Fertilizers Europe

Fertilizers Europe is an affiliated member of CEFIC (European Chemical Industry Council) and member of IFA (the International Fertilizers Industry Association). Fertilizers Europe is also involved with the Forum on Plant Nutrition, Agri-Food Chain Coalition, European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform, European Policy Centre, Friends of Europe, CEPS, Alliance of Energy Intensive Industries, European Net Zero Alliance (ENZA).

https://www.fertilizerseurope.com/about-us/members/

Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

700,000€ - 799,999€

700,000€ - 799,999€

None declared

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We are a member of the European Energy Forum (EEF).
We have taken the initiative to establish a forum called "Forum for Plant Nutrition" where stakeholders can discuss current issues of interest. The Forum normally meets in the European Parliament once/twice per year.

We have a number of brochures and reports which explain our industry and the best way to use our products.

Fertilizers Europe published its decarbonisation Roadmap 2050, outlining possible pathways for the European fertilizer industry to decarbonise its assets to become climate neutral by 2050.

Moreover, in 2023, Fertilizers Europe published its Facts and Figures 2023, Forecast of Food, Farming and Fertilizer Use in the European Union 2023-2033, Plant Nutrition and Soil Fertility .

For additional information visit our website www.fertilizerseurope.com/publications/

Occasionally, we will consider events alongside the EU institutions.

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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.

• Date	23 May 2024	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	Imports into the EU of Russian fertilizers, Export duties on Russian fertilizers, EU food security
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski
  Attending	Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	YARA BELGIUM S.A.

• Date	23 Apr 2024	Location	Brussels
  Subject	- Imports of Russian fertilizers - Food security
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
  Attending	Miriam Garcia Ferrer (Cabinet member) Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Grupa Azoty Spółka Akcyjna YARA BELGIUM S.A.

• Date	08 Feb 2024	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Physical meeting - Exchange on CBAM
  DG	Taxation and Customs Union
  Attending	Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General)
  Other Lobbyists	EUROMETAUX

• Date	08 Feb 2024	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Decarbonisation of fertilisers industry
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
  Attending	Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)

• Date	02 Feb 2024	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Roundtable with associations of industrial users
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
  Attending	Juraj Nociar (Cabinet member) Virginie Battu-henriksson (Cabinet member) Adam Romanowski (Cabinet member) Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)
  Other Lobbyists	Confederation of European Paper Industries The European Steel Association

• Date	22 Jan 2024	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Decarbonization road map.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
  Attending	Kadri Simson (Commissioner) Tatiana Marquez Uriarte (Cabinet member)

• Date	09 Jan 2024	Location	Lennik, Belgium
  Subject	Farm visit and roundtable with agri-food chain stakeholders
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
  Attending	Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)
  Other Lobbyists	European Environmental Bureau

• Date	30 Nov 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Clean Transition Dialogue on Energy Intensive Industries
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
  Attending	Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) Juraj Nociar (Cabinet member) Aleksandra Baranska (Cabinet member) Adam Romanowski (Cabinet member) Virginie Battu-henriksson (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	BUSINESSEUROPE ArcelorMittal EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION

• Date	12 Oct 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Fertilizer sector decarbonisation strategy
  DG	Climate Action
  Attending	Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General)

• Date	27 Sep 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Discuss Decarbonization pathways of the fertilizers and ammonia industry
  DG	Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
  Attending	Kerstin Jorna (Director-General)

• Date	27 Apr 2023	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	Update on the situation of the European industry; Gas supply; Fertilizers imports from Russia and sanctions; Long-term strategy for the sector.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski
  Portfolio	Agriculture
  Attending	Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner) Andreas Schneider (Cabinet member)

• Date	24 Apr 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Future EU hydrogen market and the EU hydrogen bank
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Lukas Visek (Cabinet member) Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Grupa Azoty Spółka Akcyjna

• Date	20 Apr 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	EU Energy Platform
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
  Portfolio	Energy Union
  Attending	Adam Romanowski (Cabinet member) Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)

• Date	20 Apr 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	EU Energy Platform
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
  Portfolio	Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight
  Attending	Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President) Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) Adam Romanowski (Cabinet member)

• Date	20 Apr 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Meeting with the Fertilizers Europe association
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
  Portfolio	Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight
  Attending	Adam Romanowski (Cabinet member) Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President)

• Date	19 Oct 2022	Location	online
  Subject	Upcoming communication about fertilizers - EU Fertiliser strategy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski
  Portfolio	Agriculture
  Attending	Andreas Schneider (Cabinet member) Maciej Golubiewski (Cabinet member) Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	YARA BELGIUM S.A.

