Overview
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.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.85 Fte (7)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
9
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
The European Consumer Voice in Standardisation (ANEC)
EU Transparency Register
507800799-30 First registered on 30 Jun 2008
Goals / Remit
ANEC is an international not-for-profit association, established in 1995. It uses the strapline, Raising Standards for Consumers.
ANEC is recognised by the European Commission and EFTA as the European association representing the interests of consumers in standardisation, in line with Annex III to Regulation (EU) 1025/2012 on European standardisation. Its partnership with the European Commission is formalised through Framework Partnership Agreement ANEC FPA-OG 2021-2024 and, with EFTA, through Framework Partnership Agreement ANEC/EFTA/FPA-OG 2021-2024.
Its principal aim is to promote, defend and represent the interests of consumers in the work of the three European Standardisation Organisations (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI) and in similar organisations whose technical regulations, technical standards, specifications or guidance documents may affect consumers, directly or indirectly.Main EU files targeted
Regulation (EU) 1025/2012 on European standardisation (and participation in its Committee on Standards)
Annual Union Work Programmes on European standardisation
Rolling Plans for ICT Standardisation
New Consumer Agenda and its successor
Directive 2001/95/EC on General product safety and its revision as the GPSR, Regulation (EU) 2023/988
Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on Market surveillance & compliance
EU Standardisation Strategy (including the High-Level Forum on Standardisation)
Digital Single Market
Directive 2009/48/EC on Toy safety and its revision as the Toy Safety Regulation
Directive 2014/35/EC on Low voltage
Directive 2014/33/EU on Lifts
Regulation (EU) 2016/426 on Gas appliances
Directive 2006/42/EC on Machinery and its revision as the Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230
Directive 2014/53/EU on Radio equipment and its amendments
Directive 2009/125/EC on Ecodesign (and its replacement by the EPSR)
Directive (EU) 2019/882 on the accessibility requirements for products and services
Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 on type-approval requirements for motor vehicles and their trailers etc
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 "the AI Act"
The Green Deal
The Chemicals Strategy (and its High-Level Group)
Premature obsolescence of productsAddress
Head Office
Rue d’Arlon 80
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue d’Arlon 80
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
7
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 50% 3 25% 2 10% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.85
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Isabel LOPEZ LOPEZ-NEIRA 17 Nov 2023 04 Oct 2024 Tania Julia VANDENBERGHE 13 Sep 2023 12 Sep 2024 Chiara GIOVANNINI 07 Nov 2023 04 Oct 2024 Michela VUERICH 13 Sep 2023 12 Sep 2024 Ms Clara OUVRIER 27 Aug 2022 26 Aug 2023 Michela VUERICH 27 Aug 2022 26 Aug 2023 Tania Julia VANDENBERGHE 27 Aug 2022 26 Aug 2023 Ms Anja VAN DEN BERG 26 Aug 2022 26 Aug 2023 Mr Stephen RUSSELL 26 Aug 2022 26 Aug 2023 Chiara GIOVANNINI 26 Aug 2022 26 Aug 2023 Chiara GIOVANNINI 21 May 2019 01 Jun 2020 Tania Julia VANDENBERGHE 21 May 2019 01 Jun 2020 Mr Stephen RUSSELL 21 May 2019 01 Jun 2020 Michela VUERICH 21 May 2019 01 May 2020 Chiara GIOVANNINI 28 Apr 2018 27 Apr 2019 Tania Julia VANDENBERGHE 28 Apr 2018 27 Apr 2019 Mr Stephen RUSSELL 28 Apr 2018 27 Apr 2019 Ms Ayse GUVEN 17 Mar 2018 16 Mar 2019 Michela VUERICH 16 Feb 2018 16 Feb 2019 Chiara GIOVANNINI 09 Jun 2017 28 Apr 2018 Tania Julia VANDENBERGHE 09 Jun 2017 28 Apr 2018 Mr Stephen RUSSELL 09 Jun 2017 28 Apr 2018 Michela VUERICH 08 Dec 2016 07 Dec 2017 Kristina ALEKSANDROVA 19 Jul 2016 24 Jun 2017 Tania Julia VANDENBERGHE 03 Jun 2016 03 Jun 2017 Mr Stephen RUSSELL 03 Jun 2016 01 Jun 2017 Chiara GIOVANNINI 31 May 2016 31 May 2017 Chiara GIOVANNINI 21 Apr 2015 17 Apr 2016 Kristina ALEKSANDROVA 21 Apr 2015 17 Apr 2016 Tania Julia VANDENBERGHE 21 Apr 2015 17 Apr 2016 Mr Stephen RUSSELL 21 Apr 2015 17 Apr 2016 Michela VUERICH 26 Mar 2015 24 Mar 2016 Michela VUERICH 15 Mar 2014 14 Mar 2015 Tania Julia VANDENBERGHE 15 Mar 2014 14 Mar 2015 Chiara GIOVANNINI 15 Mar 2014 14 Mar 2015 Michela VUERICH 15 Mar 2014 27 Jan 2015 Tania Julia VANDENBERGHE 15 Mar 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mr Stephen RUSSELL 15 Mar 2014 14 Mar 2015 Chiara GIOVANNINI 26 Mar 2013 15 Mar 2014 Kristina ALEKSANDROVA 26 Mar 2013 23 Sep 2013 Michela VUERICH 26 Mar 2013 15 Mar 2014 Tania Julia VANDENBERGHE 26 Mar 2013 15 Mar 2014 Mr Stephen RUSSELL 26 Mar 2013 15 Mar 2014 Chiara GIOVANNINI 20 Dec 2011 01 Aug 2012 Tania Julia VANDENBERGHE 20 Dec 2011 01 Aug 2012 Mrs Tiziana GIUDICOTTI 20 Dec 2011 01 Aug 2012 Michela VUERICH 30 Jan 2012 01 Aug 2012 Complementary Information
None
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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
The organisations with which ANEC most frequently collaborates in its mission are:
CEN, the European Committee for Standardization www.cen.eu
CENELEC, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization www.cenelec.eu
ETSI, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute www.etsi.org
ISO, the International Organization for Standardization www.iso.org
IEC, the International Electrotechnical Commission www.iec.ch
CI, Consumers International www.consumersinternational.org
BEUC, the European Consumers' Organisation www.beuc.eu
ICRT, International Consumer Research & Testing www.international-testing.org
ECOS, the Environmental Coalition on Standards https://ecostandard.org/
ETUC, the European Trade Union Confederation www.etuc.org
SBS, Small Business Standards www.sbs-sme.eu
PROSAFE, Product Safety Enforcement Forum of Europe www.prosafe.org
ICPHSO, the International Consumer Product Health & Safety Organization https://icphso.org/Member organisations
