Overview
Lobbying Costs
9,999€
Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association (TVECA)
EU Transparency Register
169778610761-14 First registered on 05 Mar 2013
Goals / Remit
The Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association (TVECA) is a 501(c)(6), a not-for-profit trade organization. The TVECA is an association of private sector companies engaged in electronic cigarette technologies. Member companies are involved in all sectors of the creation and promotion of electronic cigarettes. The TVECA’s mission is to provide the tools and information necessary for policy-makers, opinion leaders, media and private sector companies worldwide to make informed decisions about the management and use of electronic cigarette technologies, particularly the most recent advances and applications. The association was founded to institute and promote industry-wide standards and a code of conduct, work to maintain sound professional practices, educate the public and policy-makers on the industry’s activities and potential and ensure the ethical use of electronic cigarette technologies.
Main EU files targeted
Staying on top of new TPD regulations and how they must be implemented into the market.
Address
Head Office
De Corridor 12-X
Breukelen 3621 ZB
NETHERLANDS -
People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 25% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
Ray Story,
Thomas Kiklas,
Chrissy Keheley,
Chris Fowler,
Catherine Longeva (TVECA Representative before EU Institutions)
Reshad Forbes (TVECA Representative before EU Institutions)
Renato Addis (TVECA Representative before EU Institutions)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
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
9,999€
Other financial info
Ray Story, CEO of TVECA, is also the CEO of the United Tobacco Vapor Group Inc. (UTVG). UTVG, headquartered in the United States, with a subsidiary UTVG Europe B.V. located in the Netherlands, provides the industry, its distributors and retailers with a large selection of electronic cigarettes and accessories.The UTVG supports TVECA financially, due to the fact that the fees which TVECA receives from its members is not capable of supporting, on their own, TVECA’s activities falling within the scope of the Transparency Register. Despite Mr. Story being the CEO of TVECA and of UTVG, it should be expressly noted, in the interests of transparency, that TVECA does not and will never take a position which especially benefits UTVG over TVECA’s other members. TVECA supports the interests of all its members, with no special treatment given to UTVG.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Ray Story, who is also the CEO of the United Tobacco Vapor Group (UTVG – see below), was party to a case before the Dutch Court of The Hague in summary proceeding between United Tobacco Vapor Group Inc. and the Dutch State, 13 March 2012, 414117 / KG ZA 12-209. The case concerned the classification of electronic cigarettes, and the UTVG was successful in its outcome.
Meetings
Meetings
None declared