Overview
Lobbying Costs
1,000,000€ - 1,249,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4.25 Fte (8)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
5
High-level Commission meetings
14
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
FIGIEFA - Fédération Internationale des Grossistes, Importateurs & Exportateurs en Fournitures Automobiles / International Federation of Automotive Distributors (FIGIEFA)
EU Transparency Register
69678928900-56 First registered on 05 Jun 2012
Goals / Remit
FIGIEFA represents the interests of 19 European national trade associations of automotive aftermarket distributors from 18 European countries.
FIGIEFA monitors and studies EU policy developments affecting the automotive aftermarket industry value chain. Its aim is focused on the maintenance and promotion of free and effective competition in the market for vehicle replacement parts, servicing and repair.Main EU files targeted
- Internal Market (vehicle and component type approval legislation, Vehicle Repair and Maintenance Information, eCall)
- Digital Single Market and Connectivity
- Automotive cybersecurity
- Roadworthiness Testing
- Competition Policy (competition law framework for the automotive aftermarket)
- Legal Protection of Industrial Designs
- CEN standardization work
- Transport Policy (White Paper), Industrial Policy, SMEs Policy
- Environment policies (end-of life vehicles and eco-maintenance, circular economy, repairability)Address
Head Office
Boulevard de la Woluwe, 42 (b5)
Bruxelles 1200
BELGIUMEU Office
Boulevard de la Woluwe, 42 (b5)
Bruxelles 1200
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
8
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 3 50% 3 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
5 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 04 Dec 2023
Name Start date End Date Mr De La Cruz Tomas ALVARO 31 Aug 2023 31 Aug 2024 Mr Ronan MAC DONNCHADHA 01 Jul 2023 28 Jun 2024 Ms Eleonore VAN HAUTE 01 Jul 2023 28 Jun 2024 Mr Alessandro Salimbeni 01 Jul 2023 28 Jun 2024 Ms Sylvia Gotzen 01 Jul 2023 28 Jun 2024 Mr Alvaro DE LA CRUZ TOMAS 18 Nov 2022 21 Jul 2023 Mr Jose Luis DIEZ MOLINA 17 Nov 2022 29 Jun 2023 Ms Eleonore VAN HAUTE 25 Jun 2022 24 Jun 2023 Mr Ronan MAC DONNCHADHA 02 Jun 2022 02 Jun 2023 Mr Alessandro Salimbeni 02 Jun 2022 02 Jun 2023 Ms Sylvia Gotzen 02 Jun 2022 02 Jun 2023 Mr Hartmut ROHL 24 Jun 2020 24 Jun 2021 Ms Sylvia Gotzen 08 Jan 2020 08 Jan 2021 Mr Pierre Thibaudat 06 Sep 2019 05 Sep 2020 Mr Jan BAMBAS 06 Sep 2019 05 Sep 2020 Mr Alessandro Salimbeni 06 Sep 2019 05 Sep 2020 Mr Hartmut Röhl 06 Mar 2019 06 Mar 2020 Ms Sylvia Gotzen 30 Nov 2018 01 Dec 2019 Mr Pierre Thibaudat 16 Jun 2018 15 Jun 2019 Mr Jan BAMBAS 16 Jun 2018 15 Jun 2019 Mr Alessandro Salimbeni 27 Apr 2018 27 Apr 2019 Mr Hartmut Röhl 24 Feb 2018 23 Feb 2019 Ms Sylvia Gotzen 08 Dec 2017 24 Nov 2018 Mr Alessandro Salimbeni 05 May 2017 27 Apr 2018 Mr Hartmut Röhl 27 Jan 2017 26 Jan 2018 Ms Sylvia Gotzen 09 Dec 2016 08 Dec 2017 Ms Elisabetta RINALDI 28 Oct 2016 21 Mar 2017 Ms Sylvia Gotzen 08 Jun 2016 28 Oct 2016 Mr Alessandro SALIMBENI-FIGIEFA 08 Apr 2016 07 Apr 2017 Mr Daniel James Barker 12 Apr 2016 02 Dec 2016 Mr Salimbeni Alessandro 08 Apr 2016 26 Apr 2016 Mr Hartmut Röhl 11 Sep 2015 02 Sep 2016 Ms Elisabetta RINALDI 11 Sep 2015 02 Sep 2016 Mr Henry Wasung 11 Sep 2015 02 Sep 2016 Ms Sylvia Gotzen 03 Jul 2015 09 Jun 2016 Ms Sylvia Gotzen 26 Jul 2014 03 Jul 2015 Ms Elisabetta RINALDI 29 Jul 2014 25 Jul 2015 Mrs Sylvia Gotzen 26 Jul 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mr Hartmut Röhl 26 Jul 2014 24 Jul 2015 Mr Henry Wasung 26 Jul 2014 24 Jul 2015 Mr Hartmut Röhl 20 Jul 2013 19 Jul 2014 Mr Ralf Drachenberg 20 Jul 2013 19 Jul 2014 Mrs Sylvia Gotzen 02 Jul 2013 29 Jun 2014 Mrs Claire Albano 24 May 2013 22 May 2014 Mr Ralf Drachenberg 01 Dec 2012 17 Jun 2013 Mrs Claire Albano 01 Dec 2012 17 Jun 2013 Mr Hartmut Röhl 22 Sep 2012 17 Jun 2013 Mrs Sylvia Gotzen 07 Jun 2012 01 Jul 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
FIGIEFA is member of FAIB (Federation of European and International Associations established in Belgium),as well as of UEAPME (European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises).
