Overview
Lobbying Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
27
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Union of European Beverages Association (UNESDA)
EU Transparency Register
25492952296-56 First registered on 21 Sep 2009
Goals / Remit
The purpose of UNESDA is servicing the interest of the European soft drinks industry from the commercial, technical, economic, legal and scientific points of view. Its membership comprises soft drinks companies as well as national associations from around Europe.
Main EU files targeted
EU Green Deal
Farm-to-Fork Strategy
Circular Economy Action Plan
Food Information to Consumers Regulation
Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation
Waste Framework Directive
Recycled Plastics Regulation
Childhood Obesity Action Plan
Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation
Single Use Plastics Directive
Industrial StrategyAddress
Head Office
Rue du Trône, 14-16
Bruxelles 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue du Trône, 14-16
Bruxelles 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 24 Mar 2023
Name Start date End Date Ms Ines REBELO 13 Jan 2023 12 Jan 2024 Mr Nicholas HODAC 13 Jan 2023 12 Jan 2024 Ms Delphine Close 08 Dec 2022 07 Dec 2023 Ms Helen BENSON 22 Jan 2022 21 Jan 2023 Ms Delphine Close 07 Oct 2021 07 Oct 2022 Mr Nicholas HODAC 07 Oct 2021 07 Oct 2022 Ms Helen BENSON 04 Sep 2020 04 Sep 2021 Mr Tudy Bernier 04 Sep 2020 04 Sep 2021 Mr Andreas NASIKAS 28 Feb 2020 27 Feb 2021 Mr Nicholas HODAC 19 Dec 2019 19 Dec 2020 Mr Tudy Bernier 18 Apr 2019 01 May 2020 Ms Helen BENSON 14 Mar 2019 01 Apr 2020 Ms Pauline JURICIC 08 Aug 2018 18 Nov 2018 Mr Tudy Bernier 27 Apr 2018 18 Apr 2019 Ms Helen BENSON 28 Mar 2018 14 Mar 2019 Ms Sigrid LIGNÉ 28 Mar 2018 28 Mar 2019 Ms Pauline JURICIC 05 Sep 2017 08 Aug 2018 Mr Tudy Bernier 05 May 2017 27 Apr 2018 Ms Helen BENSON 22 Mar 2017 21 Mar 2018 Ms Sigrid LIGNÉ 22 Mar 2017 21 Mar 2018 Mr Tudy Bernier 12 May 2016 06 May 2017 Ms Helen BENSON 08 Oct 2015 06 Oct 2016 Ms Sigrid LIGNÉ 08 Oct 2015 06 Oct 2016 Mr Tudy Bernier 31 Mar 2015 27 Mar 2016 Ms Helen BENSON 16 Oct 2014 08 Oct 2015 Ms Sigrid LIGNÉ 31 Oct 2014 08 Oct 2015 Mrs Sigrid LIGNÉ 31 Oct 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mrs Helen BENSON 16 Oct 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mrs Helen BENSON 23 Oct 2013 16 Oct 2014 Mrs Sigrid LIGNÉ 04 Oct 2013 03 Oct 2014 Mrs Helen BENSON 08 Nov 2012 23 Oct 2013 Mr Alain Beaumont 07 Jun 2012 01 Jul 2013 Mrs Adriana NOSEWICZ 06 Jun 2012 01 Jul 2013 Helen BENSON 07 Mar 2012 01 Nov 2012 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
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Categories
Category
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
Unesda is member of :
- the International Council of Beverages Associations: http://www.icba-net.org/
- FoodDrinkEurope: http://www.fooddrinkeurope.eu/
- Committee of European Users of Sugar: http://www.cius.org/
- European Policy Centre: http://www.epc.eu/
- Industry4Europe: https://www.industry4europe.eu/
- Close the Glass Loop Platform: https://closetheglassloop.eu/
- Petcore https://www.petcore-europe.org/Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
400,000€ - 499,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Advisory Group on Sustainability of Food Systems#E03832#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3832 #Member #C#Industry#Animal Health Advisory Comittee
Groups (European Parliament)
Competitive European Industry: long-term and sustainable investment#European Food Forum (European Parliament)
Other activities
EFSA Discussion Group on Chemical Occurrence Data
Meetings
Meetings
27 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 publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 22 Nov 2022 Location video-call Subject Draft proposal of a Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR) Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Commission - Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Nov 2022 Location Video-conference Subject Upcoming proposal on the Review of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn Portfolio Budget and Administration Commission - Barbara Herbolzheimer (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Nov 2022 Location Brussels Subject EU Packaging and Waste Packaging Legislation: upcoming revision. Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Commission - Peter van Kemseke (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Jan 2022 Location Video meeting Subject Waste and Packaging Commission - Florika Fink-Hooijer (Director-General)
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Date 08 Jun 2021 Location video-call Subject Circular economy, waste management and deposit return schemes Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Commission - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jun 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Circular economy, waste management and deposit return schemes Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Commission - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jun 2021 Location Virtual Subject Circular economy, waste management and deposit return schemes Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Commission - Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Feb 2021 Location video-call Subject EU Circular Economy Action Plan, including plastics Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Commission - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Feb 2021 Location Virtual Subject EU Circular Economy Action Plan, including plastics Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Commission - Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Feb 2021 Location Video meeting Subject New Circular Packaging Vision 2030 Commission - Florika Fink-Hooijer (Director-General)
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Date 04 Mar 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Single Use Plastics (SUP) Directive Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Commission - Gaelle Garnier (Cabinet member)
- Valere Moutarlier (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Mar 2020 Location Brussels Subject Circular Economy Strategy and Action Plan, plastic packaging, to present aspirations of Unesda. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Commission - Marius Vaščega (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Mar 2020 Location Brussels Subject Health and food safety, Farm2Fork Strategy & EU Beating Cancer Plan. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides Portfolio Health Commission - Panayiotis Pourgourides (Cabinet member)
- Karolina Herbout-Borczak (Cabinet member)
- Giorgios Rossides (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Mar 2020 Location Brussels Subject Circular economy action plan Commission - Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General)
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Date 30 Oct 2019 Location Brussels Subject UNESDA will present its Aspirations for the next five years, addressing the three core areas of Sustainability, Responsibility and Competitiveness Commission - Anne Bucher (Director-General)
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Date 12 Dec 2018 Location BERL Subject Single Use Plastic Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Commission - Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Nov 2018 Location Brussels Subject Sustainability, SDGs and UNESDA Commitments, Packaging Commitments and Plastic Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Commission - Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner)
- Marco Valletta (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Sep 2018 Location Brussels Subject Plastics in circular economy and the single use plastics directive Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Commission - Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
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Date 13 Sep 2018 Location Brussels Subject Plastic Recycling Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Commission - Karmenu Vella (Commissioner)
- Sebastien Paquot (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject To discuss the role of the sector Commission - Xavier Prats Monné (Director-General)
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Date 20 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Food reformulation, sugar in food Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Commission - Paula Duarte Gaspar (Cabinet member)
- Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Soft drinks sector’s contribution to job and growth in the EU Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Commission - Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
- Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject competitiveness and investments of the industry in Europe, the role of taxation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Commission - Maria Elena Scoppio (Cabinet member)
- Lucie Mattera (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject Circular Economy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Commission - Heidi Jern (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject Establish a working relationship Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Commission - Leon Delvaux (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Apr 2015 Location Berlaymont, Brussels, Belgium Subject To introduce the organisation and its priorities Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Commission - Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Nutrition; UNESDA Contribution to the EU platform for action on diet, food reformulation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Commission - Paula Duarte Gaspar (Cabinet member)
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