Serving Europe - Branded Food and Beverage Service Chains Association

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

37,500€

Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

0.75 Fte (2)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

2

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • 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 payments

    Address

    Head Office
    Avenue Livingstone, 13-15
    Brussels 1000
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    2

    Employment timeLobbyists
    50%1
    25%1

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    0.75

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    No lobbyists with EP accreditations

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Mr Eamonn Bates (Secretary General)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Simon Redfern (Chairman)

  • Categories

    Category

    II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations

    Subcategory

    Trade and business associations

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    None declared

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    37,500€

    Other financial info

    Approximately 1/3 of the overall 2015 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.

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    EU Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health

    ACC

    Advisory Group on the Food Chain and Animal and Plant Health

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    - Development of a Code of Practice to minimise the presence of acrylamide in french fries and buns (2016)

    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.

    • 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)
    • 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)
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