Vartotojų aljansas (Lithuanian Consumers Alliance)

Tweet this page
<
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
>
Registration as it was on 24 Jan 2018
How to read and use this data card.
Download this datacard

Overview

Lobbying Costs

9,999€

Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

0.5 Fte (2)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

0

High-level Commission meetings

1

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Alliance of Lithuanian Consumer Organizations   (LVOA-ALCO)

    EU Transparency Register

    506497923503-90 First registered on 20 Sep 2016

    Goals / Remit

    The Alliance of Lithuanian consumer organisations, established in 2012, unites seven consumer associations. Those associations are: Lithuanian Consumer Association, Lithuanian Consumer Union, Consumer Rights Protection Centre, Lithuanian Association of Bank Customers, the Lithuanian Citizens Advice Union, National Association of Financial Services Consumers, Association “For honesty in banking”.
    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.

    Main EU files targeted

    In order to achieve its goals the alliance works in these main areas:
    Participates in the preparation of legal acts related with consumer protection and makes proposals how to improve the consumer rights’ protection system. Members of the alliance participate in various governmental workshops for example in the State Consumer Rights Protection Authority, in the Council of consumer rights protection (advisory institution of Lithuanian Republic Ministry of Justice) in the Central Bank of the Republic of Lithuania; Tripartite Council of the Republic of Lithuania (institution acting on the equal partnership basis and consisting of representatives from the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, trade unions and employers organisations solving social, economic and labor problems and in such way seeking to maintain social peace and order in the society), Consumer Rights Supervision Committee discussing relevant consumer issues.
    Cooperates with non-governmental organisations, business associations and universities.
    Seeks to create an alternative dispute resolution framework and to participate in EU alternative dispute resolutions in activities of the association.
    Members of the Alliance actively conducts research, training, and organizes conferences and seminars;
    Represent Alliance members and Lithuanian consumers’ interests in governmental institutions, courts, non-governmental organisations also in international organisations and other institutions.
    Members of the Alliance represent consumer interests in EU institutions for example in the European Consumer Consultative Group or in the Payment Systems Market Expert Group.
    Spreads information about consumer associations work on the national and EU level.
    The Alliance represents Lithuania in The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC).

    Address

    Head Office
    Parko 3-7
    Vilnius 11203
    LITHUANIA
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    2

    Employment timeLobbyists
    25%2

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    0.5

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    No lobbyists with EP accreditations

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Ms Eglė Kybartienė (President)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Ms Eglė Kybartienė (President)

  • Categories

    Category

    III - Non-governmental organisations

    Subcategory

    Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    Member of BEUC (Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs).

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    9,999€

    Other financial info

    Major activities of the Alliance, which requires financial means, are conducted and financed directly by its member organisations.

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    Payment Systems Market Expert Group#E02287 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=2287 #Member #C

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    VW "Dieselgate" case hearings.

    Other activities

    None declared

  • 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.

Download this datacard