Overview
Lobbying Costs
385,000€
Financial year: Jan 2011 - Dec 2011
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
None declared
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
9
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Travel Retail Confederation (ETRC)
EU Transparency Register
90905271757-87 First registered on 26 May 2009
Goals / Remit
The European Travel Retail Confederation (ETRC) changed its name from the European Travel Retail Council in February 2012.
ETRC is a confederation of national trade associations whose members are the individual companies operating in European duty free and travel retail markets, including airports, scheduled and charter airlines, ferry companies, retail shop operators, brand owners, distributors and their agents.
ETRC is an umbrella organisation whose mission is to represent, both within Europe and internationally, the interests of its members that retail tax and duty free products and services to international travellers, as well as those operating in the European tax and duty paid travel retail trading environment that developed following abolition of intra-EU tax and duty free sales on June 30th 1999. With membership from the Tax Free World Association (TFWA),ETRC now represents over 500 European companies.
Its goal is to obtain the most favourable operating environment for travel related commerce through advancing the interests of its members in contacts with national governments and the EU institutions.
This will be achieved through:
1. Representing the membership's agreed common interests at the EU and European level to influence regulatory proposals and legislation.
2. Strengthening and protecting the industry through the development of comprehensive industry representation and the provision of necessary resources.
3. Influencing legislative activities and regulatory issues that may impact on members' interests at both the European and global level.
4. Promoting the economic value of the industry.
5. Promoting the growth and expansion of the industry.
6. Facilitating communication between members to allow coordination and support on common issues.Main EU files targeted
Address
Head Office
Paper Mews
Dorking RH4 2TU
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People
Total lobbyists declared
None declared
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 06 Oct 2012
Name Start date End Date Ms Julie LASSAIGNE 14 Sep 2019 12 Sep 2020 Ms Kate Norah BYRNE 14 Sep 2019 12 Sep 2020 Mr Keith SPINKS 15 Dec 2018 14 Dec 2019 Mr Keith SPINKS 10 Nov 2017 10 Nov 2018 Mr Keith SPINKS 04 Nov 2016 03 Nov 2017 Mr Keith SPINKS 04 Nov 2015 23 Oct 2016 Mr Keith SPINKS 28 Oct 2014 24 Oct 2015 Mr Keith SPINKS 10 Oct 2013 09 Oct 2014 Mr Keith SPINKS 16 Oct 2012 07 Oct 2013 Keith SPINKS 06 Mar 2012 01 Sep 2012 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
None declared
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Keith Spinks (Secretary General)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade, business & professional associations
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2011 - Dec 2011
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
385,000€
Other financial info
The ETRC is funded through subscriptions received from national affiliated trade associations and through campaign donations from individual companies working in the duty free and travel retail trade across Europe and beyond.
Since 2009, a new category of membership has been established that allows companies operating in the market to become Corporate Members of the council.
At the end of 2011, ETRC had 31 Corporate Members. From shop operators: Aelia, Aer Rianta International, Aldeasa, Dufry, Gebr. Heinemann, The Nuance Group, Schiphol Airport Retail & World Duty Free Group. From liquor companies: Bacardi Martini, Brown Forman, Pernod Ricard, Remy Cointreau & William Grant. From Beauty and fragrances: BPI, Chanel, Christian Dior, Clarins, Coty Prestige, Estee Lauder, Interparfums, L’Oreal, P & G, PUIG & Shiseido. From the food industry: Kraft & Nestlé. From tobacco companies: BATI, ITL, JTI & PMWT.
For the avoidance of doubt, ETRC wishes to state clearly that the four Corporate Members from the tobacco industry do pay membership fees to ETRC and take part in ETRC activities. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
None declared
Communication activities
None declared
Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
9 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 31 Oct 2023 Location Brussels Subject 1) Duty free sales 2) Baggage and duty-free goods 3) Sustainability DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Magdalena Kopczynska (Director-General)
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Date 01 Jul 2021 Location Brussels (Teams) Subject EU COVID Certificate Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Jul 2021 Location online meeting Subject Implementation Covid Certificate Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas Portfolio Promoting the European Way of Life Attending - Chris Uregian (Cabinet member)
- Maria-Myrto Kanellopoulou (Cabinet member)
- Despina Spanou (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Nov 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Videoconference - Discussion on Excise and VAT rules DG Taxation and Customs Union Attending - Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General)
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Date 06 Nov 2020 Location virtual Subject Arrivals Duty Free DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 04 Sep 2019 Location Brussels Subject Excise and VAT Directives Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - David Boublil (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Mar 2019 Location Brussels Subject Aviation topics Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Joshua Salsby (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject Labelling in different languages Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject Aviation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Joshua Salsby (Cabinet member)
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