Overview
Lobbying Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Financial year: Nov 2022 - Oct 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Aquaculture Advisory Council (AAC)
EU Transparency Register
778583224754-65 First registered on 28 Nov 2016
Goals / Remit
The objective of the Aquaculture Advisory Council (AAC) is to contribute to the sustainable development of European aquaculture by preparing and providing advice on subjects and issues relating to the aquaculture value chain, on behalf of all those stakeholders engaged in the aquaculture production sectors, feed and ingredient suppliers, processing, service suppliers, consumers and other interest groups.
Specifically, the AAC will look to support and realise the achievement of the objectives concerning aquaculture within the Common Fisheries Policy, the Common Organisation of the Markets for Fisheries and Aquaculture Products and other relevant European and international regulations.
The main products of aquaculture are fish, molluscs and algea, which are reared in freshwater or marine conditions, destined to be food for human consumption. The activity is governed by regulations on water and its use, feed ingredients, health/welfare (...)Main EU files targeted
I. Implementation of the Strategic Guidelines for the Sustainable development of European Aquaculture;
II. Resilience/competitiveness of EU aquaculture:
- COVID-19
- Food safety and food security
- National Strategic Plans
- Simplification of Administrative Procedures
- Enhancing competitiveness of European Aquaculture
- Level Playing Field
- Maritime Spatial Planning
- Aquaculture production and management systems
- Blue growth, blue bioeconomy
- Food security
- Food Safety
- Climate change
- EMFAF
- Aquatic Animal Health and Welfare
III. Green transition
- Environmental issues and sustainability concerns:
o Green Deal
o Zero Pollution agenda
o Nature Restoration law and EU Nature Directives
o Water Framework Directive and water protection regulations for molluscs breeding
o Marine Strategy Framework Directive
o Sustainability of feeds and feed ingredients
o Climate change
o Predators
o Biodiversity
o Alien species
o Sustainable nutrients management plan
o Valuation of the ecosystem services provided by aquaculture
o Marine litter
o Impact on wild fish: - sea lice, genetic contamination (escapees), etc.
IV. Social acceptance/consumer information
V. Knowledge/innovation
VI. Cooperation with other Advisory Councils for preparation of joint recommendations.
Besides this activity, the AAC will react to any specific request arriving from the European Commission, especially regarding legislative matters, and will produce for these ad hoc advice documents.Address
Head Office
Rue Montoyer, 31
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue Montoyer, 31
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 50% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
Aliénor (TR ID Number : 204793610436-15) provides the Permanent Secretariat services.
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
None declared
Member organisations
https://aac-europe.org/en/about-us/members/
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Nov 2022 - Oct 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
300,000€ - 399,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant DG MARE 324,000€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant DG MARE 264,384€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Other financial info
Le CCA reçoit également des contributions volontaires des Etats membres, à hauteur de 41000 EUR en 2023.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Expert Group EU Agri-Food Chain Observatory#E03949#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3949 #OBSERVER #C#Civil society#Employees/workers#Industry#Professionals
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
The AAC takes part to all the initiatives related to aquaculture in which it may give a meaningful input. The AAC also organises events to foster the dialogue and knowledge about EU aquaculture.
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
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 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.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 01 Apr 2022 Location virtual Subject The follow up meeting with the sector to discuss the Commission response to the crisis in the fisheries sector, to present the measures adopted and planned Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
- Agne Razmislaviciute-Palioniene (Cabinet member)
- Carmen Preising (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 19 Jan 2022 Location Brussels, VC Interactio Subject Inter-Advisory Councils meeting - opening statement DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Charlina Vitcheva (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 05 May 2021 Location Brussels - VC Interactio Subject Inter-Advisory Councils meeting - discussion on key policy developments and functioning of the Advisory Councils DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Charlina Vitcheva (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 18 Jan 2021 Location Brussels VC Interactio Subject Joint inter-Advisory Councils meeting - discussion on key policy developments and priorities DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Charlina Vitcheva (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists