Overview
Lobbying Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
9
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Travel Retail Confederation (ETRC)
EU Transparency Register
90905271757-87 First registered on 26 May 2009
Goals / Remit
The European Travel Retail Confederation (ETRC) is an industry association for the duty free and travel retail industry in Europe, serving the industry and its members to help create the right environment to allow the industry to achieve its potential and protect it when challenges arise.
• ETRC serves to facilitate contact between members by organising seminars, conferences and meetings
• ETRC provides tailored support programmes to members to promote the highest operating standards and responsible retailing in international travel
• ETRC undertakes detailed research into relevant industry issues and provides actionable data relevant to members
• ETRC communicates regularly with its members to spread awareness about the industry and the importance of duty free and travel retail for airports, airlines, ferries, cruise lines, retailers and brand owners
• ETRC works with members to identify challenges where advocacy is required in order to safeguard the channelMain EU files targeted
ETRC has been representing its members interests on all EU policy areas related to the operation of duty free and travel retail outlets in the EU and Europe for many years, including on aviation and maritime policy, customs and taxation, including travellers allowances, security, health and safety, consumer affairs, internal market and economic affairs.
ETRC is promoting greater awareness of the uniqueness of the duty free and travel retail industry and the need to recognize it at European level. ETRC also seeks to ensure that future legislation does not hinder or damage the industry but promotes growth and innovation ultimately for the benefit for all travellers within the EU.
In order to promote a level-playing field with non-EU countries, ETRC is proposing to allow Arrivals Duty Free shops in the EU for travellers arriving from third countries to ensure the vitality of the channel and EU airports in the long term. ETRC has engaged with the EU Commission services workign on the EU VAT Travel and Tourism package in that regard.
ETRC has also been representing its members interests with regards to the growing demand for the provision of information to consumers that impacts several product categories sold in duty-free and travel retail; food, alcohol, and cosmetics. ETRC is pro-actively advocating for the recognition of the use of digital labelling and following a pilot project, has created a digital platform to provide information to consumers in duty free and travel retail, across three core categories: Food & confectionery; Alcohol beverages; and Perfumes & Cosmetics. In this context, ETRC monitors EU initiatives such as the EU Farm to Fork strategy and the wider scope of the EU Green Deal, the EU’s Beating Cancer Plan, and the EU Consumer Agenda. ETRC has also co-signed joint letters with other EU associations to promote digital labelling for product information in EU legislation.
ETRC has a keen interest in the review of the Air Passenger Rights Regulation which had been held up in Council, with discussions resuming at Council level in 2019. Although welcoming the Commission’s publication of Indicative Guidelines on current air passenger rights, ETRC looks forward to the eventual adoption of the revised regulation which recognizes the right for passengers to carry their airside airport purchases on board, in addition to their baggage allowance.
Another issue that has been the subject of intense activity with the European Institutions over the years has been associated with the problems encountered by the carriage of duty free liquids, etc. (LAGs) as a consequence of the upgraded aviation security rules adopted following the terrorist threat to trans-Atlantic aircraft in August 2006. ETRC continues to participate in the process of developing upgraded security systems that will simplify and facilitate passengers’ movement through airport security and ease the restrictions on the carriage of LAGs by travellers. ETRC also contributes to the discussions on enhancing maritime security.
ETRC, its member associations and companies are following closely the implementation of the Tobacco Products Directive, specifically related to implications for the duty free channel as the Member States adopt the new rules in national legislation, particularly on Track & Trace requirements.Address
Head Office
Kemp House 160 City Road
LONDON EC1V 2NX
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
Kemp House 160 City Road
LONDON EC1V 2NX
UNITED KINGDOMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 2 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 04 Dec 2024
Name Start date End Date Ms Julie LASSAIGNE 14 Sep 2019 12 Sep 2020 Ms Kate Norah BYRNE 14 Sep 2019 12 Sep 2020 Keith SPINKS 15 Dec 2018 14 Dec 2019 Keith SPINKS 10 Nov 2017 10 Nov 2018 Keith SPINKS 04 Nov 2016 03 Nov 2017 Keith SPINKS 04 Nov 2015 23 Oct 2016 Keith SPINKS 28 Oct 2014 24 Oct 2015 Keith SPINKS 10 Oct 2013 09 Oct 2014 Keith SPINKS 16 Oct 2012 07 Oct 2013 Keith SPINKS 06 Mar 2012 01 Sep 2012 Complementary Information
ETRC activities are also supported through a specialist consultancy on public affairs and communications, Penta (formerly Hume Brophy Communications).
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
ETRC is a founding member of the Duty Free World Council (DFWC).
Link: www.dfworldcouncil.comMember 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 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
100,000€ - 199,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount hume brophy 100,000€ - 199,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name penta (former hume brophy) Closed year Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Other financial info
ETRC is funded through subscriptions received from national affiliated trade associations and through membership fees from individual companies working in the duty free and travel retail trade across Europe and beyond.
In January 2024, ETRC Corporate Members include: Shop operators and distributors: Aer Rianta International, Avolta (formerly Dufry Group), Harding Retail, Gebr. Heinemann, Lagardère Travel Retail, Overseas Distribution; Beauty and fragrances: Chanel SAS, Christian Dior Parfums, Clarins, Coty Prestige, Interparfums, La Prairie Group, L'Oréal Travel Retail, Puig, Shiseido; Confectionery and food: Ferrero, Godiva Chocolates, Hershey's, Lindt & Sprüngli, Mondelez World Travel Retail LLC, Mars International Travel Retail, Nestlé International Travel Retail SA, Perfetti van Melle; Tobacco: BAT International, Imperial Tobacco Ltd., JTI International SA, PMI World Trade SA, Oettinger Davidoff AG; Wines and spirits: Bacardi Global Travel Retail Division, Beam Suntory Global Travel Retail, Bottega s.p.a., Brown Forman, Campari, CVH Spirits, Diageo Plc, Duty Free Global, Edrington, Ian Macleod Distillers, Moët Hennessy Europe, Pernod Ricard Travel Retail Europe, Remy Cointreau International, William Grant & Sons.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Excise Contact Group #E02806#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2806 #Member #C#Finance, Industry, Employees/workers#Stakeholders Advisory Group on Maritime Security #E01087#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1087 #Member #C#Industry#Stakeholders' Advisory Group on Aviation Security#X02883#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2883 #Member #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
"Implementing Duty Free Arrivals Shops: Country Case Studies", commissioned by ETRC from York Aviation, November 2022
http://etrc.org/uploaded/downloads/york-aviation-case-study-report-arrival-duty-free,-october-2022.pdf
''The Economic Impact of Arrivals Duty and Tax Free Shopping in the EU'', commissioned by ETRC from York Aviation, first published October 2020, updated February 2021
http://www.etrc.org/uploaded/downloads/economic-impact-of-arrivals-shops-final-april-2021.pdf
The COVID-19 pandemic has created the greatest crisis the EU aviation industry has ever experienced. Introducing duty and tax free shopping on arrival is a cost-free way for EU governments to support the aviation ecosystem and to maintain airport jobs. This is a unique opportunity to level the playing field with non-EU airports and contribute to the environmental objectives of the EU Green Deal.
The report, commissioned by ETRC from York Aviation, outlines the potential economic benefits achievable through the introduction of arrivals duty and tax free shopping at EU airports.
DFWC Study "Economic Impact of Duty Free and Travel Retail in Europe", March 2016
http://etrc.org/uploaded/downloads/dfwc-report-economic-impact-of-duty-free-and-travel-retail-in-europe--march-2016.pdf
The report, which demonstrates the significant contribution that duty free and travel retail make to the European transport economy, was commissioned by the Duty Free World Council (DFWC) with the support of ETRC, and written by Dr Harry Bush CB, former Group Director Economic Regulation at the UK Civil Aviation Authority and previously Director, HM Treasury; and Daniel Storey, former senior regulator at the CAA and senior policy maker at HM Treasury.
Duty free and travel retail has become a key component of aviation and maritime financing as well as an integral part of the travel experience for European passengers. This discretionary activity, driven by customer choice and enabled by commercial innovation, generated revenues in Europe of €15.4 billion in 2014, of which over €10 billion was generated at airports (67%) and €1.6 billion in the maritime sector (11%).
It is therefore essential for European policy-makers to recognise that the continued vitality of this sector is not just merely beneficial for passengers’ travel experience or airports’ funding in isolation, but also underpins the provision of crucial transport infrastructure across Europe.Other 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 31 Oct 2023 Location Brussels Subject 1) Duty free sales 2) Baggage and duty-free goods 3) Sustainability DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Magdalena Kopczynska (Director-General)
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Date 01 Jul 2021 Location Brussels (Teams) Subject EU COVID Certificate Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Jul 2021 Location online meeting Subject Implementation Covid Certificate Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas Portfolio Promoting the European Way of Life Attending - Despina Spanou (Cabinet member)
- Maria-Myrto Kanellopoulou (Cabinet member)
- Chris Uregian (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Nov 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Videoconference - Discussion on Excise and VAT rules DG Taxation and Customs Union Attending - Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General)
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Date 06 Nov 2020 Location virtual Subject Arrivals Duty Free DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 04 Sep 2019 Location Brussels Subject Excise and VAT Directives Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - David Boublil (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Mar 2019 Location Brussels Subject Aviation topics Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Joshua Salsby (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject Labelling in different languages Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject Aviation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Joshua Salsby (Cabinet member)