Overview
Lobbying Costs
250,000€
Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
National Beef Association (NBA)
EU Transparency Register
244406321940-27 First registered on 25 May 2016
Goals / Remit
The objects for which the Association is established are:
• Preserve and improve for the benefit of the public the general standards of cattle, especially beef cattle, in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, by promoting and encouraging the breeding of beef cattle;
• Improve general standards in the management, transport, slaughter and treatment of cattle, especially beef cattle, and otherwise improve the quality and safety of beef, by the education of farmers and farm managers, veterinarians, auctioneers, hauliers, the managers of abattoirs, processors and retailers of food and the general public;
• Promote agriculture and work for the protection of the environment by encouraging, where appropriate, the grazing of cattle;
• Carry out such other charitable purposes, including the relief in cases of need or hardship of beef farmers and their employees and the dependents of beef farmers and their employees, as the Board of Management think fit.
• Identify and promote highest possible levels of best practice thoughout the production chain
• Achieve a return that allows quality welfare and standards in the chain to rise
• Raise Cattle Health Standards in the UK
• Develop beef eating and health benefits to consumers
• Improve and widen the scope of beef labelling for the benefit of consumers
• Identify and promote the environmental benefits where appropriate of grazing cattle
• Maintain beef cattle in the uplands and the communities and landscapes that they sustain
• Relief of hardship of beef farmers and their employeesMain EU files targeted
Trade agreements, animal welfare, Common Agricultural Policy, legislation to do with the food chain,
Address
Head Office
National Beef Association
The Mart
Hexham NE46 3SG
UNITED KINGDOM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Christopher Mallon (Chief Executive)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Christopher Mallon (Chief Executive)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
250,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
2 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.
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Date 09 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject unfair trading practices in beef sector Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Tom Tynan (Cabinet member)
- Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject AGRI issues Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Tom Tynan (Cabinet member)
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