Overview
Lobbying Costs
750,000€
Financial year: Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Confederation of European Community Cigarette Manufacturers (CECCM)
EU Transparency Register
1496873833-97 First registered on 19 Dec 2008
Goals / Remit
CECCM (Confederation of European Community Cigarette Manufacturers aisbl) is a non commercial association which was formed to represent the common views of major European–based cigarette manufacturers. CECCM three Full Members are British American Tobacco, JT International and Imperial Tobacco. CECCM membership comprises also 12 National Manufacturers Associations (Belgium/Luxembourg, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom) and two Observer members.
CECCM seeks to promote on-going dialogue with EU institutions and participates constructively in EU decision-making processes and tobacco related policy formulation.
Established in 1989, CECCM has a long and well established tradition of dialogue with tobacco policy makers. CECCM member companies are strongly committed to dialogue with regulators and support proportionate and reasonable tobacco regulations. CECCM member companies believe that reasonable and workable regulation of tobacco products is best accomplished through consultation with the industry.
CECCM is the primary source of tobacco expertise in the EU and can offer regulators unparalleled access to the three principal member companies’ combined experience, covering a wide range of tobacco related data and information. CECCM serves as an off-competition platform for exchanging views and discussing proposed regulations which enables its members to define balanced common positions.
CECCM establishes pro-active co-operation with other pan-European tobacco manufacturers’ associations and where appropriate presents joint positions to regulators. As a result, CECCM is well placed to contribute constructively to the definition of tobacco related regulations.Main EU files targeted
Implementation of Directive 2014/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products and repealing Directive 2001/37/EC;
Establishment of the future Implementing and Delegated Acts necessary to apply the Directive (consultation of stakeholders), namely:
Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1139 of 13 July 2015 published in the OJ on 14 July 2015 - aligning the deadlines for implementation of the new library with the TPD 20 of May 2016 deadline;
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1842 of 9 October 2015 on the technical specifications for the layout, design and shape of the combined health warnings for tobacco products for smoking
published on October 14, 2015;
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2186 of 25 November 2015 establishing a format for the submission and making available of information on tobacco products, published on November 27, 2015;
Future review of the following Directives:
Council Directive 2011/64/EU of 21 June 2011 on the structure and rates of excise duty applied to manufactured tobacco;
Council Directive 2008/118/EC of 16 December 2008 concerning the general arrangements for excise duty and repealing Directive 92/12/EEC set a legal framework for the use of the Excise Movement Control System (EMCS);
Union Customs Code and its implementing regulations;
Bilateral / International Trade Agreements.Address
Head Office
Av Louise, 375
Brussels 1050
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 2 50% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 08 Feb 2016
Name Start date End Date Ms Alix CARLIER 25 Jan 2023 25 Jan 2024 Ms Nathalie DARGE 13 Jan 2023 13 Jan 2024 Ms Nathalie DARGE 25 Sep 2021 24 Sep 2022 Ms Alice Maria PALUMBO 24 Sep 2021 23 Feb 2022 Ms Nathalie DARGE 09 Oct 2020 25 Sep 2021 Ms Nathalie DARGE 21 Sep 2019 19 Sep 2020 Mr Alisdair Gray 21 Sep 2019 19 Sep 2020 Ms Nathalie DARGE 20 Sep 2018 20 Sep 2019 Mr Alisdair Gray 27 Jul 2018 01 Aug 2019 Ms Nathalie DARGE 14 Sep 2017 14 Sep 2018 Alisdair Gray 20 Jul 2017 04 Jul 2018 Mr Mario MÜLLER 12 Oct 2016 21 Jul 2017 Ms Antonella Pederiva 10 Feb 2016 08 Feb 2017 Mr Mario MÜLLER 14 Oct 2015 12 Oct 2016 Ms Ksenija BARYSIENE 04 Nov 2014 30 Oct 2015 Mr Mathieu BRUCKER 04 Nov 2014 18 Jul 2015 Mrs Ksenija BARYSIENE 04 Nov 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mr Mario MÜLLER 04 Nov 2014 14 Oct 2015 Ms Cynthia FURSTE 04 Nov 2014 30 Oct 2015 Mr Mathieu BRUCKER 07 Nov 2013 04 Nov 2014 Mrs Ksenija BARYSIENE 07 Nov 2013 04 Nov 2014 Mr Mario MÜLLER 07 Nov 2013 04 Nov 2014 Ms Cynthia FURSTE 07 Nov 2013 04 Nov 2014 Mr Mario MÜLLER 10 Jan 2013 08 Nov 2013 Ms Cynthia FURSTE 10 Jan 2013 08 Nov 2013 Mr Mathieu BRUCKER 01 Dec 2012 08 Nov 2013 Mrs Ksenija BARYSIENE 01 Dec 2012 08 Nov 2013 Mario MÜLLER 30 Mar 2012 08 Feb 2013 Mr Mathieu BRUCKER 13 Dec 2011 01 Dec 2012 Mrs Ksenija BARYSIENE 13 Dec 2011 01 Dec 2012 Complementary Information
CECCM has 4 staff members:
Secretary General
Director EU Institutional Affairs
EU Affairs Manager
EU Product Regulation Manager
The fixed percentages are as accurate as can be due to the system’s and format’s restrictions.Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Antonella Pederiva (Secretary General)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Ronan Barry (Chairman)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
AECA, The American European Community Association,
EPC, European Policy Centre,
FAIB, Federation of European and International Associations,
OHIM - European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights,
SEAP (refers to membership of individual CECCM staff members).
CECCM is an Observer Member of the REACH "Tobacco Industry Platform".Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
750,000€
Other financial info
Only CECCM Full Members (three member companies) pay the annual membership fee. The fees (and therefore the costs) are equal for each of them.
Note on past declarations:
Update in accordance with 2015 Transparency Register guidelines. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
Kangaroo Group
Communication activities
CECCM launched its new web site on September 1, 2015.
Go to www.ceccm.eu it if you want to learn more about who we are and what we stand for.Other activities
Commission:
DG AGRI: Civil Dialogue Group on International Aspects of Agriculture;
DG AGRI: Civil Dialogue Group on Arable crops;
DG TAXUD Trade Contact Group;
DG TAXUD Excise Contact Group;
DG GROWTH: Processed Agricultural Goods (PAPs);
DG TRADE: Market Access Advisory Committee.
Meetings
Meetings
4 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 22 Jul 2020 Location videoconference Subject EU-UK future trade relations Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Dermot Ryan (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jul 2020 Location videoconference Subject EU-UK future trade relations Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Attending - Dermot Ryan (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Tobacco Product Directive, Revision of the Excise Directive Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - Malgorzata Iskra (Cabinet member)
- Maria Elena Scoppio (Cabinet member)