Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Union Internationale de la Propriété Immobilière - International Union of Property Owners (UIPI)
EU Transparency Register
57946843667-42 First registered on 25 May 2010
Goals / Remit
The International Union of Property Owners – Union Internationale de la Propriété Immobilière A.S.B.L. (UIPI) is the leading organisation for individual owners and private landlords in Europe.
Founded in 1923 in Paris, the UIPI is an international not-for-profit association. With 29 member organisations, the UIPI represents more than 5 million property owners in 28 countries across Europe.
The property owners represented by the UIPI range from individual home owners, private landlords with a single bedroom flat or multiple-occupancy houses, to landlords with large property portfolios in the private-rented and commercial sectors. The UIPI also supports dispossessed property owners in former communist countries.
The mission of the UIPI is to protect and promote the interests, needs and concerns of home owners and landlords at national, European and international levels.
Based in Brussels, the UIPI makes representations on behalf of its members to the institutions of the EU. It monitors developments at the EU level and participate in the EU debate for those areas of EU legislation and policy that have an impact on real estate, the building sector, the private-rented sector and property rights. The UIPI also seeks to influence events affecting the property sector in an increasing number of international bodies.
The UIPI continuously promotes solidarity, cooperation and exchange of information between associations of property owners.Main EU files targeted
Energy Union and Energy efficiency (in particular in the building sector)
Sustainable Buildings
Land use, waste, soil protection
Sustainability of the construction sector
Mortgage credit
Structural Funds
EU Economic GovernanceAddress
Head Office
Rue du Lombard, 76
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 2 50% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 10 Sep 2018
Name Start date End Date Ms Natasa VISTRICKA 20 Apr 2023 19 Apr 2024 Ms Emmanuelle CAUSSE 20 Apr 2023 19 Apr 2024 Mr Tim WOLTERS 11 Mar 2023 30 Sep 2023 Mr Francesco ROBIMARGA 11 Mar 2023 29 Apr 2023 Ms Nataša VISTRIČKA 30 Mar 2022 30 Mar 2023 Ms Emmanuelle CAUSSE 24 Mar 2022 24 Mar 2023 Ms Emmanuelle CAUSSE 08 Feb 2020 06 Feb 2021 Mr Edoardo CONCARI COPPOLA 16 Oct 2019 16 Oct 2020 Mr Spyridon PANTELIS 19 Feb 2019 07 Feb 2020 Ms Emmanuelle CAUSSE 17 Jan 2019 17 Jan 2020 Ms Eva BRARDINELLI 12 Sep 2018 12 Sep 2019 Mr Edoardo CONCARI COPPOLA 12 Sep 2018 12 Mar 2019 Ms Emmanuelle CAUSSE 06 Jan 2018 05 Jan 2019 Ms Agatha Rogala 06 Jan 2018 16 Jun 2018 Mr Manuel NUNES RAMIRES SERRANO 06 Jan 2018 28 Feb 2018 Mr Spyridon PANTELIS 06 Jan 2018 05 Jan 2019 Ms Maja KUSCER 22 Mar 2017 21 Aug 2017 Ms Emmanuelle CAUSSE 23 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Ms Agatha Rogala 23 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Ms Agatha Rogala 15 Sep 2016 13 Jan 2017 Ms Emmanuelle CAUSSE 23 Dec 2015 22 Dec 2016 Ms Savina Korovesi 23 Dec 2015 22 Jun 2016 Ms Savina Korovesi 26 Mar 2015 24 Sep 2015 Ms Emmanuelle CAUSSE 09 Jan 2015 16 Dec 2015 Mrs Emmanuelle CAUSSE 09 Jan 2015 27 Jan 2015 Ms Savina Korovesi 10 Sep 2014 03 Mar 2015 Mrs Emmanuelle CAUSSE 26 Oct 2013 25 Oct 2014 Ms Jana Repelova 26 Oct 2013 25 Jan 2014 Mrs Emmanuelle CAUSSE 13 Dec 2011 01 Dec 2012 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Emmanuelle Causse (Director of European Affairs)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Efstratios Paradias (President)
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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
Partner of the Build Up Platform
Partner of the European Parliament URBAN Intergroup
Member of the European Housing Forum
Part of the International Property Measurement Standards CoalitionMember organisations
