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 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.7 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
16
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
SURFRIDER FOUNDATION EUROPE (Surfrider Europe)
EU Transparency Register
58969291154-50 First registered on 17 Feb 2009
Goals / Remit
Surfrider Europe is a non-profit organisation whose purpose is to protect the ocean, the coastline, all aquatic environments & their users. Created in 1990 by a group of surfers who wanted to preserve their playground, it now gathers a community of Ocean lovers. Grass-roots activism is at the core of our NGO. We have over 13,000 members and are active across 12 countries through 45+ volunteer-run branches. For 30+ years, we have developed impactful programmes in 3 areas: marine litter, water quality and public health, coastal management and climate change. We take action to drastically reduce plastic waste, move away from fossil fuels, fight against climate change and its impacts, and stop marine pollution and the damage to the ocean and coasts through advocacy, campaigns, awareness-raising, events & local actions. Surfrider Europe is a member of the Surfrider international network active in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Morocco, Senegal & the USA. Visit www.surfrider.eu
Main EU files targeted
Marine Strategy Framework directive
Circular Economy, marine litter, including single-use plastics and microplastics, Plastics Strategy, waste directives, product policy, packaging and packaging waste Directive and proposal for a regulation, proposal for a regulation on plastic pellets textile strategy
EU policy framework on biobased, biodegradable and compostable plastics
Empowering citizens in the green transition, Green Claims
Green Deal and relevant associated initiatives for ocean protection: Climate law, Biodiviersity strategy, Farm to fork strategy, Strategy for Adaptation to climate change, Zero Pollution Plan, etc.
Water legislation: Bathing water directive, Water Framework directive, waste water treatment directive, drinking water directive, list of surface and ground water pollutants
Nature Restoration Law
Ocean governance
Shipping (Erika Package, ship source pollution Directive, etc) and
Sustainable Blue Economy strategy
Offshore safety directive and Renewable Energy Directive
Water Resilience
Climate change resilienceAddress
Head Office
Allée de Moura, 33
BIARRITZ 64200
FRANCEEU Office
Rue d'Edimbourg 26
Ixelles 1050
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 3 25% 1 10% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.7
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 Lucie PADOVANI 23 Jul 2024 22 Jul 2025 Leonor Silva 23 Jul 2024 31 Dec 2024 Gaëlle Haut 22 Jul 2024 21 Jul 2025 Lucille LABAYLE 31 May 2023 31 May 2024 Gaelle HAUT 18 Oct 2023 04 Oct 2024 Lucie PADOVANI 27 May 2023 25 May 2024 Ms Cinta SERRAS SOLIVA 21 Apr 2023 25 Jan 2024 Gaelle HAUT 11 Jun 2022 10 Jun 2023 Lucie PADOVANI 11 Jun 2022 27 May 2023 Lucille LABAYLE 10 Jun 2022 31 May 2023 Gaelle HAUT 28 May 2020 28 May 2021 Ms Prokofyeva YANA 06 Feb 2020 06 Feb 2021 Ms Annette GRAVIER 21 Dec 2019 29 Nov 2020 Ms Antidia CITORES 27 Nov 2019 27 Nov 2020 Mr Louis DIDELLE 15 Oct 2019 14 Mar 2020 Ms Gaëlle Haut 30 Apr 2019 30 Apr 2020 Justine MAILLOT 20 Nov 2018 07 Aug 2019 Mr Jacques BEALL 03 Jan 2018 19 Dec 2018 Justine MAILLOT 22 Nov 2017 20 Nov 2018 Ms Cristina Barreau 05 Aug 2017 04 Aug 2018 Ms Diane Beaumenay Joannet 03 Aug 2017 02 Aug 2018 Ms Antidia Citores Suarez 02 Aug 2017 01 Aug 2018 Ms Gaëlle Haut 02 Aug 2017 01 Aug 2018 Ms Justine GUINY 20 Mar 2017 01 Oct 2017 Ms Antidia Citores Suarez 13 Sep 2016 02 Aug 2017 Ms Gaëlle Haut 13 Sep 2016 02 Aug 2017 Ms Cristina Barreau 13 Sep 2016 05 Aug 2017 Ms Diane Beaumenay Joannet 13 Sep 2016 03 Aug 2017 Mr Florent MARCOUX 10 Oct 2015 08 Oct 2016 Ms Diane Beaumenay Joannet 09 Oct 2015 14 Sep 2016 Ms Antidia Citores Suarez 14 Jul 2015 10 Jul 2016 Ms Gaëlle Haut 14 Jul 2015 10 Jul 2016 Mr François Piccione 29 Apr 2015 27 Oct 2015 Ms Diane Beaumenay Joannet 11 Mar 2015 09 Sep 2015 Ms Elodie Bernollin 26 Feb 2015 12 Jul 2015 Mr Werner Latournald 19 Sep 2014 12 Feb 2015 Mr Mathieu Rama 18 Sep 2014 17 Jan 2015 Ms Antidia Citores Suarez 26 Jun 2014 24 Jun 2015 Ms Gaëlle Haut 26 Jun 2014 24 Jun 2015 Ms Cristina Barreau 26 Jun 2014 24 Jun 2015 Ms Antidia Citores Suarez 24 Apr 2013 23 Apr 2014 Ms Gaëlle Haut 18 Apr 2013 17 Apr 2014 Ms Cristina Barreau 18 Apr 2013 17 Apr 2014 Complementary Information
Other staff, including in Spain, Germany and France, are sporadically involved in work covered by the register on the implementation of EU law at national level.
