Overview
Lobbying Costs
45,000€
Financial year: Sep 2010 - Sep 2011
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
None declared
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
5
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Seldia - The European Direct Selling Association (Seldia)
EU Transparency Register
1710335466-15 First registered on 03 Oct 2008
Goals / Remit
Seldia shall represent and promote, at European level, the interests of national Direct Selling Associations and their members engaged in direct selling.
This mission will be achieved, in particular:
o Maintaining contacts with relevant EU officials and with other relevant business organisations and consumer interest groups in Brussels;
o Lobbying EU officials in defence of its members’ interests with regard to any European legislative development that presents, as indicated by its members, any threat to the efficient operation of their direct selling businesses;
o In consultation with its members, determining and advocating new EU legislation in the interests of the efficient operation of pan European direct selling businesses;
o Promoting the economic and consumer benefits of the direct selling channel;
o Promoting a proper understanding of the way in which direct selling businesses are organised;
o Setting high standards, through a European code, for acceptable practices in selling methods and the treatment of direct sellers;
o Disseminating to its members, legislative and other information of use in the efficient operation of its member associations.Main EU files targeted
Address
Head Office
Avenue de Tervuren
Brussels 1040
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
None declared
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 20 Sep 2013
Name Start date End Date Laure ALEXANDRE 07 Oct 2023 04 Oct 2024 Ms Laure ALEXANDRE 07 Oct 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Eirini PAPADOPOULOU 10 Feb 2022 10 Feb 2023 Ms Laure ALEXANDRE 09 Feb 2022 09 Feb 2023 Mr Eirini PAPADOPOULOU 18 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Ms Alina Nicole PAVEL 16 Oct 2019 01 Oct 2020 Ms Marie Elisabeth c LEPLAT 27 Jul 2019 25 Jul 2020 Mr Eirini PAPADOPOULOU 08 Dec 2018 07 Dec 2019 Ms Alina Nicole PAVEL 09 Oct 2018 16 Oct 2019 Mr Eirini PAPADOPOULOU 22 Nov 2017 15 Nov 2018 Ms Katarina MOLIN 13 Oct 2017 13 Oct 2018 Mr Eirini PAPADOPOULOU 27 Oct 2016 26 Oct 2017 Ms Katarina MOLIN 12 Oct 2016 11 Oct 2017 Ms Deimante Valciukaite 17 Feb 2016 12 Oct 2016 Ms Marie Elisabeth c LEPLAT 09 Jan 2016 08 Jan 2017 Ms Lorela Lohan 08 Jan 2016 07 Jan 2017 Ms Katarina MOLIN 13 Oct 2015 12 Oct 2016 Ms Deimante Valciukaite 11 Feb 2015 17 Feb 2016 Mr Maurits Engelbert BRUGGINK 13 Sep 2014 11 Sep 2015 Mr Daniel GERBER CORREDERA 14 Mar 2014 13 Mar 2015 Mr Maurits Engelbert BRUGGINK 03 Sep 2013 31 Aug 2014 Mr Daniel GERBER CORREDERA 19 Mar 2013 14 Mar 2014 Mr Maurits Engelbert BRUGGINK 11 Jan 2013 12 Sep 2013 Mr Daniel GERBER CORREDERA 06 Jun 2012 19 Mar 2013 Mr Maurits Engelbert BRUGGINK 19 Dec 2011 01 Dec 2012 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
None declared
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Daniel Gerber (EU Senior Advisor)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade, business & professional associations
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Sep 2010 - Sep 2011
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
45,000€
Other financial info
Seldia is exclusively financed by the membership fees of its members. This is the only source of income.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
None declared
Communication activities
None declared
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
5 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 15 Apr 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Pact for skills roundtable with the retail sector. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
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Date 15 Apr 2021 Location Videofongerence Subject Skills roundtable with the retail sector Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 26 Mar 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Door-step sales and the New deal for consumers Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Apr 2015 Location Brussels Subject Direct selling, links with e-commerce Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Jasmin Battista (Cabinet member)
- Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Feb 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Direct selling and unfair commercial practices Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)