Overview
WARNING: As this organisation lists one or more EP accredited lobbyists, it may not be probable that its lobbying costs are lower than €10,000.
Lobbying Costs
9,999€
Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
National Energy Ombudsmen Network (NEON)
EU Transparency Register
412752013756-49 First registered on 05 Jun 2014
Goals / Remit
The National Energy Ombudsmen Network is:
- An independent European network,
- composed of ombudsmen, ADR and mediation services active in the energy sector
- independent of the industry
- work in compliance with EC Directives 2009/72 and 73 (“Third Energy package”) and ADR Directive 2013/11
NEON’s 4 objectives:
1) To encourage the protection and empowerment of energy consumers;
2) To promote ADR in Europe in compliance with the recommendations of the European Commission and EU Directives;
3) To represent its members at European level and to link up with European counterparts in the fields of energy and consumer protection;
4) To facilitate the exchange of information, experience and good practices between members.Main EU files targeted
Energy, Consumer protection, redress, alternative dispute resolution, legal matters
Address
Head Office
Boulevard du Roi Albert II 8
BRUXELLES 1000
BELGIUM -
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
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 16 Dec 2016
Name Start date End Date Annette JANTZEN 06 Mar 2019 06 Mar 2020 Annette JANTZEN 16 Mar 2018 06 Mar 2019 Ms Marine Cornelis 29 Mar 2017 24 Mar 2018 Ms Marine Cornelis 23 Mar 2016 22 Mar 2017 Ms Marine Cornelis 10 Apr 2015 23 Mar 2016 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Marine Cornelis (Secretary General)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Lewis Shand Smith (Chair)
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
9,999€
Other financial info
Article 27 - Administering the accounts
27.1. An account is opened with a financial organisation under Belgian law in the name of NEON and is signed for by the Chair and the Treasurer.
27.2. The financial year starts on 1st January and ends on 31st December of each year.
The Administrative body shall submit for approval from General management body on behalf of the current year and the following year's budget.
27.3. The budget is approved each year by the last week of June.
27.4. The budget is voted by effective members and associate members by the majority of two-thirds of the votes of the effective and associate members present or represented.
27.5. Financial transactions on behalf of NEON require the joint signature of the President and the Treasurer. For expenses of less than 2,500 euros (or an equal value in another currency from the European Union), each of them may act alone. If the Chair and the Treasurer are unable to do so, such operations shall be made by the deputy President together with a Member of the Administrative body.
As planned by article 26.3, the Secretary General is in charge of the daily management of the cash flows and reports it to the President and Treasurer. Recurring expenditures and minor expenses, up to a maximum amount determined by the Administrative Body, are made by the Secretary General.
27.6. The General management body can decide the constitution of a reserve fund; fix the amount and terms of the contribution due from each member to this fund. The remaining funds from the previous years are part of the reserve fund.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
DG Justice and Consumers WG on Consumers as energy market actors
DG Energy WG on Vulnerable consumersACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
NEON set up a policy session on New Market, New Consumers, New Challenges, organised in the framework of the European Sustainable Energy Week 2016.
NEON organised a workshop on “Designing a Consumer Code for New Energy Consumers” on Wednesday, 10 February in Brussels. NEON presented its proposal for a Consumer Code, a series of thirteen key recommendations aimed to protect end consumers, with the principle of solidarity and responsibility at its core.
In March 2015, during the 7th Citizens' Energy Forum, NEON, the National Energy Ombudsmen Network, presented the report on ADR in the Energy Sector in Europe conducted by Dr Naomi Creutzfeldt, ESRC Research Fellow, Fellow of Wolfson College Centre for Socio-Legal Studies - University of Oxford, and commissioned by NEON.
On 27 January 2015, at the European Parliament, NEON organised its first conference on “Strengthening ADR in the Energy sector”, at the European Parliament in Brussels.Other activities
NEON was part of several European Commission working groups and events, such as the one on “Vulnerable Consumers” and "data management". NEON is also represented at the London Citizen's Energy Forum.
- Meetings
Meetings
None declared
- Meetings