Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
7
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
FTTH Council Europe ASBL (FTTH Council Europe)
EU Transparency Register
09838612482-61 First registered on 09 Oct 2009
Goals / Remit
The FTTH Council Europe is an industry organisation with a mission to accelerate the availability of fibre‐based, ultra‐high‐speed access networks to consumers and businesses. The Council promotes this technology because it will deliver a flow of new services that enhances the quality of life, contributes to a better environment and increased competitiveness. The FTTH Council Europe consists of more than 140 members companies. Its members include leading telecommunications companies and many world leaders in the telecommunication industry.
Main EU files targeted
The FTTH Council Europe is focussing on ensuring a positive and constructive legal and regulatory famework to enable the deployment of fibre access networks in Europe. Topics covered by the FTTH Council (examples):
- Digital Single Market
- Cost Reduction
- Long Term Financing
- Connecting Europe FacilityAddress
Head Office
Rue de la Presse, 4
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 2 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 02 Mar 2017
Name Start date End Date Sergejs MIKAELJANS 06 Nov 2019 01 Oct 2020 Aurelie BLADOCHA 22 Jan 2019 22 Jan 2020 Ms Erzsebet FITORI 22 Jan 2019 22 Jan 2020 Mr Jacopo Bellelli 25 Jul 2017 21 Jul 2018 Aurelie BLADOCHA 20 Jul 2017 15 Jul 2018 Ms Erzsebet FITORI 20 Jul 2017 15 Jul 2018 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Erzsébet Fitori (Director General)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Erzsébet Fitori (Director General)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
Other financial info
The FTTH Council Europe ASBL is financed through the membership fee of the members and through the profit (if any) of the annual FTTH Conference.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
The FTTH Council Europe calls the European Commission to set up a regulatory framework that accelerates the deployment of FTTH/B networks in Europe.
Meetings
Meetings
7 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 02 Jul 2020 Location Brussels Subject To discuss the key priorities of the Commission and the sector Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 22 Jan 2019 Location Brussels Subject Fibre investments, fibre-5G convergence Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Aare Järvan (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
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Date 15 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject Very high capacity networks, telecom reforms, investments Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
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Date 10 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject Connectivity, telco framework review Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Eric Mamer (Cabinet member)
- Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 20 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject Telecommunication Policy DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject Investment in broadband, regulatory framework Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)