The Free and Fair Post Initiative

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No longer registered as of 06 Apr 2016 - Registration as it was on 09 Mar 2015
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Overview

Lobbying Costs

None declared

Financial year: Apr 2014 - Dec 2014

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

1.25 Fte (3)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

3

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    The Free and Fair Post Initiative   (FFPI)

    EU Transparency Register

    145982616387-18 First registered on 06 Mar 2015

    Goals / Remit

    Reduce the monopoly area reserved to postal incumbents by the review or even the abolishment of the Universal Service Obligation in order to make sure that it is not used as a pretext to oppose further market opening, both in traditional postal services as well as in express and package services.
    Make sure that the new European Commission understands the key challenges still existing in the EU postal sector and carries out a proper balanced judgment before adopting any new legislative initiative in the sector.
    Increase the FFPI profile as a key stakeholder in the debate about the future of the postal sector in order to have the coalition able to act as a genuine counter balance to the lobbying power of the large incumbent operators.
    Provide support to FFPI members to issue campaigns and to build a solid network with other key interested stakeholders, at both EU and national levels.

    Main EU files targeted

    - Implementation of the Third Postal Directive;
    - Universal Service Obligation implementation;
    - Commission’s roadmap for completing the single market for parcel delivery;
    - VAT in the public sector and exemptions in the public interest;
    - State aid investigations;
    - REIMS agreement;
    - ERGP work programme.

    Address

    Head Office
    Rue du Luxembourg 22-24
    Brussels 1000
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    3

    Employment timeLobbyists
    50%2
    25%1

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    1.25

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    No lobbyists with EP accreditations

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Ms Cristina Mariani (Senior Consultant)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Gregoire Poisson (Managing Partner Interel, which acts as FFPI Secretariat)

  • Categories

    Category

    III - Non-governmental organisations

    Subcategory

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    None declared

    Member organisations

    - Cycleon is a market leading provider of reverse logistics solutions that meet changing needs in warranty, commercial returns, e-commerce, end-of-life and product recalls. Cycleon has offices in The Netherlands and Singapore.
    - InPost is the largest alternative postal operator in Poland. With only 5 years on the market, InPost is actively challenging existing market and regulatory barriers to full postal services liberalisation in Poland. InPost is also the provider and operator of EasyPack automated parcel delivery terminals.
    - Janton OY, through its network of subsidiaries and partners, is a leading provider of unaddressed distribution services to households in Finland. Its service covers the whole of Finland with two regular distribution days per week.
    - The Mail Competition Forum (MCF) was established in December 2004 to represent the interests of competitors to Royal Mail. The MCF’s objective is to facilitate customer choice through fair, vibrant and sustainable competition within a stable and undistorted UK postal market (see www.mailcompetitionforum.org).
    - Nexive (former TNT Post Italy) is the first private postal operator in Italy;
    - PostCon (former TNT Post Germany), that has been operating in Germany since the year 2000, specialising in business letter mail services;
    - UPS, a multinational leading package delivery company.

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Apr 2014 - Dec 2014

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    None declared

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    None

    ACC

    None

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    None

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    3 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 11 Jan 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Competition Situation in the Postal Sector
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager
      Portfolio Competition
      Attending
      • Claes Bengtsson (Cabinet member)
    • Date 24 Mar 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Parcel delivery
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Jasmin Battista (Cabinet member)
    • Date 11 Mar 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject EU Postal Sector
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska
      Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
      Attending
      • Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet member)
      • Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member)
      • Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
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