Overview
Lobbying Costs
None declared
None declared
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform (ESPP)
EU Transparency Register
260483415852-40 First registered on 02 Feb 2015
Goals / Remit
ESPP’s objectives are to promote, facilitate, contribute to and/or implement phosphorus sustainability in Europe.
These objectives include in particular, but not exclusively, addressing the following issues:
- phosphorus as a non-renewable and critical resource for agriculture (food supply) and industry in Europe
- sustainable phosphate rock supply, mining and processing, including industrial applications
- phosphorus re-use, recovery and recycling in synergy with other nutrients/minerals and carbon/energy
- phosphorus use effectiveness and efficiency in agriculture (in crop and animal production) and the in the bio-economy (bio-energies and bio-materials production …)
- sustainability and safety of the food chain, from farm to dietMain EU files targeted
Fertiliser Regulation revision
Critical Raw Materials
Circular economy for bio-nutrients
Agronomic use of recycled nutrients
Nitrates Directive
Biorefineries
Groundwater Directive
Sewage sludge régulations, ISO 275
Water Framework Directive
Waste Directive, recycling and circular economy
Agriculture, Environment, Health, International policies
Research & Technology policiesAddress
Head Office
34 rue Henri Wafelaerts
Bruxelles 1060
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 08 Mar 2016
Name Start date End Date Veronica SANTORO 20 Apr 2023 19 Apr 2024 Ms Veronica SANTORO 20 Apr 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Christopher Thornton 09 Feb 2018 07 Feb 2019 Mr Christopher Thornton 20 Oct 2016 20 Oct 2017 Complementary Information
Contribution of représentatives of Platform member companies and organisations
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Arnoud Passenier (President)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Arnoud Passenier (President)
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
partnership with Global phosphorus / nutrient networks: GPNM (global), NAPPS (North America)
Member organisations
www.phosphorusplatform.eu
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
None declared
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
None declared
Other financial info
2015 accounts currently being drawn up
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
Fertilisers Working Group
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
SCOPE Newsletter
European Sustainable Phosphorus ConferenceOther activities
Platform partnership sectors
Water and waste treatment
Fertilisers & soil amendments, animal feeds, food & beverage industry
Phosphate mining, processing and chemicals industries
Technology suppliers, knowledge institutes
Partner networks: composts, digestates, manure management, R&D networks …
Nutrient / phosphorus Platforms/networks: Germany, Baltic (BSAG), Netherlands, Flanders and underway in France, UK
Geographical extension towards Black Sea, Mediterranean Neighbouring Countries
Farmers’ organisations, organic farming, environmental and consumer NGOs
Local / regional authorities- 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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Date 16 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject Circular Economy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
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