Overview
Lobbying Costs
250,000€
Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
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. 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 and road vehicle standards.
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 130 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 relationsAddress
Head Office
rue de la Technologie, 21-25
CITA
Brussels 1082
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 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 19 Jun 2017
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
Other staff engaged from members of CITA may have occasional involvement of far less than 25% of total working timePerson in charge of EU relations
Mr Eduard Fernandez Ardevol (Executive Director)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Eduard Fernandez Ardevol (Executive Director)
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
FAIB
Global Alliance of NGOs for Road SafetyMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
250,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
47,925 € (Source: DG Research and Innovation - Grant Agreement 724029 SaferAfrica)
Other financial info
None declared
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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
2016: Presentation of the Sustainable Emission Testing SET Project in the European Parliament
2016: Regional meeting of Asia / Austral Asia
2016: Workshop "The Role of Multilateral Finance in Road Safety"
2016: Presentation of the Sustainable Emissions Test SET Report in the FIA Foundation Seminar
2016: Participation in the IMCO-Committee meeting: Approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles
2016: Continuous participation in the UN ECE WP.29 and its IWG on PTI
2016: Participation in the Horizon 2020 Project SaferAfrica H2020-MT-2016-2017
2016: Workshop "New Technologies and Handicaped Drivers"
2016: Workshop "Developing Vehicle Inspection in Africa"
2016: Regional Conferences in Central and South America
2016: Attendance of the UNRSC - WHO meeting as observers
2016: Presentation at the 2nd International Symposium on Vehicle Inspection and Certification. India
2016: Presentation inthe Vehicle Inspection and Driving Licences Conference in Tunisia
2017: Starting continuous participation in UN ECE wp.29 GRs and Informal Working Groups
2017: Presentation in the Transport Research Board Annual Congress
2017: Participation and sponsoring of the 70th ITC anniversary - UN ECE
2017: Training with Transport Specialists at the World Bank
2017: 18th General Assembly and Conference in Zagreb, CroatiaOther 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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Date 07 Feb 2023 Location Brussels Subject Revision of the Roadworthiness Package Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Walter Goetz (Cabinet member)
- Elzbieta Lukaniuk (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 Council for Motor Trades and Repairs
- European Association Automotive Suppliers
- European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers' Association
- FIGIEFA - Fédération Internationale des Grossistes, Importateurs & Exportateurs en Fournitures Automobiles / International Federation of Automotive Distributors
- ADPA - European Independent Automotive Data Publishers Association
- Insurance Europe
- Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
- European Garage and test Equipment Association
- Leaseurope
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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)
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