Overview
Lobbying Costs
25,000€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
J K Consultancy
EU Transparency Register
400697016645-95 First registered on 18 Mar 2015
Goals / Remit
To provide inforamtion and advice to the clients. Attend meetings on behalf of the clients, concerning drafted and in force EU policies and legislation; implementation of legislation, control and enforcement in particular with regard to EU fisheries and environmental issues as well as animal welfare (fish). Special in depth knowledge about recreational fisheries in Europe and globally. Contracted by the European Anglers Alliance and the European Fishing Tackle Trade Association since September 2001.
Main EU files targeted
The EU's Common Fisheries Policy(CFP), policies and implementation; the discard ban; the control regulation; Technical Measures Regulation; various fisheries management plans, which include recreational angling provisions (eels, sea bass, salmon, cod, tuna..); management of fish predators (cormorants); Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD); Water Framework Directive (WFD); EU Invasive Alien Species Regulation; Single Use Plastics Directive; REACH; Birds- and Habitats Directives / Natura 2000; hydropower's impact on the aquatic environment, socio-economic value of recreational fishing; BLUE GROWTH strategy, EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030, the Nature Restoration Law...
Website
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People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 29 Sep 2023
Name Start date End Date Mr Jan Kappel 18 Feb 2020 01 Mar 2021 Mr Jan Kappel 30 Jan 2019 01 Feb 2020 Mr Jan Kappel 06 Oct 2017 06 Oct 2018 Mr Jan Kappel 24 Mar 2015 20 Mar 2016 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
Self-employed individuals
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Advances interests of their clients
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
25,000€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Clients for closed financial year
Clients list
Name Proposal Amount European Anglers Alliance EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030; draft Nature Restoration Law, Fisheries Control Regulation, ECHA's preparation of a report to the EU Commission on a possible ban on lead in shot, bullets and fishing weights; European Green Deal: Developing a sustainable blue economy in the European Union; 25,000€ - 49,999€ Clients for current financial year
Clients list
Name European Fishing Tackle Trade Association Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Biodiversity, hunting, countryside#Climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development#The Forum on Recreational Fisheries and Aquatic Environment
www.eaa-europe.org/european-parliament-forum
The Forum establishes contact and communication between MEPs and their 25 million angling constituents. It serves as a forum for discussion of issues on or related to the European Parliament agenda concerning recreational fishing, biodiversity, invasive species, the Water Framework Directive, ecosystem services, rural development, fishing tourism and other relevant issues;
The Forum gives MEPs access to EAA and EFTTA in-house experts and a broad network of experts and scientists.
The Natura 2000 Users Forum: A forum for nature users interests (hunters, recreational anglers, landowners, farmers, forest owners..)Other activities
Is a member of or follows actively some Commission expert groups and subgroups like:
- the Interest Group 'Birds Directive'
- Co-ordination Group for Biodiversity and Nature (CGBN)
- the Interest Group 'Ecosystem Assessment'
- WFD CIRCA: 'Implementing the Water Framework Directive and the Floods Directive'
- Expert Group on the Birds and Habitats Directives (NADEG)
- Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services in the European Union (MAES)
Meetings
Meetings
None declared