Overview
Lobbying Costs
2,000,000€ - 2,249,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6.75 Fte (8)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Small Business Standards (SBS)
EU Transparency Register
653009713663-08 First registered on 21 May 2014
Goals / Remit
Small Business Standards (SBS) is a European non-profit association under Belgian law (aisbl) created in 2013. SBS was established with the support of the European Commission to represent European SMEs in the standard making process at European and international levels. Moreover, it aims at raising SME awareness about the benefits of standards and at encouraging them to get involved in the standardisation process.
SBS members are national and European sectoral and inter-professional associations representing SMEs. The membership is open to all associations matching these criteria.Main EU files targeted
Implementation of Regulation (EU) 1025/2012 to ensure representation of SMEs in the European Standardisation System, as stipulated in Annex III of the Regulation.
Other sector specific legislation including relevant standardisation aspects.Address
Head Office
Rue Jacques de Lalaingstraat, 4
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue Jacques de Lalaingstraat, 4
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
8
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 5 75% 1 50% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 22 Feb 2023
Name Start date End Date Ms Maitane OLABARRIA UZQUIANO 08 Mar 2023 11 Mar 2024 Mr Andrea RAFFAELLI 08 Mar 2023 11 Mar 2024 Complementary Information
SBS has four full-time direct employees. In addition, there are 4 people employed by SBS members involved in the SBS activities (full and part-time).
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
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
Member of ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute)
Partnership Agreement with CEN and CENELECMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
2,000,000€ - 2,249,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant European Commission 1,787,170€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant European Commission 1,571,000€ Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount european federation for elevator small and medium-sized enterprises (efesme) 50,000€ - 99,999€ deutscher textilreiningungs-verband (dtv) 50,000€ - 99,999€ european digital sme alliance (digital sme) 100,000€ - 199,999€ sme safety 25,000€ - 49,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name european digital sme alliance (digital sme) sme safety european federation for elevator small and medium-sized enterprises (efesme) deutscher textilreiningungs-verband (dtv) Closed year Costs
2,000,000€ - 2,249,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Commission Expert Group on Machinery#E03676#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3676 #Member #C#SMEs#Commission Expert Group on Lifts#E03671#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3671 #Member #C#Industry#Commission expert group on the Construction Products Regulation Technical Acquis process#E03776#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3776 #Not a member #C#Industry#Structural metallic products and ancillaries#Environmental sustainability of construction products#Doors, windows, shutters, gates and related building hardware#Working Group Measuring Instruments#E01349#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1349 #Observer #C#Industry#HIGH-LEVEL FORUM ON EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION#E03874#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3874 #Member #C#SMEs#SHERPA sub-group of the group of experts ‘High-Level Forum on European Standardisation’#Medical Device Coordination Group#X03565#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3565 #Observer #C#SMEs#Commission expert group on Radio Equipment#E03587#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3587 #Member #C#Industry#Advisory Group on Construction Products#E01329#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1329 #Not a member #C#Industry, SMEs#SUBGROUP ON FIRE#Commission Expert Group on Personal Protective Equipment#E03678#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3678 #Member #C#SMEs#European Multi-Stakeholders Platform on ICT Standardisation#E02758#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2758 #Member #C#SMEs
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
SME policy, standardisation policy - organisation of projects, events, dissemination of information (newsletter, brochure, annual report, etc.)
Other activities
European Standardisation activities
Meetings
Meetings
1 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 11 Dec 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Standardisation strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Eszter Batta (Cabinet member)
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