Overview
WARNING: As this organisation lists one or more EP accredited lobbyists, it may not be probable that its lobbying costs are lower than €10,000.
Lobbying Costs
9,999€
Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Vegetarian Union (EVU)
EU Transparency Register
109356110578-03 First registered on 05 Feb 2013
Goals / Remit
The European Vegetarian Union (EVU) is the voice of the growing number of Europeans choosing vegetarian and vegan products over animal-based nutrition and production (food and non-food). Its aim is to make vegetarian and meat-reduced lifestyles safe for consumers, producers and traders and provide adequate information on related health issues, as well as on plant health, animal health and welfare and environmental protection, with reference to a vegetarian lifestyle.
The EVU was founded in 1988 and is representing 36 national member organisations in 25 countries. It is funded mainly by membership fees. Any autonomous European organisation working in the vegetarian sector can have full membership with voting rights. The EVU is politically, ethnically and religiously neutral, independent and autonomous.
The EVU is the only European organisation for the interests of Europeans choosing vegan and vegetarian products and lifestyles.
The EVU
- gets in touch with political actors and requires changes where we see shortcomings in policy plans or legal frameworks
- promotes the production and use of vegetarian products to benefit people, animals and the environment
- cooperates with other institutions and organisations for greater recognition of vegetarian issues;
- acts as media resource for the dissemination of information on vegetarianism;
- gives advice to, promotes and/or acts as a resource for other vegetarian organisations.
The EVU also provides the European V-label, a quality seal for vegan and vegetarian products. Currently over 400 European companies make use of the V-label on thousands of products. In this way, consumers trust and have confidence in the EU food supply and traders/producers are enabled to supply a trend which is increasingly growing. (http://v-label.eu/)Main EU files targeted
- Implementing Act on Labelling of Food Suitable for Vegans and Vegetarians according to Article 36(3)(b) Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011
Address
Head Office
Friedhofstr. 12
Fischbach 67693
GERMANY -
People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 11 Jan 2018
Name Start date End Date Rafael Pinto 05 Jun 2024 05 Jun 2026 Ms Caroline FORMONT 21 Apr 2023 19 Aug 2023 Rafael Pinto 21 Apr 2023 26 Apr 2024 Mr Elias VAN MARCKE 21 Jun 2022 15 Apr 2023 Ms Ronja BERTHOLD 20 Nov 2019 20 Nov 2020 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Till Strecker (Head of Public Affairs)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Felix Hnat (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
EVU is a member of the International Vegetarian Union (IVU).
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
9,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
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Other activities
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Meetings
Meetings
4 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.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 27 Jun 2023 Location Brussels Subject Fit for 55 DG Climate Action Attending - Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General)
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Date 21 Nov 2022 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Ongoing legislative initiatives on the plant-based food sector Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Joanna Stawowy (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Oct 2021 Location Online Subject Review of the EU agricultural promotion policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Roberto Berutti (Cabinet member)
- Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner)
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Date 30 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject The Food Chain, Innovation and Challenges, Food Information to Consumers, Nutrition, and Food Waste, Animal Health, Animal Welfare and Plant Health Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Arunas Ribokas (Cabinet member)
- Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner)
- Marco Valletta (Cabinet member)
- Arunas Vinciunas (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists