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 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
7
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Pelagic Freezer-trawler Association (PFA)
EU Transparency Register
78847784895-41 First registered on 04 Jan 2011
Goals / Remit
uitoefening van duurzame pelagische visserij door vriestrawlers
sustainable pelagic fisheries by freezer-trawlersMain EU files targeted
implementatie aanlandplicht
Fisheries Authorizations Regulation
Technical Measures
Control regulation
mixed fisheries plans based on MSY
regionalisation of fisheries management
fisheries negotiations between EU and coastal states
Fisheries Partnership Agreements with 3rd countries
scientific work by ICES and STECFAddress
Head Office
Louis Braillelaan, 80
Zoetermeer 2719EK
NETHERLANDS -
People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 50% 1 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 20 Mar 2016
Name Start date End Date Mr Gerardus VAN BALSFOORT 11 Jan 2020 09 Jan 2021 Mr Laurens VAN BALSFOORT 10 Jan 2020 09 Jan 2021 Mr Gerardus VAN BALSFOORT 17 May 2018 17 May 2019 Mr GErard van Balsfoort 19 Oct 2016 18 Oct 2017 Mr GErard van Balsfoort 25 Sep 2015 23 Sep 2016 Mr GErard van Balsfoort 08 Apr 2014 06 Apr 2015 Mr GErard van Balsfoort 08 Jan 2013 23 Dec 2013 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Gerard van Balsfoort (president)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Gerard van Balsfoort (voorzitter / president)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
Europêche (European association of national fisheries organizations)
EAPO (European Association of Fish Producer Organizations)
member of the Pelagic Advisory Council
member of the Long Distance Advisory CouncilMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
9,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
intergroup on fisheries
Communication activities
None
Other activities
regulation on deep-sea fisheries
reform of the Common Fishery Policy (CFP)
reform of the Common Market Organization on fish products (CMO)
Fisheries Partnership Agreement with Mauritania
Fisheries Partnership Agreement with Morocco
annual negotiations on blue whiting, AS herring, mackerel
NEAFC affairs
bilateral negotiations EU-Norway and EU-Faroe Islands
South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization
Meetings
Meetings
7 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 08 Apr 2022 Location video-call Subject Bottom trawling and preparation of the Action plan to conserve fisheries resources and protect marine ecosystems Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Rederscentrale CVBA
- UNION ARMATEURS A LA PECHE DE FRANCE
- Asociación Nacional de Armadores de Buques de Pesca de Bacalao
- Danish Fishers Producer Organisation
- Comité national des pêches maritimes et des élevages marins
- Killybegs Fishermen's Organisation
- Cooperatie Kottervisserij Nederland (VisNed)
- Association of National Organisations of Fishing Enterprises in the European Union
- Sveriges Fiskares Producentorganisation ekonomisk förening
- Danish Pelagic Producer Organisation
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Date 14 Mar 2022 Location virtual Subject To discuss the impact of increasing fuel and raw material prices on the fishing sector Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
- Carmen Preising (Cabinet member)
- Agne Razmislaviciute-Palioniene (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - OCEANA
- ANFACO-CECOPESCA
- Federation of European Aquaculture Producers
- ORGANIZACIÓN DE PRODUCTORES DE PESCA DE BAJURA DE BIZKAIA
- Stichting Advisory Council for pelagic stocks
- European Association of Fish Producers Organisations
- European Associations of Fish Processors and European Federation of National Organisations of Fish Importers and Exporters
- Fédération des Organisations de producteurs de la Pêche Artisanale
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Date 15 Apr 2021 Location Brussels - Webex call Subject Arctic cod fisheries DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Charlina Vitcheva (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 01 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject Pulse Fishing DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Joao Aguiar Machado (Director-General)
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Date 06 Nov 2017 Location Brussels, BERL Subject discussion on the future of EU fisheries Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 10 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject Situation of pelagic stocks Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Karmenu Vella (Commissioner)