Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Furniture Industries Confederation (EFIC)
EU Transparency Register
95910795422-52 First registered on 04 Mar 2011
Goals / Remit
Monitoring EU legislation affecting the furniture sector and informing EFIC members; Building common goals and positions; Representing the EU furniture manufacturers within the European Institutions; Working on common projects of interest for the sector.
Main EU files targeted
Among its main activities, EFIC:
• duly represents the furniture manufacturers within the European Institutions such as the EU Commission, the Council and the European Parliament;
• defends the common interests of its Members and promote strategies aimed at ensuring right conditions for the furniture market in EU policies and priorities;
• constantly monitors EU legislation and new legislative initiatives, regularly updating its members and participating to EU public and stakeholders` consultations;
• provides a good and permanent relationship and an exchange platform between the national and European trade organizations for common projects, interests and ideas;
• studies all the relevant EU trade, technical, economic, social, fiscal problems and more generally all questions of interest to the development of the industries represented;
• collects, analyses and distributes the corresponding documentation;
• takes part in projects of common interest to the members.Address
Head Office
Rue Montoyer, 24
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 17 Jun 2019
Name Start date End Date Constance ROSSI 11 Nov 2023 08 Nov 2024 Gabriella KEMENDI 11 Nov 2023 08 Nov 2024 Ms Constance ROSSI 11 Nov 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms GABRIELLA KEMENDI 11 Nov 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Camilla SMORRA 13 Sep 2022 05 Jun 2023 Ms GABRIELLA KEMENDI 09 Sep 2022 08 Sep 2023 Ms Giorgia MURGIA 19 Nov 2019 01 Dec 2020 Ms GABRIELLA KEMENDI 25 Oct 2019 24 Oct 2020 Ms Giorgia MURGIA 06 Sep 2018 31 Aug 2019 Ms Roberta DESSI 23 Aug 2018 19 Jul 2019 Mr Manfredi Maria Marchese 24 Jan 2018 23 Aug 2018 Mr Manfredi Maria Marchese 05 Oct 2017 06 Jan 2018 Ms Roberta DESSI 08 Sep 2017 23 Aug 2018 Mr Manfredi Maria Marchese 28 Apr 2017 27 Sep 2017 Ms Naima Koubaa 30 Sep 2016 01 Apr 2017 Ms Roberta DESSI 13 Sep 2016 08 Sep 2017 Ms Roberta DESSI 10 Sep 2015 08 Sep 2016 Ms Roberta DESSI 16 Sep 2014 10 Sep 2015 Ms Camilla Sinclair RAVAZZOLO 04 May 2013 03 May 2014 Mrs Camilla Sinclair RAVAZZOLO 09 Feb 2012 01 Mar 2013 Complementary Information
EFIC Secretary General is based in Brussels and works full time for the representation of EFIC`s interests.
In some activities and/or sectors, other EFIC representatives from its member federations represent the confederation for specific policies.Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Gabriella Kemendi (Secretary General)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Markus Wiesner (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 Furniture National Federations, Full Members of EFIC, are:
Austria: Austrian Furniture Industry
Belgium: FEDUSTRIA, Fédération belge de l'industrie textile et l'industrie du bois et de l'ameublement
Bulgaria: BCWFI, Bulgarian Branch Chamber of Woodworking and Furniture Industry
Denmark: TMI, Træ- og Møbelindustrien
France: UNIFA - Union Nationale des Industries Françaises de l’Ameublement
Germany: VDM, Verband der Deutschen Möbelindustrie
Hungary: Hungarian Association Magyar Bútor – és Faipari Szövetség
Italy: FLA, Federlegnoarredo
Netherlands: CBM, Branchevereniging voor interieurbouw en meubelindustrie
Norway: Norsk Industri møbel + interiør
Portugal: AIMMP, Associação das Indústrias de Madeira e Mobiliário de Portugal
Sweden: TMF, Trä- och Möbelföretagen
Turkey: MOSDER, Association of Turkish Furniture Manufacturers
The Single Companies, Associated Members of EFIC, are:
Ikea of SwedenMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
Other financial info
Financing through membership contributions.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Expert Group on Forest-based Industries and Sectorally Related Issues#E01356 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=1356 #Member #C#Expert Group on the exchange of information on Best Available Techniques related to industrial emissions (IED Article 13 Forum)#E02611 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=2611 #Member #C
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
EFIC priority areas are:
•Information to consumers
•Harmonization of EU Internal Market
•Health and safety
•Environmental Sustainability
•IPRs protection
•Innovation and product development
•Education and Training
•Free and fair trade
•Sectorial Social DialogueOther activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
1 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 17 Sep 2021 Location Video-conference Subject Upcoming Russian export ban on logs Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member)
- Sofja Ribkina (Cabinet member)
- Cristina Rueda Catry (Cabinet member)
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