Overview
Lobbying Costs
1,375,000€
Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5 Fte (10)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
7
High-level Commission meetings
8
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI)
EU Transparency Register
51925911965-76 First registered on 07 Jul 2009
Goals / Remit
Philip Morris International Inc. is a holding company whose subsidiaries and affiliates, and their licensees, are engaged in the manufacture and sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products as well as Reduced-Risk Products (or “RRP’s”, which is the term we use to refer to products that present, are likely to present, or have the potential to present less risk of harm to smokers who switch to these products versus continued smoking). Our products are sold in approximately 180 countries. In the EU, PMI's subsidiaries and affiliates sell cigarettes, hand rolling tobacco, cigars, pipe tobacco and some RRPs in certain Member States; they employ approx. 11,500 people and owned 10 factories located in 9 Member States.
Irrespective of where in the world we do business, we apply the same principles to our conduct. This includes not marketing or selling our products to minors. It also means that we engage with governments and other stakeholders in support of legislation that applies to all tobacco products and manufacturers, and is based on the principle of reducing the harm caused by tobacco use.Main EU files targeted
PMI follows a large area of EU policies, and engages in areas such as, taxation (direct and indirect), movement of excisable products (customs and excise), public health aspects of tobacco and smoking, including the development of potentially reduced risk products, product regulation, growing of tobacco leaf, fighting illicit trade, preserving intellectual property rights, and any other upcoming legislation of relevance to the operations of the company in the European Union. In particular, we followed the following legislative files in 2017:
• Directive 2014/40/EU on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products and repealing Directive 2001/37/EC, and its related Implementing and Delegated Acts.
• 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.
• Revision of Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax.
• Revision of Regulation No 450/2008 laying down the Community Customs Code (Modernised Customs Code) as regards the date of its application, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 756/2012 which amended Regulation No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code.Address
Head Office
Avenue de Rhodanie, 50
Lausanne CH-1007
SWITZERLANDEU Office
PMI EU Office
51, Rue Montoyer
Brussels 1000
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People
Total lobbyists declared
10
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 10 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
7 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 25 Jan 2019
Name Start date End Date Pierre Edouard ALTIERI 14 Jun 2023 13 Jun 2024 Paul FOURNIER 24 Jun 2023 21 Jun 2024 Maximilian JELL 23 Aug 2023 22 Aug 2024 Mario Vanella 24 Aug 2023 23 Aug 2024 Ioannis KORKOVELOS 23 Aug 2023 22 Aug 2024 Tomas Korkos 23 Aug 2023 22 Aug 2024 Mario MUELLER 23 Aug 2023 22 Aug 2024 Bert VAN GOSSUM 24 Aug 2023 23 Aug 2024 Stefano SANTI 23 Aug 2023 22 Aug 2024 Maximilian Marcello Horst ARACENA 22 Mar 2024 02 Oct 2024 Ignacio GONZALEZ SUAREZ 21 Sep 2023 20 Sep 2024 Mr Mario Vanella 24 Aug 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Bert VAN GOSSUM 24 Aug 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Maximilian JELL 23 