Vartotojų aljansas (Lithuanian Consumers Alliance)

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Overview

Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.

Lobbying Costs

None declared

Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

1.5 Fte (4)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

1

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Vartotojų aljansas (Lithuanian Consumers Alliance)   (LT CA)

    EU Transparency Register

    506497923503-90 First registered on 20 Sep 2016

    Goals / Remit

    Lithuanian Consumers Alliance (in Lithuanian, Vartotojų aljansas), established in 2012, currently unifies 10 consumer associations: Lithuanian Consumer Association, Lithuanian Consumer Union, Consumer Rights Protection Centre, Lithuanian Association of Bank Customers, Lithuanian Citizens Advice Union, Association “For Honesty in Banking”, Consumer Rights Institute, FiKVA – the Finance and Credit Management Association, Insurance Policyholders Association, APGIDA – the Personal Privacy Protection and Data Security Association.
    The main goal of the Alliance is to represent the interest of Lithuanian consumer association’s interests in governmental institutions, business structures and non-governmental sector on the national and international level. The Alliance represents Lithuania at the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC).

    Main EU files targeted

    Empowering consumers for the green transition
    Farm to Fork strategy on sustainable food system
    Substantiating green claims
    Revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
    Revision of the Ambient Air Quality Directives
    Revision of EU electricity market design
    Proposal for a directive on common rules promoting the repair of goods
    AI Act

    Address

    Head Office
    V. Nagevičiaus g. 3
    Vilnius 08237
    LITHUANIA
    EU Office
    Parko Street 3-7
    Vilnius LT-11203
    LITHUANIA

    Website

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    4

    Employment timeLobbyists
    50%2
    25%2

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    1.5

    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

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    Member of BEUC (Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs).
    Member of the Coalition of Lithuanian NGOs.

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Interests represented

    Does not represent commercial interests

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.

    Total organisational budget in closed year

    265,594€

    Major funding types in closed year

    Grants, EU funding, Public financing

    Major contributions in closed year

    TypeNameAmount
    Contribution Lietuvos Respublikos vidaus reikalų ministerija 68,232€
    Contribution Europos socialinio fondo agentūra 44,364€
    Contribution Valstybinė vartotojų teisių apsaugos tarnyba 19,500€
    Grant Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 76,963€

    Major contributions in current year

    TypeNameAmount
    Grant European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency 125,672€

    Other financial info

    LT CA was a beneficiary partner in several H2020 projects, namely: STEP (2019-2022), ComAct (2020-2024), CLEAR-X (2021-2024). Recently, projects ComActivate (since 2023) and SaveEnergyTogether (since 2024) were started with funding from the LIFE27 programme.

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    Consumer Policy Advisory Group#E03750#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3750 #Member #C#Civil society#Financial Services User Group#E02594#KUPŠYS Kęstutis#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2594 #Member #B#Civil society

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A

    Communication activities

    Sustainable finance.
    Energy poverty mitigation measures.
    Renewable energy for multifamily houses.
    Ambient air quality.
    Low carbon mobility.
    Affordable medicine.
    Sustainable food.
    Food waste reduction.
    Anti-microbial resistance.

    Other activities

    Since 2018, Alliance representatives are included into two EIOPA expert groups: 1) Insurance and Reinsurance Stakeholder Group and 2) Occupational Pensions Stakeholder Group.
    Since 2020, Vice President of the Alliance Mr. Kęstutis Kupšys is a Member of the European Economic and Social Committee (Group 'Diversity Europe').

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    1 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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