In addition, FIGIEFA is associated to ECAR (European Campaign for the Freedom of the Automotive Parts and Repair Market) and AFCAR (Alliance for the Freedom of Car Repair in the EU).
FIGIEFA is currently participating in a number of fora:
- C-ITS Platform;
- CEN standardisation process on access to repair and maintenance information for passengers cars & light-duty vehicles, heavy-duty vehicles, L-category and T-category vehicles.
FIGIEFA is a NGO in Roster Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.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 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
1,000,000€ - 1,249,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount eleonore van haute 50,000€ - 99,999€ yield legal bvba 50,000€ - 99,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name teneo brussels sprl eleonore van haute yield legal bvba Closed year Costs
1,000,000€ - 1,249,999€
Other financial info
Year 2022:
Manpower Staff : 700.000€
Office and admin expenses: 100.000
Outsourced activity cost (to Intermediaries) - Design protection : 22.000€
In-house operational expenditures
- Consultants: 350.000€
- Studies /events : 63.000€
Membership and related fees for joining networks (SMEunited + FAIB) : 5.800€
Representation cost : 5.000€
Total : 1.245.800€
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Working Group on Agricultural Tractors#E01297#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1297 #Member #C#Industry#Working Group on Motorcycles#E01296#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1296 #Member #C#Industry#Working Group on Motor Vehicles#E01295#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1295 #Member #C#Industry#On-Board Fuel Consumption and payload Measurement Task Force (OBM-TF)#Automated and Connected Vehicles (ACV)#Advisory Group on Vehicle Emission Standards (AGVES)#Forum for the Exchange of Information on Enforcement of the EU legislation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles#E03652#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3652 #Observer #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None
Other activities
FIGIEFA is active on legislative procedures relevant to the automotive sector, such as:
. Competition Policy
. Transport
. Promotion of Entrepreneurship and SME's
. Industrial and Intellectual Property Rights
. Consumer welfare
. Environmental Policy
. EC Standardisation
Meetings
Meetings
14 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 15 Feb 2023 Location Brussels (VTC) Subject Independent Service Providers meeting on in vehicle data Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Feb 2023 Location Brussels (VTC) Subject In-vehicle data Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - European Council for Motor Trades and Repairs
- European Garage and test Equipment Association
- Leaseurope
- Insurance Europe
- European Association Automotive Suppliers
- European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers' Association
- AIRC International
- Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft e.V.
- Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
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Date 16 Jan 2023 Location Brussels Subject Data Act Regulation and Specific legislation on ‘Access to in-vehicle data & functions’ Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Jun 2022 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Data Act ; in-vehicle data Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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Date 10 Jun 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Prep meeting for meeting with Commissioner Breton on 16/6 Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Apr 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Data Act, access to in-vehicle Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Jan 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Mobility: green and digital transition Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Oct 2021 Location Videconference Subject Data Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - European Council for Motor Trades and Repairs
- European Association Automotive Suppliers
- ADPA - European Independent Automotive Data Publishers Association
- European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers' Association
- Insurance Europe
- The International Motor Vehicle Inspection Committee
- Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
- Leaseurope
- European Garage and test Equipment Association
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Date 16 Jul 2020 Location Online Subject Cleaner environment and reducing emissions Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Marius Vaščega (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 May 2019 Location Brussels Subject 'Access to in-vehicle data' and EC recommendation on '5G, cybersecurity and data governance' Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
- Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Mar 2018 Location brussels Subject Connected Car Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
- Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject vehicle homologation and maintenance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject IOT, digitisation of the automotive industry Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 26 Mar 2015 Location Berl Subject Motor Trades & Repairs Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Justyna Morek (Cabinet member)
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