Overview
Lobbying Costs
550,000€
Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Smoking Tobacco Association (ESTA)
EU Transparency Register
0138855852-93 First registered on 22 Dec 2008
Goals / Remit
Founded in 1990, the European Smoking Tobacco Association (ESTA) represents the interests of the smaller and mid-sized European manufacturers, distributors and importers of fine-cut tobacco, pipe tobacco, traditional nasal snuff tobacco and chewing tobacco and actively engages with relevant stakeholders.
The 54 members of ESTA include small and mid sized companies, many family owned, as well as member associations from the European Union Member States as well as from Norway and Switzerland.
Smoking tobacco comprises approximately 16% of the total sales of tobacco products in the European Union: around 15% for fine-cut tobacco and less than 1% for pipe tobacco.Main EU files targeted
Implementation of 2014 Tobacco Products Directive (IAs and DAs)
Continuing Review of the Directive on Tobacco Excise Duty
EU Position on WHO FCTC Guidelines
EMCS
Market Access
Anti-Illicit Trade Agreements for Tobacco
Better Regulation
Transparency RulesAddress
Head Office
Rond-Point Schuman, 9
Brussels 1040
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 75% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 04 Jun 2018
Name Start date End Date William MEYER 11 Nov 2023 08 Nov 2024 Peter Marcel VAN DER MARK 11 Nov 2023 08 Nov 2024 Mr William MEYER 11 Nov 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Peter Marcel VAN DER MARK 11 Nov 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Anna ZACHARIADOU 03 Dec 2021 03 Dec 2022 Mr William MEYER 28 Oct 2021 28 Oct 2022 Mr Peter Marcel VAN DER MARK 07 Jul 2020 07 Jul 2021 Mr Vincenzo VIOLA 07 Jul 2020 07 Jul 2021 Mr William MEYER 17 Dec 2019 17 Dec 2020 Mr Vincenzo VIOLA 03 Jul 2019 03 Jul 2020 Mr William MEYER 10 Oct 2018 10 Oct 2019 Mr Peter Marcel VAN DER MARK 27 Sep 2018 01 Oct 2019 Mr William MEYER 20 Jul 2017 13 Jul 2018 Mr Peter Marcel VAN DER MARK 20 Mar 2017 21 Feb 2018 Ms Federica ZOLLA 20 Mar 2017 03 Mar 2018 Mr William MEYER 23 Apr 2016 22 Apr 2017 Mr Paul Wujek 23 Apr 2016 24 Jan 2017 Mr Peter Marcel VAN DER MARK 07 Jan 2016 05 Jan 2017 Mr Vlad OLTEANU 21 Aug 2015 07 Jan 2016 Mr Vlad OLTEANU 07 Aug 2014 04 Aug 2015 Mr Peter Marcel VAN DER MARK 20 May 2014 05 Jun 2015 Ms Sandra DEROCLE 20 May 2014 05 Jun 2015 Mr Jonathan Goff 04 Mar 2014 03 Mar 2015 Mr Peter Marcel VAN DER MARK 06 Mar 2013 05 Mar 2014 Ms Sandra DEROCLE 28 Feb 2013 27 Feb 2014 Mr Jonathan Goff 28 Feb 2013 27 Feb 2014 Mr Jonathan Goff 28 Mar 2012 28 Feb 2013 Jonathan Goff 28 Mar 2012 27 Feb 2013 Mr Peter Marcel VAN DER MARK 24 Jan 2012 08 Feb 2013 Mrs Sandra DEROCLE 24 Jan 2012 08 Feb 2013 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Peter van der Mark (Secretary General)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Per Buch (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
Coresta (www.coresta.org)
ESTA Members support Forest EU (http://forestonline.eu/)Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
550,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Trade Contact Group#E02134 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=2134 #Member #C#Excise Contact Group #E02806 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=2806 #Member #C
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
ESTA is active on social media, and ESTA Tweets reguraily about tobacco policy and tobacco legislation. ESTA also contacts new and regular media to present its opinion.
Other 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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