Overview
Lobbying Costs
37,500€
Financial year: Dec 2018 - Nov 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
11
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
EU Transparency Register
81311819832-09 First registered on 10 Oct 2012
Goals / Remit
FIFA is the world governing body for association football. It is composed of a Congress (legislative body), Executive Committee (executive body), General Secretariat (administrative body) and committees (assisting the Executive Committee). Its objectives, which are enshrined in its Statutes, are, among other, as follows:
a) to improve the game of football constantly and promote it globally in the light of its unifying, educational, cultural and humanitarian values, particularly through youth and development programmes;
b) to organise its own international competitions;
c) to draw up regulations and provisions and ensure their enforcement;
d) to control every type of Association Football by taking appropriate steps to prevent infringements of the Statutes, regulations or decisions of FIFA or of the Laws of the Game;
e) to prevent all methods or practices which might jeopardise the integrity of matches or competitions or give rise to abuse of Association Football.
(...)Main EU files targeted
- Education, Cuture, Youth and Sport;
- Equality;
- Health;
- Internal Market;
- Digital Single Market;
- Copyrights;
- Data Protection;
- Free movement of workers;
- Competition.Address
Head Office
FIFA-Strasse, 20
Zurich 8044
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 09 Nov 2020
Name Start date End Date Anna Elissavet TSAKONA 09 Sep 2023 06 Sep 2024 Anna Elissavet TSAKONA 26 Jul 2022 26 Jul 2023 Anna Elissavet TSAKONA 22 Nov 2019 21 Nov 2020 Ms Myriam BURKHARD 22 Nov 2019 21 Nov 2020 Anna Elissavet TSAKONA 12 Dec 2018 22 Nov 2019 Mr Frank GROTHAUS 15 Dec 2017 14 Dec 2018 Anna Elissavet TSAKONA 14 Dec 2017 12 Dec 2018 Ms Myriam BURKHARD 14 Dec 2017 14 Dec 2018 Ms Fani Misailidi 07 Jan 2017 14 Dec 2017 Anna Elissavet TSAKONA 04 Jan 2017 14 Dec 2017 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
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
- SROC (Sports Rights Owners Coalition)
- ASOIF
- Centre for Sport and Human Rights
- Memorandum of Understanding with the Council of Europe, UN Women, WHO, UNODC, ASEAN, African Union
- IPACS International Partnership Agaist Corruption in SportMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Dec 2018 - Nov 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
37,500€
Other financial info
FIFA’s revenue in 2019, the first year of the 2019-2022 cycle,
totalled USD 766 million, comprising income from
television broadcasting rights, marketing rights, licensing
rights, hospitality rights, ticket sales and other revenue.
In 2019, FIFA invested a total of USD 1,046 million in
football and administrative expenses, of which
USD 784 million or 75% was directly invested in football
activities, while the remaining USD 262 million or 25% was
spent on administrative and commercial activities.
Total investments in 2019 represented an increase of 58%
on the first year of the 2015-2018 cycle, with Development
and Education experiencing a quantum leap of 175%.
More info in FIFA Anual Report 2019:
https://img.fifa.com/image/upload/ksndm8om7duu5h8qxlpn.pdf
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Anti-racism and diversity#Children's rights#EP Sports Group: Exchanges on an on ad-hoc basis upon invitation
Communication activities
None
Other activities
FIFA has observer status at the EU Commission Expert Group Integrity
Joint initiatives on an ad-hoc basis with the cabinets of relevant EU Commissioners (e.g. Commissioner responsible for sport, for Equality, for Health.- Meetings
Meetings
11 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 07 Dec 2023 Location Brussels Subject -Promoting integrity in sport - Gender equality in sport - The cultural and educational dimensions of sport -The European Sport Model Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Iliana Ivanova Attending - Emil Dimitrov (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Jan 2022 Location Zurich, Switzerland Subject FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ and Human Rights, Future of global football and the European model of sport, FIFA Transfer System Reform, Safe Sport Entity Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas Portfolio Promoting the European Way of Life Attending - Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President)
- Vangelis Demiris (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Jun 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Conference on the Future of Europe Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Attending - Colin Scicluna (Cabinet member)
- Mattia De Grassi (Cabinet member)
- Ingrid Godkin (Cabinet member)
- Antonia Curdo (Cabinet member)
- Ivo Belet (Cabinet member)
- Iris Abraham (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 May 2020 Location Brussels Subject Children's Rights Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Attending - Iris Abraham (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Jul 2018 Location Brussels EAC Subject urther discuss the football transfer topic and provide a first-hand update Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Apr 2017 Location Brussels Subject European sport policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Apr 2017 Location Brussels Subject European sport policy Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market and Sport Broadcasting Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
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Date 03 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market and Sport Broadcasting Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 28 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Broadcasting rights Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject DSM, cross border access, geoblocking, Satellite and Cable Directive, the review of the AVMS Directive Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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