The International Motor Vehicle Inspection Committee

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

250,000€

Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

3 Fte (6)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

1

High-level Commission meetings

5

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • 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. It represents all types of organisations and stakeholders (government, private sector, dedicated inspection centres, garage-based test centres and test equipment manufacturers) who share a common interest in exchanging information, developing best practices and draft international standards in the field of road vehicle inspection.
    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 120 members worldwide, representing over 50 countries and covering more than 250 million vehicle inspections a year.

    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 relations

    Address

    Head Office
    rue de la Technologie, 21-25
    CITA
    Brussels 1082
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    6

    Employment timeLobbyists
    75%3
    25%3

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    3

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 07 Jun 2016

    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:
    - 3 persons in the CITA Secretariat, as CITA staff, occupying 75% of their time in European related activities
    - 3 additional persons belonging to CITA members, with an estimate involvement of 25%, attending the following meeting organized by the DG MOVE C4:
    - Roadworthiness Committee
    - Roadworthiness Technical Working Group for Periodical Technical Inspections
    - Roadworthiness Technical Working Group for Road Side Inspections
    Other staff engaged of members of CITA may have occasional involvement of far less than 25% of total working time

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Mr Eduard Fernandez Ardevol (Executive Director)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Eduard Fernandez Ardevol (Executive Director)

  • Categories

    Category

    III - Non-governmental organisations

    Subcategory

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    FAIB
    Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2015 - Dec 2015

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    250,000€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    DG MOVE

    ACC

    DG MOVE

    Groups (European Parliament)

    Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)

    Communication activities

    2014: Project Electronically Controlled Safety Systems - Contract MOVE/C4/SER/2012-323/SI2.656968
    2014: Regional Conference in South Africa
    2015: International Conference in the United Arab Emirates
    2015: Regional Conference in Central & South America
    2015: Project Sustainable Emission Testing - financed by CITA, and its public presentation
    2016: Presentation of the Annual Report, new branding and new website

    Other activities

    None declared

  • 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 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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