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)
13 Fte (13)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
9
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
VIER PFOTEN International (FOUR PAWS)
EU Transparency Register
69150873293-75 First registered on 01 Mar 2010
Goals / Remit
Stiftungszweck
Zweck der Stiftung, deren Tätigkeit nicht auf Gewinn gerichtet ist, ist den Gedanken des Tierschutzes zu verbreiten und bedrängten Tieren in Not zu helfen. Die Stiftung organisiert gewaltfreie Kampagnen, um die Öffendlichkeit über die ethische Verantwortung des Menschen gegenüber den Tieren zu informieren.
Ebenso ist die Förderung von Wissenschaft und Foschung auf dem Gebiet des Tierschutzes Zweck der Stiftung. Die umfasst im besonderen Nutztierhaltung, Artenschutz, Wildtierbiologie und die generelle Abschaffung von Tierversuchen sowie die Entwicklung von Ersatzmethoden. Die gewonnenen wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse sollen auch Zwecken der Tierhaltung , der Konsumentenberatung sowie des Umweltschutzes zur Verfügung gestellt werden.
Die Privatstiftung ist berechtigt, alle Geschäfte zu schliessen und Massnahmen zu setzten, die zur Erreichnung des Stiftungszweckes notwendig oder nützlich sind. Zuwendungen, die mit Auflagen verbunden sind, darf die Privatstiftu (...)Main EU files targeted
All animal related issues, in particular concerning Animal Welfare and the Wildlife.
We follow topics which are related to the animal-based agriculture production and transparency in this field, biodiversity, wildlife trafficking, online marketing rules.Address
Head Office
Linke Wienzeile, 236
Wien 1150 - -
AUSTRIAEU Office
Av. De la Renaissance 19/11
Bruxelles 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
13
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 13 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
13
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
9 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 06 Dec 2023
Name Start date End Date Ms Georgia DIAMANTOPOULOU 06 Oct 2023 04 Oct 2024 Ms Malala Razafindratsimba 06 Sep 2023 04 Sep 2024 Mr Miguel ZHAN DAI 05 Sep 2023 04 Sep 2024 Ms Morgane Catherine SPEECKAERT 05 Sep 2023 04 Sep 2024 Ms Eva Lauwens 02 Sep 2023 01 Sep 2024 Ms Marilena D'AURIA 02 Sep 2023 26 Jul 2024 Mr Andreas MANZ 02 Sep 2023 31 Jul 2024 Ms Aubrey COLLINS 15 Mar 2023 14 Mar 2024 Mr Joseph Moran 13 Jan 2023 12 Jan 2024 Ms Morgane Catherine SPEECKAERT 15 Sep 2022 05 Sep 2023 Ms Morgane LE DREAU 30 Jun 2022 11 Feb 2023 Mr Andreas MANZ 30 Jun 2022 30 Jun 2023 Mr Pierre SULTANA 30 Jun 2022 11 Feb 2023 Ms Sophie AYLMER 04 Jun 2022 03 Jun 2023 Ms Georgia DIAMANTOPOULOU 04 Jun 2022 03 Jun 2023 Mr Miguel ZHAN DAI 02 Jun 2022 02 Jun 2023 Ms Katharina Wachter 02 Jun 2022 02 Jun 2023 Mr Andreas MANZ 25 Feb 2020 25 Feb 2021 Mr Pierre SULTANA 22 Feb 2020 20 Feb 2021 Mr Pierre SULTANA 21 Feb 2019 22 Feb 2020 Mr Andreas MANZ 21 Feb 2019 22 Feb 2020 Ms Georgia DIAMANTOPOULOU 07 Dec 2019 01 Oct 2020 Ms Morgane LE DREAU 06 Jul 2019 04 Jul 2020 Ms Georgia DIAMANTOPOULOU 05 Oct 2018 01 Nov 2019 Mr Pierre SULTANA 24 Feb 2018 23 Feb 2019 Mr Andreas MANZ 09 Feb 2018 01 Mar 2019 Ms Beatrice FABBRI 09 Feb 2018 01 Dec 2018 Ms Sophie DUTHOIT-LULOV 03 Jan 2018 05 Oct 2018 Mr Pierre SULTANA 21 Feb 2017 04 Feb 2018 Ms Beatrice FABBRI 21 Feb 2017 07 Feb 2018 Mr Andreas MANZ 07 Feb 2017 04 Feb 2018 Mr James Pirnay 22 Aug 2016 01 May 2017 Ms Magdalena Gajdzinska 22 Aug 2016 30 Nov 2016 Ms Sophie Duthoit 25 May 2016 25 May 2017 Ms Flavia MARISI 28 Jan 2016 21 May 2016 Mr Pierre SULTANA 28 Jan 2016 26 Jan 2017 Ms Sophie Duthoit 20 May 2015 15 May 2016 Ms Flavia MARISI 13 Jan 2015 13 May 2015 Mr Pierre SULTANA 13 Jan 2015 09 Jan 2016 Marlene WARTENBERG 01 Mar 2014 03 Mar 2015 Ms Kristin Karnbach 01 Mar 2014 03 Mar 2015 Ms Sophie Duthoit 01 Mar 2014 03 Mar 2015 Marlene WARTENBERG 05 Mar 2013 01 Mar 2014 Marlene WARTENBERG 01 Mar 2012 01 Mar 2013 Complementary Information
