Overview
Lobbying Costs
37,500€
Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
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, the Renewable Energy Directive, the Circular Economy Package 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
The Secretariat of EFFPA is hosted by FEFAC. On behalf of FEFAC Anton van den Brink dedicates half of his time to EFFPA.
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Anton van den Brink (Policy Advisor)
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
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
37,500€
Other financial info
Main cost to EFFPA is the part-time employee expense. All funding comes from membership fees.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste#E03421 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3421 #Member #C#Advisory Group on the Food Chain and Animal and Plant Health#E00860 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=860 #Observer #C
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
On 29 March 2017 EFFPA organised its first public relations event. It aimed to showcase the former foodstuff processing value chain and provide a platform for a discussion on the future of the applicable regulatory framework. EFFPA occasionally participates as a speaker to food waste related events. EFFPA organised a factory visit for Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis on 28 November 2017.
Other activities
None declared
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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