Overview
Lobbying Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.6 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
5
High-level Commission meetings
19
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Producers Union of Renewable Ethanol (ePURE)
EU Transparency Register
32591134448-30 First registered on 31 Oct 2010
Goals / Remit
ePURE represents the interests of European renewable ethanol producers to the EU institutions, industry stakeholders, the media, academia and the general public.
Based in Brussels, ePURE speaks for 39 member companies and associations (including 21 producers), with around 50 plants in 16 EU Member States and the UK, accounting for about 85% of EU renewable ethanol production.
Our mission is to promote the use of renewable ethanol in Europe by contributing in a constructive and proactive manner to the development and implementation of EU policies and legislation that empower our industry to deliver economic and societal benefits. We pursue this by providing expert advice and input to the EU institutions, Member State governments, Brussels-based stakeholders and wider society.Main EU files targeted
The Association shall achieve its general purpose through such activities as:
- Collection of information concerning commercial production and marketing of ethanol from public and industry sources and the coordination and dissemination of such information to Association members, public authorities, media, NGOs and the public.
- To monitor existing and future legislation which impacts on the industry producing ethanol from biomass, and dissemination of such information to Association members, government authorities and the general public.
- Definition of the main issues at European Union level concerning those who are involved in the production, marketing and use of ethanol from biomass.
- The formulation of Association opinions and positions relating to European Union and other policies and programmes affecting the production, distribution and use of ethanol from biomass and the presentation of such opinions and positions as appropriate to the European Institutions, national public authorities, other interest groups and the public at large.
- The study of all issues of interest to the European ethanol from biomass industry in the widest possible sense, in particular those of a scientific, technical and institutional nature.
- Educational activities in the public interest concerning: the production, distribution and use of ethanol produced from biomass; the development of a viable and competitive European ethanol from biomass industry; and the contribution that ethanol from biomass makes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, to improving European energy security and to the development of rural areas.
- The promotion of research and development to improve the sustainability and efficiency of European ethanol produced from biomass, and its applications.
- Maintaining contact with other associations and interest groups promoting ethanol produced from biomass.
- Maintaining contact with other associations and interest groups that are principal stakeholders of ethanol produced from biomass.
- Seeking recognition by organisations that are relevant to its general purpose.Address
Head Office
Rue de la Loi, 223
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue de la Loi, 223
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 75% 1 50% 1 25% 1 10% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.6
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
5 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Simona VACKEOVA 09 Jul 2024 09 Jul 2025 Vincenzo VIOLA 09 Jul 2024 09 Jul 2025 Aleksy FICHOT 09 Jul 2024 09 Jul 2025 Craig WINNEKER 09 Jul 2024 09 Jun 2025 David CARPINTERO 09 Jul 2024 09 Jul 2025 Carlo Alberto MIANI 30 Sep 2023 28 Sep 2024 Alexandra SOQUET-BOISSY 29 Nov 2023 04 Oct 2024 Simona VACKEOVA 13 Oct 2023 04 Oct 2024 David CARPINTERO 03 Oct 2023 10 Jul 2024 Craig WINNEKER 29 Sep 2023 28 Sep 2024 Alexandra SOQUET-BOISSY 29 Nov 2022 29 Nov 2023 Simona VACKEOVA 11 Oct 2022 11 Oct 2023 Mr Maxime VION SAINT-SUPÉRY 11 Oct 2022 28 Sep 2023 Craig WINNEKER 11 Oct 2022 29 Sep 2023 David CARPINTERO 19 Jul 2022 19 Jul 2023 Emmanuel DESPLECHIN 22 Oct 2021 15 Jul 2022 Simona VACKEOVA 21 Oct 2021 11 Oct 2022 Mr Maxime VION SAINT-SUPÉRY 21 Oct 2021 11 Oct 2022 Ms Fabiola DE SIMONE 21 Oct 2021 21 Oct 2022 Craig WINNEKER 21 Oct 2021 11 Oct 2022 Ms Fabiola DE SIMONE 21 Feb 2020 01 Mar 2021 Ms Angelina Paulina BARTOSIK 25 Sep 2019 02 Feb 2020 Mr Victor Francois Julien BERNABEU 25 Sep 2019 25 Sep 2020 Federica ZOLLA 22 Jun 2019 01 Jul 2020 Emmanuel DESPLECHIN 20 Mar 2019 20 Mar 2020 Ms Alicja RYSZTOWSKA 19 Mar 2019 16 Jun 2019 Craig WINNEKER 19 Mar 2019 01 Apr 2020 Andreas GUTH 15 Sep 2018 20 Jun 2019 Mr Victor Francois Julien BERNABEU 15 Sep 2018 25 Sep 2019 Ms Angelina Paulina BARTOSIK 13 Sep 2018 25 Sep 2019 Emmanuel DESPLECHIN 14 Mar 2018 14 Mar 2019 Craig WINNEKER 08 Mar 2018 08 Mar 2019 Ms Alicja RYSZTOWSKA 13 Oct 2017 13 Oct 2018 Andreas GUTH 05 Oct 2017 15 Sep 2018 Ms Angelina Paulina BARTOSIK 05 Oct 2017 13 Sep 2018 Mr Victor Francois Julien BERNABEU 05 Oct 2017 15 Sep 2018 Emmanuel DESPLECHIN 20 Mar 2017 10 Mar 2018 Craig WINNEKER 02 Feb 2017 02 Feb 2018 Barry MAGEE 28 Oct 2016 05 Oct 2017 Andreas GUTH 28 Oct 2016 05 Oct 2017 Mr Robert Wright 28 Oct 2016 23 Dec 2016 Ms Angelina Paulina BARTOSIK 28 Oct 2016 05 Oct 2017 Mr Victor Francois Julien BERNABEU 28 Oct 2016 05 Oct 2017 Emmanuel DESPLECHIN 16 Mar 2016 12 Mar 2017 Barry MAGEE 14 Nov 2015 29 Oct 2016 Andreas GUTH 14 Nov 2015 29 Oct 2016 Mr Robert Wright 14 Nov 2015 29 Oct 2016 Ms Angelina Paulina BARTOSIK 10 Nov 2015 29 Oct 2016 Emmanuel DESPLECHIN 20 Mar 2015 16 Mar 2016 Mr Jérôme Bignon 14 Jan 2015 12 Jan 2016 Barry MAGEE 05 Nov 2014 03 Nov 2015 Mr Robert Wright 03 Oct 2014 01 Oct 2015 Andreas GUTH 25 Sep 2014 23 Sep 2015 Mr Robert Vierhout 22 Aug 2014 04 Nov 2014 Emmanuel DESPLECHIN 22 Mar 2014 20 Mar 2015 Barry MAGEE 30 Oct 2013 29 Oct 2014 Ms Gloria Gaupmann 22 Mar 2013 30 Oct 2013 Florence BOUYALA IMBERT 07 Dec 2012 30 Oct 2013 Barry MAGEE 22 Nov 2012 30 Oct 2013 Florence BOUYALA IMBERT 23 Mar 2012 01 Dec 2012 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
