Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Jun 2015 - Jun 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
8
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Which?
EU Transparency Register
03845856565-52 First registered on 05 Sep 2011
Goals / Remit
Which? is an independent, not-for-profit consumer organisation. Which? has more than 800,000 subscribers, 700,000 supporters and is the largest independent consumer membership organisation in the UK. Independent of government and industry, Which? is funded through its successful commercial businesses. Which? is a consumer champion working to make things better for consumers. Our campaigns make people's lives fairer, simpler and safer.
Which? exists to make individuals as powerful as the organisations they have to deal with in their daily lives. We campaign for all UK consumers to help them get a fairer deal. We currently focus on energy, personal finance, food and other consumer markets.Main EU files targeted
Which? engages on a broad range of issues including consumer rights, financial services, energy, digital single market, travel and tourism, food safety and telecommunications.
Address
Head Office
Marylebone Road, 2
London NW1 4DF
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
Which? c/o Regus
37 Square de Meeus
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 75% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 05 May 2024
Name Start date End Date Ms Amber Elizabeth Bechrouri 21 Feb 2017 23 Jan 2018 Jane WALLACE 12 Mar 2016 11 Mar 2017 Ms Amber Bechrouri 26 Jan 2016 22 Jan 2017 Ms Michelle Smyth 21 Mar 2015 19 Mar 2016 Ms Emmanuelle Bomo 21 Mar 2015 19 Mar 2016 Ms Emmanuelle Bomo 29 Mar 2014 21 Mar 2015 Ms Annabella Coldrick 27 Mar 2014 12 Feb 2015 Ms Michelle Smyth 27 Mar 2014 21 Mar 2015 Ms Michelle Smyth 06 Apr 2013 05 Apr 2014 Aniela Karina SROCZYNSKI 27 Oct 2012 12 Sep 2013 Aniela Karina SROCZYNSKI 23 Mar 2012 27 Oct 2012 Aniela Karina SROCZYNSKI 23 Mar 2012 26 Oct 2012 Complementary Information
On behalf of Which?, the persons listed below work predominantly on EU lobbying activities for Which?
Amber Bechrouri, Head of EU Public Affairs
Digital Single Market, consumer rights, REFIT, telecomms
Jane Wallace, Senior EU Public Affairs Officer
Personal finance, emissions, food, energy, travel and tourismPerson in charge of EU relations
Ms Amber Bechrouri (Head of EU and International Public Affairs)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Peter Vicary-Smith (Chief Executive)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Other organisations
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Networking
Affiliation
Which? is a member of the European Consumers' Association (BEUC) and Consumers International (CI). Which? is also a member of the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD). We conduct some of our product testing through International Consumer Research & Testing (ICRT).
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jun 2015 - Jun 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
Other financial info
More details available at Companies House: http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk//index.shtml
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
REFIT on Consumer Law
ACC
ECCG
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Which? has covered the following EU initiatives over the past year:
- Digital Single Market
- Alternative and Online Dispute Resolution
- Official Controls in the Food chain
- Country of origin labelling of food
- REFIT
- Package Travel Directive
- Single market in retail financial services
- Telecoms - Connected Continent proposal
- Energy
- Real Driving Emissions (RDE) and fuel claims
Meetings
Meetings
8 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 02 Jun 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Consumer protection in the digital environment Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Oct 2015 Location London Subject Greenpaper on Retail Financial Services and Insurance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
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Date 16 Oct 2015 Location London Subject Financial Services Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
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Date 06 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject Financial Services Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Denzil Davidson (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject Financial Services Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Denzil Davidson (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 May 2015 Location London Subject Financial Services Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
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Date 24 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Financial Services Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Denzil Davidson (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jan 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Commission's initiatives in the remit of Commissioner's portfolio Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Arunas Ribokas (Cabinet member)