Overview
Lobbying Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
8
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Renewable Energies Federation asbl (EREF)
EU Transparency Register
48677174683-66 First registered on 06 Dec 2010
Goals / Remit
EREF is the EU level umbrella organization of national renewable energy associations from EU Member States gathering information from independent renewable energy producers from all renewable energy technologies except large hydropower.
EREF acts as information hub on renewable energy policies and developments between EU and national levels informing about the feasibility and advantages of a European energy system based only on renewable energy and energy efficiency.
EREF monitors and informs its members about EU legislation (processes) concerning renewable energy and analyses relevant EU legislation and its impact on national renewable energy development processes in cooperation with its members. EREF also promotes exchange of expertise and mutual support among its members.
Upon invitation, EREF provides its recommendations and best-practice examples to European decision-makers.Main EU files targeted
Development of relevant EU Energy legislation and its transposition in national law of EU Member states
EU State Aid Guidelines
EU Nature Restoration Law
Implementation of the Water Framework DirectiveAddress
Head Office
Avenue Marnix 28
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
Avenue Marnix 28
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 4 50% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4
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 Mr Bertil Heerink 07 Jan 2017 04 Jan 2018 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
EREF is a founding member of IRENA’s multi-stakeholder Coalition for Action and the World Alliance for Efficient Solutions. The federation is member of the Renewable Energy Industry Advisory Board (RIAB) of the IEA (International Energy Agency). EREF is also a member of REN21 (the global renewable energy policy multi-stakeholder network) and its Steering Committee; the Global 100% Renewable Energy Platform, and ECEEE (the European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy).
Member organisations
By the end of October 2024, EREF has 37 members. EREF's membership is composed of national renewable energy umbrella and sector associations. Regardless of its size, each member has one vote in the EREF's governance bodies.
Renewable energy companies are supporting members and do not have voting rights.
A full list of EREF members can be found here: http://www.eref-europe.org/eref/members/ -
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
200,000€ - 299,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Commission expert group on electricity interconnection targets#E03412#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3412 #MEMBER #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
Climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development,Green new deal,Competitive European Industry: long-term and sustainable investment
Communication activities
EREF is partner in the EU projects IANOS, SKILL BILL, RESCHOOL and ETIP Hydropower.
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
8 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 05 Dec 2023 Location Brussels Subject Presentation of EREF/CNF report and ideas to support resilience of EU supply chains for strategic net-zero technologies. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Attending - Ruud Kempener (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Jun 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject clean energy issues in Europe DG Energy Attending - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
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Date 23 Nov 2016 Location Brussels Subject renewable energies Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Nov 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Energy Union, renewable energy, energy efficiency DG Energy Attending - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 21 Jun 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject European renewables industry DG Energy Attending - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 26 Jan 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Keynote speech at the new year's reception of the European Renewable Energy Federation (EREF) Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
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Date 29 Apr 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Proposals on renewable energy pursuant to the Energy Union Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Yvon Slingenberg (Cabinet member)
- Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 08 Jan 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Energy Union Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Telmo Baltazar (Cabinet member)