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
European Committee for Standardisation (CEN)
European Bioeconomy Alliance (https://bioeconomyalliance.eu/)
European Net-Zero Alliance (ENZA)
Low Carbon Fuels Forum
Aliénor (https://alienor.eu/)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
400,000€ - 499,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount chelgate public affairs 10,000€ - 24,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name chelgate public affairs Closed year Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Informal 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#IndustryExpert Group EU Crops Market Observatory#E03526#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3526 #MEMBER #C#IndustryExpert Group on alternative transport fuels ('the Sustainable Transport Forum')#E03321#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3321 #MEMBER #C#IndustryExpert Group EU Sugar Market Observatory#E03525#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3525 #MEMBER #C#IndustryExpert Group on the exchange of information on Best Available Techniques related to industrial emissions (IED Article 13 Forum)#E02611#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2611 #MEMBER #C#IndustryExpert Group on the European Food Security Crisis Preparedness and Response Mechanism#E03829#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3829 #OBSERVER #C#Academia/Research#Civil society#ProfessionalsCommission expert group on climate change policy #E03590#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3590 #MEMBER #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None declared
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
19 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 07 Jun 2021 Location video-call Subject Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Antoine Colombani (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 May 2021 Location Video conference Subject Carbon Borden Adjustment Mechanism Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Gints Freimanis (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Apr 2021 Location Video Conferencing Subject To discuss priorities in climate policy and carbon emission reduction in the mobility sector. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Helena Hinto (Cabinet member)
- Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Mar 2021 Location Conference call Subject Renewable fuels to climate neutrality and economic growth Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Nov 2020 Location video meeting Subject ePURE to present key principles and policy measures, essential for an effective decarbonization of the EU transport sector. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Mar 2019 Location Brussels Subject Use of fuel ethanol in Europe Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Cristina Rueda Catry (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Sep 2017 Location Brussels Subject Biofuels Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Cristina Rueda Catry (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Sep 2017 Location Brussels Subject FTA negotiations with Mercosur Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Miguel Ceballos Baron (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 May 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject European renewable ethanol DG Energy Attending - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
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Date 27 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject role of biofuels in the context of the 2030 energy and climate policy framework Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject Biofuel Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Shane Sutherland (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject International trade on ethanol Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Miguel Ceballos Baron (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Mar 2016 Location Brussels Subject renewable fuels Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Friedrich-Nikolaus von Peter (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Feb 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject post-2020 energy and climate framework Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Dagmara Koska (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Post-2020 energy & climate framework Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Yvon Slingenberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Nov 2015 Location brussels Subject classification of ethanol mixtures Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - Maria Elena Scoppio (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Exchange views on ILUC file Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Yvon Slingenberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Mar 2015 Location Brussels, Belguim Subject The role of biofuels in the decarbonisation of transport Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Friedrich-Nikolaus von Peter (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with the European Bioeconomy Alliance on the Bioeconomy Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)
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