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Overview
Lobbying Costs
650,000€
Financial year: Nov 2018 - Oct 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6.5 Fte (7)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
10
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
National Farmers' Union (NFU)
EU Transparency Register
961181120948-12 First registered on 07 Mar 2016
Goals / Remit
8. Goals / remit
Goals / remit of your organisation:
The NFU of England and Wales champions British farming and growing and provides professional
representation and services to its members. Its main aims and objectives are to:
1. Provide political representation to farmers and growers in England and Wales through effective
lobbying at regional, national and European levels
2. Inform its members about important political, commercial or legislative changes that may impact
on their businesses in order to allow them to make informed decisions
3. Provide special advisory services to its members on legal and technical matters affecting British
agriculture
4. Offer wider services to its members for example, discounted rates of insurance, private medical
care etc
5. To be a public voice for agriculture and horticulture ensuring that the British public is informed
about the importance and value of British agriculture
The NFU works very closely with sister organisations in Scotland (NFU Scotland) and Northern
Ireland (Ulster Farmers Union), which have similar aims and objectives in their given regions.
The organisations jointly support a representative office in Brussels, the British Agriculture Bureau.
This office provides the primary interface with the European Institutions and its job is to gather
intelligence on EU affairs, engage in and support lobbying efforts with the European Institutions and
build networks with other stakeholder organisations in BrusselsMain EU files targeted
Legislative files connected to the work od DG AGRI, DG ENV, DG TRADE, DG SANTE
Address
Head Office
Stoneleigh Park, Agriculture House
Warwickshire CV8 2tZ
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
rue de Treves 61 -6th floor
Brussels 1040
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People
Total lobbyists declared
7
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 6 50% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
4 Policy staff
1 Admin staffPerson 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
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade unions and professional associations
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Networking
Affiliation
The NFU belongs to COPA/COGECA, the umbrella organisation representing EU professional farming
organisations and co-operatives. Through this organisation it has an extensive network with other
professional farming organisations in the European Union
It is also a member of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), a representative body for British
business associations.
The British Agriculture Bureau is additionally a member of the British Chamber of Commerce in
Belgium (BCCB). The BCCB organises events on behalf of its members of both a political and
commercial nature.Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Nov 2018 - Oct 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
650,000€
Other financial info
The estimate of costs is based on the costs of operating the British Agriculture Bureau, the NFU's
representative office in Brussels. It is therefore a very crude approximation of the costs of direct
lobbying. To undertake a precise estimate would be impossible given the political nature of the
organisations activities domestically. Attention should also be drawn to the contribution that the
NFU also makes on behalf of the UK farming unions to COPA/COGECA which represents and
additional approximately 370,000 euro although only a fraction of this subscription could be allocated
to direct lobbying.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Not applicable
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
10 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 11 Mar 2020 Location Brussels Subject Discussion regarding Britain’s departure from the EU Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Tom Tynan (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Mar 2020 Location Brussels Subject Discussion regarding Britain’s departure from the EU Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Attending - Tom Tynan (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject Business discussion Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Tom Tynan (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 May 2018 Location Birmingham Subject Farming Issues Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Phil Hogan (Commissioner)
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Date 10 Apr 2018 Location Birmingham Subject Farming Issues Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Phil Hogan (Commissioner)
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Date 23 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Business discussion Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Tom Tynan (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Agri Issues Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Phil Hogan (Commissioner)
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Date 29 Sep 2017 Location London Subject Agriculture matters Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Phil Hogan (Commissioner)
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Date 21 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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Date 09 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject AGRI issues Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Tom Tynan (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists