Overview
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5.5 Fte (15)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
6
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Scotch Whisky Association (SWA)
EU Transparency Register
9201911441-69 First registered on 29 Sep 2008
Goals / Remit
The Scotch Whisky Association’s 57 member companies, including distillers, blenders and bottlers, account for nearly 95% of the industry. The Association’s goal is to sustain Scotch Whisky’s place as the world’s leading high-quality spirit drink and its long-term growth worldwide.
Scotch Whisky is a high-quality, much-loved and prestigious spirit drink with a global reputation. The Association’s role is to advance the global interests and profile of Scotch Whisky, of its member companies, and of the industry as a whole. The SWA does so by engaging with the full range of industry stakeholders and all levels of government, at home and abroad, by pursuing a competitive and sustainable tax and business environment, by safeguarding the category ‘Scotch Whisky’ against fraud, and by promoting the responsible use of alcohol.Main EU files targeted
Lisbon alignment of Spirit Drinks Regulation 110/2008; agricultural quality policy / geographical indications; EU food labelling legislation; EU negotiations on free trade agreements (FTAs); EU excise directives; EU alcohol strategy; review of EU packaging directives; environmental dossiers; participation in Commission consultations.
Address
Head Office
Atholl Crescent, 20
Edinburgh EH3 8HF
UNITED KINGDOM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
15
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 2 50% 3 25% 10 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
Activities falling within the scope of the Transparency Register are mainly pursued by the two members of the SWA’s Global Affairs Department in charge of European affairs; in addition other members of the Global Affairs team are involved to a lesser extent.
Members of other SWA departments (Operations and Technical, Legal, Government and Communications) occasionally engage in activities covered by the register to a small degree (often less than 5% of overall working time), hence the actual FTE is 3.37.Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Chris Kauer (European Affairs Manager)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr John Bartholomew (Director of Finance and Administration)
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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
We are a member of spiritsEUROPE, the representative body for the spirits industry at European level.
Member organisations
www.scotch-whisky.org.uk/members-brands
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
None declared
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Through membership in spiritsEUROPE participation in DG AGRI Civil Dialogue Group ‘Horticulture, Olives and Spirits’.
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
Intergroup ‘Wine, Spirits and Quality Foodstuffs’.
Communication activities
Annual Review, a range of other documents and publications made available on the SWA’s website.
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 17 Jul 2019 Location Brussels Subject SWA presented their position on EU-US Trade retaliation list Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King Portfolio Security Union Attending - James Morrison (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Oct 2018 Location Brussels Subject Duty Fraud Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King Portfolio Security Union Attending - James Morrison (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Apr 2018 Location Brussels Subject Consultation on US S 232 Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Miguel Ceballos Baron (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Apr 2018 Location Brussels Subject Organised Crime and Duty Fraud Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King Portfolio Security Union Attending - James Morrison (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Apr 2018 Location Birmingham Subject Rural Affairs Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Phil Hogan (Commissioner)
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Date 18 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Various ongoing trade negotiations Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
- Christian Burgsmueller (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists