Environmental Coalition on Standards

1. ECOS is a Partner Organisation of CEN, the European Committee for Standardization (EC Register Identification Number: 14168793342-48) and CENELEC, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (EC Register Identification Number. 58258552517-56).

It is ECOS core mission to represent the environmental NGOs (eNGOs) within the European Standardisation Bodies. “Representation” in that sense has two aspects:
- Representing eNGOs in the technical bodies of CEN and CENELEC and contributing technical environmental expertise and positions in the standards development process,
- Representing eNGOs in the governance structure of CEN and CENELEC.

2. ECOS is a Member of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI): http://www.etsi.org/membership/current-members

3. ECOS is a “liaison organisation” to several technical committees and sub-committees of ISO, the International Organization for Standardization and IEC, the International Electrotechnical Commission.

4. ECOS has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ANEC, the European Association for the Co-ordination of Consumer Representation in Standardisation (EC Register Identification Number: 507800799-30).

5. ECOS is an umbrella organisation founded to represent eNGOs in technical processes such as standardisation. Therefore some of its member organisations are networks themselves, such as WWF-EPO, T&E, EEB, FoEE etc, registered in the EC Transparency Register.

6. ECOS is a member of the ITU International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies – ICTs.

7. ECOS is a member of the EEB - https://eeb.org/membership/our-members/

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Does not represent commercial interests

Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.

5,139,771€

We receive funds from other donors to cover for those activities

High Level expert Group on energy-intensive industries#E03326#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3326 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyCement, building limes and other hydraulic binders#E03776/6#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103035 #OBSERVER #C#Civil society#Industry#SMEsEcodesign and Energy Labelling Consultation Forum#X03609#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3609 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyEuropean Multi-Stakeholder Platform on ICT Standardisation#E02758#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2758 #MEMBER #C#Civil society#OtherZero Pollution Stakeholder Platform#E03790#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3790 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyExpert Group on Carbon Removals#E03861#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3861 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyHIGH-LEVEL FORUM ON EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION#E03874#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3874 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyMetals Sectors -subgroup 6#E03326/6#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=104152 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyEnvironmental sustainability of construction products#E03776/5#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103034 #OBSERVER #C#IndustryConsultation Forum according to Art. 23 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases#X03338#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3338 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyWorking Group on Chemical Industry#E03326/5#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103712 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyPrecast Normal/Lightweight/Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Products#E03776/1#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=101532 #OBSERVER #C#Civil society#Industry#SMEsInformal Expert Group on the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM)#E03927#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3927 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyCommission expert group on the Construction Products Regulation Technical Acquis process#E03776#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3776 #OBSERVER #C#Civil society#Industry#SMEsReinforcing and prestressing steel for concrete (and ancillaries). Post tensioning kits#E03776/7#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103032 #OBSERVER #C#IndustryCommission's Expert Group on Circular Economy and Sustainable Production and Consumption#E00470#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=470 #MEMBER #C#Civil societySub-group on governance and standards for communication exchange in the electromobility ecosystem#E03321/6#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=101053 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyEnvironmental Footprint Technical Advisory Board#E03710#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3710 #MEMBER #C#Civil societySHERPA sub-group of the group of experts ‘High-Level Forum on European Standardisation’#E03874/1#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103332 #MEMBER #C#Civil society#OtherEnvironmental Footprint transition phase#E00470/1#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100615 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyStructural metallic products and ancillaries#E03776/2#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=101533 #OBSERVER #C#Civil society#Industry#SMEsSmart Grids Task Force #E02892#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2892 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyDoors, windows, shutters, gates and related building hardware#E03776/4#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103033 #OBSERVER #C#Civil society#Industry#SMEs

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ECOS meets regularly with European Commission officials, particularly from DG GROW, DG ENV, DG CLIMA, & DG ENER relating to ecodesign and standardisation.

ECOS carries out a range of communication activities in order to keep members and stakeholders up to date on our work.

