European Renewable Energies Federation asbl

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

150,000€

Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

3 Fte (6)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

8

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    European Renewable Energies Federation asbl   (EREF)

    EU Transparency Register

    48677174683-66 First registered on 06 Dec 2010

    Goals / Remit

    EREF is the European interest and lobby group for independent producers of electricity and fuels from all renewable energy sources except large hydro.

    In a nutshell:

    EREF is the voice of Renewable Energy Producer
    EREF is the watchdog of the energy sector
    EREF is the promoter for a renewable energy value chain and regional sustainable development
    EREF is providing detailed information for public and media.

    Main EU files targeted

    EU Energy Union (Electricity Market Design, Governance 2030, Self-consumption, State Aid Guidelines)

    Circular Econmy Directive

    Revision of Water framework Directive

    Small Hydropower development in Natura 2000 areas

    Address

    Head Office
    Avenue Marnix 28
    Brussels 1000
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    6

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%1
    75%1
    50%1
    25%3

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    3

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 19 Feb 2018

    Name Start date End Date
    Mr Bertil Heerink 07 Jan 2017 04 Jan 2018

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Ms Doerte Fouquet (Director)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Ms Doerte Fouquet (Director)

  • Categories

    Category

    II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations

    Subcategory

    Trade and business associations

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    None declared

    Member organisations

    In March 2018 EREF has 34 members. EREF's membership is composed of national renewable energy umbrella and sector associations as well as renewable energy companies.
    A full list of EREF members can be found here:
    http://www.eref-europe.org/eref/members/

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    150,000€

    EU grant income for closed financial year

    230,500 € (Source: European Commission; GIZ Germany)

    Other financial info

    membership fees

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    Commission expert group on electricity interconnection targets#E03412 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3412 #Member #C#Strategic Coordination Group for the Water Framework and Floods Directives#E00371 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=371 #Member #C#ATG Article 4.7 guidance#Chemicals#Ecostat#Floods#Groundwater#Data and Information Sharing

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    Regular EREF Price Report which monitors the financial support for electricity production from all kinds of renewable energy in the EU-28.

    EREF is partner in the Project "Renewables Networking Platform".
    https://www.renewables-networking.eu

    EREF was part of the "Keep on Track!" project
    http://www.keepontrack.eu

    Other activities

    Cooperation with the European Commission, Parliament and Council on all issues regarding renewable energy policies, energy efficiency policies and related issues such as taxation, EU networks, internal market, competition and research.
    Cooperation with other European, national and international institutions and associations.

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    8 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 05 Dec 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Presentation of EREF/CNF report and ideas to support resilience of EU supply chains for strategic net-zero technologies.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
      Attending
      • Ruud Kempener (Cabinet member)
    • Date 18 Jun 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject clean energy issues in Europe
      DG Energy
      Attending
      • Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
    • Date 23 Nov 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject renewable energies
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)
    • Date 08 Nov 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Energy Union, renewable energy, energy efficiency
      DG Energy
      Attending
      • Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 21 Jun 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject European renewables industry
      DG Energy
      Attending
      • Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 26 Jan 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Keynote speech at the new year's reception of the European Renewable Energy Federation (EREF)
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete
      Portfolio Climate Action &amp; Energy
      Attending
      • Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
    • Date 29 Apr 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Proposals on renewable energy pursuant to the Energy Union Strategy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete
      Portfolio Climate Action &amp; Energy
      Attending
      • Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero (Cabinet member)
      • Yvon Slingenberg (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 08 Jan 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Energy Union
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Telmo Baltazar (Cabinet member)
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