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Registration as it was on 17 Jan 2020
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Overview

Lobbying Costs

150,000€

Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

0.25 Fte (1)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

1

High-level Commission meetings

3

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    BEL   (BEL SA)

    EU Transparency Register

    188266812877-12 First registered on 21 Feb 2014

    Goals / Remit

    The Bel Group is a world leader in branded cheese and a major player in the healthy snack market.

    Its portfolio of differentiated and internationally recognized brands, including such products as The Laughing Cow®, Kiri®, Mini Babybel®, Leerdammer®, Boursin®, Pom'Potes® and GoGo squeeZ®, as well as some 20 local brands, led the Group to generate sales of €3.3 billion in 2018.

    Some 12,600 employees in some 30 subsidiaries around the world contribute to the Group's success. Bel products are prepared at over 32 production sites and distributed in nearly 130 countries.

    Main EU files targeted

    - Economie Circulaire, green deal, "farm to fork"
    - Politique commerciale commune
    - Information et protection des consommateurs
    - Publicité responsable et critères nutritionnels pour les
    aliments consommés par les enfants
    - Food law and food supply chain
    - Common agriculture policy

    Address

    Head Office
    Allée de Longchamp, 2
    SURESNES 92150
    FRANCE
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    1

    Employment timeLobbyists
    25%1

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    0.25

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 17 Jan 2020

    Name Start date End Date
    Ms Sarah PHELAN 17 Mar 2023 16 Mar 2024
    Ms Sarah PHELAN 12 Nov 2021 12 Nov 2022
    Ms Sarah PHELAN 13 Jun 2019 13 Jun 2020

    Complementary Information

    5 % pour 3 personnes complémentaires sur les thématiques emballages, nutrition et règlementation/qualité.

    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

  • Categories

    Category

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

    Subcategory

    Companies & groups

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    - AIM
    - WFA
    - EDA
    - EUROPEN
    - EU PLEDGE

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    150,000€

    Other financial info

    Le Groupe dispose d'une politique de lobbying responsable depuis 2013.

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    NA

    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.

    • Date 21 Sep 2021 Location Online
      Subject BEL Group nutritional commitments and specificities
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski
      Portfolio Agriculture
      Attending
      • Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
    • Date 27 May 2021 Location Brussels, virtual meeting
      Subject Exchange of views on the Farm to Fork Strategy, in particular the sustainability of the supply chain and the front of pack nutrition labelling
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides
      Portfolio Health
      Attending
      • Karolina Herbout-Borczak (Cabinet member)
      • Panayiotis Pourgourides (Cabinet member)
    • Date 21 Nov 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject exchange of views
      DG Agriculture and Rural Development
      Attending
      • Jerzy Bogdan Plewa (Director-General)
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