Federation belge de la viande

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Registration as it was on 17 Aug 2017
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Overview

Lobbying Costs

17,500€

Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

0.75 Fte (3)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

2

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Federatie Belgisch Vlees   (FEBEV)

    EU Transparency Register

    893391428026-16 First registered on 17 Aug 2017

    Goals / Remit

    FEBEV is the national federation of Belgian slaughterhouses, cutting plants and wholesalers for pork, bovine, sheep and equine. We have about 140 members from the three regions within Belgium. Our members represent 96% of the national turnover in the pork sector and 85% in the bovine industry.

    The offices of FEBEV are located in the heart of Brussels. Our daily operations are managed by our team of specialists.

    The food industry, and moreover the meat sector is characterized by a great number of companies, and FEBEV is the spokesperson defending their interests in negotiating with authorities, animal rights activists and the political scene.

    FEBEV channels information for its members and assists them when problems or questions arise. Typical questions are linked to export, quality, regulatory issues, animal welfare, etc.

    Belgian meat is exported to approximately 60 countries worldwide. FEBEV assists operators to implement export procedures in close collaboration with the FASFC (the Federal Agency For the Safety of the Food Chain). FEBEV also plays an important role in the search of new markets, in collaboration with governmental and other specialized organizations such as VLAM, BMO, FIT and AWEX (national bodies active in exploring new opportunities for the Belgian economy).

    FEBEV also maintains unique monitoring systems and has developed a guide for self-checking systems for the meat sector adding extra guarantees to products for products sold globally.

    Main EU files targeted

    Free Trade agreements (CETA, Mercosur, TTIP, etc.)
    Export negotiations with third countries
    Animal welfare regulations
    Transport of meat
    Veterinary regulations/ meat inspection

    Address

    Head Office
    Arduinkaai 37
    Brussels 1000
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    3

    Employment timeLobbyists
    25%3

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    0.75

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    No lobbyists with EP accreditations

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Mr Michael Gore (Managing director)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Michael Gore (Managing director)

  • Categories

    Category

    II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations

    Subcategory

    Trade unions and professional associations

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    https://www.febev.be/nl/over-febev/febev-in-andere-organisaties

    Member of FEVIA, the Belgian Food industry Association

    Member of UECBV, the European Meat and Livestock Association.

    Member organisations

    - Belpork vzw: quality scheme for pork
    - Belbeef vzw: quality scheme for Beef
    - IVB: Interprofessional organization for classification of carcasses
    - IGP BBB: scheme for BBB bovine

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    17,500€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    None

    ACC

    None

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    - Setup of IT- platforms destined to fulfill export requirements from 3rd countries (PRC, Russian Federation)
    - Meat2020 project. A national project with grants from the Flemish community to improve the resilience of the Belgian meat industry and set up indicators for companies to benchmark their performance against those from others
    - Antibiotics project, financed by FEBEV and its members to find a screening solution for antibiotics prior to animals entering the food chain as a precautionary measure on farm level.
    - Participation in various university studies on microbiology, meat quality, sustainability
    - Yearly events organized in conjunction with the FASFC (Federal Food Agency) to help operators improve their self-checking systems based on the HACCP principles.
    - Several meetings through our European federation UECBV with the European commission relating to animal welfare, transport of meat, trade with PRC, food fraud, etc.

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    2 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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