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Overview
Lobbying Costs
10,000€ - 24,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.2 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Business Association (EBA)
EU Transparency Register
470779146778-62 First registered on 03 Jun 2022
Goals / Remit
Established in 1999, the European Business Association (EBA) provides a forum in which members can discuss and find solutions to common problems affecting business in Ukraine. This initiative was initially supported by the European Commission and has grown to become one of the largest and most influential business communities in the country. With more than nine hundred members, the EBA is the largest premier union of businesses operating in the Ukrainian market.
Main EU files targeted
(1) EU policies and decisions aimed at support of Ukraine as a result of russian aggression (2) Agreement on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products between European Union and Ukraine in 3 priority spheres (low voltage, electromagnetic compatibility, safety of machines) as well as spreading of this Agreement on new spheres (3) European Union - Ukraine Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area Agreement (4) European Green Deal (5) Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (6) Procedures related to the river shipments in Danube region (7) Permit system for international freight transport for vehicles of categories «Euro-5» and «Euro-6»
Address
Head Office
Ostrozkykh Kniaziv 8, building 7
Kyiv 01029 - 94 PC-01010
UKRAINEEU Office
Ostrozkykh Kniaziv 8, building 7
Kyiv 01029 - 94 PC-01010
UKRAINEWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 10% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
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
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
CropLife Europe (https://croplifeeurope.eu/about-us/our-network)
European Enterprise Alliance (https://enterprisealliance.eu/members)
European Business Organisation Worldwide Network (https://eboworldwide.eu/our-network/)Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
10,000€ - 24,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
10,000€ - 24,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
(1) Agreement on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products between European Union and Ukraine:
Active participation in conduction of the Research “The forthcoming ACAA between the EU and Ukraine: What to expect, conducted by German Economic Team as well as participation in the presentation of its results on April 28,2021 in Berlin and Kyiv - (https://www.ost-ausschuss.de/de/forthcoming-acaa-between-eu-and-ukraine-what-expect)
(2) Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism:
organizing international roundtable on the impact of CBAM - (https://ercst.org/event/virtual-ukraine-eu-town-hall-on-border-carbon-adjustments/)
contributions to EU public consultation of the EU CBAM (July 22 – October 28, 2020) - (https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12228-EU-Green-Deal-carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism-_en)
presentation of EBA’s position on CBAM during the side event “Ukraine – Road to Climate Neutrality: Road for EaP Countries” within the 13th Annual Assembly “Road to recovery: fostering reform and resilience for a stronger Eastern Partnership” on December, 1 2021 (https://eap-csf.eu/aa2021/)
Meeting with Mr. Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries to discuss the current state of implementation of environmental reforms and green economic transformation in Ukraine on September, 17, 2021 (https://eba.com.ua/en/biznes-obgovoryv-z-yevrokomisarom-z-pytan-dovkillya-ekologichni-reformy-v-ukrayini/)
(3) River shipments in Danube region:
On May 27, 2022 the EBA sent its position paper to the Executive Vice-President of the European Commission regarding necessity to accelerate river shipments in Danube region
(4) Permit system for international freight transport for vehicles of categories «Euro-5» and «Euro-6»:
In November, 2020 the EBA applied to the Executive Vice-President of the European Commission regarding revocation of permit system for international freight transport for vehicles of categories «Euro-5» and «Euro-6»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.
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Date 22 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject EU/Ukrainian businesses DG European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations Attending - Gert-Jan Koopman (Director-General)