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Overview

Lobbying Costs

1,624,500€

Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

4 Fte (6)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

7

High-level Commission meetings

4

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    JT International   (JTI)

    EU Transparency Register

    71175716023-03 First registered on 14 Jun 2011

    Goals / Remit

    We were formed in 1999 when Japan Tobacco acquired the non-US operations of tobacco company RJ Reynolds
    The further acquisition of UK-based Gallaher in 2007 nearly doubled the size of JTI by adding 11,000 new employees.
    Today, our company has over 26,000 employees, and operations in 120 countries. Our headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Our diverse employee base is made up of over 100 nationalities building careers at JTI that span our worldwide operations. We are a truly international business.

    JTI recognizes that cigarettes are a legal but controversial product. People smoke for pleasure but there are real risks that come with that pleasure. Accordingly JTI believes that tobacco products should be appropriately regulated.

    JTI also believes in the freedom of adults to choose whether they want to smoke and that no one should smoke unless he or she understands the risks of doing so. These risks distinguish tobacco from most consumer goods and they place upon the industry a real responsibility. It's a responsibility for which JTI expects to be held accountable, together with governments and the rest of society.

    Main EU files targeted

    • Directive 2014/40/EU: of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products and repealing Directive 2001/37/EC
    • Directive 2011/64/EC on the structure and rates of excise duty applied to manufactured tobacco (codification) and Directive 2008/118/EC concerning the general arrangements for excise duty and repealing Directive 92/12/EEC.
    • The Trademark Directive (2008/95/EC) and the Community Trademark Regulation (207/2009/EC).
    • Better Regulation
    • International FTAs
    • Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste
    • Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste

    Address

    Head Office
    8 rue Kazem Radjavi
    Geneva 1202
    SWITZERLAND
    EU Office
    Boechoutlaan 55
    Strombeek-Bever 1853
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    6

    Employment timeLobbyists
    75%5
    25%1

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    4

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    7 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 20 Oct 2017

