Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.75 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Dutch Meat Association (COV)
EU Transparency Register
19782003137-18 First registered on 28 Jan 2010
Goals / Remit
The Dutch Meat Association promotes and protects the interests of employers in the Dutch meat and meat-processing industry, a sector that employs some 10,000 people. Our members are responsible for over 80% of the total Dutch turnover of meat products. The value of this turnover is more than 4 billion Euro per year. Just over half of the total annual production is exported on average. Many of our members are active in the field of export and some belong to the world marketleaders in their business.
We provide a platform for our members for a large number of collective activities. The task of protecting members’ interests is wide-ranged and varies from determining terms and conditions of employment wage agreements within the industry in consultation with national and European government to promotion of exports.
In collaboration with partners in the meat production chain (from the farmer to the supermarket) systems are developed to ensure total quality assurance within the chain.Main EU files targeted
All relevant EU legislation and initiatives related to life animals, meat and meat production, sustainability, food safety, international trade, social affairs, competition issues, consumer issues and health issues. These are actually particulary animal disease issues (ASF), trade issues (FTA negotiations), product safety issues and climate change discussions.
Address
Head Office
Louis Braillelaan, 80
Zoetermeer 2700 AB
NETHERLANDS -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.75
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
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
The Dutch Meat Association is a member of UECBV (Union Européene du Commerce du Bétail et de la Viande) and IMS (International Meat Secretariat)
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
70,000 € (Source: Chafea, promotion)
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Monitor the work of the Intergroup on animal welfare#Landbouw, Internationale Handel, Volksgezondheid, Interne Markt.
Landbouw, Internationale Handel, Volksgezondheid, Interne Markt.Communication activities
Lobbying for all relevant issues in the Dutch meat market and introducing the website www.trustedpork.com. COV is actually running 2 EU cofunded promotion campaigns. One European pork in 5 Asian countries and one for European veal in North America and Japan. COV is also very active in the High Level Missions of Commissioner Hogan.
Other activities
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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.
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 13 Jun 2017 Location Brussels Subject Pig meat sector Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Cristina Rueda Catry (Cabinet member)
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