Overview
Lobbying Costs
350,000€
Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
5
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Organisation of the Sawmill industry (EOS)
EU Transparency Register
024776016336-52 First registered on 04 Mar 2015
Goals / Remit
The European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry (EOS) is a Brussels-based non-profit association representing the interests of the European sawmilling sector and the benefits of its products. The collective expertise of EOS’s members provides a unique source of information both for and on the industry; coordinating essential exchanges of experience and knowledge among its members, the ability to provide technical assistance to legislators and to identify independent experts on specific issues. Through its member countries, EOS represents some 35 000 sawmills in 13 countries across Europe manufacturing sawn boards, timber frames, glulam, decking, flooring, joinery, fencing and several other wood products. Together they represent 75 % of the total European sawn wood output and a turnover of almost 34 billion EUR, creating over 259 000 job opportunities annually in the EU.
The mission of the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry is:
• To assure synergy between its members;
• To defend the interests of the sector;
• To submit positions and resolutions;
• To monitor information to and from members;
• To carry out studies (social, economical, and environmental);
• To coordinate the promotion of the use of wood.
The main objective of EOS is to deal with all the issues concerning the European timber processing industry, especially to:
• Represent and defend the common interests of its members before international bodies and, if necessary, in co-operation with its members, before national authorities;
• Provide a good and permanent relationship between the trade organisations which are Members;
• Develop all activities in favour of European produced timber products, in particular in the fields of promotion, research, standardisation and trade policy;
• Analyse the economic, social and technical developments regarding the primary timber processing.Main EU files targeted
Eu Forestry Strategy; Eu Clean Air Package; Circular Economy Package; European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials; Bio-based Economy Strategy; Free Trade Agreements; Social Affairs, Climate Actions.
Address
Head Office
rue Montoyer 24
Brussels 1000
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 01 Mar 2019
Name Start date End Date Diego Benedetti 30 Jan 2024 29 Jan 2025 Silvia MELEGARI 19 Jan 2024 17 Jan 2025 Mr Diego Benedetti 30 Jan 2024 15 Apr 2024 Ms Silvia MELEGARI 19 Jan 2024 15 Apr 2024 Ms Silvia MELEGARI 23 Nov 2022 23 Nov 2023 Ms Silvia MELEGARI 29 Oct 2021 29 Oct 2022 Ms Silvia MELEGARI 17 Sep 2019 17 Sep 2020 Mr Diego Benedetti 13 Sep 2019 01 Oct 2020 Mr Diego Benedetti 06 Sep 2018 01 Sep 2019 Ms Silvia MELEGARI 22 Aug 2018 01 Sep 2019 Mr Diego Benedetti 16 Sep 2017 06 Sep 2018 Ms Silvia MELEGARI 08 Sep 2017 22 Aug 2018 Ms Silvia MELEGARI 30 Sep 2016 08 Sep 2017 Mr Diego Benedetti 30 Sep 2016 16 Sep 2017 Ms Silvia MELEGARI 08 Sep 2015 04 Sep 2016 Ms Alice De Bevoise 07 Mar 2015 05 Mar 2016 Kimmo Järvinen 06 Mar 2015 06 Sep 2015 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Silvia Melegari (Secretary General)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Silvia Melegari (Secretary General)
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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
CEI-Bois, the European Confederation of woodworking industries
Nevertheless, EOS is an indipendent organisation.Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
350,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Commission operational expert group of the European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials #E03392 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3392 #Member #C#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
Groups (European Parliament)
GLOBE EU: the cross-party group of European Parliament legislators acting as the 'EP chapter' of GLOBE International (non-party political organisation that supports legislators through national chapters to develop and advance laws on climate change, natural capital accounting and forests).
Communication activities
Events:
- Wood Action Days (Brussels, 22 - 24 September 2014)
- International Softwood Conference (every year in different member country)
- International Hardwood Conference (every year in different member country)
- Club du Bois (twice a year -event with MEPS)
-The city Forest project March 2017
- The city Forest project March 2018
- The city Forest project March 2019
EOS Annual Report -available onlineOther activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
5 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 31 Aug 2022 Location Brussels Subject Implementation of the EU Forest Strategy for 2030, and the LULUCF proposal Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
- Stefanie Hiesinger (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 24 Jun 2022 Location video-call Subject Nature Restoration Law proposal Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 08 Nov 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Forest based industries Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
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 - Sofja Ribkina (Cabinet member)
- Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member)
- Cristina Rueda Catry (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 28 May 2020 Location videoconference Subject The need of policies creating the condition for resilient forests and enhancing the development of bioeconomy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle (Cabinet member)
- Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
- Meetings