Overview
Lobbying Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.75 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Tobacco Europe AISBL (TE)
EU Transparency Register
1496873833-97 First registered on 19 Dec 2008
Goals / Remit
Tobacco Europe is a non commercial association which was formed to represent the common views of major European–based tobacco and nicotine products manufacturers. Tobacco Europe's three Full Members are British American Tobacco, JT International and Imperial Tobacco Limited. Tobacco Europe seeks to promote on-going dialogue with EU institutions and participates constructively in EU decision-making processes and tobacco related policy formulation. Established in 1989, the Association has a long- and well-established tradition of dialogue with policy-makers. TE member companies are strongly committed to dialogue with regulators and support proportionate and reasonable tobacco regulations. TE member companies believe that reasonable and workable regulation of tobacco and nicotine products is best accomplished through consultation.
Main EU files targeted
Issues of interest in 2023:
- Works of the EP Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, Committee on International Trade, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.
- Transposition and implementation of Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment
- Secondary legislation (Implementing and delegated acts) derived from Directive 2014/40/EU with special focus on Ingredient and additives regulations and Tracking and Tracing of tobacco products.
- Preparatory work regarding the review of the Council Directive 2011/64/EU on the structure and rates of excise taxes applied to tobacco products.
- Implementation of the Council Directive (EU) 2020/262 of 19 December 2019 laying down the general arrangements for excise duty (recast)
- Consultation process on the Evaluation of the Tobacco Control Acquis
- Customs Code reform revision
- Revision of the Batteries Regulation
- Review of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)
- Sustainable Finance framework (incl Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), Taxonomy)
- Green claims Directive
- EU Beating Cancer Plan;
- Bilateral International Trade Agreements.
In addition, Tobacco Europe responded to the following in 2023:
• Targeted consultation on Smoke-Free Environments (SFE), including the participation in the dedicated SFE workshop organised by the Commission’s consultant.
• Public consultation and targeted stakeholders’ interview on the Tobacco Control Legislative Framework Evaluation, including a targeted consultation, followed by a Stakeholder interview. TE also took part in the Workshop outlining preliminary findings, organised by the Commission’s consultant.
• Public consultation on PPWR,
• Public consultation on SFDR
• Public Consultation on the Review of the Union Customs Code.Address
Head Office
Avenue de Cortenbergh, 120 Bte 12
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
Avenue de Cortenbergh, 120 Bte 12
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 19 Dec 2024
Name Start date End Date Nathalie Darge 12 Jul 2024 11 Jul 2025 Alix Carlier 12 Jul 2024 10 Jul 2025 Ms Alix CARLIER 25 Jan 2023 25 Jan 2024 Ms Nathalie DARGE 13 Jan 2023 13 Jan 2024 Ms Nathalie DARGE 25 Sep 2021 24 Sep 2022 Ms Alice Maria PALUMBO 24 Sep 2021 23 Feb 2022 Ms Nathalie DARGE 09 Oct 2020 25 Sep 2021 Ms Nathalie DARGE 21 Sep 2019 19 Sep 2020 Alisdair Gray 21 Sep 2019 19 Sep 2020 Ms Nathalie DARGE 20 Sep 2018 20 Sep 2019 Alisdair Gray 27 Jul 2018 01 Aug 2019 Ms Nathalie DARGE 14 Sep 2017 14 Sep 2018 Alisdair Gray 20 Jul 2017 04 Jul 2018 Mario MÜLLER 12 Oct 2016 21 Jul 2017 Antonella PEDERIVA 10 Feb 2016 08 Feb 2017 Mario MÜLLER 14 Oct 2015 12 Oct 2016 Ksenija Barysiene 04 Nov 2014 30 Oct 2015 Mr Mathieu BRUCKER 04 Nov 2014 18 Jul 2015 Ksenija Barysiene 04 Nov 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mario MÜLLER 04 Nov 2014 14 Oct 2015 Ms Cynthia FURSTE 04 Nov 2014 30 Oct 2015 Mr Mathieu BRUCKER 07 Nov 2013 04 Nov 2014 Ksenija Barysiene 07 Nov 2013 04 Nov 2014 Mario MÜLLER 07 Nov 2013 04 Nov 2014 Ms Cynthia FURSTE 07 Nov 2013 04 Nov 2014 Mario MÜLLER 10 Jan 2013 08 Nov 2013 Ms Cynthia FURSTE 10 Jan 2013 08 Nov 2013 Mr Mathieu BRUCKER 01 Dec 2012 08 Nov 2013 Ksenija Barysiene 01 Dec 2012 08 Nov 2013 Mario MÜLLER 30 Mar 2012 08 Feb 2013 Mr Mathieu BRUCKER 13 Dec 2011 01 Dec 2012 Ksenija Barysiene 13 Dec 2011 01 Dec 2012 Complementary Information
In 2023, TE employed one staff member and one in house consultant:
- A Director
- A Public Affairs Manager
The fixed percentages are as accurate as can be due to the system’s and format’s restrictions.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
- Kangaroo
- SEAP
Further information is available at www.tobacco-europe.euMember 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 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
200,000€ - 299,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Trade Contact Group#E02134#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2134 #Member #C#Industry#Excise Contact Group #E02806#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2806 #Member #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Kangaroo GroupCommunication activities
Check out our website www.tobacco-europe.eu it if you want to learn more about who we are and what we stand for.
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
4 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 22 Jul 2020 Location videoconference Subject EU-UK future trade relations Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Dermot Ryan (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jul 2020 Location videoconference Subject EU-UK future trade relations Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Attending - Dermot Ryan (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject AECA Round-Table on “Dealing with Regulatory Burden Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Bernardus Smulders (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 25 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Tobacco Product Directive, Revision of the Excise Directive Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - Maria Elena Scoppio (Cabinet member)
- Malgorzata Iskra (Cabinet member)