Gas Infrastructure Europe

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

450,000€

Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

7 Fte (7)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

5

High-level Commission meetings

17

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Gas Infrastructure Europe   (GIE)

    EU Transparency Register

    76130992074-15 First registered on 28 Jul 2009

    Goals / Remit

    Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) is an association representing the sole interest of the infrastructure industry in the natural gas business such as Transmission System Operators, Storage System Operators and LNG Terminal Operators.

    GIE has currently 70 members in 26 European countries. One of the objectives of GIE is to voice the views of its members vis-à-vis the European Commission, the regulators and other stakeholders. Its mission is to actively contribute to the construction of a single, sustainable and competitive gas market in Europe underpinned by a stable and predictable regulatory framework as well as by a sound investment climate.

    Main EU files targeted

    • Energy Union
    • Energy and Climate policy
    • Security of Gas Supply; European Energy Supply Strategy
    • Internal Gas Market and Network Codes
    • Gas Target Model; Bridge to 2025
    • LNG access conditions and transparency
    • Gas storage access conditions and transparency
    • Energy Efficiency
    • Renewable Energy Sources
    • Electricity market design

    Address

    Head Office
    Avenue de Cortenbergh, 100
    Brussels 1000
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    7

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%7

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    7

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    5 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 04 Aug 2020

    Name Start date End Date
    Ms Boyana Achovski 15 Mar 2024 14 Mar 2025
    Ms Scarlett MERTIN 09 Sep 2023 06 Sep 2024
    Mr Bogdan SIMION 30 Aug 2023 29 Aug 2024
    Ms Gabrielle LELIEVRE 30 Aug 2023 29 Aug 2024
    Mr Tobias BÜHNEN 02 Jun 2023 31 May 2024
    Mr Bogdan SIMION 09 Sep 2022 30 Aug 2023
    Ms Gabrielle LELIEVRE 01 Sep 2022 30 Aug 2023
    Ms Boyana Achovski 30 Aug 2022 30 Aug 2023
    Ms Achovski Boyana 30 Aug 2022 01 Sep 2022
    Ms Mathilde BLANCHARD 16 Jun 2022 16 Jun 2023
    Ms ROXANA CALIMINTE 11 Jun 2022 10 Jun 2023
    Mr Tobias BÜHNEN 29 Apr 2022 29 Apr 2023
    Ms Barbara JINKS 21 Nov 2019 21 Nov 2020
    Mr Marius Dejarnac 14 Nov 2019 14 Nov 2020
    Ms Mathilde BLANCHARD 12 Nov 2019 12 Nov 2020
    Ms ROXANA CALIMINTE 10 Sep 2019 10 Sep 2020
    Ms Boyana Achovski 04 Sep 2019 04 Sep 2020
    Ms Barbara JINKS 13 Oct 2018 01 Nov 2019
    Mr Ioan Bogdan SIMON 11 Oct 2018 01 Nov 2019
    Ms ROXANA CALIMINTE 18 Jul 2018 18 Jul 2019
    Mr Marius Dejarnac 06 Jul 2018 06 Jul 2019
    Ms Achovski Boyana 14 Feb 2018 15 Feb 2019
    Ms ROXANA CALIMINTE 20 Mar 2017 03 Mar 2018
    Ms Perizat Ybrayeva 07 Feb 2017 31 Jan 2018
    Ms Doreen Futschik 23 Jan 2017 10 Dec 2017
    Ms Marion Nikodym 05 Sep 2016 31 Aug 2017
    Ms Boyana Achovski 05 Sep 2016 31 Aug 2017
    Mr Robert Jan Maaskant 08 Apr 2016 17 Nov 2016
    Mr Thierry Deschuyteneer 20 Feb 2016 17 Nov 2016
    Ms Boyana Achovski 09 Oct 2015 06 Sep 2016
    Ms Marion Nikodym 11 Sep 2015 06 Sep 2016
    Mr Thierry Deschuyteneer 11 Feb 2015 05 Feb 2016
    Ms Boyana Achovski 05 Sep 2014 03 Sep 2015
    Mr Robert Jan Maaskant 21 Jan 2015 19 Jan 2016
    Ms Marion Nikodym 05 Sep 2014 03 Sep 2015
    Mrs Boyana Achovski 05 Sep 2014 27 Jan 2015
    Mrs BOIANA DIMITROVA-ACHOVSKI 23 Aug 2013 22 Aug 2014
    Ms Marion Nikodym 12 Jul 2013 11 Jul 2014
    Ms Marion Nikodym 14 Nov 2012 03 Jul 2013
    Abel David ENRIQUEZ RODRIGUEZ 20 Mar 2012 01 May 2013

    Complementary Information

    The GIE Brussels office has currently a team of 7 people:

    1 Secretary General: Ms Boyana Achovski

    3 Deputy Secretary General and Policy Advisors: Mr Bogdan Simion, Ms Mathilde Blanchard, Ms Roxana Caliminte

    1 Communication advisor : Ms Gabrielle Lelievre

    2 Assistants: Ms Jamila Saoudi, Mr Marius Dejarnac

    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

    GIE is a founding member of GasNaturally (www.gasnaturally.eu)

    Member organisations

    See the list of GIE members at : http://www.gie.eu/index.php/about-us/gie-members/gie-members

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    450,000€

    Other financial info

    Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) is a non-profit international organisation under the Belgian Law (AISBL). GIE is supported by its members. The vast majority of the income received by GIE comes from the annual membership fees paid by its members. Each member company pays the same fee.

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    Expert Group on alternative transport fuels ('the Sustainable Transport Forum')#E03321 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3321 #Member #C#Gas Coordination Group#X01096 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=1096 #Member #C

    Groups (European Parliament)

    • European Energy Forum

    Communication activities

    • GIE Annual Conference
    • GIE is registered as RRM for REMIT reporting of fundamental data of LNG terminal and gas storage operators
    • Daily publication of use of gas storage (AGSI+) and LNG terminal (ALSI) in Europe

    Other activities

    GIE objectives comprise but are not necessarily limited to those listed:

    • Promoting a safe and reliable European natural gas transmission, storage and LNG system suitable for meeting present and future needs;
    • Promoting the development of a fully operational European internal gas market for transmission, storage and LNG;
    • Promoting interoperability of the European systems to enhance cross-border gas exchanges;
    • Promoting market solutions;
    • Contributing to the setting of a stable public policy framework;
    • Voicing the opinion of the TSOs, SSOs and LSOs in Europe with respect to the previous points thus representing the sole interest of infrastructure operators.

    Therefore, GIE’s aim is to promote the natural gas transmission, storage and LNG industry, to play a key role in making natural gas the cornerstone of the European energy policy and to contribute to the European security of supply.

    GIE will pursue – through regular meetings with the authorities and organisations concerned – lobbying activities at the European institutions and organisations, the public authorities and other organisations active in the natural gas sector.

    GIE was formally established in 2002 as a legally independent and non-profit association (GTE). In 2005 it was renamed as GIE. Its Secretariat is based in Brussels (Avenue de Cortenbergh 100). The GIE President is Mr Jean-Marc Leroy.

    GIE is the umbrella organisation for its three subdivisions:

    • GTE - Gas Transmission Europe representing the Transmission System Operators (TSO)
    • GSE - Gas Storage Europe representing the Storage System Operators (SSO)
    • GLE - Gas LNG Europe representing the LNG Terminal Operators (LSO)

    GIE internal work is made through different working groups and task forces. GIE is currently working on numerous topics regarding European energy and climate policy, depending on the EU agenda. Some of the matters GIE is working on are:

    • Energy & Climate Framework
    • Implementation of the TEN-E guidelines (Regulation 347/2013) and Connecting Europe Facility
    • Revision of the Gas Security of Supply Regulation 994/2010/EU
    • Alternative Fuels for Transport
    • Following European Parliament processes for the legislative proposal indirectly linked to gas infrastructure
    • Role of Gas Infrastructure in the long-term/low-carbon economy (GIE is a founding member of the GasNaturally initiative), in particular integration of gas and renewables and Renewable Energy Strategy
    • ENTSOG Network Codes, particularly in relation to storage and LNG
    • Regulatory aspects of LNG regasification terminal operators
    • Regulatory aspects of gas storage operators
    • Gas Target Model and Bridge 2025
    • REMIT implementation
    • Risk Assessment and EPCIP

    GIE also organises a yearly conference which has developed into an important discussion forum and the main arena to meet all key players in the gas infrastructure world. About 400 delegates are participating to the GIE Annual Conference.

    GIE is also an official participant of several institutional processes such as the following:

    1. The European Gas Regulatory Forum (Madrid Forum), which discusses issues regarding the creation of a true internal gas market. Since 1999 the Forum meets once or twice a year in Madrid and is chaired by the European Commission.

    2. The European Investment Forum (Copenhagen Forum), which discusses issues regarding infrastructure for gas and electricity. This Forum was established in 2015, meets once a year in Copenhagen and is chaired by the European Commission.

    3. The Gas Coordination Group which is established on the basis of Regulation (EU) No 994/2010, according to Commission Decision of 11 August 2011

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    17 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 25 Apr 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Energy, environmental and digital challenges of our time
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Diederik Samsom (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 26 Oct 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject Joint purchasing options.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
      Portfolio Energy
      Attending
      • Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
      • Tatiana Marquez Uriarte (Cabinet member)
      • Helena Hinto (Cabinet member)
      • Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 28 Jun 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject EU RePower Plan - Panellist
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
      Portfolio Energy
      Attending
      • Tatiana Marquez Uriarte (Cabinet member)
    • Date 01 Feb 2022 Location Online
      Subject Discussion on the main elements of the Hydrogen and Gas Decarbonisation Package published in December 2021 and the development of energy prices.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
      Portfolio Energy
      Attending
      • Tatiana Marquez Uriarte (Cabinet member)
      • Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
    • Date 13 Oct 2021 Location Conference call
      Subject Decarbonizing transport
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean
      Portfolio Transport
      Attending
      • Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
    • Date 11 Jun 2020 Location Conference call
      Subject Waterborne transport and heavy-duty transport sectors
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean
      Portfolio Transport
      Attending
      • Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
      • Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner)
    • Date 11 Jun 2020 Location Conference call
      Subject Gas Infrastructure Europe & LNG industry
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean
      Portfolio Transport
      Attending
      • Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner)
      • Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
    • Date 19 May 2020 Location Brussels - video conference
      Subject Gas infrastructure in the context of climate neutrality
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Diederik Samsom (Cabinet member)
      • Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
    • Date 28 Feb 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject Discussion on energy efficiency, decarbonisation, hydrogen
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
      Portfolio Energy
      Attending
      • Kitti Nyitrai (Cabinet member)
    • Date 24 Feb 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject Green deal, hydrogen and other renewables
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet member)
      • Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
    • Date 18 Dec 2019 Location Brussels
      Subject Green Deal, methane emissions and decarbonisation
      DG Energy
      Attending
      • Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
    • Date 19 Sep 2019 Location Brussels
      Subject Energy, renewables and infrastructure matters.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete
      Portfolio Climate Action &amp; Energy
      Attending
      • Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
    • Date 12 Mar 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject le grand potentiel économique ouvert par la transition énergétique
      DG Energy
      Attending
      • Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
    • Date 12 Jun 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject clean energy transition
      DG Energy
      Attending
      • Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
    • Date 28 Jun 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Market design
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete
      Portfolio Climate Action &amp; Energy
      Attending
      • Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
    • Date 16 Feb 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Gas policy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete
      Portfolio Climate Action &amp; Energy
      Attending
      • Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
    • Date 08 Feb 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject gas and energy policy
      DG Energy
      Attending
      • Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
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