Overview
Lobbying Costs
681,000€
Financial year: Jun 2011 - May 2012
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
None declared
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
24
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
UGAL - Union des Groupements de Détaillants indépendants de l'Europe a.i.s.b.l. (UGAL)
EU Transparency Register
034546859-02 First registered on 25 Jun 2008
Goals / Remit
Aux termes de ses statuts, l'UGAL entreprend toute recherche, recueille et diffuse toute information scientifique touchant le statut légal, économique et social des groupements et associations de groupements légalement constitués suivant les lois et usages de leurs pays, et dont l’objectif vise la promotion des détaillants indépendants.
Les objectifs de l'UGAL consistent à ce que les réglementations de l'Union européenne incluent et contribuent à la promotion économique, politique et juridique des détaillants indépendants au moyen de leurs groupements et les autorisent à choisir librement les solutions les mieux adaptées pour faire face à la concurrence.
Créée en 1963, l'Union des groupements de détaillants indépendants de l'Europe – UGAL – rassemble, au niveau européen, les principaux groupements de détaillants indépendants des secteurs alimentaire et non alimentaire.
Ces groupements sont des entreprises constituées au niveau du commerce de gros par des détaillants et des artisans indépendants. Leur but est non seulement d’offrir à leurs adhérents les meilleures conditions d'achat mais aussi, par des efforts communs, de leur apporter les moyens techniques et matériels ainsi que l'ensemble des services et compétences humaines nécessaires. Ceci permet de garantir aux détaillants l'exploitation et le développement d'entreprises modernes du commerce et de la distribution face à la concurrence dans une économie de marché.
Ces groupements agissent en faveur de leurs membres, à la fois pour la mise en valeur de leur patrimoine, pour la performance économique de leurs points de vente, pour leur implication et leur participation active dans la vie du groupement. Pour ce faire, ces groupements visent la performance économique du réseau, constitué de PME travaillant le plus souvent sous enseigne commune.
L'UGAL représente près de 300.000 détaillants / entrepreneurs indépendants avec un chiffre d'affaires de détail supérieur à 623 milliards d'euros et plus de 540.000 points de vente. Cela représente 25 groupements et associations de groupements en Europe employant plus de 5 millions de personnes au total et avec un chiffre d'affaires de gros supérieur à 260 milliards d'euros.Main EU files targeted
Address
Head Office
Avenue des Gaulois
Bruxelles 1040
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People
Total lobbyists declared
None declared
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 29 May 2012
Name Start date End Date Andrea SCHIERBAUM 23 Jan 2024 17 Jan 2025 Maria Margarida BOTA DE MELO PINTO NOGUEIRA 10 Jan 2024 09 Jan 2025 Romanos ANTONOPOULOS 21 Sep 2023 19 Sep 2024 Alexis WARAVKA 08 Jul 2023 05 Jul 2024 Ms Else GROEN 23 Feb 2023 11 Mar 2024 Alexis WARAVKA 26 Aug 2022 08 Jul 2023 Ms Sophia KRUGEL 23 Aug 2022 07 Jul 2023 Mr Julius LORENZEN 20 Aug 2022 03 Jul 2023 Ms Sophia KRUGEL 02 Sep 2021 23 Aug 2022 Alexis WARAVKA 25 Aug 2021 25 Aug 2022 Mr Julius LORENZEN 25 Aug 2021 20 Aug 2022 Elisabeth FREIIN VON REITZENSTEIN 10 Jan 2020 07 Oct 2020 Mr Ravi BHATIANI 23 Jan 2019 14 Jul 2019 Elisabeth FREIIN VON REITZENSTEIN 23 Jan 2019 10 Jan 2020 Ms Ariane CARRÉ 23 Jan 2019 05 Jan 2020 Mr Ravi BHATIANI 30 Jan 2018 23 Jan 2019 Elisabeth FREIIN VON REITZENSTEIN 30 Jan 2018 23 Jan 2019 Ms Ariane CARRÉ 30 Jan 2018 23 Jan 2019 Ms Laurence DESSOUROUX 30 Jan 2018 30 Jan 2019 Mr Ravi BHATIANI 02 Feb 2017 30 Jan 2018 Elisabeth FREIIN VON REITZENSTEIN 02 Feb 2017 30 Jan 2018 Ms Ariane CARRÉ 02 Feb 2017 30 Jan 2018 Ms Laurence DESSOUROUX 02 Feb 2017 30 Jan 2018 Ms Laurence DESSOUROUX 23 Feb 2016 03 Feb 2017 Mr Ravi BHATIANI 12 Feb 2016 03 Feb 2017 Elisabeth FREIIN VON REITZENSTEIN 12 Feb 2016 03 Feb 2017 Ms Ariane CARRÉ 12 Feb 2016 03 Feb 2017 Ms Else GROEN 05 Jun 2015 03 Jun 2016 Mr Ravi BHATIANI 11 Feb 2015 04 Feb 2016 Elisabeth FREIIN VON REITZENSTEIN 11 Feb 2015 06 Feb 2016 Ms Ariane CARRÉ 11 Feb 2015 05 Feb 2016 Elisabeth FREIIN VON REITZENSTEIN 12 Mar 2014 12 Feb 2015 Mr Ravi BHATIANI 11 Mar 2014 12 Feb 2015 Ms Ariane CARRÉ 11 Mar 2014 12 Feb 2015 Ms Ariane CARRÉ 24 Apr 2013 11 Mar 2014 Mr Ravi BHATIANI 23 Apr 2013 11 Mar 2014 Elisabeth FREIIN VON REITZENSTEIN 23 Apr 2013 12 Mar 2014 Mr Ravi BHATIANI 17 Jul 2012 23 Apr 2013 Ms Ariane CARRÉ 17 Jul 2012 23 Apr 2013 Elisabeth FREIIN VON REITZENSTEIN 17 Jul 2012 23 Apr 2013 Mr Denis LABATUT 30 Sep 2011 08 Jul 2012 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
