Overview
Lobbying Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
10
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC)
EU Transparency Register
421495541254-57 First registered on 04 Feb 2021
Goals / Remit
ESMC promotes solar manufacturing made in Europe, the creation of a political environment to support industrial manufacturing and research while maintaining it at the top level globally. It promotes the development and investment in solar technology along the whole value chain (i.e. materials, wafer, modules, inverters and other electronic components) to assist high level system integration as well as production of equipment in Europe.
Main EU files targeted
-Directive 2018/2001/EU on the promotion of the use of renewable
energy (RED II)
-EcoDesign Directive
-Ecolabel
-IPCEI for PV manufacturing
-The Just Transition Funds
-The EU Solar Industry AllianceAddress
Head Office
Rue Royale 146
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue Royale 146
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 50% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
100,000€ - 199,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
Name zygimantas vaicunas Closed year Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
10 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 publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 27 Apr 2023 Location Brussels Subject EU policies and initiatives such as the Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework, REPowerEU and the Net Zero Industry Act Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Thomas Woolfson (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Jan 2023 Location Brussels Subject PV manufacturing industry proposals Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Peter van Kemseke (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Nov 2022 Location Brussels (WEBEX) Subject Launching of the EU Solar PV Industry Alliance Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Kurt Vandenberghe (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Sep 2022 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Preparation of the Solar Alliance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Eszter Batta (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Sep 2022 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject will follow Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Eszter Batta (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Sep 2022 Location Video Conferencing Subject To discuss some inputs to the forthcoming EU Solar PV Industry Alliance. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Barbara GLOWACKA (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Mar 2022 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on EMSC’s ongoing initiatives and Commission’s work on boosting the manufacturing and deployment of solar PVs in the EU Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
- Barbara GLOWACKA (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Dec 2021 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on IPCEIs Attending - Kerstin Jorna (Director-General)
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Date 22 Jun 2021 Location Videoconference Subject EU solar PV industry in recovery and green transition. Upcoming EU initiatives related to solar PV. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
- Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
- Thor-Sten Vertmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Apr 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Presentation of ESMC’s recently published policy statement “Solar Manufacturing Renaissance in Europe – Appeal for Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) commitment”. Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)