    Name Start date End Date
    Ms Efi ANASTASIOU 27 Sep 2023 26 Sep 2024
    Mr Philipp HANSEN 27 Sep 2023 26 Sep 2024
    Ms Ksenija BARYSIENE 27 Sep 2023 26 Sep 2024
    Ms Mathilde BRASSEUR 28 Apr 2023 26 Apr 2024
    Mr Kiyoshi IWAY 20 Apr 2023 19 Apr 2024
    Mr Francesco GAGLIOPPA 20 Apr 2023 19 Apr 2024
    Ms Ksenija BARYSIENE 04 Oct 2022 27 Sep 2023
    Ms Adriana VALLE 01 Oct 2022 27 Sep 2023
    Ms Efi ANASTASIOU 01 Oct 2022 27 Sep 2023
    Mr Philipp HANSEN 01 Oct 2022 27 Sep 2023
    Ms Schamy MILLIMONO 22 Sep 2022 19 Apr 2023
    Mr Miroslaw GAJEWSKI 26 Nov 2021 20 May 2022
    Ms Adriana VALLE 23 Oct 2021 01 Oct 2022
    Ms Efi ANASTASIOU 28 Sep 2021 28 Sep 2022
    Mr Philipp HANSEN 28 Sep 2021 28 Sep 2022
    Ms Ksenija BARYSIENE 28 Sep 2021 28 Sep 2022
    Mr Hendrik Matthias BIERGANS 18 Oct 2019 18 Apr 2020
    Mr Paolo BOCHICCHIO 29 Jun 2019 28 Feb 2020
    Mr Benedict Robert James TOWNSEND 29 Jun 2019 28 Feb 2020
    Mr Vlad OLTEANU 28 Mar 2019 28 Mar 2020
    Ms Andreea Harna 27 Mar 2019 28 Feb 2020
    Ms Ksenija BARYSIENE 15 Sep 2018 01 Oct 2019
    Ms Delia Andreea VOICA 15 Sep 2018 01 Oct 2019
    Mr Brian Dunphy 19 May 2018 18 May 2019
    Mr Paolo BOCHICCHIO 03 May 2018 03 May 2019
    Mr Benedict Robert James TOWNSEND 03 May 2018 03 May 2019
    Mr Vlad OLTEANU 30 Jan 2018 30 Jan 2019
    Ms Delia Andreea VOICA 01 Oct 2017 15 Sep 2018
    Mr Paolo BOCHICCHIO 12 May 2017 03 May 2018
    Mr Benedict Robert James TOWNSEND 12 May 2017 03 May 2018
    Mr Vlad OLTEANU 22 Dec 2016 21 Dec 2017
    Ms Ksenija BARYSIENE 22 Dec 2016 21 Dec 2017
    Ms Andreea Harna 10 Nov 2016 09 Nov 2017
    Mr Brian Dunphy 08 Nov 2016 05 Nov 2017
    Mr Paolo BOCHICCHIO 24 May 2016 13 May 2017
    Mr Benedict Robert James TOWNSEND 24 May 2016 13 May 2017
    Ms Anastasia Bakola 24 May 2016 19 Nov 2016
    Mr Vlad OLTEANU 07 Jan 2016 22 Dec 2016
    Mr Brian Dunphy 11 Nov 2015 08 Nov 2016
    Mr Radu Colonescu 13 Jun 2015 06 Jan 2016
    Mr Benedict Robert James TOWNSEND 11 Jun 2015 09 Jun 2016
    Ms Anastasia Bakola 11 Jun 2015 08 Jun 2016
    Mr Paolo BOCHICCHIO 10 Jun 2015 24 May 2016
    Ms Anastasia Bakola 07 Jun 2014 05 Jun 2015
    Mr Radu Colonescu 03 Jul 2014 13 Jun 2015
    Mr Michael Eduard Hack 11 Jun 2014 06 Jun 2015
    Mr Paolo BOCHICCHIO 07 Jun 2014 05 Jun 2015
    Mr Benedict Robert James TOWNSEND 07 Jun 2014 05 Jun 2015
    Mrs Anastasia Bakola 07 Jun 2014 27 Jan 2015
    Mr Michael HACK 07 Jun 2013 06 Jun 2014
    Mr Paolo BOCHICCHIO 11 Jun 2013 08 Jun 2014
    Mr Benedict Robert James TOWNSEND 07 Jun 2013 06 Jun 2014
    Mr Paolo BOCHICCHIO 27 Oct 2012 17 Jun 2013
    Mr Michael HACK 25 Oct 2012 17 Jun 2013
    Mr Michael HACK 13 Dec 2011 25 Oct 2012
    Mr Paolo BOCHICCHIO 16 Nov 2011 27 Oct 2012

    Complementary Information

    Ben Townsend
    Paolo Bochicchio
    Brian Dunphy
    Vlad Olteanu
    Ksenija Barysiene
    Andreea Harna

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Mr Ben Townsend (Vice-President, Head of EU Affairs)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Eddy Pirard (President & CEO)

  • Categories

    Category

    II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations

    Subcategory

    Companies & groups

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    Confederation of European Community Cigarette Manufacturers (CECCM) and most of its counterparts in EU Member States
    European Smoking Tobacco Association (ESTA)
    European Cigar Manufacturers Association (ECMA)
    British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium (BCCB)
    American European Community Association (AECA)
    The Kangaroo Group
    Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
    Business Europe
    Forest EU
    Japan Business Council in Europe (JBCE)
    Public Affairs Council

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    1,624,500€

    Other financial info

    Due to the change of the Transparency Register Guidelines, the estimated costs for the year 2016 include the annual membership fees paid from JTI to its member organizations.

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    None

    ACC

    None

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    None

    Other activities

    Japan Tobacco International monitors a large number of EU policies and actively engages in customs, justice and home affairs, enlargement, taxation, consumer affairs, public health, internal market, external trade and anti-illicit trade. Japan Tobacco International engages with EU institutions either on its own or via trade associations.

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    4 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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