Overview
Lobbying Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
5
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
The International Motor Vehicle Inspection Committee (CITA)
EU Transparency Register
724300116898-26 First registered on 09 Apr 2015
Goals / Remit
CITA is an international not-for-profit association, based in Brussels, Belgium. Members are mainly authorities and authorised organisations in the field of vehicle compliance, completed with equipment manufacturers and reseach centres.
Its work focuses on improving transport sustainability with particular emphasis on road safety and environmental protection.
CITA is recognised by the Commission of the European Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (particularly 'The World Forum for the Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations – WP 29') for its expertise in relation to roadworthiness inspections. CITA currently has about 135 members worldwide, representing over 50 countries.
CITA is member of the UNRSC (United Nations Road Safety Collaboration) and the board of the GRSF (Global Road Safety Facility) of the World Bank.Main EU files targeted
CITA follows all files related to the EU's climate, energy policy framework, transportation, vehicles and trans-European Network this includes in particular:
- Horizon 2020
- Vehicle Standards Harmonization
- International vehicle trade negotiations
- Road Transport Policies
- Emissions
- Vehicle entry reforms for cities
- Vehicle energy efficiency
- ITS
- Crash Avoidance
- Accidentology & Accident reduction programs
- EU/US relations
- EU/Asia relations
- EU/South & Central American relations
- EU/Africa relationsAddress
Head Office
Rue du Commerce 123 CITA
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue du Commerce 123 CITA
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 02 Oct 2023
Name Start date End Date Mr Eduard Fernandez 08 May 2019 08 May 2020 Mr Eduard Fernandez 26 Apr 2018 26 Apr 2019 Mr Eduard Fernandez 12 May 2017 26 Apr 2018 Mr Eduard Fernandez 03 Jun 2016 13 May 2017 Mr Eduard Fernandez 19 May 2015 13 May 2016 Ms Amandine Muskus 19 May 2015 26 Jun 2015 Complementary Information
The split of personal is as follows:
- 4 persons in the CITA Secretariat, as CITA staff, occupying 75% of their time in European-related activities
Other staff engaged by members of CITA may have occasional involvement of far less than 25% of total working 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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
FAIB: http://faib.org/home/
Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety http://roadsafetyngos.org/
Global Road Safety Facility - World Bank http://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/global-road-safety-facility
United Nations Road Safety Collaboration http://www.who.int/roadsafety/about/en/Member 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 2021 - Dec 2021
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
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Forum for the Exchange of Information on Enforcement of the EU legislation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles#E03652#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3652 #Observer #C#Industry#Expert Group on Roadworthiness and Vehicle Registration Documents #E03725#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3725 #Member #C#Industry, Academia/Research, Civil society, Professionals#Expert group on cooperative, connected, automated and autonomous mobility#E03657#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3657 #Member #C#Industry, SMEs, Other#WG 3 - Physical and Digital Infrastructure#WG 4 - Road Safety#WG 6 - Connectivty and Digtal Infrastructure#WG 1 - Develop an EU agenda for testing#WG 2 - Coordination and Cooperation of R&I#WG 5 - Access to and exchange of data & Cybersecurity#Working Group on Motor Vehicles#E01295#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1295 #Member #C#Industry#Driver’s Behaviour Assessment Systems (DBAS)#Automated and Connected Vehicles (ACV)
Groups (European Parliament)
Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)Other activities
Complete list of CITA events and activities available here: https://citainsp.org
Meetings
Meetings
5 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 publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 07 Feb 2023 Location Brussels Subject Revision of the Roadworthiness Package Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet member)
- Walter Goetz (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Jul 2022 Location Brussels Subject Revision of the Roadworthiness Package Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
- Walter Goetz (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 May 2022 Location Leipzig Subject Roadworthiness Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Walter Goetz (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Oct 2021 Location Videconference Subject Data Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - European Garage and test Equipment Association
- European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers' Association
- Leaseurope
- FIGIEFA - Fédération Internationale des Grossistes, Importateurs & Exportateurs en Fournitures Automobiles / International Federation of Automotive Distributors
- European Council for Motor Trades and Repairs
- ADPA - European Independent Automotive Data Publishers Association
- European Association Automotive Suppliers
- Insurance Europe
- Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
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Date 19 Mar 2021 Location Conference call Subject Meeting to make a presentation of CETA to the Cabinet members. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet member)