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Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Federation of Aluminium Consumers in Europe (FACE)
EU Transparency Register
112124332458-45 First registered on 31 Aug 2018
Goals / Remit
With a membership comprised of many of the top aluminium downstream stakeholders, the Federation of Aluminium Consumers in Europe (FACE) is the voice of Europe’s aluminium consumers. Since its founding in May 1999, FACE has advocated for a fair playing field for the continent’s downstream aluminium as well as promoting the versatile metal by showcasing its economic, social, and environmental virtues.
Based in Brescia, Italy, the association boasts a membership of almost three dozen companies, organizations, and associations hailing from seven different European countries, plus two additional observer members from outside Europe.
FACE was founded with five objectives:
1. Achievement of fair trade in primary aluminium and aluminium products across all markets and in all countries.
2. Promotion of aluminium and aluminium products as a superior choice due to its significant economic, social, and environmental advantages.
3. Continual assessment and evaluation of new and emerging technology for the production, semi-fabrication, trade, and use of aluminium.
4. Stimulating demand for aluminium by reducing the cost of primary aluminium.
5. Increase membership in the federation.
FACE zealously promotes a positive image of the downstream aluminium sector via outreach to the press and education for the public, and provides a forum for sharing of technological expertise, best practices, economic and statistical data and analyses, and other information of interest and benefit to the European downstream aluminium sector.
Since its inception, FACE has spearheaded several lobbying efforts on behalf of the downstream aluminium sector. Among FACE’s biggest victories came early on in its existence. Prior to its formation, few of Europe’s citizens were aware of the onerous 6-percent duty levied on imports of aluminium. In order to combat this, FACE took the initiative – changing perceptions, establishing dialogues, educating decision makers, and presenting well-researched and convincing arguments on behalf of the industry as a whole.
In short, FACE acted as the missing piece, filling the gap between aluminium consumers and Europe’s policymakers. Once the groundwork was laid, the path to victory was assured. Having pled its case to Europe’s governments, FACE initiated Europe’s first-ever tariff quota request, which led shortly after to the duty to be cut in half, but only upon unalloyed aluminium.
Far from resting upon its laurels, FACE still has much work to do to reach the goal of a duty-free European aluminium market. The Federation continues to expand its activities by drawing the international spotlight to Europe’s aluminium trade. From marketing, trade shows, conferences, and various Internet portals, FACE will continue to advocate for Europe’s aluminium sector, with the goal of reducing governmental and economic obstacles for the industry to zero.Main EU files targeted
Any policy that is relevant to the aluminium sector such as: trade, trade barriers, competition, tariff, safe guard investigations, environment, energy efficiency, circular economy, standards
Address
Head Office
Rond Point Schuman 6
Box 5
Bruxelles 1040
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 2 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Roger Bertozzi (EU & WTO Affairs)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Mario Conserva (Secretary General)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade unions and professional associations
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
https://face-aluminium.com/about-face/
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Participating in events, publishing articles,
Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
3 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 04 Dec 2020 Location video conference Subject Trade and climate Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Sep 2020 Location video-call Subject Green Deal and low-carbon aluminium Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Antoine Colombani (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Jul 2019 Location Brussels Subject Import tariffs on aluminium Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Pedro Velasco Martins (Cabinet member)
- Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists
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