Overview
Lobbying Costs
25,000€ - 49,999€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
6
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Neo Performance Materials Inc (Neo)
EU Transparency Register
862207842633-83 First registered on 05 May 2021
Goals / Remit
Neo processes and develops rare earth & rare metal advanced materials that fast-forward the transition to green tech. It manufactures advanced industrial materials that serve as the building blocks of many modern technologies that deliver enhanced efficiency and sustainability. The Company’s products – rare earth oxides, magnetic powders and magnets for energy-saving applications, specialty chemicals, metals, and alloys – are critical to the performance of many everyday products as well as emerging technologies. Neo’s products help to deliver the technologies of tomorrow to consumers today. Neo’s advanced industrial materials are also key to some of the world’s sought-after and environmentally friendly and sustainable technologies, such as hybrid and electric vehicles, pollution control systems, high-efficiency appliances and pumps, energy-efficient lighting, water purification, and many more.
Main EU files targeted
Raw Materials Act, Clean Tech Act, EU Sovereignty Fund, Action Plan on Critical Raw Materials, the 2020 List of Critical Raw Materials, Innovation Fund, Fit for 55 ETS, and the EU’s foresight study for critical raw materials
Address
Head Office
121 King Street West Suite 1740
Toronto, Ontario M5H 3T9
CANADAEU Office
121 King Street West Suite 1740
Toronto, Ontario M5H 3T9
CANADAWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 24 Apr 2024
Name Start date End Date Mr Vasileios TSIANOS 01 Apr 2022 01 Oct 2022 Mr Vasileios TSIANOS 28 Oct 2021 01 Feb 2022 Complementary Information
Cluster Meetings of the European Raw Materials Alliance (ERMA) and EIT Raw Materials, outreach to Commissioners' cabinets when appropriate, outreach to MEPs when appropriate, outreach to Permanent Representations of Member States with assets or customers along the value chain of rare earths
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
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
Rare Earth Industry Association (REIA), WindEurope, Estonian Chemical Industry Association (ECIA), Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ECCI)
https://www.global-reia.org/
https://windeurope.org/
https://www.keemia.ee/
https://www.koda.ee/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 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
25,000€ - 49,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
25,000€ - 49,999€
Other financial info
Awarded decision for grant via Estonia's Just Transition Fund for up to 18.7 Million Euros as a reimbursement of capital expenditures in Ida-Viru region to build a rare earth permanent magnet manufacturing plant, but have not received any re-imbursement yet. The award decision was provisional - once fund are received, we will update our information on the Transparency Register.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Competitive European Industry: long-term and sustainable investment#Green new deal
Communication activities
Cluster Meetings of the European Raw Materials Alliance (ERMA) and EIT Raw Materials, Rare Earth Industry Association consultation for its white papers
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
6 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 21 Jun 2023 Location Brussels Subject The proposal for STEP and support to critical supply chains including from Just Transition Fund Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn Portfolio Budget and Administration Attending - Kyriacos Charalambous (Cabinet member)
- Martina Krobath (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Nov 2022 Location Brussels Subject Sovereignty Fund, State Aid in Estonia, and Raw Materials Act. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Pierre-Arnaud Proux (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 16 Nov 2022 Location Brussels Subject On the side of the EU Raw Materials week High Level Conference, the parties met to discuss current issues related to raw materials supply. DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kerstin Jorna (Director-General)
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Date 15 Nov 2022 Location Brussels Subject Raw materials Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Nov 2022 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Preparation of the critical raw materials act Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
- Eszter Batta (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 25 May 2022 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on the role of NEO in the EU as part of the EU's climate strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Stefanie Hiesinger (Cabinet member)