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Overview
Lobbying Costs
1,500,000€ - 1,749,999€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
12 Fte (13)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
4
High-level Commission meetings
10
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Euroseeds (Euroseeds)
EU Transparency Register
11362308587-10 First registered on 16 Apr 2012
Goals / Remit
Euroseeds is the voice of the European seed sector, representing the interests of those active in research, breeding, production and marketing of seeds of agricultural, horticultural and ornamental plant species.
Euroseeds' mission is to work for:
fair and proportionate regulation of the European seed sector;
freedom of choice for its customers (farmers, growers, industry, consumers) in supplying seeds as a result of innovative, diverse technologies and production methods;
effective protection of intellectual property rights relating to plants and seeds.Main EU files targeted
All EU initiatives, policies and legislative files touching upon plant breeding (including access to genetic resources, research and development), seed production, seed trade and seed marketing.
Some specific procedures are:
-Proposal for a Regulation on the sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115
-Review of the legislation on the production and marketing of plant reproductive material
-Review of the legislation for plants produced by certain new genomic techniquesAddress
Head Office
Avenue des Arts 52 7th floor
Brussels 1000 - Euroseeds
BELGIUMEU Office
Avenue des Arts 52 7th floor
Brussels 1000 - Euroseeds
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
13
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 11 50% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
12
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 04 Dec 2023
Name Start date End Date Mr Cesar GONZÁLEZ 25 Nov 2023 22 Nov 2024 Mr Garlich von Essen 29 Sep 2023 27 Sep 2024 Ms Petra JORASCH 28 Apr 2023 26 Apr 2024 Ms Francesca Romana Minniti 05 Jan 2023 31 Dec 2023 Mr Cesar GONZÁLEZ 19 Oct 2022 19 Oct 2023 Ms Petra JORASCH 25 Mar 2022 25 Mar 2023 Mr Cesar GONZÁLEZ 28 Sep 2021 28 Sep 2022 Mr Garlich von Essen 11 Jan 2020 09 Jan 2021 Ms Valentina Garoia 24 Sep 2019 01 Oct 2020 Mr Cesar GONZÁLEZ 31 Aug 2019 01 Sep 2020 Ms Petra JORASCH 09 Mar 2019 01 Apr 2020 Ms Angela MARTINEZ 05 Mar 2019 05 Mar 2020 Mr Cesar GONZÁLEZ 22 Sep 2018 31 Aug 2019 Ms Alexandra SABOU 21 Sep 2018 08 Feb 2019 Ms Catherine WILSON 06 Sep 2018 01 Dec 2018 Ms Valentina Garoia 06 Jun 2018 01 Jun 2019 Ms Petra JORASCH 22 Mar 2018 09 Mar 2019 Ms Alexandra SABOU 14 Sep 2017 14 Sep 2018 Ms Catherine WILSON 31 Aug 2017 23 Aug 2018 Ms Valentina Garoia 04 Feb 2017 03 Feb 2018 Ms Alessia Cogliandro 30 Sep 2016 24 Sep 2017 Ms Valentina Garoia 23 Jan 2016 22 Jan 2017 Ms Alessia Mariagrazia Canova Cogliandro 17 Jun 2015 15 Jun 2016 Ms Ana Ascenção e Silva 20 May 2015 11 May 2016 Ms Ana Ascenção e Silva 08 Apr 2014 04 Apr 2015 Ms Alessia Mariagrazia Canova Cogliandro 19 Jun 2014 17 Jun 2015 Mr Garlich von Essen 21 Aug 2014 12 Aug 2015 Mrs Alessia Mariagrazia Canova Cogliandro 19 Jun 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mrs Ana Ascenção e Silva 08 Apr 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mr Jean-Paul Judson 07 Jun 2013 06 Jun 2014 Ms Katharina Bednarz 08 Jun 2013 08 Jun 2014 Mr Jean-Paul Judson 20 Apr 2012 17 Jun 2013 Ms Katharina Bednarz 20 Apr 2012 17 Jun 2013 Complementary Information
None declared
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
Agri Food Chain Coalition (AFCC); www.agrifoodchaincoalition.eu
Member organisations
None declared
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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
1,500,000€ - 1,749,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant EU project Farmers Pride 6,600€ Grant Eu project Bresov 49,000€ Grant EU project Cropbooster 60,000€ Grant Eu project Invite 7,700€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant EU project Bresov 55,000€ Grant EU project Cropbooster 10,000€ Grant EU project Invite 20,000€ Grant EU project GeneBecon 20,000€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
1,500,000€ - 1,749,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Advisory Group on Sustainability of Food Systems#E03832#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3832 #Member #C#Industry, SMEs#Animal Health Advisory Comittee#Consultation Forum on Access and benefit sharing (ABS)#E03396#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3396 #Member #C#Industry#Advisory Group on the Food Chain and Animal and Plant Health#E00860#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=860 #Observer #C#Industry, SMEs#Working Group on Seeds and Propagating Material#Working Group on Plant Health#Expert Group on the European Food Security Crisis Preparedness and Response Mechanism#E03829#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3829 #Member #C#Industry, SMEs
Groups (European Parliament)
LUFPIG Land Use and Food Policy InterGroup
Communication activities
see www.euroseeds.eu
Other activities
a.o., EU legislation on
- Seed Marketing
- Plant Health
- Plant Variety Rights
- Biodiversity
- Common Agricultural Policy
- Organic Farming
- Plant Protection Products
- Research and Innovation
- Biotechnology
- Development
- Climate
- Environment
- International Trade
Meetings
Meetings
10 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 publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 11 Oct 2022 Location Brussels Subject To discuss the contribution of innovative plant breeding to food security and sustainability to achieve the green deal objectives Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
- Joanna Stawowy (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 21 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject Novel Genomic Technique Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jul 2022 Location Brussels Subject Novel Genomic Techniques Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Maciej Golubiewski (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Jun 2022 Location Brussels Subject VTC meeting on Plant reproductive material and NGTs. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides Portfolio Health Attending - Roberto Reig Rodrigo (Cabinet member)
- Ines Prainsack (Cabinet member)
- Giorgios Rossides (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Jan 2022 Location Virtual meeting Subject Exchange of information Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Maciej Golubiewski (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Dec 2021 Location virtual Subject Transatlantic seed trade in the context of the Trade & Technology Council Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 07 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on food safety Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides Portfolio Health Attending - Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 20 Mar 2019 Location Brussels Subject general presentation Attending - Anne Bucher (Director-General)
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Date 09 Jul 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Innovation in seeds Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Annika Nowak (Cabinet member)
- Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner)
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Date 27 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject New breeding techniques, innovation in seeds Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)
- Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists