Overview
Lobbying Costs
37,500€
Financial year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Serving Europe - Branded Food and Beverage Service Chains Association
EU Transparency Register
36538072001-07 First registered on 15 Jul 2009
Goals / Remit
The aim of Serving Europe is to promote the understanding of the restaurant and coffee shop chain sector through an enhanced dialogue with policy makers and opinion leaders at a European level on matters affecting the modern restaurant sector (i.e. branded, multi-unit, convenience, quality, food and beverage operators).
Main EU files targeted
EU policies and legislative proposals on:
- Nutrition and health
- Food safety and food quality
- Food labelling
- Functioning of the Food Chain
- Contaminants in food
- Waste, litter, packaging waste, food waste
- Sustainability of the Food Chain
- Franchising
- Emoloyment and training
- Advertising and marketing
- Fees on card-based paymentsAddress
Head Office
Avenue Livingstone, 13-15
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
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
Food Safety Platform
Packaging Chain ForumMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
37,500€
Other financial info
Approximately 1/3 of the overall 2018 budget of the Association was spent in activities to represent Serving Europe vis-à-vis the EU Institutions. The remaining 2/3 of the budget was invested in information gathering and internal sharing and organisation of internal meetings.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
European Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health#E00845#http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=845 #Member #C#Industry#Expert Group for Agricultural Markets, in particular concerning aspects falling under the single CMO Regulation#E02730#http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=2730 #Not a member #C#Professionals, Other#Subgroup on contingency plan for ensuring food supply and food security
Groups (European Parliament)
European Food Forum
Communication activities
- Development of a Code of Practice to minimise the presence of acrylamide in french fries and buns (2016)
- Viewpoint on "Franchising in the Branded Food & Beverage Service Chain Sector" (2017)
- Viewpoint on the Single Use Plastics Directive and its implementation process (2018 - 2021)
- Viewpoint on the EU response to the Coronavirus pandemic (2020-2021)Other activities
- Increase awareness of the sector of quick service restaurants and coffee shop chains as a vital engine for growth and job creation;
- Establish a fact based dialoque at EU level regarding policy matters such as food quality and safety, nutrition, labelling, franchising, employment, training standards, environmental responsibility;
- Liaise with other business and interest groups on matters of joint interest;
- Create a platform for knowledge sharing.
Meetings
Meetings
2 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 19 Jul 2016 Location Brussels Subject Jobs and growth Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Jul 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Jobs and growth Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Stefaan Hermans (Cabinet member)