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
Ocean and Climate Platform (founding member)
Blue Up 2024! coalition
Blue NGOs
Green Sport Hub (founding member)
HFO Free Arctic
Be Med (founding member)
Rethink Plastic Alliance (founding member)
Break free from Plastics international movement
EDC Free
Asociacion Española de Basuras marinas
France Nature Environnement
Alianza Residuo Cero
Alianza Mar Blava
Seas at Risk platformMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
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
5,149,185€
Major funding types in closed year
Grants, Public financing, Other, EU funding, Donations
Funding types "other" information
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant European Commisssion LOG 400,000€ Grant Erasmus + 58,219€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant EUROPEAN COMMISSION LOG 400,000€ Grant Erasmus+ 58,219€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Zero Pollution Stakeholder Platform#E03790#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3790 #Member #C#Civil society#European Sustainable Shipping Forum (ESSF)#E02869#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2869 #Member #C#Industry#Sustainable Alternative Power for Shipping- Mid- to Long-Term Solutions for Maritime GHG Emissions Reductions#Commission Expert Group on the Implementation of the Bathing Water Directive (2006/7/EC)#E02936#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2936 #Observer #C#Civil society
Groups (European Parliament)
SEARICA
Communication activities
Ocean Week organized every year
Blue Up 2024!
Participation to the Our Ocean conference, UNOC, UNFCC COPs and UNEA, World Oceans Day, EU Green Week
Global Plastic Treaty
Restore our Ocean and Waters Mission
Ocean Initiatives
European week for waste reduction
Outreach campaigns and publications, on plastics, including microplastics: The Drop social media campaign, Plastic pellet loss report, Plastic Fake Outs infographics, report on the implementation of EU legislation on plastic bags, good practice guides on plastic bags, white paper on water bottles, report on media filter losses (in water treatment stations), single use plastic directive implementation assessment report, fifty shades of bluewashing report, forever plastic report, etc
Ocean Campus platform on Ocean literacy
Campaign #DrillingIsKilling against offshore drilling in the EU
Participation to the events by SEArica Intergroup at the EP
EurOcean YouthOther activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
16 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 19 Feb 2024 Location Berlaymont Subject NGOs presented to the Commissioner their Manifesto: An Ocean of Change 2024, and in particular the idea of an Ocean Deal Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Attending - Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
- Agne Razmislaviciute-Palioniene (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Jun 2022 Location J-70 Subject The EurOcean Youth network will present to DG Christophidou a set of recommendations, in the perspective of the Ocean Week 2022 and in the context of the European Year of Youth. DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture Attending - Themis Christophidou (Director-General)
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Date 12 Feb 2021 Location Virtual Subject To discuss different blue/marine related issues, in particular bycatch emergency measures, EU-UK negotiations and implementation of the Biodiversity Strategy. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Agne Razmislaviciute-Palioniene (Cabinet member)
- Carmen Preising (Cabinet member)
- Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
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Date 16 Jun 2020 Location Brussels - videoconference Subject European Green Deal, new circular economy action plan and the circular plastics economy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 18 Oct 2018 Location Brussels, BERL Subject discussion on Plastics Strategy 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 13 Apr 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Single use plastic Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Aurore Maillet (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Apr 2018 Location Brussels Subject discussion on single-use plastics legislation 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 30 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject Exchange of views regarding strategy on plastics Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
- Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner)
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Date 06 Nov 2017 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on EU Plastics Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
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Date 26 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject Plastic strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Mar 2017 Location Brussels Subject Our Ocean Conference 2017, marine pollution, plastics Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Astrid Ladefoged (Cabinet member)
- Andras Inotai (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject Ocean Governance Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Andras Inotai (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Circular Economy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Heidi Jern (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Circular Economy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Aurore Maillet (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Mar 2015 Location BERL 8/275 Subject Circular Economy Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Sarah Nelen (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Marine Litter Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Aurore Maillet (Cabinet member)