Overview
Lobbying Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.75 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
4
High-level Commission meetings
28
Lobbying Costs over the years
-
Info
Society of Audiovisual Authors (SAA)
EU Transparency Register
99336382936-11 First registered on 04 Jan 2010
Goals / Remit
The Society of Audiovisual Authors is the umbrella association of European collective management organisations representing audiovisual authors. Its 33 members in 25 countries manage rights for over 167,000 film, television and multimedia European screenwriters and directors.
We support audiovisual authors and promote cultural diversity through policies that enable the dissemination of audiovisual authors’ works to the audience. CMOs’ role is to give easy, legal access to those works and ensure authors are fairly paid to encourage further creativity for the benefit of society.Main EU files targeted
Copyright/authors’ rights and broader Intellectual Property Policy
Cultural policy
Audiovisual and media policy
Taxation policy
Trade policyAddress
Head Office
Rue du Prince Royal, 87
Brussels 1050
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue du Prince Royal, 87
Brussels 1050
BELGIUMWebsite
-
People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 3 75% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 05 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Luisiana Schiera 09 Sep 2024 08 Sep 2025 Elise Liegeois 01 Sep 2024 31 Aug 2025 Cécile DESPRINGRE 02 Sep 2024 01 Sep 2025 Annica Ryng 05 Aug 2024 04 Aug 2025 Elise LIÉGEOIS 17 Jun 2023 15 Jun 2024 Annica Ryng 02 Sep 2023 01 Sep 2024 Cécile DESPRINGRE 02 Sep 2023 01 Sep 2024 Annica Ryng 09 Sep 2022 02 Sep 2023 Cécile DESPRINGRE 08 Sep 2022 02 Sep 2023 Annica Ryng 28 Sep 2021 09 Sep 2022 Cécile DESPRINGRE 15 Sep 2021 08 Sep 2022 Annica RYNGBECK 10 Jan 2020 09 Jan 2021 Cécile DESPRINGRE 20 Sep 2019 19 Sep 2020 Elise LIÉGEOIS 20 Sep 2019 19 Sep 2020 Annica RYNGBECK 10 Jan 2019 10 Jan 2020 Cécile DESPRINGRE 07 Sep 2018 20 Sep 2019 Ms Mélanie Amilhat 14 Apr 2018 13 Apr 2019 Annica RYNGBECK 12 Dec 2017 09 Dec 2018 Mr James TAYLOR 05 Oct 2017 06 Jan 2018 Cécile DESPRINGRE 05 Oct 2017 07 Sep 2018 Ms Mélanie Amilhat 25 Apr 2017 14 Apr 2018 Cécile DESPRINGRE 22 Oct 2016 05 Oct 2017 Mr James TAYLOR 20 Oct 2016 05 Oct 2017 Ms Mélanie Amilhat 20 Apr 2016 19 Apr 2017 Mr James TAYLOR 11 Nov 2015 21 Oct 2016 Cécile DESPRINGRE 11 Nov 2015 22 Oct 2016 Cécile DESPRINGRE 12 Nov 2014 10 Nov 2015 Ms Mélanie Amilhat 20 Jan 2015 15 Jan 2016 Mrs Mélanie Amilhat 20 Jan 2015 27 Jan 2015 Cécile DESPRINGRE 12 Nov 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mr James TAYLOR 11 Nov 2014 08 Nov 2015 Mr James TAYLOR 07 Dec 2013 11 Nov 2014 Cécile DESPRINGRE 07 Dec 2013 12 Nov 2014 Mrs Mélanie Amilhat 24 May 2013 22 May 2014 Cécile DESPRINGRE 10 Jan 2013 07 Dec 2013 Mr James TAYLOR 13 Dec 2012 07 Dec 2013 Mr James TAYLOR 13 Dec 2011 01 Dec 2012 Mrs Cécile DESPRINGE 17 Jan 2012 08 Feb 2013 Complementary Information
http://www.saa-authors.eu/en/mosaic/47-saa-team
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
-
Categories
Category
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
-
Networking
Affiliation
SAA is not a member of any formal associations/(con)federations/networks or other bodies. We do collaborate with other European organisations on an ad hoc basis and are an observer of the EU Observatory on Infringements of IP rights.