• Date	19 Oct 2022	Location	online
  Subject	Upcoming communication about fertilizers
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski
  Portfolio	Agriculture
  Attending	Andreas Schneider (Cabinet member) Janusz Wojciechowski (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	Grupa Azoty Spółka Akcyjna YARA BELGIUM S.A.

• Date	18 Mar 2022	Location	Online
  Subject	Present EU the many challenges for the fertilizer industry in the present situation AND the consequences this could have for food security in Europe going forward
  DG	Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
  Attending	Kerstin Jorna (Director-General)

• Date	16 Feb 2022	Location	video-conference
  Subject	To discuss serious issues affecting the nitrogen fertilizer sector
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
  Portfolio	An Economy that Works for People
  Attending	Cristina Rueda Catry (Cabinet member) Sofja Ribkina (Cabinet member)

• Date	27 Jan 2022	Location	Online
  Subject	European Food security
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski
  Portfolio	Agriculture
  Attending	Maciej Golubiewski (Cabinet member)

• Date	14 Oct 2021	Location	Online
  Subject	High energy prices and how this is affecting the competitiveness of European companies in the energy intensive sectors.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson
  Portfolio	Energy
  Attending	Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member) Kadri Simson (Commissioner) Tatiana Marquez Uriarte (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Confederation of European Paper Industries International Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers

• Date	22 Sep 2021	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Fertilizer industry
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
  Portfolio	Internal Market
  Attending	Joan Canton (Cabinet member)

• Date	08 Sep 2021	Location	Online
  Subject	Fit-for-55 package
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
  Portfolio	Europe Fit for Digital Age
  Attending	Alina-Stefania Ujupan (Cabinet member)

• Date	02 Sep 2021	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Videoconference - Follow-up meeting to the COM proposal for a CBAM
  DG	Taxation and Customs Union
  Attending	Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General)

• Date	25 Jun 2021	Location	Brussels (WEBEX)
  Subject	CBAM and conditions for the fertilizer sector
  Cabinet	Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
  Portfolio	President
  Attending	Kurt Vandenberghe (Cabinet member)

• Date	15 Jun 2021	Location	Brussels-video conference
  Subject	Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)

• 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)
  Other Lobbyists	Federazione Imprese Siderurgiche Italiane

• Date	26 May 2021	Location	virtual
  Subject	CBAM
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni
  Portfolio	Economy
  Attending	Alienor Margerit (Cabinet member)

• 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)
  Other Lobbyists	Federazione Imprese Siderurgiche Italiane

• Date	27 Apr 2021	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Contribution of the fertilizers sector to the climate neutrality objective
  DG	Climate Action
  Attending	Mauro Raffaele Petriccione (Director-General)

• Date	16 Apr 2021	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Videoconference - Discussion on a forthcoming proposal for a CBAM and its interaction with the forthcoming ETS reform.
  DG	Taxation and Customs Union
  Attending	Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General)
  Other Lobbyists	European Chemical Industry Council

• Date	24 Mar 2021	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Commissioner Breton meeting with CEOs from Energy Intensive Industries on Industrial strategy & fit for 55.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
  Portfolio	Internal Market
  Attending	Thierry Breton (Commissioner) Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	CEMBUREAU - The European Cement Association BASF SE

• Date	04 Feb 2021	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Decarbonisation
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
  Portfolio	Internal Market
  Attending	Joan Canton (Cabinet member)

• Date	02 Oct 2020	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	To discuss state aid for indirect costs, ETS, Green deal
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
  Portfolio	Europe Fit for Digital Age
  Attending	Michele Piergiovanni (Cabinet member) Yizhou Ren (Cabinet member)

• Date	28 Apr 2020	Location	Video meeting
  Subject	To discuss the use and need of fertilizers
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius
  Portfolio	Environment, Oceans and Fisheries
  Attending	Camilla Bursi (Cabinet member)

• Date	05 Mar 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Sustainable food systems
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Land- en Tuinbouw Organisatie Nederland

