Eurogroup for Animals

Eurogroup for Animals is a founding member of the World Federation for Animals which unites the animal protection movement at the global level: https://wfa.org/

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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.

6,308,477€

Here are additional details regarding grants received from member organisations, as well as donations and other:

Dierenbescherming €23,000
AAP €50,000
Deutscher Tierschutzbund €23,025
Four Paws €188,230
Djurens Rätt €45,784
Dyrenes Beskyttelse €15,000
WAP Denmark €37,606
WAP Netherlands €13,000
Donations: € 57,528
Other: € 26,551

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Welfare and conservation of animals,Unofficial groupings

Campaigns: https://www.eurogroupforanimals.org/what-we-do/campaigns
News: https://www.eurogroupforanimals.org/news
Publications: https://www.eurogroupforanimals.org/library
Events: https://www.eurogroupforanimals.org/events

ECI public hearing, Fur Free Europe, 12th October 2023 - represented by Bo ALGERS and Johan LINDSJÖ of Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala (SLU), both consultants for Eurogroup for Animals

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61 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	19 Sep 2024	Location	Strasbourg, France
  Subject	The revision of the poultry marketing regulation and the future of the CAP.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski
  Attending	Andreas Schneider (Cabinet member) Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner)

• Date	05 Sep 2024	Location	Brussles
  Subject	Animal welfare next mandate
  Cabinet	Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
  Attending	Ruth Reichstein (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Global Action in the Interest of Animals

• Date	23 May 2024	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	The review of the marketing standards for poultry meat and in particular the arbitrary requirement of minimum liver weights for foie gras production, contained in Article 1, point 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 543/2008.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski
  Attending	Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner) Joanna Stawowy (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Global Action in the Interest of Animals

• Date	14 Feb 2024	Location	Brussels
  Subject	2040 target plan and animal welfare
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra
  Attending	Olivia Gippner (Cabinet member)

• Date	28 Nov 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Animal welfare
  Cabinet	Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
  Attending	Ruth Reichstein (Cabinet member)

• Date	24 Nov 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Animal welfare
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
  Portfolio	Energy Union
  Attending	Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)

• Date	24 Nov 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Animal welfare
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
  Portfolio	Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight
  Attending	Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)

• Date	23 Nov 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	End of Cage Age European Citizen Initiative
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová
  Portfolio	Values and Transparency
  Attending	Zuzana Dorazilova (Cabinet member)

• Date	12 Sep 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	animal welfare
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
  Portfolio	Energy Union
  Attending	Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)

• Date	12 Sep 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	animal welfare
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
  Portfolio	Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight
  Attending	Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)

• Date	29 Aug 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Trade, animal welfare
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
  Portfolio	International Partnerships
  Attending	Suvi Leinonen (Cabinet member)

• Date	15 Jun 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Animal welfare
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)

• Date	15 Jun 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Revision of Animal Welfare Legislation and Legislative framework for sustainable food systems
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides
  Portfolio	Health
  Attending	Annukka Ojala (Cabinet member) Panayiotis Pourgourides (Cabinet member)

• Date	24 May 2023	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	Proposal on the marketing standards of foie gras; potential ban on fur farming following the successful ECI Fur Free Europe; updates on Eurogroup for Animals' work for the new EU animal welfare legislation in Poland.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski
  Portfolio	Agriculture
  Attending	Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner) Joanna Stawowy (Cabinet member)

• Date	23 Mar 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Animal welfare file
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides
  Portfolio	Health
  Attending	Panayiotis Pourgourides (Cabinet member) Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner)

• Date	21 Mar 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Animal welfare
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)

• Date	07 Feb 2023	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	The upcoming 4 legislative proposals on animal welfare and the recent positions raised by some Member States in this regard.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski
  Portfolio	Agriculture
  Attending	Joanna Stawowy (Cabinet member) Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner)

• Date	26 Oct 2022	Location	Ath, Belgium
  Subject	Horse meat trade, Challenges around horse rescue and rehoming, Horse Welfare, Food Promotion Policy, Review marketing standards, Status Strategic National Plan and Animal Welfare, Insect farming
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski
  Portfolio	Agriculture
  Attending	Joanna Stawowy (Cabinet member) Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner)

• Date	12 Jul 2022	Location	Video-call
  Subject	Food security
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	European Public Health Alliance

• Date	10 Jun 2022	Location	video call
  Subject	Trade and sustainable development, Free Trade Agreements
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
  Portfolio	An Economy that Works for People
  Attending	Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	International Federation for Human Rights

• Date	03 May 2022	Location	Strasbourg
  Subject	Debate about the CAP Strategic Plans and Animal Welfare
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski
  Portfolio	Agriculture
  Attending	Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner) Joanna Stawowy (Cabinet member)

• Date	28 Jan 2022	Location	video-call
  Subject	Trophy hunting in relation to EU biodiversity objectives
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Pro Wildlife

• Date	28 Jan 2022	Location	Virtual
  Subject	Trophy hunting in relation to EU biodiversity objectives
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
  Portfolio	Environment, Oceans and Fisheries
  Attending	Andrea Vettori (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Humane Society International/Europe

• Date	16 Nov 2021	Location	vide conference
  Subject	Trade policy on animal welfare
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
  Portfolio	An Economy that Works for People
  Attending	Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member) Cristina Rueda Catry (Cabinet member)

• Date	01 Jun 2021	Location	Video phone call
  Subject	Accountability report on Karim Allah and Elbeik livestock vessels
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski
  Portfolio	Agriculture
  Attending	Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner) Roberto Berutti (Cabinet member)

• Date	16 Mar 2021	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Animal welfare (Developments around mink farming and slaughter without stunning; the crisis with the livestock carrier Elbeik) + EU/China:launch a working group on sustainable food systems under their Agricultural se possible
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski
  Portfolio	Agriculture
  Attending	Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner) Roberto Berutti (Cabinet member)

• Date	27 Jan 2021	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Live animal transport
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski
  Portfolio	Agriculture
  Attending	Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner)

• Date	16 Sep 2020	Location	Brussels - Webex call
  Subject	Workings of the Advisory Councils
  DG	Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
  Attending	Charlina Vitcheva (Director-General)
  Other Lobbyists	The Pew Charitable Trusts

• Date	22 Jun 2020	Location	Webex meeting
  Subject	Farm to Fork Strategy.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides
  Portfolio	Health
  Attending	Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner)

• Date	19 May 2020	Location	Videomeeting
  Subject	To discuss wildlife trade, environmental crime and other related issues in relations with Covid-19 and in the view of Biodiversity Strategy.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
  Portfolio	Environment, Oceans and Fisheries
  Attending	Camilla Bursi (Cabinet member) Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)

• Date	30 Apr 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Use of animals for scientific purposes and the promotion of alternative methods
  DG	Research and Innovation
  Attending	Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General)

• Date	25 Feb 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Discussion and exchange of views on animal welfare issues
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides
  Portfolio	Health
  Attending	Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner) Panayiotis Pourgourides (Cabinet member)

• Date	20 Feb 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Animal welfare,
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski
  Portfolio	Agriculture
  Attending	Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner) Roberto Berutti (Cabinet member)

• Date	18 Feb 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Trade Issues
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
  Portfolio	Agriculture & Rural Development
  Attending	Dermot Ryan (Cabinet member) Phil Hogan (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	European American Chamber of Commerce New York

• Date	18 Feb 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Trade Issues
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
  Attending	Dermot Ryan (Cabinet member) Phil Hogan (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	European American Chamber of Commerce New York

• Date	13 Jan 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	The contribution of working animals to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the SDGs
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
  Portfolio	International Partnerships
  Attending	Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)

• Date	11 Dec 2019	Location	Brussels
  Subject	biodiversity, sustainable food and animal welfare
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Helena Braun (Cabinet member)

• Date	18 Nov 2019	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Trade and Animal Welfare
  DG	Trade
  Attending	Sabine Weyand (Director-General)

• Date	19 Aug 2019	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Animal transport
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis
  Portfolio	Health & Food Safety
  Attending	Marco Valletta (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Animals International (The global arm of Animals Australia)

• Date	05 Mar 2019	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Agri Matters
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
  Portfolio	Agriculture & Rural Development
  Attending	Phil Hogan (Commissioner)

• Date	16 Jan 2019	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	courtesy visit, presentation of activities
  DG	Health and Food Safety
  Attending	Anne Bucher (Director-General)

• Date	07 Jan 2019	Location	Brussels
  Subject	WTO modernisation process, animal welfare provisions in EU FTAs, Brexit
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
  Portfolio	Trade
  Attending	Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner)

• Date	22 Nov 2018	Location	Brussels
  Subject	CITES
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella
  Portfolio	Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
  Attending	Sebastien Paquot (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Pro Wildlife

• Date	12 Jul 2018	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Ivory, Animal Welfare in Aquaculture, Laboratory animals
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella
  Portfolio	Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
  Attending	Andras Inotai (Cabinet member) Karmenu Vella (Commissioner)

• Date	12 Oct 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Animal welfare and trade world
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
  Portfolio	Trade
  Attending	Cécile Billaux (Cabinet member)

• Date	11 Oct 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Animal welfare in trade agreements
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
  Portfolio	Trade
  Attending	Cécile Billaux (Cabinet member) Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner)

• Date	16 Sep 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Animal Welfare Platform
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis
  Portfolio	Health & Food Safety
  Attending	Marco Valletta (Cabinet member)

• Date	21 Jun 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Imports of blood serum for breeding pigs
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis
  Portfolio	Health & Food Safety
  Attending	Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner) Arunas Ribokas (Cabinet member)

• Date	10 May 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Animal welfare
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis
  Portfolio	Health & Food Safety
  Attending	Marco Valletta (Cabinet member)

• Date	27 Apr 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Animal welfare
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
  Portfolio	Trade
  Attending	Cécile Billaux (Cabinet member)

• Date	21 Apr 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Bovine tuberculosis control
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis
  Portfolio	Health & Food Safety
  Attending	Marco Valletta (Cabinet member)

• Date	10 Feb 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Trade and animal welfare
  DG	Trade
  Attending	Jean-Luc Demarty (Director-General)

• Date	05 Feb 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Discussion on Animal Welfaire
  DG	Health and Food Safety
  Attending	Xavier Prats Monné (Director-General)

• Date	01 Dec 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Animal Testing, Invasive Alien Species
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella
  Portfolio	Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
  Attending	Karmenu Vella (Commissioner)

• Date	11 May 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Disaster Risk Management and Protection of Livelihood
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides
  Portfolio	Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management
  Attending	Mathieu Briens (Cabinet member)

• Date	26 Feb 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Priorities Comm Hogan and his views on animal welfare and the recent declaration by the NL, DK and DE; Inclusion of animal welfare (art 13 TFEU) in the Common Agricultural Policy and the support for sustainable, higher welfare systems; exchange views on Organic Farming proposal, exchange views on information to consumers and labelling; concerns regarding slaughter, transport, enforcement and controls
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
  Portfolio	Agriculture & Rural Development
  Attending	Tom Tynan (Cabinet member)

• Date	24 Feb 2015	Location	BERL 08/304
  Subject	Research into consumer attitudes to method of production labelling, Research into the confusion caused by existing EU labels, The role method of production labelling can play in delivering EU objectives, The ongoing review of the EU's poultrymeat marketing standards.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
  Portfolio	Agriculture & Rural Development
  Attending	Dermot Ryan (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Compassion in World Farming International

• Date	11 Feb 2015	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	Relations between animal welfare and development policy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica
  Portfolio	International Cooperation & Development
  Attending	Paolo Berizzi (Cabinet member)

• Date	30 Jan 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	The Food Chain, Innovation and Challenges, Food Information to Consumers, Nutrition, and Food Waste, Animal Health, Animal Welfare and Plant Health
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis
  Portfolio	Health & Food Safety
  Attending	Arunas Vinciunas (Cabinet member) Arunas Ribokas (Cabinet member) Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner) Marco Valletta (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Pesticide Action Network Europe European Environmental Bureau European Coordination Via Campesina Euro Coop - European Community of Consumer Co-operatives

• Date	23 Jan 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Animal Welfare
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis
  Portfolio	Health & Food Safety
  Attending	Marco Valletta (Cabinet member) Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner) Arunas Ribokas (Cabinet member) Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)

• Date	21 Jan 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Protection of Animals
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella
  Portfolio	Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
  Attending	Aurore Maillet (Cabinet member) Andrew Bianco (Cabinet member)