Aug 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Ioannis KORKOVELOS 23 Aug 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Tomas Korkos 23 Aug 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Mario MUELLER 23 Aug 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Stefano SANTI 23 Aug 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Paul FOURNIER 24 Jun 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Pierre Edouard ALTIERI 14 Jun 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Anastasios SYKAKIS 11 Mar 2023 11 Mar 2024 Mr Sykakis Anastasios 11 Mar 2023 16 Mar 2023 Ignacio GONZALEZ SUAREZ 04 Oct 2022 21 Sep 2023 Gonzalez Suarez Ignacio 04 Oct 2022 12 Oct 2022 Mr Maximilian JELL 07 Sep 2022 23 Aug 2023 Mr Mario MUELLER 02 Sep 2022 23 Aug 2023 Mr Mario Vanella 01 Sep 2022 24 Aug 2023 Mr Ioannis KORKOVELOS 01 Sep 2022 23 Aug 2023 Mr Tomas Korkos 01 Sep 2022 23 Aug 2023 Mr Bert VAN GOSSUM 01 Sep 2022 24 Aug 2023 Mr Stefano SANTI 01 Sep 2022 23 Aug 2023 Mr Sykakis Anastasios 25 Mar 2022 11 Mar 2023 Mr Stefano SANTI 28 Sep 2021 01 Sep 2022 Mr Tomas Korkos 24 Sep 2021 01 Sep 2022 Mr Bert VAN GOSSUM 24 Sep 2021 01 Sep 2022 Mr Mauro SCOTTO D'ABUSCO 24 Sep 2021 24 Sep 2022 Mr Ioannis KORKOVELOS 23 Sep 2021 01 Sep 2022 Mr Mario MUELLER 23 Sep 2021 02 Sep 2022 Mr Mario Vanella 21 Sep 2021 01 Sep 2022 Mr Tomas Korkos 18 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Mr Ioannis KORKOVELOS 17 Jan 2020 16 Jan 2021 Mr Kristof DOMS 21 Jun 2019 01 Jul 2020 Mr Kacper CHMIELEWSKI 20 Jun 2019 27 Nov 2019 Mr Mauro SCOTTO D'ABUSCO 20 Jun 2019 01 Jul 2020 Mr Bert VAN GOSSUM 20 Jun 2019 01 Jul 2020 Mr Mario MUELLER 20 Jun 2019 01 Jul 2020 Mr Robert WASSENAAR 20 Jun 2019 20 Feb 2020 Mr Stefano SANTI 19 Jun 2019 01 Jul 2020 Mr Mauro SCOTTO D'ABUSCO 19 Jul 2018 20 Jun 2019 Mr Stefano SANTI 29 Jun 2018 19 Jun 2019 Mr Mario MUELLER 23 Jun 2018 20 Jun 2019 Mr Kristof DOMS 28 Mar 2018 28 Mar 2019 Mr Kacper CHMIELEWSKI 27 Mar 2018 27 Mar 2019 Ms Eleonora SANTI 27 Mar 2018 27 Mar 2019 Mr Robert WASSENAAR 27 Mar 2018 27 Mar 2019 Mr Mario MUELLER 20 Jul 2017 23 Jun 2018 Mr Bert VAN GOSSUM 05 May 2017 14 Apr 2018 Mr Kacper CHMIELEWSKI 25 Apr 2017 27 Mar 2018 Mr Kristof DOMS 25 Apr 2017 28 Mar 2018 Ms Eleonora SANTI 25 Apr 2017 27 Mar 2018 Mr Roberto Picchizzolu 25 Apr 2017 14 Apr 2018 Mr Maximilian Alfred JELL 28 Apr 2016 23 Mar 2017 Ms Eleonora SANTI 16 Apr 2016 15 Apr 2017 Ms SANTI Eleonora 16 Apr 2016 26 Apr 2016 Mr Kacper CHMIELEWSKI 13 Apr 2016 13 Apr 2017 Mr Kristof DOMS 13 Apr 2016 12 Apr 2017 Mr Maximilian Alfred JELL 20 May 2015 28 Apr 2016 Ms SANTI Eleonora 08 Apr 2015 01 Apr 2016 Mr Kacper CHMIELEWSKI 31 Mar 2015 27 Mar 2016 Mr Kristof DOMS 28 Mar 2015 26 Mar 2016 Mr Jose Vicente Fonseca Lavado 09 Sep 2014 04 Sep 2015 Mr Andreas GIANNOPOULOS 06 Sep 2014 04 Sep 2015 Mr Kacper CHMIELEWSKI 05 Mar 2014 05 Mar 2015 Mr Kristof DOMS 05 Mar 2014 05 Mar 2015 Mr Jose Vicente Fonseca Lavado 06 Jul 2013 05 Jul 2014 Ms Anne-Laure COVIN 29 Jun 2013 27 Jun 2014 Mr Andreas GIANNOPOULOS 29 Jun 2013 27 Jun 2014 Mr Peter PETERS 29 Jun 2013 27 Jun 2014 Mr Kacper CHMIELEWSKI 13 Mar 2013 05 Mar 2014 Mr Kristof DOMS 07 Mar 2013 05 Mar 2014 Mr Jose Fonseca 07 Dec 2012 29 Jun 2013 Mr Alastair Little 07 Dec 2012 05 Jul 2013 Ms Anne-Laure COVIN 07 Dec 2012 29 Jun 2013 Mr Peter PETERS 24 Nov 2012 29 Jun 2013 Mr Andreas GIANNOPOULOS 16 Nov 2012 29 Jun 2013 Mr Alessandro Maria POGGIALI 16 Nov 2012 05 Jul 2013 Mr Jose Fonseca 11 Apr 2012 01 Dec 2012 Mr Alastair Little 11 Apr 2012 01 Dec 2012 Ms Anne-Laure COVIN 11 Apr 2012 01 Dec 2012 Mr Alessandro Maria POGGIALI 16 Nov 2011 01 Nov 2012 Mr Antoine LEFRANC 14 Nov 2011 01 Nov 2012 Mr Kristof DOMS 09 Dec 2011 01 Dec 2012 Complementary Information
