Overview
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Former Foodstuff Processors Association (EFFPA)
EU Transparency Register
821295712391-66 First registered on 09 Dec 2013
Goals / Remit
- To represent, defend and promote the interests of the Former foodstuffs processing industry to the European Institutions;
- To lobby for a legislative framework and its implementation, without discrimination in EU Member States so as to maximise the feed use of food products not used for human consumption;
- To develop professional rules and good manufacturing practices including the sourcing of former foodstuffs that ensure the quality and the safety of the produced feed;
- To promote the feed use of former foodstuffs as the number two option after human consumption in a sustainable way responding to the objective of a sustainable feed and food chain;
- To promote pre-competitive research with a view to improve the efficiency of the conversion of former foodstuffs in feed and its sustainability, as well as the establishment of standards (e.g. methods of analysis for packaging residues);
- To promote the establishment and development of national associations of former foodstuff processors complementary to the objectives and interests of EFFPAMain EU files targeted
EFFPA works on the integration of a harmonized legal framework for former foodstuff processors. EFFPA focuses on Feed Hygiene Regulations, ABP regulations and the Waste Framework Directive
Address
Head Office
Wetstraat, 223
Brussel 1040
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
Anton van den Brink also works as a parttime employee to FEFAC
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Anton van den Brink (Secretary)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Paul Featherstone (President)
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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
EFFPA is
- associate member to FEFAC, the European Feed Manufacturers Association, http://www.fefac.eu/
- member to the EU Feed Chain Task Force (Feed Catalogue)Member organisations
http://www.effpa.eu/members/
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
None declared
Other financial info
Main cost to EFFPA is the employee expense
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
EFFPA has not undertaken any major public relation activity yet, apart from a significant website update
Other activities
EFFPA is a member of the Working Group on Food Losses and FoodWaste , which supports the Commission in sharing of best practices in food waste prevention and in identifying possible EU actions.
- Meetings
Meetings
2 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 25 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject Food waste Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Marco Valletta (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Jul 2017 Location Brussels Subject Food waste Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Marco Valletta (Cabinet member)
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