The list of the ANEC members, all natural persons, can be found at https://www.anec.eu/about-anec/our-members
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
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.
Total organisational budget in closed year
1,574,239€
Major funding types in closed year
EU funding, Grants, Public funding
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution European Commission 1,495,527€ Grant Single Market Programme 1,495,527€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Sub-Group on Artifical Intelligence (AI), connected products and other new challenges in product safety#E00935/6#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100875 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyEnvironmental Footprint Steering Group#E00470/1#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100615 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyDriver’s Behaviour Assessment Systems (DBAS)#E01295/15#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103112 #MEMBER #C#OtherConsumer Safety Network #E00935#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=935 #OBSERVER #C#OtherExpert Group on Toys Safety#E01360#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1360 #OBSERVER #C#OtherEG3#E02892/4#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100633 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyGroup of Experts on Pyrotechnic Articles#E01323#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1323 #OBSERVER #C#Civil societyHigh Level Roundtable on the implementation of the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability#E03757#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3757 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyWorking Group on Motor Vehicles#E01295#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1295 #MEMBER #C#OtherSHERPA 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 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 societyAdvisory Group on Vehicle Emission Standards (AGVES)#E01295/5#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100254 #MEMBER #C#OtherEG2#E02892/3#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100632 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyCommission'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 societyEG1#E02892/2#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100631 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyConsumer Policy Advisory Group#E03750#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3750 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyElectromagnetic Compatibility Working Party#E01341#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1341 #OBSERVER #C#OtherWorking Group Gas Appliances#E01348#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1348 #OBSERVER #C#Civil societyCommission expert group on Radio Equipment#E03587#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3587 #MEMBER #C#IndustryCommission Expert Group on Textile Names and Labelling#E02773#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2773 #OBSERVER #C#Industry#OtherCommission Expert Group on Machinery#E03676#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3676 #MEMBER #C#IndustryEuropean 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 societyForum for the Exchange of Information on Enforcement of the EU legislation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles#E03652#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3652 #OBSERVER #C#OtherWorking Group on chemicals in toys#E01360/1#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100294 #OBSERVER #C#OtherSmart Grids Task Force #E02892#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2892 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyLow Voltage Directive Working Party#E01342#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1342 #OBSERVER #C#Civil society
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Explanatory video about ANEC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn9PdTlgdP0
Video to mark ANEC's 25th anniversary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUOqL9Bqt3A
ANEC Annual Review https://www.anec.eu/publications/annual-reviews
ANEC e-Newsletter https://www.anec.eu/publications/newsletters
ANEC Brochure, "What we do for you" https://bit.ly/2QCBjO8
ANEC Position Papers & similar https://www.anec.eu/publications/position-papersOther activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
9 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 19 Oct 2021 Location video-call Subject Preparation of the Sustainable Product Policy Initiative and Consumer Empowerment for the Green Transition Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Oct 2021 Location video conferencing Subject Preparation of the Sustainable Product Policy Initiative and Consumer Empowerment for the Green Transition Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Isabelle Perignon (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Oct 2021 Location Video Conferencing Subject Preparation of the Sustainable Product Policy Initiative and Consumer Empowerment for the Green Transition. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Thor-Sten Vertmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 May 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Implementation of the chemicals strategy for sustainability Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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Date 26 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject Circular Economy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject EU Energy Label Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject Investment Plan Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Heidi Jern (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Jun 2015 Location Berlaymont Subject circular economy Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Sarah Nelen (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject Energy Labeling Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Aurore Maillet (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists