Overview
Lobbying Costs
50,000€ - 99,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.7 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Cocoa Association (ECA)
EU Transparency Register
03804222429-10 First registered on 01 Oct 2009
Goals / Remit
On behalf of its members, ECA monitors and reports on developments impacting the cocoa sector (food safety, sustainability, trade, environment, transport, among others).
In addition, ECA is actively engaged in European and International fora (ICCO, World Cocoa Foundation, International Cocoa Initiative) related to the industry’s contribution to a sustainable cocoa economy.Main EU files targeted
We currently follow the following topics: Food Safety, Trade, Logistics, Sustainability and Environment.
More specifically we monitor the following initiative proposals:
Regulation on deforestation-Free Products
Industrial Emissions Directives
Energy Efficiency Directive
Promotion of Energy from Renewable sources Directive
Prohibiting Products mode with Forced Labour Regulation
Revision of Waste Reduction Directive
EU Emissions Trading System
Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
New Genome Technics
Sustainable use of Pesticides
Use of Renewable and Low-Carbon Fuels in Maritime transport
Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP)
Sustainable Food SystemsAddress
Head Office
Avenue de Tervueren 168
Brussels 1150
BELGIUMEU Office
Avenue de Tervueren 168
Brussels 1150
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 2 10% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.7
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 23 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Irene Paviotti 31 Oct 2024 31 Oct 2025 Matthijs de Meer 30 Oct 2024 29 Oct 2025 Ms Catherine Entzminger 11 Jan 2023 01 Feb 2024 Mr Evangelos Koumentakos 07 Jan 2023 06 Jan 2024 Ms Julia VÁZQUEZ SANTIAGO 07 Jan 2023 06 Jan 2024 Mr Matthijs DE MEER 25 Jun 2022 24 Jun 2023 Mr Jakub PUŹNIAK 22 Jan 2020 01 Dec 2020 Aldo MARINO 21 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Ms Efthymia THEODORIDOU 17 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Ms Catherine Entzminger 01 Nov 2019 31 Oct 2020 Ms Maria NEGUT 17 Apr 2019 17 Apr 2020 Ms Catherine Entzminger 23 Jun 2018 22 Jun 2019 Maria Suman 23 Jan 2018 20 Jan 2019 Ms Catherine Entzminger 24 Feb 2017 23 Feb 2018 Ms Julia Manetsberger 23 Jan 2017 19 Jan 2018 Maria Suman 23 Jan 2017 13 Jan 2018 Ms Catherine MARTINEZ ENTZMINGER 14 Apr 2016 05 Apr 2017 Alessia Squarcella 06 Apr 2016 05 Apr 2017 Mrs Catherine MARTINEZ ENTZMINGER 17 Jan 2012 01 Nov 2012 Complementary Information
The secretariat of ECA is composed of:
Director General
Senior Manager Sustainability
Manager Trade and Transport
Manager of Food Safety
Manager of Finance and Admin
EU Affairs OfficerPerson 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
Primary Food Processors
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
50,000€ - 99,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
50,000€ - 99,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Commission Expert Group/Multi-Stakeholder Platform on Protecting and Restoring the World’s Forests, including the EU Timber Regulation and the FLEGT Regulation#E03282#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3282 #MEMBER #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Internal monthly newsletters covering EU-regulated developments on trade, sustainability, logistics and transports, food safety
Regular organization of webinars and workshops on specific EU topics
Regular organization of conferences on EU topics
Organization of the ECA-Forum (once every 3 years) addressing EU prioritiesOther activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
3 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 28 Jun 2021 Location Videoconference Subject cocoa and due diligence Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jan 2021 Location Virtual Subject To discuss the cocoa initiative and deforestation-related issues, raised by traders and manufacturers of cocoa. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
- Eglantine Cujo (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Nov 2020 Location Videoconference Subject cocoa sustainability Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen Portfolio International Partnerships Attending - Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
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