Overview
Lobbying Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
11
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Fair Standards Alliance (FSA)
EU Transparency Register
354710219654-02 First registered on 24 Nov 2015
Goals / Remit
Our mission is to promote licensing practices of standards essential patents that are Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory, as described in the key principles of the Alliance.
Main EU files targeted
All policies and initiatives related to standards and patents, including follow-up initiatives from the public consultation on patents and standards and any upcoming review of the IPR Enforcement Directive
Address
Head Office
Avenue des Arts 56
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
Avenue des Arts 56
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 75% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
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
None declared
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 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
300,000€ - 399,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount southern cross public affairs 10,000€ - 24,999€ Intermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Meetings, conferences and demonstrations:
• Meetings and discussions with members or officials of the EU institutions with the objective of influencing EU policy formulation and decision-making
• Participating in hearings, conferences and meetings organised by the EU institutions
• Organising or sponsoring events (such as conferences and round tables) that bring together representatives of the EU institutions and representatives who act on behalf of an interest group/organisation/company but are not lobbyists themselves (e.g. scientists, experts), with the purpose of influencing EU policy formulation and decision-making
• Organising or coordinating travel of people to meet members or officials of the EU institutions (primarily but not limited to Brussels or Strasbourg) with the specific objective of influencing EU policy formulation and decision-making
• Participating in expert groups, comitology and EU delegations
• Demonstrations and other forms of actions directly targeting EU institutions.
• Travel, accommodations, in kind contributions, sponsored activities for members
Written contributions:
• Activities that are part of formal consultations on legislative proposals and other open consultations
• Preparing and sending letters and position papers to members or officials of the EU institutions with the objective of influencing EU policy formulation and decision-making
• Coordination of email and letter writing actions to members or officials of the EU institutions
Publications, media work:
• Publications produced specifically to influence EU policy formulation and decision-making.
• Advertisements and media work done with the specific purpose of influencing EU policy formulation and decision-making.Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
11 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 08 May 2023 Location videoconference Subject Standard-essential patents Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Mar 2023 Location Online Subject Standard Essential Patent Licensing Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Penelope Papandropoulos (Cabinet member)
- Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 16 Mar 2023 Location Brussels (VTC) Subject On Standard Essential Patent Licensing Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Mar 2023 Location Online meeting Subject Standard-essential patent. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 13 Apr 2021 Location Brussels Subject • Introduction of the Fair Standards Alliance and its mission • SEP licensing challenges faced by European businesses that adversely affect European competitiveness DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kerstin Jorna (Director-General)
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Date 15 May 2020 Location Brussels (video conference) Subject Follow-up of abridged meeting (VC) of 28 April - standard essential patents and appropriate licensing practices for IoT Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Apr 2020 Location Brussels (video conference) Subject Digital Society and Economy and Digital Single Market; introduction of FSA; key issues of importance to their membership on licensing of SEPs Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject FRAND Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 May 2017 Location Brussels Subject SEP licensing Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 May 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject SEP Licensing Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Competition Attending - Friedrich Wenzel Bulst (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject DSM, standardisation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)