Growing Media Europe

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

150,000€

Financial year: Oct 2016 - Dec 2016

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

2.25 Fte (6)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

2

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Growing Media Europe   (GME)

    EU Transparency Register

    01873234294-62 First registered on 05 Oct 2010

    Goals / Remit

    Growing Media Europe represents growing media companies in Europe and acts as the interlocutor of the industry at EU level.

    GME is committed to highest environmental practices in peat extraction, to the responsible use of peat and to promoting the unique properties of peat as a growing medium constituent in horticultural plant production.

    Main EU files targeted

    Organic Farming
    Fertilising Product Proposal
    Circular Economy
    Common Agricultural Policy
    Eco-Labeling
    Sustainability

    Address

    Head Office
    Rue de Treves 49-51
    Brussels 1040
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    6

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%1
    25%5

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    2.25

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 07 Dec 2017

    Name Start date End Date
    Geoffrey BENNETT 14 Nov 2023 13 Nov 2024
    Cecilia Luetgebrune 14 Nov 2023 13 Nov 2024
    Mr Geoffrey BENNETT 14 Nov 2023 15 Apr 2024
    Ms Cecilia Luetgebrune 14 Nov 2023 15 Apr 2024
    Mr Geoffrey BENNETT 17 Nov 2022 14 Nov 2023
    Ms Cecilia Luetgebrune 09 Nov 2022 09 Nov 2023
    Ms Cecilia Luetgebrune 28 Oct 2021 28 Oct 2022
    Ms Cecilia Luetgebrune 01 May 2019 01 May 2020
    Mr Ignacio Gentiluomo 13 Feb 2018 14 Feb 2019
    Ms Cecilia Luetgebrune 15 Jan 2018 22 Dec 2018
    Ms Cecilia Luetgebrune 15 Nov 2016 12 Nov 2017

    Complementary Information

    Growing Media Europe AISBL has only one employee, whioch is the full time Secretary General. As we have internal working groups within the associaiton, some representatives of our members are involved in the activities described under heading 9.

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Ms Luetgebrune Cecilia (Secretary General of GME)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Siebels Norbert (Chairman Growing Media Europe)

  • Categories

    Category

    III - Non-governmental organisations

    Subcategory

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    The following associations are members in Growing Media Europe:

    - AIPSA - Associazione Italiana di Produttori di Substrati di coltivazione e Ammendanti
    - UPJ - UNION DES ENTREPRISES POUR LA PROTECTION DES JARDINS ET DES ESPACES VERTS) 
    - AFAÏA
    - BPF - Belgian Potting Soil Federation
    - Lithuanian Association of Peat Producers
    - Latvian Peat Producers Association
    - Swedish Peat Association
    - RHP - Regeling Handels Potgronden
    - VPN - Vereniging Potgrond - en Substraatfabrikanten Nederland
    - IVG Industrieverband Garten e.V.
    - UK Growing Media Association

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Oct 2016 - Dec 2016

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    150,000€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    Fertiliser Working Group DG Growth

    ACC

    None

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    - Events in the European Parliament (conferences, receptions)
    - Field trips for site visits
    - Position paper, press releases, website

    Other activities

    Harmonisation of Growing media legislation in the EU
    Adopting a sustainability agenda with our members
    Monitoring legislative proposals of interest for the Growing Media industry

  • 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.

    • Date 28 Apr 2021 Location video phone call
      Subject Raw materials and sustainable food production.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski
      Portfolio Agriculture
      Attending
      • Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
    • Date 26 Jun 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject single market harmonisation in view of the importance of horticulture
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
      Portfolio Agriculture &amp; Rural Development
      Attending
      • Peter Power (Cabinet member)
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