Overview
Lobbying Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Financial year: Jul 2022 - Jun 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.2 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
The American Seed Trade Association (ASTA)
EU Transparency Register
760422645446-64 First registered on 07 Feb 2022
Goals / Remit
ASTA’s mission is to be an effective voice of action in all matters concerning the development, marketing and movement of seed, associated products and services throughout the world. ASTA promotes the development of better seed to produce better crops for a better quality of life.
Main EU files targeted
ASTA is interested in EU legislative proposals and policies that may impact the trade and movement of seeds; for example but not limited to, phytosanitary requirements for seed movement, the EU legislative initiative for plants produced by certain new genomic techniques and the revision of plant and forest reproductive material legislation
Address
Head Office
1701 Duke Street Suite 275
Alexandria 22314
UNITED STATESEU Office
1701 Duke Street Suite 275
Alexandria 22314
UNITED STATESWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 10% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.2
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
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
• International Seed Federation (ISF): Active participation in multiple sections/committees with
representation on the Board of Directors
• Asia and Pacific Seed Association (APSA): Representation on the Executive Committee
• Africa Seed Trade Association (AFSTA): Representation on the Board of Directors
• Seed Association of the Americas (SAA); Representation on the Board of DirectorsMember 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
Jul 2022 - Jun 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
200,000€ - 299,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount penta 100,000€ - 199,999€ penta 100,000€ - 199,999€ Intermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Other financial info
For the input in c) Estimate of annual costs related to activities covered by the register, the total amount includes the representation cost to Hume Brophy reported in (b) and the cost associated with the 0.2% FTE at ASTA assigned to managed the activities (estimated at $38,000 USD).
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
In the most recently closed fiscal year, ASTA in collaboration with Euroseeds hosted a transatlantic dialogue on ag innovation for a sustainable food system.
Other activities
None declared
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.
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 16 Dec 2021 Location virtual Subject Transatlantic seed trade in the context of the Trade & Technology Council Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
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