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Overview
Lobbying Costs
250,000€
Financial year: Apr 2015 - Mar 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA)
EU Transparency Register
22014486374-73 First registered on 05 Aug 2011
Goals / Remit
The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) is the largest organization in Brazil representing sugar, ethanol and bioelectricity producers. UNICA members answer for more than 50% of all ethanol produced in Brazil and 60% of overall sugar production. The Brazilian sugarcane sector’s annual gross earnings are of nearly US$ 16 billion, and the sector directly employs over 1.28 million people.
UNICA’s objective in Brussels is to provide consumers, government officials, NGOs, the business community and the news media with up-to-date, detailed information on vital social, economic and environmental contributions of Brazil’s sugar, ethanol and bioelectricity sectors. UNICA’s aims at working pro-actively with the European Union and national policy-makers to identify opportunities to remove existing regulatory barriers within the EU. It monitors on-going and upcoming European legislation, alert members on developments affecting the sector and lobby European institutions so that its needs are recognized and taken into account in the EU decision-making process. It is also important for UNICA to develop a network of high-level contacts among the European Institutions and other stakeholders.
UNICA actively participates in the EU decision-making process, and follows key EU legislative proposals with a direct impact on the industry in the field of energy, environment, trade (MERCOSUR and WTO), and transport and agriculture issues, among others.Main EU files targeted
- Revision of the Renewable Energy Directive
- Effort sharing decision
- EU-Mercosur trade negotiations
- 2030 Energy and Climate Package
- Energy UnionAddress
Head Office
Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 2179 - 10°
São Paulo - SP 01452-000
BRAZILEU Office
C/O Apex Brasil
Avenue des Arts 19 A/D
Brussels
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 11 Dec 2024
Name Start date End Date Ms Géraldine Kutas 28 Nov 2017 24 Feb 2018 Ms Géraldine Kutas 18 Nov 2016 17 Nov 2017 Ms Geraldine Kutas 16 Oct 2015 14 Oct 2016 Ms Geraldine Kutas 15 Jul 2014 11 Jul 2015 Mrs Geraldine Kutas 15 Jul 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mrs Geraldine Kutas 16 Jul 2013 13 Jul 2014 Mrs Geraldine Kutas 01 Sep 2012 12 Jul 2013 Ms Ana Leoncio de Aguiar 01 Sep 2012 12 Jul 2013 Mrs Maria Dolores UNA CARDENAS 26 Sep 2011 01 Aug 2012 Complementary Information
UNICA’s mission is to play a leading role in the consolidation of the Brazilian sugarcane industry as a modern agroindustrial complex equipped to compete sustainably, in Brazil and around the world, as suppliers of ethanol, sugar and bioelectricity.
Priorities:
• Consolidate ethanol as a globally traded commodity
• Promote demand of ethanol as a clean, renewable transport fuel
• Expand use of ethanol to other relevant sectors
• Foment large-scale production of bioelectricity for Brazil’s domestic market
• Assist member companies in becoming sustainability benchmarks
• Disseminate solid, credible scientific data about the competitiveness and sustainability of sugarcane ethanolPerson in charge of EU relations
Ms Geraldine Kutas (Head of International Affairs)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Elizabeth Farina (CEO and President)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Apr 2015 - Mar 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
250,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
- EU blogs http://sugarcane.org/blog/eu
- Twitter account: @SugarcaneOrgOther activities
- CAP reform
- Bioeconomy and circular economy
Meetings
Meetings
3 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 05 Oct 2016 Location Brussels Subject Biofuels Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Yvon Slingenberg (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 23 Apr 2015 Location Brussels Subject Higher education policy, including Erasmus+, EFSI and the role of UNICA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 05 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject EU Biofuels Policy - UNICA Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Yvon Slingenberg (Cabinet member)