Performing Arts Employers Associations League Europe)

PEARLE*:
- has an observer status with WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation;
- is member of EEN (European Employers’ Network) facilitated by Businesseurope (the Confederation of European Business);
- is registered as an employers’ organisation by ILO (International Labour Office) with observer status at the International Labour Conference;
- is a partner of the European Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee ‘Live Performance’ together with European Arts & Entertainment Alliance (EAEA), representing FIM (International Federation of Musicians), FIA (International Federation of Actors) and UNI-MEI (Media Arts and Entertainment International).
- is a founding member of Culture Action Europe(the European Forum for the Arts and Heritage)
- is a member of CUP (Copyright Users Platform)
- is a member of EFSC (European Forum for Spectrum Coexistence)
- registered as civil society stakeholder with DG Trade
- participates to the civil society platforms ‘Access to Culture’ and ‘Cultural and Creative Industries’set up at the initiative of the European Commission, DG Culture
- registered on the reserve list of the platform for Good Tax Governance facilitated by DG Taxud
- is an initiator and member of the European Alliance for Culture and the Arts

www.pearle.ws

Jan 2015 - Dec 2015

9,999€

Pearle operates for more than 90% on membership contributions and income.

Expert group on cross-border taxation

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The main sectors where Pearle*'s actions are focusing on are:
- Culture & education
- Employment and Social Affairs
- Taxation and VAT
- Intellectual Property/Copyright affairs
- Consumer protection
- Health & Safety
- Trade
- Enterprise
- Radio spectrum
- Mobility for cultural workers
- Visas
- State aid
- public services
- Environment (& CITES)
- Other issues discussed within the European sectoral social dialogue committee 'live performance'

10 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.

• Date	14 Feb 2024	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Meeting on the employment situation of artists and cultural professionals.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit
  Attending	Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)

• Date	12 Apr 2021	Location	videoconference
  Subject	Skills roundtable Cultural and Creative Ecosystem
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
  Portfolio	Internal Market
  Attending	Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member) Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	Ars Electronica Linz GmbH & Co KG Fondazione Polo del '900 funline Media GmbH Aalto-korkeakoulusäätiö / Aalto University France Télévisions UNI MEI Global Union EBU-UER (European Broadcasting Union)

• Date	12 Apr 2021	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Pact for skills roundtable with the creative cultural industries.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit
  Portfolio	Jobs and Social Rights
  Attending	Anouk Faber (Cabinet member) Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	UNI MEI Global Union Aalto-korkeakoulusäätiö / Aalto University Ars Electronica Linz GmbH & Co KG France Télévisions EBU-UER (European Broadcasting Union) funline Media GmbH

• 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)
  Other Lobbyists	International Federation of Actors INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS UNI MEI Global Union

• 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)
  Other Lobbyists	International Federation of Actors

• Date	18 Jul 2017	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Reflection paper on the Social Dimension
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
  Portfolio	Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
  Attending	Raquel Lucas (Cabinet member)

• Date	18 Jul 2017	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Skills, Social dimension of Europe
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen
  Portfolio	Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility
  Attending	Julie Fionda (Cabinet member)

• Date	18 Oct 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Mainstreaming of culture
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics
  Portfolio	Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
  Attending	Alicja Magda Herbowska (Cabinet member)

• Date	15 Mar 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Culture and the Arts in European policy-making
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics
  Portfolio	Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
  Attending	Alicja Magda Herbowska (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	IETM international network for contemporary performing arts

• Date	29 Feb 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Spectrum, UHF band
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
  Portfolio	Digital Single Market
  Attending	Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member) Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
  Other Lobbyists	MFE - MEDIAFOREUROPE N.V RAI RADIOTELEVISIONE ITALIANA SpA Association of European Radios TDF EBU-UER (European Broadcasting Union) Association of Professional Wireless Production Technologies UNI MEI Global Union