Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
POLLINIS
EU Transparency Register
423355921224-78 First registered on 04 Apr 2016
Goals / Remit
POLLINIS, a nonprofit organization, campaigns for sustainable farming in Europe. It fights for the protection and conservation of pollinators, notably bees, and promotes the transition towards alternative agricultural practices, away from the systematic use of pesticides.
To pursue its goals, POLLINIS provides both the public and European policymakers with reports and information to support laws and policies that encourage sustainable agriculture. These practices have been proven to meet our food needs and are profitable to farmers, all the while preserving product quality, human health and the environment.
We believe that agriculture has a responsibility toward the people who consume its products and who, as taxpayers, indirectly finance massive farming subsidies. To give people a voice in the debate on European
agriculture — the environment, well-being and food safety — POLLINIS raises citizen awareness through emailing campaigns and presents petitions to policymakers a (...)Main EU files targeted
Policy areas of interest within the EC’s DG for Agriculture and Rural Development:
- Plant health
- Common Agricultural Policy
- Direct support
- Rural development
- Agriculture and environment
- Organic farming
- Quality policy
- Biotechnology
- Research and innovation
- Food and feed safety
Policy areas of interest within the EC’s DG for Environment:
- Chemicals
- Nature and Biodiversity
- Environmental Assessment
- International Issues
- Land
- Soil
- Water
- Sustainable Development
- Waste
- Greening: Agriculture; Cohesion policy; European Semester; Internal Market; Research; Trade and External Relations
Policy areas of interest within the EC’s DG for Health and Food Safety:
- Health
- Food
- Plants
- Antimicrobial Resistance
Subject areas of interest within the European Food Safety Authority:
- Biological hazards
- Chemical containment
- Cross-cutting science
- Food ingredients and packaging
- GMO
- Pesticides
- Plant Health
EC initiatives of interest:
- EU Pollinators Initiative
- Next steps for a sustainable European future
- Review of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020
- Commission Delegated Regulation on rules for direct payments to farmers including greening
- Review by the European Commission of National Action Plans established under Directive 2009/128/EC
- Analysis of the interface between chemicals, products and waste legislation and identification of policy options
- Communication from the Commission "An Action Plan for nature, people and the economy"
- Communication from the Commission on an Action Plan on Environmental Compliance Assurance
- Communication on Modernising and Simplifying the Common Agricultural Policy
- Evaluation of the impact of the CAP measures towards the general objective "viable food production"
- Horizontal or further sectorial EU action on whistleblower protection
- EU action for sustainability
- New skills agenda for Europe
- Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and the free movement of such data
- White Paper on the future of the EU
- Adapting a number of legal acts to Articles 290 and 291 TFEU
- Certain aspects of company law. Codification
- Commission Work Programme 2017
- Communication on access to justice at national level related to measures implementing EU environmental law
- Cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws
- EU eGovernment action plan 2016-2020
- European agenda for the collaborative economy
- European free flow of data initiative within the Digital Single Market
- Evaluation of the payment for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment under the CAP (“greening" of direct payments) / Commission evaluation report on the implementation of the EFA obligation
- Protection of workers from exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work: exposure limit values
- REFIT Evaluation of the EU legislation on plant protection products and pesticides residues (Regulation No 1107/2009 and Regulation No 396/2005)
- Organic production and labelling of organic products [Official controls Regulation]
EP initiatives:
- 2015 discharge: EFSA
- Application of Directive 2004/35/EC on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage
- Biological low-risk pesticides
- e-Democracy in the EU: potential and challenges
- EP Rules of Procedure: general revision
- Prospects and challenges for the EU apiculture sector
EU Regulations on transparency :
- Regulation No 1381/2019 on the transparency and sustainability of the EU risk assessment in the food chain
- Regulation No 1049/2001 regarding public access to documents
- Regulation No 1367/2006 on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention
- EC proposal for a regulation amending Regulation No 182/2011 (comitology)Address
Head Office
10 Rue Saint Marc
Paris 75002
FRANCEEU Office
10 Rue Saint Marc
Paris 75002
FRANCEWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
- Fédération européenne des Conservatoires de l’abeille noire (FEdCAN): http://www.fedcan.org/
- Buglife - Member Organisation https://www.buglife.org.uk/about-us/member-organisations-and-affiliations/
- IUCN - Member Organisation https://www.iucn.org/about/members/iucn-membersMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
1,280,000€
Major funding types in closed year
Donations
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
EU Biodiversity Platform#E02210#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?groupID=2210 #Member #C#Civil society
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Proposal of amendments to European Parliament reports; organisation of conferences at European Parliament; meeting with representatives of the European Commission, the European Parliament and Member States to discuss legislative and policy developments.
Stakeholder in ad hoc expert group meetings - DG SANTE.Other activities
Participation aux groupes consultatifs de l'EFSA (EFSA Stakeholders)
EC study on new genomic techniques (Ad hoc Stakeholders)- Meetings
Meetings
1 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 20 Jun 2019 Location Brussels Subject Pesticides Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Leon Delvaux (Cabinet member)
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