• Date	04 Mar 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Biodiversity strategy, farm to fork, research and innovation
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
  Portfolio	Europe Fit for Digital Age
  Attending	Alina-Stefania Ujupan (Cabinet member)

• Date	12 Feb 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Anti dumping duties
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
  Portfolio	Agriculture & Rural Development
  Attending	Tom Tynan (Cabinet member)

• Date	12 Feb 2020	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Anti dumping duties
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
  Attending	Tom Tynan (Cabinet member)

• Date	04 Mar 2019	Location	Brussels
  Subject	The relative burden of ETS for the fertilizer industry, opportunities for carbon capture and use, perspectives for green ammonia, Clean Planet for All, long-term solutions
  DG	Climate Action
  Attending	Mauro Raffaele Petriccione (Director-General)

• Date	18 May 2018	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Anti-dumping duty on ammonium nitrate from Russia
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
  Portfolio	Trade
  Attending	Maria Asenius (Cabinet member) Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)

• Date	07 May 2018	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Anti-dumping, WTO disputes and import duties
  DG	Trade
  Attending	Jean-Luc Demarty (Director-General)

• Date	10 Nov 2017	Location	BERL
  Subject	Fertilizer Regulation
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska
  Portfolio	Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
  Attending	Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)

• Date	14 Jun 2017	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Circular economy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
  Portfolio	Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
  Attending	Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)

• Date	02 Mar 2017	Location	Brussels
  Subject	ETS
  DG	Climate Action
  Attending	Jos Delbeke (Director-General)

• Date	13 Apr 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	ETS reform
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete
  Portfolio	Climate Action & Energy
  Attending	Yvon Slingenberg (Cabinet member)

• Date	07 Mar 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Trade in fertilizers
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
  Portfolio	Trade
  Attending	Miguel Ceballos Baron (Cabinet member)

• Date	25 Feb 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Situation of European Fertilizers industry
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
  Portfolio	Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
  Attending	Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)

• Date	25 Feb 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Circular Economy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella
  Portfolio	Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
  Attending	Aurore Maillet (Cabinet member)

• Date	25 Feb 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Fertilisers
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella
  Portfolio	Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
  Attending	Aurore Maillet (Cabinet member)

• Date	11 Nov 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Meeting with Director General Mr Hansen
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska
  Portfolio	Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
  Attending	Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner)

• Date	17 Jul 2015	Location	BERL 08/318
  Subject	1/ ETS and the consequences for the fertilizer industry, Fertilizer production is very energy intensive due to the use of natural gas as feedstock and the heating requirements. ETS (benchmarks and correction factors) is therefore a key concern for the fertilizer industry, and especially for the production of ammonia. The Commission services have clearly marked the fertilizer industry as the industry most exposed to carbon leakage. 2/2. Climate change mitigation in agriculture and the contribution of the fertilizer sector, Fertilizers are an important part of GHG calculations in agriculture. Intensification means that more CO2 will be taken up by the plants. Using the right fertilizer and the right techniques can lower emissions. Fertilizers Europe are involved in several activities to promote better use of fertilizers, and we cooperate with DG AGRI on some of these activities.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
  Portfolio	Agriculture & Rural Development
  Attending	Dermot Ryan (Cabinet member)

• Date	17 Jun 2015	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	Fertilizer Markets in Europe
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager
  Portfolio	Competition
  Attending	Claes Bengtsson (Cabinet member)

• Date	14 Apr 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Energy Union
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
  Portfolio	Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
  Attending	Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet member)

• Date	14 Apr 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Circular economy, Air quality, Nitrates
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella
  Portfolio	Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
  Attending	Patrick Costello (Cabinet member)

• Date	03 Mar 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Introductory meeting
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska
  Portfolio	Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
  Attending	Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner) Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member) Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Deutsche Post DHL Group

• Date	02 Mar 2015	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	Decarbonisation and ETS
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete
  Portfolio	Climate Action & Energy
  Attending	Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner) Silvia Bartolini (Cabinet member)

• Date	12 Feb 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Understanding fertilizer prices, reducing carbon footprint of agriculture production, developing indicators for nitrogen use efficiency, Commission proposals for new fertilizer regulation
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
  Portfolio	Agriculture & Rural Development
  Attending	Tom Tynan (Cabinet member)