The Premier League

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

200,000€ - 299,999€

Financial year: Jul 2022 - Jun 2023

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

2 Fte (4)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

8

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    The Premier League   (FAPL)

    EU Transparency Register

    20008164092-96 First registered on 30 Aug 2010

    Goals / Remit

    The Premier League organises and commercialises the top division of English football, with the 20 Clubs at any one time in the League being the Shareholders. The Premier League acts as its clubs trade association as well as its competition organiser and regulator.

    Main EU files targeted

    The Premier League is interested in the development of the EU Sport Policy as well as in various EU initiatives related to audio-visual policy and media rights, competition and internal market rules, free movement of workers, and social dialogue. The Premier League is also committed to provide the EU institutions with its experience and expertise in using football as a tool for improving education, health and social integration.

    Address

    Head Office
    Brunel Building 57 North Wharf Road
    London W2 1HQ
    UNITED KINGDOM
    EU Office
    Premier League Rue Montoyer 47, Floor 5
    Brussels 1000
    BELGIUM

    Website

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    4

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%1
    50%1
    25%2

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    2

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    No lobbyists with EP accreditations

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    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

  • Categories

    Category

    Companies & groups

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    The Premier League is a member of
    - the European Professional Football Leagues Association (European Leagues) https://europeanleagues.com
    - the World Leagues Forum https://worldleaguesforum.com/en
    - the Sports Rights Owners' Coalition (SROC) https://www.sroc.info/
    - Creativity Works! https://www.creativityworks.eu/
    - Live Content Coalition https://livecontentcoalition.eu/

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Interests represented

    Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

    Closed financial year

    Jul 2022 - Jun 2023

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    200,000€ - 299,999€

    Major contributions in closed year

    None declared

    Intermediaries for closed year

    NameAmount
    apco worldwide 100,000€ - 199,999€

    Intermediaries for current year

    Name
    apco worldwide

    Closed year Costs

    200,000€ - 299,999€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    Sport

    Communication activities

    None

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    8 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 01 Mar 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject Phénomène du piratage des évènements sportifs retransmis en direct.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
      Portfolio Digital Economy and Society
      Attending
      • Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)
    • Date 01 Mar 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject Phénomène du piratage des évènements sportifs retransmis en direct.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
      Portfolio Innovation and Youth
      Attending
      • Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)
    • Date 11 Dec 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Copyright
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
      Portfolio Digital Economy and Society
      Attending
      • Manuel Mateo-Goyet (Cabinet member)
    • Date 06 Dec 2018 Location Berl
      Subject radio rights
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics
      Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
      Attending
      • Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
    • Date 27 Nov 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject cyber security
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King
      Portfolio Security Union
      Attending
      • Julian King (Commissioner)
      • David Knight (Cabinet member)
    • Date 13 May 2016 Location London
      Subject Digital Single Market and Copywright
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill
      Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
    • Date 16 Oct 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Digital Single Market
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics
      Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
      Attending
      • Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
    • Date 08 Jul 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Free movement of workers
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen
      Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility
      Attending
      • Inge Bernaerts (Cabinet member)
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