None declared
Person with legal responsibility
Mrs Else GROEN (Directeur Général)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade, business & professional associations
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jun 2011 - May 2012
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
681,000€
Other financial info
L'entièreté du montant de chaque budget annuel étant affectée à l'objet social de l'association, ce montant est à considérer comme représentant les coûts liés aux activités de représentation d'intérêts.
Budget 2012 : 684.900 €
Les revenus proviennent exclusivement des cotisations des membres. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
None declared
Communication activities
None declared
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
24 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 12 Apr 2024 Location Brussels Subject Meeting to present the research on food waste management Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Attending - Roberto Berutti (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Dec 2020 Location Brussels Subject Digital Markets Act Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Apr 2020 Location Videoconference Subject economic impact of COVID-19 on the retail sector Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Pauline Weinzierl (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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Date 09 Apr 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject New deal for consumers – dual quality Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject unfair trading practices, relations with third countries Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Exchange of views on CCTB/CCCTB proposal and Digital taxation 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 - Gints Freimanis (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Nov 2017 Location Brussels Subject Digital / Agricultural Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Nov 2017 Location Brussels Subject Food waste, Food chain initiative Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Marco Valletta (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 May 2017 Location Brussels, BERL Subject the supply chain initiative, as well as unfair trading practices Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Elisabetta Siracusa (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Mar 2017 Location Brussels Subject Current business practices in the retail sector Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Mar 2017 Location Brussels Subject Unfair trading practices Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Aug 2016 Location Brussels Subject competition related e-commerce developments and competition in the food supply chain Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Aug 2016 Location Brussels Subject Supply Chain Initiative Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Supply Chain Initiative Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject Single Market Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject Issues of interest for the European Retail sector Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Oct 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Latest development on food chain policy after President Juncker's SoU Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Sep 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject corporate taxation (CCCTB), country-by-country reporting (CBCR) and value added tax (VAT) 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 - Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject Platforms & geo-blocking Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)
- Jasmin Battista (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Jun 2015 Location Berlaymont, Brussels Subject Better Regulation Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Michelle Sutton (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Apr 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Eu plans on tax transparency and corporate taxation, reverse charge on VAT Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - Maria Elena Scoppio (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Feb 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Presentation by IRE of its organisation and members. Presentation of its work in and views about the Supply Chain Initiative and its future Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Feb 2015 Location Berlaymont, Brussels Subject Introductory meeting Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet member)
- Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)