Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
RECHARGE aisbl (RECHARGE)
EU Transparency Register
673674011803-02 First registered on 05 Sep 2013
Goals / Remit
RECHARGE is the industry association for the advanced rechargeable and lithium batteries value chain in Europe. Founded in 1998, it is our mission to promote advanced rechargeable batteries as a key technology that will contribute to a more empowered, sustainable and circular economy by enabling decarbonized electricity and mobility. RECHARGE’s unique membership covers all aspects of the advanced rechargeable battery value chain in Europe: From suppliers of primary and secondary raw materials, to battery and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), to logistic partners and battery recyclers.
Main EU files targeted
Batteries Directive/Regulation, European Batteries Alliances, European Raw Materials Alliance, Green Deal, REACH, WEEE, ROHS, Product Environment Footprint initiative, EIP Raw Materials initiative, Ecodesign Directive, Ecolabel, Renewable Energy Directive
Address
Head Office
Avenue de Tervueren, 168
Brussels 1150
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 26 Jul 2021
Name Start date End Date Ms Pia Alina LANGE 06 Feb 2020 06 Feb 2021 Complementary Information
None declared
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
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
Member of EUROMETAUX, BEPA and EGVIA
Member of ERMA and EBA
Partner of Battery 2030+Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
12,000 € (Source: Batteries 2030+ project)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Environmental Footprint Technical Advisory Board#E03710#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?groupID=3710 #Member #C#Industry, SMEs
Groups (European Parliament)
Climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development#Competitive European Industry: long-term and sustainable investment
Communication activities
Product Environment Footprint Category Rules for rechargeable batteries
Expert for the batteries safety testing project SABATAIR and co-chair of the SAE G-27 standardization committee for Safety Test of Lithium Batteries Packaging
Member of the H2020 project "Prosum"
Member of the Commission intiative "Battery Alliance" and "Raw Materials Alliance"
Representation in the European Technology and Innovation Platform (ETIP) on Batteries (also BatteRIes Europe)
Partner of Battery 2030+
Observer Association to the Batteries European Partnership Association (BEPA)
Stakeholder consultation within the modernization of the batteries legislation
Stakeholder consultation within the European Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability
Stakeholder consultation within the Green Claims initiative
Stakeholder consultation within the European Renewable Energy DirectiveOther activities
Contribution to the objectives definition for the batteries recycling efficiency (directive EU 493/21012).
Contribution to the batteries life cycle analysis (directive 2009/125 EC).
Selected for the Commission PEF pilot project 2014-2017
Relaunch of the Commission PEFCR for rechargeable batteries 2020-ongoing
Organization of a "Friends of Batteries" conference in Oct 2018 and in January 2021, and a "Battery collection day" in the European parliament in 2016
Meetings
Meetings
3 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 Sep 2022 Location videoconference Subject Batteries and REPowerEU Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Eszter Batta (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Sep 2022 Location videoconference Subject Will follow Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Sep 2018 Location Brussels Subject Joint meeting with Eurometaux, EUROBAT and RECHARGE to discuss the future of batteries and related chemicals management DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Attending - Joost Korte (Director-General)
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