Member organisations
None declared
-
Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
400,000€ - 499,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Other financial info
None declared
-
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
The Cultural Creators Friendship Group (CCFG), a cross-partisan and supranational coalition in the European Parliament: http://www.culturalcreators.eu/
Communication activities
SAA White Paper on Audiovisual Authors' rights and remuneration, published on 23 March 2015: http://www.saa-authors.eu/en/publications/55-saa-white-paper
SAA White Paper launch on 23 March 2015 at Solvay Library;
SAA, FERA and FSE Manifesto on Putting Authors back at the Heart of culture & copyright: http://www.saa-authors.eu/en/publications/155-saa-fera-fse-wishlist
SAA Infographic on Audiovisual Authors’ Remuneration, published in October 2016: http://www.saa-authors.eu/en/publications/54-audiovisual-authors-remuneration-video-infographic
SAA and FERA Flyer on Fair Remuneration for Screenwriters and Directors, published in March 2017: http://www.saa-authors.eu/en/pages/341-fair-remuneration-for-screenwriters-directors
Fair Remuneration for Screenwriters & Directors Campaign and Petition, launched in February 2018: http://www.saa-authors.eu/en/pages/341-fair-remuneration-for-screenwriters-directors
European study on the remuneration of audiovisual authors by FERA & FSE with the support of AIPA, ALCS, VG Bild Kunst, LIRA, Norsk Filmforbund, SAA, SACD, SGAE: https://www.saa-authors.eu/en/publications/580-european-study-on-the-remuneration-of-audiovisual-authors
SAA flyer on How to get filmmakers the money they deserve?: https://www.saa-authors.eu/en/publications/599-how-to-get-filmmakers-the-money-they-deserve
SAA international brochure (May 2022) presenting the concept of authorship, royalties, collective management and European legislation: https://www.saa-authors.eu/en/publications/769-audOther activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
28 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.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
-
Date 18 May 2022 Location Brussels Subject Young creators and authors' rights Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)
-
Date 18 May 2022 Location Brussels Subject Young creators and authors' rights Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Innovation and Youth Attending - Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)
-
Date 15 Feb 2021 Location Brussels (online) Subject Presentation of a study on the economic and social importance of the cultural and creative industries (CCIs), Copyright Directive, DSA, DMA Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 27 Jan 2021 Location Brussels (online) Subject Main challenges and priorities for Cultural and Creative Industries to overcome the crisis and allow for the sector to help rebuilding the European economy at large Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Alina-Stefania Ujupan (Cabinet member)
- Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 07 Apr 2020 Location Videoconference Subject COVID impact on authors and audiovisual sector Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)
- Terence Zakka (Cabinet member)
-
Date 23 Oct 2018 Location Strasbourg Subject Copyright Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 22 Oct 2018 Location Brussels Subject Copyright Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
-
Date 15 Nov 2017 Location Strasbourg Subject droit d'auteur dans le marché unique numérique Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
-
Date 14 Sep 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Copyright Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Manuel Mateo-Goyet (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 08 Mar 2017 Location Brussels Subject Copyright, portability, AVMSD Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
-
Date 07 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject Copyright reform Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
-
Date 27 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject Copyright package plan for Spring, particularly the authors remuneration issue DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
-
Date 21 Jan 2016 Location BXL Subject copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
-
Date 25 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject copyright/cross border access Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
-
Date 17 Nov 2015 Location BXL Subject copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 13 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with filmmakers and film associations on copyright, fight against piracy, cross-border access and portability of online content services Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
- Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 27 Aug 2015 Location Brussels Subject copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
-
Date 22 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject Copyright, remuneration of authors Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
-
Date 10 Jun 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Discussion on Copyright Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Competition Attending - Friedrich Wenzel Bulst (Cabinet member)
-
Date 02 Jun 2015 Location BERL Subject copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
-
Date 16 May 2015 Location BERL Subject copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
-
Date 24 Apr 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Copyright and consumer protection aspects in the Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Simona Constantin (Cabinet member)
-
Date 21 Apr 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 23 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Copyright Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner)
- Adrienn Kiraly (Cabinet member)
-
Date 10 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM and copyright Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Miguel Ceballos Baron (Cabinet member)
-
Date 18 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Audiovisual policy DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Marlene Holzner (Cabinet member)
-
Date 27 Jan 2015 Location BXL Subject Copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
-
Date 01 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with Meeting with Society of Audiovisual Authors SAA: discuss the future of the European audiovisual and copyright sectors Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)
- Meetings