Overview
Lobbying Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.75 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
7
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
International Federation of Actors (FIA)
EU Transparency Register
24070646198-51 First registered on 13 Jul 2011
Goals / Remit
Set up in 1952, the International federation of Actors (FIA) represents performers' trade unions, guilds and professional associations around the world. With a membership of approximately 85 affiliates in 60 countries, it mainly voices the professional interests of audiovisual performers, including actors, singers, dancers, variety artists, broadcast professionals and circus artists.
FIA works globally and regionally on any subject matter that may impact on the terms and conditions of the professionals it represents. Its world Congress meets once every four years and its Executive Committee on a yearly basis. FIA also includes several regional and linguistic groups, whose members meet regularly to discuss issues of common interest and also to enlighten the global policy of the federation.
The objects of the Federation are the protection and promotion, on a strictly professional basis, of the artistic, economic, social and legal interests of actors, singers, dancers, varie (...)Main EU files targeted
Ratification of the WIPO Beijing Treaty
Transposition of the 2019/790 directive
Social Dialogue - Live Performance
Social Dialogue - Audiovisual
Status of the artist and social conditionality
Dancers' mobility and training
Fundamental labour rights, including minimum wage
Artificial Intelligence Act
EU guidelines on competition rules as they apply to solo self-employed workers
The EU copyright legal framework and AIAddress
Head Office
Rue Joseph II, 40
Brussels 1000 - 4
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue Joseph II, 40
Brussels 1000 - 4
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 3 75% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 24 Apr 2024
Name Start date End Date Dominick LUQUER 28 Apr 2023 26 Apr 2024 Mr Dominick Luquer 28 Apr 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Dominick Luquer 11 Sep 2019 01 Oct 2020 Mr Dominick Luquer 19 May 2018 18 May 2019 Mr Dominick Luquer 13 Jun 2017 16 May 2018 Mr Dominick Luquer 29 Jan 2016 27 Jan 2017 Ms Dearbhal Murphy 11 Oct 2014 09 Oct 2015 Ms Anouk Van Den Bussche 11 Oct 2014 09 Oct 2015 Mr Dominick Luquer 10 Oct 2014 08 Oct 2015 Ms Camille Richard 10 Oct 2014 08 Oct 2015 Ms Dearbhal Murphy 13 Sep 2013 11 Sep 2014 Mr Stanislas Ide 24 Aug 2013 23 Aug 2014 Mr Dominick Luquer 24 Aug 2013 23 Aug 2014 Ms Camille Richard 09 Mar 2013 12 Sep 2013 Mr Stanislas Ide 26 Jul 2012 25 Jul 2013 Ms Dearbhal Murphy 26 Jul 2012 25 Jul 2013 Mr Dominick Luquer 26 Jul 2012 25 Jul 2013 Mr Stanislas Ide 15 Mar 2012 26 Jul 2012 Ms Dearbhal Murphy 15 Mar 2012 26 Jul 2012 Mr Dominick Luquer 15 Mar 2012 26 Jul 2012 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
As an NGO, FIA enjoys permanent consultative and participatory status with the World Intellectual Property organisation (WIPO); the International Labour Organisation (ILO); UNESCO and the Council of Europe, where it advocates for the social, economic and moral interests of the performers it represents. At EU level, FIA is recognised by the Council of Ministers, the Commission and the Parliament, among other institutions, and is regularly consulted on any subject matter pertaining to its field of jurisdiction. FIA is also a member of the Consultative Council of the European Audiovisual Observatory.
FIA is a member of the International Arts and Entertainment Alliance (IAEA), together with the International Federation of Musicians (FIM) and the International federation of Media and Entertainment Workers (UNI-MEI). The IAEA is itself a member of the Council of Global Unions (CGU) and is recognised by the ITUC as a Global Union Federation. At European level, The European members of FIA are part of the European Arts and Entertainment Alliance (EAEA), together with the European groups of FIM and UNI-MEI. EAEA is a European social partner and a member of the European Trade Union Federation (ETUC).Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
200,000€ - 299,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant VS/2021/0021) 80,340€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Other financial info
Despite an ongoing project (VS/2021/0021) no funding was received from the Commission in the last fiscal year (2023).
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
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 31 Jan 2024 Location Brussels Subject Meeting on the living and working conditions of artists and cultural workers. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Attending - Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
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Date 18 Aug 2020 Location Brussels Subject Exchange on remuneration rights under the Copyright Directive and impact of the Covid crisis on artists and performers Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject Cross-border obstacles to taxation of performing artists Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with representatives from Pearle and FIA to discuss cross-border obstacles regarding taxation of performing artists Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - David Boublil (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject Copyright Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject Collective agreements Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Inge Bernaerts (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Apr 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists