other financial info
The EEA is totally financed by members’ contributions. There are two different levels of membership: full and associate (without voting rights).
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
The EU VAT Forum
Land Transport Security Expert Group (LANDSEC)
EU-US Transportation Security Cooperation Group
European Observatory on Airport Capacity
European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property RightsACC
The Trade Contact Group (TCG)
The Stakeholder's advisory Group on Aviation Security (SAGAS)Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
The EEA represents interest 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
18 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 29 Jan 2024 Location Brussels Subject Implementation of Regulation ReFuelEU Aviation DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Magdalena Kopczynska (Director-General)
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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 Attending - 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 Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Dermot Ryan (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jul 2020 Location videoconference Subject EU-UK future trade relations Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - Silvio Mascagna (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject Aviation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - 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 Attending - Valérie Herzberg (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists