Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4.75 Fte (5)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
44
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Global Witness (GW)
EU Transparency Register
10439809375-73 First registered on 21 Aug 2012
Goals / Remit
Global Witness investigates and campaigns to achieve climate justice and safeguard civic freedoms. From undercover investigations, to high level lobby meetings, we aim to engage on every level where we might make a difference and bring about change.
Our work has revealed how, rather than benefiting many of the world’s worst environmental and human rights abuses are driven by the exploitation of natural resources and corruption in the global political and economic system. Global Witness is campaigning to end this.
We carry out hard-hitting investigations, expose the facts, and push for change. We are independent, not-for-profit, and work with partners around the world in our fight for justice.Main EU files targeted
EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
Regulation on deforestation-free products
Conflict Minerals Regulation
EU Timber Regulation
EU Non Financial Reporting Directive / Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
EU Action Plan on Sustainable Finance
RePowerEU
Critical Raw Materials Act
Digital Services Act
AI ActAddress
Head Office
Global WitnessThe Green House
London E2 9DA
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
31 Rue Commerce / Handelsstraat 31WeWork
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
5
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 4 75% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Mar 2025
Name Start date End Date Beate BELLER 18 Apr 2024 18 Apr 2026 Aurelie SKROBIK 23 Mar 2024 04 Oct 2024 Paul HALLOWs 26 Mar 2024 04 Oct 2024 Beate BELLER 03 Apr 2024 04 Oct 2024 Giulia Bondi 18 Apr 2024 18 Apr 2026 Paul HALLOWs 18 Feb 2023 17 Feb 2023 Giulia Bondi 16 Feb 2023 16 Feb 2024 Aurelie SKROBIK 09 Feb 2023 09 Feb 2024 Beate BELLER 09 Feb 2023 09 Feb 2024 Aurelie SKROBIK 30 Jan 2022 28 Jan 2023 Giulia Bondi 20 Nov 2021 19 Nov 2022 Paul HALLOWs 15 Oct 2021 15 Oct 2022 Richard GARDINER 01 Oct 2021 14 Sep 2022 Bettina GUIGUI 20 Dec 2019 20 Mar 2020 Mr Murray Worthy 28 Nov 2019 28 Nov 2020 Richard GARDINER 19 Nov 2019 01 Dec 2020 Giulia Bondi 31 Aug 2019 01 Sep 2020 Ms Rachel Owens 27 Jun 2019 27 Jun 2020 Mr Ben LEATHER 21 Nov 2018 22 Dec 2018 Ms Heather IQBAL 16 Nov 2018 22 Dec 2018 Ms Nienke Palstra 29 Sep 2018 01 Oct 2019 Richard GARDINER 05 Sep 2018 01 Oct 2019 Ms Rachel Owens 06 Mar 2018 06 Mar 2019 Mr Murray Worthy 01 Oct 2017 22 Sep 2018 Ms Nienke Palstra 21 Sep 2017 21 Sep 2018 Aleksandra Terzieva 29 Jun 2017 28 Jun 2018 Mr Murray Worthy 25 Feb 2017 24 Aug 2017 Ms Rachel Owens 25 Feb 2017 24 Feb 2018 Mr Michael Gibb 05 Sep 2016 02 Sep 2017 Mr Peter Drury 22 Aug 2016 17 Aug 2017 Mr Robert Palmer 19 Jul 2016 24 Feb 2017 Ms Anne Foata 10 May 2016 23 Aug 2016 Ms Megan MacInnes 21 Apr 2016 19 Oct 2016 Ms Jo Blackman 20 Apr 2016 19 Apr 2017 Mr Michael Gibb 17 Sep 2015 06 Sep 2016 Ms Emily Norton 17 Sep 2015 22 Apr 2016 Mr Michael Gibb 11 Mar 2015 09 Sep 2015 Ms Marie Wilke 18 Apr 2015 17 Sep 2015 Mr Emily Gibb 11 Mar 2015 01 Jul 2015 Ms Emily Norton 19 Feb 2015 17 Aug 2015 Ms Marie Wilke 18 Oct 2014 16 Apr 2015 Mr Robert Palmer 27 Sep 2013 26 Sep 2014 Ms Rosemary Sharpe 27 Sep 2013 26 Sep 2014 Ms Rosemary Sharpe 26 Sep 2012 12 Sep 2013 Mr Robert Palmer 22 Sep 2012 12 Sep 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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
Global Witness is a member of several coalitions of organisations working on corporate accountability and sustainable mining.
Global Witness is a member of a coalition working to tackle deforestation.
Global Witness is a member of a broad coalition working to improve EU climate policy and help promote the phase-out of gas
Global Witness is a member of Climate Action Network EuropeMember organisations
Global Witness is a member of Climate Action Network Europe https://caneurope.org/
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
11,050,000€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations, Grants
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Open Society Foundations 2,102,000€ Contribution Postcode Justice Trust 1,150,000€ Other financial info
More detailed information for the 2023 financial year is available on our website: https://www.globalwitness.org/en/about-us/financial-statements/
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Commission Expert Group/Multi-Stakeholder Platform on Protecting and Restoring the World’s Forests, including the EU Timber Regulation and the FLEGT Regulation#E03282#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3282 #MEMBER #C#Civil society
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None declared
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
44 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below covers meetings with Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general (high-level) Commission meetings published December 2014 to December 2024, and the meetings of Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general and officials holding "management functions" in the Commission published since 1 January 2025. Other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may well have taken place, but the Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. All information below comes from the Commission and not from the registrant.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 29 Jan 2025 Location Berlaymont Subject Upcoming Omnibus proposal Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall Attending - Vita Jukne (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Jan 2025 Location Brussels Subject Exchange of views on the simplification policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis Attending - Mirzha De Manuel (Cabinet member)
- Nicolo Brignoli (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Oct 2024 Location Brussels (VTC) Subject EUDR (NGOs) Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Attending - Peter van Kemseke (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Sep 2022 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject EU sanctions against Russia Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Katherine Power (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jun 2022 Location video-call Subject Discussion about RePowerEU Plan and the impacts on climate neutrality objectives Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Feb 2022 Location Brussels Subject Sustainable Corporate Governance Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Feb 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Climate due diligence Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Jan 2022 Location video-call Subject Sustainable corporate governance and due diligence Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Antoine Colombani (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Nov 2021 Location Video conference Subject Due diligence and forced labour Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Nov 2021 Location Online Subject EU Sustainable Corporate Governance Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Nov 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Governance, hydrogen Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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Date 09 Nov 2021 Location Online Subject Forestry Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Nov 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Sustainable Corporate Governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Finance Watch
- European Coalition for Corporate Justice
- Climate Action Network Europe
- Frank Bold Society
- International Federation for Human Rights
- ClientEarth AISBL
- WWF Deutschland
- European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
- European Environmental Bureau
- Climate Disclosure Standards Board
- Anti-Slavery International
- International Federation for the Economy for the Common Good e. V.
- Clean Clothes Campaign / Stichting Schone Kleren Kampagne
- Amnesty International Limited
- Friends of the Earth Europe
- OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE
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Date 28 Oct 2021 Location video - conference Subject Sustainable corporate governance initiative Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Sep 2021 Location online Subject proposal on sustainable corporate governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Ivana McDowell (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Sep 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Sustainable Corporate Governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
- Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Anti-Slavery International
- International Federation for Human Rights
- ClientEarth AISBL
- Friends of the Earth Europe
- OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE
- European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
- Association Sherpa
- Amnesty International Limited
- Clean Clothes Campaign / Stichting Schone Kleren Kampagne
- European Coalition for Corporate Justice
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Date 21 Sep 2021 Location video-call Subject East Med gas projects – state of play Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Sep 2021 Location Online Subject Human Rights and Deforestation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Sep 2021 Location videoconference Subject upcoming deforestation regulation and human rights (meeting organized by CAB Wojciechowski) Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Sep 2021 Location videoconference Subject upcoming proposal on sustainable corporate governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
- Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jul 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Sustainable Corporate Governance Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Simona Constantin (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Jul 2021 Location Virtual Subject Sustainable corporate governance Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 May 2021 Location video-conference Subject Due diligence Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
- Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 May 2021 Location Online meeting Subject Renewable Energy Directive / "Fit for 55" package Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 May 2021 Location Virtual Subject Discussion about Commission's legislative proposal on deforestation and forest degradation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Eglantine Cujo (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 May 2021 Location video-confernece Subject Deforestation Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
- Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Apr 2021 Location Videoconference Subject upcoming regulation on deforestation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Apr 2021 Location video phone call Subject Deforestation and forest degradation. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Apr 2021 Location Online Subject EU Sustainable Corporate Governance & Corporate Due Diligence Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Attending - Toma Sutic (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Mar 2021 Location Videoconference Subject corporate due diligence Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Renaud Savignat (Cabinet member)
- Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
- European Coalition for Corporate Justice
- ClientEarth AISBL
- Anti-Slavery International
- Friends of the Earth Europe
- OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE
- Clean Clothes Campaign / Stichting Schone Kleren Kampagne
- CIDSE - International Alliance of Catholic social justice organisations
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Date 08 Mar 2021 Location Video call Subject Due diligence Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Feb 2021 Location Video Conferencing Subject - EU climate neutrality, role of gas - East Med gas project Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Feb 2021 Location video call Subject - EU climate neutrality, role of gas - East Med gas project Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Anthony Agotha (Cabinet member)
- Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Jan 2021 Location videocall Subject TEN-E Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Kitti Nyitrai (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Dec 2020 Location video conference Subject Substainable corporate governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
- Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - International Federation for Human Rights
- European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
- OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE
- Friends of the Earth Europe
- ClientEarth AISBL
- European Coalition for Corporate Justice
- Clean Clothes Campaign / Stichting Schone Kleren Kampagne
- CIDSE - International Alliance of Catholic social justice organisations
- Anti-Slavery International
- Amnesty International Limited
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Date 05 Jun 2020 Location Video-conference Subject Sustainable corporate governance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
- Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - ActionAid
- CIDSE - International Alliance of Catholic social justice organisations
- Amnesty International Limited
- European Coalition for Corporate Justice
- Wereldsolidariteit - Solidarité Mondiale vzw
- Clean Clothes Campaign / Stichting Schone Kleren Kampagne
- Friends of the Earth Europe
- European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
- Algemeen Christelijk Vakverbond van België
- Centre National de Coopération au Développement- 11 11 11
- Dreikönigsaktion - Hilfswerk der Katholischen Jungschar
- Anti-Slavery International
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Date 19 Dec 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Risks around EU residency and passport schemes Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject Diamond supply chain DG Foreign Policy Instruments Attending - Hilde Hardeman (Head of Service)
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Date 26 Sep 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject AMLD Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Sep 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium. Subject Work of Global Witness on the extractives industry in Myanmar, and negotiations on an EU-Myanmar investment protection agreement. Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Jon Nyman (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Oct 2016 Location Brussels Subject Sustainable Finance; CMU Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
- Raquel Lucas (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject conflict minerals Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Cécile Billaux (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject EU Timber Regulation, Illegal Logging Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Aurore Maillet (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject Conflict minerals Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Cécile Billaux (Cabinet member)