In line with the Transparency Register Guidelines, the numbers in this section 10 only include employees working in PMI’s Brussels office. Consistent with our previous years’ reporting, the financial data under point 13 also includes an estimate of the costs attributable to employees outside the Brussels Office who spent a portion of their time working on activities covered by the Register.
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Kristof Doms (Vice President Fiscal Affairs, International Trade and ITP)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Andre Calantzopoulos (Chief Executive Officer)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
AmCham EU, The American European Community Association (AECA), European Policy Centre (EPC), Kangaroo Group, BusinessEurope, VBO-FBE, European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA), MARQUES, EPICENTRE, EurActiv, Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists, American Chamber of Commerce of Lithuania, Spanish Tobacco Roundtable, Ass. Industrial Portuguesa (AIP), Economiesuisse, Czech Foodstuff Chamber, Czech Association Branded Goods, Czech Confederation of Industry, Centromarca, CEOE, Estonian Chamber of Commerce, Latvian Chamber of Commerce, Latvian Traders Association;
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
1,375,000€
Other financial info
This estimate of the annual costs is based on a percentage of the total cost of the PMI Corporate Affairs office in Brussels and an estimate of the annual costs of activities by other PMI affiliates and subsidiaries directly related to representing interests to EU Institutions referring to the most recent financial year closed, as of the date of the registration, or the update of the registration details.
Philip Morris has given a financial contribution to EPICENTER and to EurActiv. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
8 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 24 Jan 2024 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with Tabaqueira for presentation of the company’s plans. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elisa Ferreira Attending - Francisco Barros Castro (Cabinet member)
- Hugo Monteiro Brilhante Sobral (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 11 Sep 2020 Location Rome Subject Breakfast with institutional and economic stakeholders organised by Rep and Comin & partners Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi Portfolio Neighbourhood and Enlargement Attending - Alessio Nardi (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 23 Jan 2020 Location Brussels Subject Working priorities of the new European Commission Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Juraj Nociar (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jan 2020 Location Brussels Subject Working priorities of the new European Commission Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight Attending - Juraj Nociar (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Nov 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject new technologies diminishing harm to tobacco user Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Mar 2017 Location Brussels/Belgium Subject Update on Excise & Customs clarification of tobacco products DG Taxation and Customs Union Attending - Stephen Quest (Director-General)
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Date 26 Jan 2017 Location Brussels Subject Occasion of the Slovak New Year Concert Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Lubomira Hromkova (Cabinet member)