European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

75,000€

Financial year: Dec 2014 - Dec 2015

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

1 Fte (2)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

1

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • 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 diet

    Main 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 policies

    Address

    Head Office
    34 rue Henri Wafelaerts
    Bruxelles 1060
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    2

    Employment timeLobbyists
    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 19 May 2016

    Name Start date End Date
    Ms Veronica SANTORO 20 Apr 2023 19 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)

  • Categories

    Category

    III - Non-governmental organisations

    Subcategory

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    partnership with Global phosphorus / nutrient networks: GPNM (global), NAPPS (North America)

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Dec 2014 - Dec 2015

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    75,000€

    Other financial info

    The total income is INCORRECT because the system automatically counts countries and regions which are members/partners twice, in national/regional income and in members/partners

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    None

    ACC

    Fertilisers Working Group

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    SCOPE Newsletter
    European Sustainable Phosphorus Conference

    Other 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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