Overview
Lobbying Costs
650,000€
Financial year: Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5.75 Fte (10)
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 all over Europe. 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.
Address
Head Office
Rue Jacques de Lalaingstraat, 4
Brussels 1040
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
10
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 3 75% 1 50% 2 25% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 25 Apr 2016
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 three full-staff employees.
Other employees are employed by other organisations involved in the implementation of SBS activities.Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Christel Davidson (Director)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Gunilla Almgren (President)
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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
Member of ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute)
Partnership Agreement with CEN-CENELECMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
650,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
500,000 € (Source: DG GROW)
Other financial info
Grant from the European Commission in 2014
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Expert group on Patents and Standards
Expert group on Lifts
Expert group on Cybersecurity
Multistakeholder platform on ICT standardisationACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
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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