Overview
Lobbying Costs
37,500€
Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Ship Suppliers Organization (OCEAN)
EU Transparency Register
52916966911-90 First registered on 08 Oct 2011
Goals / Remit
OCEAN – the European Ship Suppliers Organization - is the voice of the Ship Supplying Industry of Europe. Founded in 1976 under the French Title: “Organisation de la Communauté Européenne des Avitailleurs de Navires”, today OCEAN concentrates its work on achieving an optimum business climate for European Ship Suppliers and on strengthening the competitiveness of the industry as a whole.
Our Organization plays an important role in creating better understanding of the Ship Supply industry in Europe. Our organization is committed to transparent and open communication and inclusive dialogue between our members and European policy-makers.
Today, we represent many hundreds of Ship Chandlers who supply a wide range of goods to several hundred thousands ships annually in most of the 1,200 merchant ports throughout the 70,000 km of the European coastline. Ship Suppliers provide a 24-hour service throughout the year and are an essential element of modern maritime trade and a vibrant shipping industry, which is responsible for 90% of the EU's international trade and around 40% of the freight exchanges between EU Member States (Source: EU Commission).
OCEAN speaks on European policy matters affecting our daily business, particularly Customs (import, export and transit); Taxation (Excise & VAT); Veterinary rules and Maritime Affairs.
Our vision is to be:
- An effective lobbying organization in the EU,
- A representation body for European Ship Supply,
- A trusted discussion partner for European institutions and governments.Main EU files targeted
Customs (Union Customs Code - Delegated/Implementing Acts)
VAT
Trade
Export controlsAddress
Head Office
The Baltic Exchange, 1
St Mary Axe
London EC3A 8BH
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
81A rue de la Loi
4th floor
Brussels 1040
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 2 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
The office in Brussels employs 3 part-time people to be directly or indirectly in charge of representing OCEAN including the Secretart General, the Policy Advisor, and secretarial/administrative support.
The Organization has two secretariats - in London: office for the administration and the running of the organisation, and in Brussels: our European affairs and advocacy office! The Administrative Secretary in London is Mr. Sean Moloney (secretariat@shipsupply.eu) and the Secretary General in Brussels is Mr. Karsten Maier (info@shipsupply.eu).
OCEAN is also a Committee of ISSA - the International Shipsupply and Services Association - recognizing the global nature of our trade.
The OCEAN Board is represented by Mr. Dirk Cupido, Chaiman of OCEAN. To contact him, please email to president@shipsupply.euPerson in charge of EU relations
Mr Karsten Maier (Secretary General)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Dirk Cupido (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
- OCEAN is a Committee of ISSA (International Shipsuppliers & Services Association)
- OCEAN is a member of the Trade Contact Group (TCG) of the European Commission.
- OCEAN entertains informal business relations with other trade associations of the TCG and participates in the International Trade Committee of Eurocommerce.
- OCEAN takes part in SAGMaS - the advisory group of DG TREN on Maritime Security.
- OCEAN takes part in LANDSEC - the EU expert group for land transport security of DG MOVE.Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
37,500€
Other financial info
Funded by the contributions of Members' Organisations exclusively.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Stakeholders Advisory Group on Maritime Security #E01087 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=1087 #Member #C#Excise Contact Group #E02806 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=2806 #Member #C#Expert Group on Land Transport Security#E02821 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=2821 #Observer #C#Trade Contact Group#E02134 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=2134 #Member #C
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Guidelines for ship supply under Union Customs Code (UCC)
Other activities
We are active in the following EU policy areas:
Customs
Treatment of ship supply under European Customs legislation
European ship supply is greatly affected by European Customs legislation. This is because of the specialized nature of the ship supply operations.
Taxation
OCEAN points out that tax and duty-free ship supply are fundamental for European Ship Suppliers and must be maintained. This is important for both excise duties and VAT.
Export Control
This is an area which is important to ship suppliers and to the nature of their business.
Veterinary Issues
European Ship Suppliers import many goods from third countries to cater for the international crew onboard of vessels. As such, European Ship suppliers are affected by COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries. For OCEAN, it is important to come to a more simplified and flexible legislation by putting the Directive’s contents to the test, notably where it concerns the working environment of our industry (Articles 12 and 13). Items/articles of the Directive which should be rewritten in our opinion include the Storage system, Control & monitoring system, Storage regime EU approved & for transit approved products, Supply to vessels outside EU territory with a veterinary certificate, Missing veterinary certificates, 100% entrepot exit control.- 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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