The European Policy Office is composed of 8 persons
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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
Eurogroup for Animals (Mitglied sind die VIER PFOTEN- Länderbüros Bulgarien, Österreich und Rumänien)
Member organisations
None declared
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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
38,578,480€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Other financial info
VIER PFOTEN ist eine spendenfinanzierte Stiftung, wobei keine Spende über 10.000€ liegt UND gleichzeitig über 10% des Budgets ausmacht.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
EU Platform on Animal Welfare#E03504#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3504 #Member #C#Civil society#Sub-group on Labelling#Advisory Group on the Food Chain and Animal and Plant Health#E00860#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=860 #Not a member #C#Civil society#Animal Health Advisory Committee#Expert Group on the European Food Security Crisis Preparedness and Response Mechanism#E03829#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3829 #Member #C#Civil society#Crisis communication on food supply and food security#Improving the diversity of sources of supply
Groups (European Parliament)
Welfare and conservation of animals
Communication activities
All animal related issues, in particular concerning Animal Welfare and the Wildlife.
We follow topics which are related to the animal-based agriculture production and transparency in this field, biodiversity, wildlife trafficking, online marketing rules.Other activities
Themenbereiche:
Tierschutz,Tiergesundheit und ethischer Tierschutz in allen europäischen Gesetzgebungsverfahren einschliesslich der Schnittstellen Gemeinsame Agrarpolitik, Handel und Bildung, Regionalpolitik, Verbraucherschutz sowie zu diebezüglichen politischen Strategien, politischen Programmen und Forschungsvorhaben
Tierarten:
landwirtschaftliche Nutztiere
Wildtiere in menschlicher Obhut
Tiere in wissenschaftlichen Versuchen
Heimtiere
Massnahmen neben fachlichen Politikberatung:
Parlamentarische Abende, Tierschutz-FachkonferenzenMeetings
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 publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 07 Feb 2023 Location On-line Subject Exchange on the future proposals on the revision of the animal welfare legislation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides Portfolio Health Attending - Panayiotis Pourgourides (Cabinet member)
- Giorgios Rossides (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Dec 2022 Location Brussels Subject VTC Meeting: Sustainable Food Systems/Procurement Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides Portfolio Health Attending - Annukka Ojala (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - European Public Health Alliance
- European Coordination Via Campesina
- Slow Food
- Eurocities
- Compassion in World Farming Brussels
- Stichting Fair Trade Advocacy Office
- International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements EU Regional Group
- ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability European Secretariat
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Date 02 Mar 2021 Location Virtual Subject Wildlife & tigers trade Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Camilla Bursi (Cabinet member)
- Eglantine Cujo (Cabinet member)