Overview
Lobbying Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
8
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Natural Mineral Waters Europe aisbl (NMWE)
EU Transparency Register
562370525222-50 First registered on 22 Dec 2016
Goals / Remit
NMWE is the voice of the European Natural Mineral & Spring water producers. Through its membership base of national trade associations and direct company members, NMWE represents over 550 producers of natural mineral and spring waters. NMWE promotes natural mineral and spring waters as the best source of natural and healthy hydration. Its statutory purposes include: representation of the interests of the sector before European and international institutions and other relevant stakeholders; identification of issues likely to affect members and development of solutions with due regard to the industry’s diversity; promotion of good manufacturing practices, encouragement of socially responsible and sustainable management practices, promotion of the industry’s role with respect to source and environment protection. Our mission extends to achieving full circularity for all packaging.
Main EU files targeted
General Food and Food Safety Legislation, Water Framework Directive, Natural Mineral Water and Drinking Water Directives, Food Information to Consumers, Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation, Environmental law, Waste Framework Directive, Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, EU Green Deal (Circular Economy Action Plan, Farm to Fork strategy, Biodiversity strategy, Green Claims, European Sustainable Production Regulation, Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive), Single Use Plastics Directive
Address
Head Office
Place des Barricades 1
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
Place des Barricades 1
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 50% 2 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Patricia Fosselard 03 Oct 2024 03 Oct 2025 Adam Gono 16 Nov 2024 15 Nov 2025 Cecilia Francesca Maria BEVILACQUA 11 Sep 2024 11 Sep 2025 Adam Gono 17 Nov 2023 04 Oct 2024 John MCLEAN 09 Sep 2023 07 Sep 2024 Cecilia Francesca Maria BEVILACQUA 09 Sep 2023 07 Sep 2024 Patricia Fosselard 27 Feb 2024 04 Oct 2024 Patricia Fosselard 03 Mar 2023 11 Mar 2024 Adam Gono 23 Nov 2022 17 Nov 2023 John MCLEAN 16 Sep 2022 09 Sep 2023 Cecilia Francesca Maria BEVILACQUA 16 Sep 2022 09 Sep 2023 Mr Nikolaos Ermis Panagiotopoulos 04 Jan 2022 30 Nov 2022 Patricia Fosselard 04 Jan 2022 04 Jan 2023 Patricia Fosselard 01 Aug 2020 31 Jul 2021 Mr Nikolaos Ermis Panagiotopoulos 01 Aug 2020 31 Jul 2021 Patricia Fosselard 21 Feb 2019 21 Feb 2020 Mr Nikolaos Ermis Panagiotopoulos 21 Feb 2019 21 Feb 2020 Patricia Fosselard 23 Feb 2018 21 Feb 2019 Mr Nikolaos Ermis Panagiotopoulos 23 Feb 2018 21 Feb 2019 Patricia Fosselard 07 Jan 2017 05 Jan 2018 Mr Nikolaos Ermis Panagiotopoulos 07 Jan 2017 05 Jan 2018 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
NMWE is member of:
- International Council of Bottled Water Associations (ICBWA) (http://www.icbwa.org/)
- FoodDrinkEurope (http://www.fooddrinkeurope.eu/)
- FAIB (http://faib.org/)
- EPR Club (http://www.eprclub.eu/home)
- The Official Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg (CAMARA) (https://e-camara.com/web/en/official-spanish-chamber-of-commerce-in-belgium-and-luxembourg/)
- Wassersommelier (https://www.watersommelier-union.com/)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
400,000€ - 499,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
1. Signatory of Circular Plastics Alliance.
2. Signatory of EU code of conduct for responsible businesses and marketing practices (Farm to Fork).
3. European Business and Biodiversity Platform
4. Technical Advisory Board of Environmental Footprint Initiative
5. Euractiv event on PPWR and Packaging Circularity (2023)
6. Participation at European Business and Nature Summit (side event, Milan 2023)
7. Expert workshop on sustainable water management (2023)Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
8 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 21 Nov 2022 Location Brussels Subject EU Packaging and Waste Packaging Legislation: upcoming revision. Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Peter van Kemseke (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Nov 2022 Location Brussels Subject Draft proposal of a Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR) Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Jun 2022 Location video-call Subject Revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jun 2021 Location video-call Subject Circular economy, waste management and deposit return schemes Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jun 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Circular economy, waste management and deposit return schemes Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jul 2020 Location Online Subject Circular economy in beverage industry Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Marius Vaščega (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Apr 2018 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on the Natural Mineral Water Directive and Plastics Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Dec 2017 Location Brussels Subject Legislation on mineral waters Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)