Through the ECOS website (www.ecostandard.org) updates on our work is regularly provided, alongside news concerning ECOS work areas. All of ECOS position papers are available on:
https://ecostandard.org/publications_category/position-papers/

The Public ECOS Work Programme, and Public Annual Report are available on the ECOS website.

The ECOS Newsletter is sent out to our members and other subscribers. It is also publicly available through the ECOS website.

ECOS has two social media accounts which are regularly updated, Twitter https://twitter.com/ECOS_Standard and LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/ecos-ngo

ECOS Members are also informed of the activities of the organisation through regular email updates.

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20 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.

• Date	09 Apr 2024	Location	video-conference
  Subject	European Green Deal and sustainable resource management
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
  Attending	Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Friends of the Earth Europe

• Date	15 Feb 2024	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Decarbonization of the cement industry
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
  Attending	Dino Toljan (Cabinet member)

• Date	18 Jan 2023	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Green Deal implementation on the fight against microplastic pollution
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
  Portfolio	Internal Market
  Attending	Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Seas At Risk

• Date	18 Jan 2023	Location	Virtual
  Subject	Green Deal implementation on the fight against microplastic pollution
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
  Portfolio	Environment, Oceans and Fisheries
  Attending	Elena Montani (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Seas At Risk

• Date	18 Jan 2023	Location	video-call
  Subject	Green Deal implementation on the fight against microplastic pollution
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Seas At Risk

• Date	23 Mar 2022	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Views of group of civil society organisations regarding the EU strategy for sustainable textiles
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
  Portfolio	Internal Market
  Attending	Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	The Traidcraft Exchange

• Date	22 Mar 2022	Location	video conference
  Subject	Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders
  Portfolio	Justice
  Attending	Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	The Traidcraft Exchange

• Date	22 Mar 2022	Location	video-call
  Subject	Circular Economy and EU Strategy on Textiles
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	industriAll European Trade Union

• Date	10 Mar 2022	Location	video call
  Subject	Sustainable Textile Strategy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
  Portfolio	An Economy that Works for People
  Attending	Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member) Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Stichting Fair Trade Advocacy Office

• Date	02 Dec 2021	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	EPBD - Energy efficiency - Minimum Energy Performance Standards
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
  Portfolio	Energy
  Attending	Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	REScoop.eu asbl

• Date	19 Oct 2021	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Preparation of the Sustainable Product Policy Initiative and Consumer Empowerment for the Green Transition
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
  Portfolio	Internal Market
  Attending	Joan Canton (Cabinet member)

• Date	19 May 2021	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Clean Hydrogen Alliance; Hydrogen Strategy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
  Portfolio	Internal Market
  Attending	Joan Canton (Cabinet member) Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	Sandbag Climate Campaign Germanwatch

• Date	29 Sep 2020	Location	Virutal
  Subject	Circular economy and resource efficiency in the construction sector, initiatives foreseen in the new CEA.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
  Portfolio	Environment, Oceans and Fisheries
  Attending	Marius Vaščega  (Cabinet member)

• Date	16 Jun 2020	Location	Brussels - videoconference
  Subject	European Green Deal, new circular economy action plan and the circular plastics economy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
  Other Lobbyists	Center for International Environmental Law

• Date	13 Apr 2018	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	Single use plastic
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella
  Portfolio	Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
  Attending	Aurore Maillet (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Friends of the Earth Europe

• Date	13 Apr 2018	Location	Brussels
  Subject	discussion on single-use plastics legislation
  Cabinet	Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
  Attending	Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Zero Waste Europe

• Date	30 Jan 2018	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Exchange of views regarding strategy on plastics
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska
  Portfolio	Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
  Attending	Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member) Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	SURFRIDER FOUNDATION EUROPE Zero Waste Europe

• Date	06 Nov 2017	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Discussion on EU Plastics Strategy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
  Attending	Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
  Other Lobbyists	Environmental Investigation Agency

• Date	26 Oct 2017	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Plastic strategy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
  Portfolio	Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
  Attending	Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Green 10

• Date	10 Mar 2015	Location	Brussels, BE
  Subject	Energy Union follow-up: Energy labelling
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
  Portfolio	Energy Union
  Attending	Peter van Kemseke (Cabinet member)