Property with Justice, Albania(5000),
Zentralverband der Hausbesitzer, Austria(25000),
Syndicat National des Proprietaires, Belgium(30000),
Bulgarian Property Rights and Management Association, Bulgaria(20000),
SUVLAH, Croatia(10000),
Cyprus Land and Property Owners Organisation, Cyprus(30000),
Association of House Owners of the Czech Republic(20000),
Parcelhusejernes Landsforening, Denmark(100000),
Estonian Real Property Owners Central Union, Estonia(40000),
Union Nationale de la Propriete Immobiliere, France(300000),
Zentralverband Haus und Grund Deutschland, Germany(1000000),
Hellenic Property Federation, Greece(50000),
Irish Property Owners Association, Ireland(20000),
Confederazione Italiana della Proprieta Edilizia, Italy(1500000),
Association des Proprietaires de Monaco, Monaco(3000),
Vereniging Eigen Huis, The Netherlands (700000),
Huseiernes Landsforbund, Norway(200000),
Polska Unia Wlascieli Nieruchomosci, Poland(150000),
Assosiacao Lisbonense de Proprietarios, Portugal(10000),
League for Protection of Human Rights, Serbia(4000),
Property Restitution Network of Serbia(5000),
Association of Property Owners in Slovenia, Slovenia(5000),
Confederacion de Camaras de Propiedad Urbana, Spain(200000),
Villaagarnas Riksforbund, Sweden(400000),
Hauseigentumerverband Schweiz, Swizerland(300000),
National Landlords Association, United Kingdom(50000),
Suomen Omakotiliitto, Finland(75000),
Társasházak és Társasházkezelök Országos Egyesülete – TTOE, Hungary(10000),
Slovakian Property Owners Association, Slovakia(1000) -
Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
33,000 € (Source: FP7- H2020)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
URBAN Intergroup
Communication activities
UIPI is a partner in several EU-funded project that aim to imporve energy efficiency of the European building stock. UIPI objectives is to raise awareness help property owners to tackle the problem of high-energy consumption in buildings.
In 2012, UIPI published a report called Landlords in Europe (a comparative analysis that looks at the private rented market in Europe from a practitioner‘s point of view; bringing together details on the rental laws, tax regimes and planning policies which govern the private rented sector in twelve case study countries across Europe).
UIPI also regularly publishes comparative studies on real estate taxation in EU member states.
UIPI organises annually a "Property Day", an event dedicated to issues relevant for property owners.
UIPI holds a biennial Congress.
UIPI also organises events on a regular basis in Brussels.Other activities
The UIPI is involved in many issues, including general housing; taxation and inheritance concerns; technical matters and new regulations such as energy saving in buildings; the private rented agenda; as well as universal consumer rights and social responsibilities. The UIPI also supports property restitution and defends the fundamental human right to own property.
- Meetings
Meetings
2 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 23 Apr 2020 Location Video-conferencing Subject How building renovation can contribute to post covid-19 recovery, how to get renovation projects off the ground, how to remove regulatory obstacles and improve advice. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Thor-Sten Vertmann (Cabinet member)
- Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
- Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Climate Strategy & Partners
- Housing Europe
- European Builders Confederation AISBL
- European Insulation Manufacturers Association
- European Construction Industry Federation
- Buildings Performance Institute Europe, BPIE ASBL
- The European Alliance of Companies for Energy Efficiency in Buildings
- KfW Bankengruppe
- Construction Products Europe
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Date 25 Feb 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Review of the EED and EPBD Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists
- Meetings