Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
16
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
SURFRIDER FOUNDATION EUROPE (SFE)
EU Transparency Register
58969291154-50 First registered on 17 Feb 2009
Goals / Remit
SURFRIDER FOUNDATION EUROPE is a non-profit organisation whose purpose is to protect and showcase the importance of lakes, rivers, the ocean, waves, and coastlines. It currently has over 13,000 members and is active across 12 EU countries through its volunteer-run branches. Surfrider Europe was created in 1990 by a group of surfers who wanted to preserve their playground. Grass-roots activism to protect our oceans and coasts is at the core of the organisation. For 30 years, Surfrider Foundation Europe has been taking action as a recognized authority in three areas of expertise: marine litter, water quality and public health, coastal management and climate change. Volunteers engaging in local activism are the driving force of Surfrider. Whether they are running local volunteer branches or taking part in the environmental campaigns of the organisation, they are Surfrider’s strongest presence in the field.
Main EU files targeted
Marine Strategy Framework directive
Circular Economy, marine litter, including single-use plastics and microplastics, Plastics Strategy, waste directives, product policy, etc
Green Deal and relevant associated initiatives for ocean protection: Climate law, Biodiviersity strategy, Farm to fork strategy, Strategy for Adaptation to climate change, Zero Pollution Plan, etc.
Water legislation: Bathing water directive, Water Framework directive, waste water treatment directive, drinking water directive
Ocean governance
Shipping
Offshore safety directiveAddress
Head Office
Allée de Moura, 33
BIARRITZ 64200
FRANCEEU Office
Rue d'Edimbourg 26
1050
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 13 May 2022
Name Start date End Date Ms Gaelle HAUT 18 Oct 2023 17 Oct 2024 Ms Lucille LABAYLE 31 May 2023 30 May 2024 Ms Lucie PADOVANI 27 May 2023 24 May 2024 Ms Cinta SERRAS SOLIVA 21 Apr 2023 25 Jan 2024 Ms Gaelle HAUT 11 Jun 2022 10 Jun 2023 Ms Lucie PADOVANI 11 Jun 2022 27 May 2023 Ms Lucille LABAYLE 10 Jun 2022 31 May 2023 Ms Gaelle HAUT 28 May 2020 28 May 2021 Ms Prokofyeva YANA 06 Feb 2020 06 Feb 2021 Ms Annette GRAVIER 21 Dec 2019 29 Nov 2020 Ms Antidia CITORES 27 Nov 2019 27 Nov 2020 Mr Louis DIDELLE 15 Oct 2019 14 Mar 2020 Ms Gaëlle Haut 30 Apr 2019 30 Apr 2020 Ms Justine Maillot 20 Nov 2018 07 Aug 2019 Mr Jacques BEALL 03 Jan 2018 19 Dec 2018 Ms Justine Maillot 22 Nov 2017 20 Nov 2018 Ms Cristina Barreau 05 Aug 2017 04 Aug 2018 Ms Diane Beaumenay Joannet 03 Aug 2017 02 Aug 2018 Ms Antidia Citores Suarez 02 Aug 2017 01 Aug 2018 Ms Gaëlle Haut 02 Aug 2017 01 Aug 2018 Ms Justine GUINY 20 Mar 2017 01 Oct 2017 Ms Antidia Citores Suarez 13 Sep 2016 02 Aug 2017 Ms Gaëlle Haut 13 Sep 2016 02 Aug 2017 Ms Cristina Barreau 13 Sep 2016 05 Aug 2017 Ms Diane Beaumenay Joannet 13 Sep 2016 03 Aug 2017 Mr Florent MARCOUX 10 Oct 2015 08 Oct 2016 Ms Diane Beaumenay Joannet 09 Oct 2015 14 Sep 2016 Ms Antidia Citores Suarez 14 Jul 2015 10 Jul 2016 Ms Gaëlle Haut 14 Jul 2015 10 Jul 2016 Mr François Piccione 29 Apr 2015 27 Oct 2015 Ms Diane Beaumenay Joannet 11 Mar 2015 09 Sep 2015 Ms Elodie Bernollin 26 Feb 2015 12 Jul 2015 Mr Werner Latournald 19 Sep 2014 12 Feb 2015 Mr Mathieu Rama 18 Sep 2014 17 Jan 2015 Ms Antidia Citores Suarez 26 Jun 2014 24 Jun 2015 Ms Gaëlle Haut 26 Jun 2014 24 Jun 2015 Ms Cristina Barreau 26 Jun 2014 24 Jun 2015 Ms Antidia Citores Suarez 24 Apr 2013 23 Apr 2014 Ms Gaëlle Haut 18 Apr 2013 17 Apr 2014 Ms Cristina Barreau 18 Apr 2013 17 Apr 2014 Complementary Information
2 staff in Brussels.
2 staffs involved at 25% in activities covered by the register
Other staff, including in Spain and France, are sporadically involved in work covered by the register on the implementation of EU law at national level.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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
Ocean and Climate Platform (founding member)
Seas At Risk
Green Sport Hub (founding member)
HFO Free Arctic
Be Med (founding member)
Rethink Plastic Alliance (founding member)
Break free from Plastics international movement
Asociacion Española de Basuras marinas
France Nature Environnement
Alianza Residuo Cero
Alianza Mar BlavaMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
3,688,789€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations, Other, EU funding, Member's contribution, Grants
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant EUROPEAN COMMISSION - LIFE ORERATING GRANT 400,000€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant EUROPEAN COMMISSION - LIFE ORERATING GRANT 400,000€ Grant Erasmus+ 58,219€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Zero Pollution Stakeholder Platform#E03790#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?groupID=3790 #Member #C#Civil society#Commission Expert Group on the Implementation of the Bathing Water Directive (2006/7/EC)#E02936#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?groupID=2936 #Observer #C#Civil society#European Sustainable Shipping Forum (ESSF)#E02869#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?groupID=2869 #Member #C#Industry#Sustainable Alternative Power for Shipping- Mid- to Long-Term Solutions for Maritime GHG Emissions Reductions
Groups (European Parliament)
SEARICA
Communication activities
Ocean Week organized every year
Voice for the Ocean tour and consultation in 2019
Participation to the Our Ocean conference, UNFCC COPs and UNEA, World Oceans Day
Several clean-ups organised with the Commission,
Ocean Initiatives
European week for waste reduction
Outreach campaigns on plastics, including microplastics: The Drop social media campaign, Plastic pellet loss report, Plastic Fake Outs infographics, report on the implementation of EU legislation on plastic bags, good practice guides on plastic bags, white paper on water bottles, report on media filter losses (in water treatment stations)
Ocean Campus platform on Ocean literacy
Campaign #DrillingIsKilling against offshore drilling in the EU
Participation to the events by SEArica Intergroup at the EPOther activities
Antidia Citores from Surfrider Europe is a member of the Mission Starfish.
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Meetings
16 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 Feb 2024 Location Berlaymont Subject NGOs presented to the Commissioner their Manifesto: An Ocean of Change 2024, and in particular the idea of an Ocean Deal Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Attending - Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
- Agne Razmislaviciute-Palioniene (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Jun 2022 Location J-70 Subject The EurOcean Youth network will present to DG Christophidou a set of recommendations, in the perspective of the Ocean Week 2022 and in the context of the European Year of Youth. DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture Attending - Themis Christophidou (Director-General)
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Date 12 Feb 2021 Location Virtual Subject To discuss different blue/marine related issues, in particular bycatch emergency measures, EU-UK negotiations and implementation of the Biodiversity Strategy. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
- Carmen Preising (Cabinet member)
- Agne Razmislaviciute-Palioniene (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Jun 2020 Location Brussels - videoconference Subject European Green Deal, new circular economy action plan and the circular plastics economy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 18 Oct 2018 Location Brussels, BERL Subject discussion on Plastics Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Apr 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Single use plastic Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Aurore Maillet (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Apr 2018 Location Brussels Subject discussion on single-use plastics legislation Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject Exchange of views regarding strategy on plastics Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
- Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner)
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Date 06 Nov 2017 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on EU Plastics Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
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Date 26 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject Plastic strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Mar 2017 Location Brussels Subject Our Ocean Conference 2017, marine pollution, plastics Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Astrid Ladefoged (Cabinet member)
- Andras Inotai (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject Ocean Governance Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Andras Inotai (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Circular Economy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Heidi Jern (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Circular Economy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Aurore Maillet (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Mar 2015 Location BERL 8/275 Subject Circular Economy Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Sarah Nelen (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Marine Litter Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Aurore Maillet (Cabinet member)
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