Overview
Lobbying Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.1 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
8
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Europe's Independent Fuel Suppliers (UPEI)
EU Transparency Register
42843016904-50 First registered on 07 Oct 2011
Goals / Remit
The function of UPEI within Europe is:
to ensure equitable trading conditions for our members
to promote a competitive market
to encourage efficiency of fuel supply, retailing and consumption
to represent the views of our members to European policy-makers
to secure equal and equitable treatment for our members in the formulation of laws and regulations (taxes, security stock regulations, quality standards, biofuel mandates etc.)
to increase the diversity of supply by region and supplierMain EU files targeted
- Energy Union.
- European Green Deal.
- Energy Efficiency and Energy Efficiency in Buildings Directives.
- Fuels Quality Directive.
- Energy Taxation Directive.
- Renewable Energy Directive.
- Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation.
- Emission Trading System.
- CBAM.
- Fuel EU Maritime.
- ReFuel EU Aviation.
- RePowerEU.
- EU Future Mobility Strategy, mobility, transport, and automotive ecosystem.
- CO2 Emission Standards for LDVs / HDVs.
- Compulsory Oil Stocks and security of supply.
- Sustainable transport, urban mobility.
- Service Payments Directive and fuel cardsAddress
Head Office
Avenue de la Renaissance, 1
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
Avenue de la Renaissance, 1
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 10% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 28 Oct 2022
Name Start date End Date Mr Ivan Indracek 05 Nov 2021 05 Nov 2022 Ms Cecile NOURIGAT 07 Sep 2021 08 Sep 2022 Mr Ivan Indracek 21 Jul 2020 21 Jul 2021 Ms Cecile NOURIGAT 22 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Mr Ivan Indracek 09 Mar 2019 01 Apr 2020 Ms Cecile NOURIGAT 29 Jan 2019 22 Jan 2020 Mr Brian WORRALL 26 Oct 2018 26 Oct 2019 Ms Yvonne Stausboll 03 Aug 2018 10 Jan 2019 Ms Andra Maria Vasiu 03 Aug 2018 09 Mar 2019 Mr Ivan Indracek 23 Feb 2018 23 Feb 2019 Ms Andra Maria Vasiu 06 Sep 2017 03 Aug 2018 Ms Yvonne Stausboll 31 Aug 2017 03 Aug 2018 Mr Thierry De Meulder 23 Feb 2017 15 Feb 2018 Mr Ivan Indracek 21 Feb 2017 17 Feb 2018 Ms Yvonne Stausboll 06 Sep 2016 31 Aug 2017 Ms Andra Maria Vasiu 07 Sep 2016 06 Sep 2017 Ms Ieva Staniulyte 24 May 2016 20 Jul 2016 Ms Ieva Staniulyte 20 Nov 2015 18 May 2016 Ms Yvonne Stausboll 06 Aug 2015 22 Jul 2016 Ms Yvonne Stausboll 31 Jul 2014 29 Jul 2015 Mr Thierry De Meulder 23 Jan 2015 20 Jan 2016 Mr Bernd SCHNITTLER 01 Aug 2014 30 Jul 2015 Mrs Yvonne Stausboll 31 Jul 2014 27 Jan 2015 Ms Alessandra De Zottis 04 Jul 2014 02 Jul 2015 Mr Bernd SCHNITTLER 19 Sep 2013 01 Aug 2014 Mrs Yvonne Stausboll 19 Sep 2013 31 Jul 2014 Mr Bernd SCHNITTLER 17 Jan 2012 01 Dec 2012 Complementary Information
UPEI employs only two persons in its Secretariat. The other person with accreditation is a member of our presiding Board who require less frequent access, and who overall spend much less than 10% of his working time on the activities covered by the Register for UPEI.
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
- Informal Coalition on Sustainable & Renewable Fuels.
- Mobility for Prosperity in Europe (MPE).
- Sustainable Mobility European Platform.Member organisations
http://upei.org/members
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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
200,000€ - 299,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Other financial info
In 2021, the total expenses of UPEI were 253.207,31 €.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Excise Contact Group #E02806#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?groupID=2806 #Member #C#Finance, Civil society, Employees/workers#Trade Contact Group#E02134#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?groupID=2134 #Member #C#Industry#Expert Group on alternative transport fuels ('the Sustainable Transport Forum')#E03321#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?groupID=3321 #Member #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
UPEI Annual report.
UPEI 2050 vision.
UPEI/FETSA report on the implications of the energy transition for the European storage, fuel supply and distribution infrastructure.Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
8 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 15 Apr 2021 Location Brussels - video conference Subject Speech at their event about the Fit for 55 Package Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Mar 2021 Location Conference call Subject Renewable fuels to climate neutrality and economic growth Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Methanol Institute
- European Boating Association
- Verband der Deutschen Biokraftstoffindustrie
- CO2 Value Europe AISBL
- EWABA
- Association for Emissions Control by Catalyst
- Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V.
- NGVA Europe
- European Association Automotive Suppliers
- International Road Transport Union Permanent Delegation to the EU
- eFuel Alliance
- European Producers Union of Renewable Ethanol
- FuelsEurope
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Date 13 Jan 2021 Location Video conference Subject Reflecting on the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy: how to fuel the transition? Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Sep 2020 Location Video-conference Subject Sustainable mobility and transport policy review Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jul 2020 Location Video Conferencing Subject European Green Deal; Renewables;Fuel Quality. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Mar 2018 Location Bruxelles Subject to discuss the energy transition and clean mobility package and how the independent fuel supply sector can contribute and, in particular, aspects relating to infrastructure investments Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Alessandro Carano (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Dec 2015 Location Brussels Subject Heating and cooling strategy and the future of the FQD Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Yvon Slingenberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject New developments in the context of the Energy Union Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Gonzalo De Mendoza Asensi (Cabinet member)