Overview
Lobbying Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Financial year: Jul 2023 - Jun 2024
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
49
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
EU Transparency Register
39217046408-27 First registered on 10 Aug 2011
Goals / Remit
UEFA is the governing body for football in Europe with a membership comprising 55 national football associations across the entire continent, including all 27 Member States of the European Union. Our mission is to develop football at all levels, amateur and professional, and to deal with all questions relating to European football.
At EU level, we focus on how European football can support EU public policy priorities including e.g. climate action, equality for all and social inclusion. We work in partnership with the EU institutions to protect and promote the solidarity and values-based European sports model, including the open, meritocratic and pyramidical structure of European football.Main EU files targeted
- Education & Culture (e.g. dual careers and training, comparability of diplomas, cross-border recognition of diplomas, VET, sport in schools and education, voluntary activity)
- Digital Single Market (e.g. copyright and IPR, anti-piracy, digital services act, AVMSD)
- Free movement of workers (mutual recognition of qualifications, homegrown players rule, transfer market rules, equal treatment of non-nationals in sport)
- Competition policy (financial fair play, collective selling media rights, competitive balance, transfer market rules, state aid to sport)
- Security & Justice (protection of minors, access in sport, good governance, fight against corruption, fight against match fixing, anti-doping, safety in stadiums, equality and diversity, fight against racism)
- Environment & Public health (green agenda, sustainability in sport and mega events (incl. waste, plastics, transport emissions etc), sustainability in stadiums, physical activity guidelines, anti-obesity strategy, Be Active campaign)Address
Head Office
Route de Genève, 46
Nyon 1260
SWITZERLANDEU Office
rue d'arlon 25
Brussels 1050
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 50% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 25 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Valerio GIOVANNINI 02 Jul 2019 08 Jun 2020 Valerio GIOVANNINI 06 Jul 2018 02 Jul 2019 Valerio GIOVANNINI 20 Mar 2017 07 Mar 2018 Mr Julien ZYLBERSTEIN 11 Oct 2016 08 Oct 2017 Mr Julien ZYLBERSTEIN 11 Feb 2015 05 Feb 2016 Mr Julien ZYLBERSTEIN 10 Nov 2011 01 Oct 2012 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
UEFA is a member of:
- the Association of European Team Sports (ETS); and
- the Sports Rights Owners' Coalition (SROC).Member 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 2023 - Jun 2024
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
100,000€ - 199,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Other financial info
budget for employees, EU office premises and operating costs
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Expert Group in charge of implementation of the EU Work Plan for Sport#E01564#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1564 #OBSERVER #C#Professionals
Groups (European Parliament)
Unofficial groupings
Communication activities
- support to EU communications campaigns including for example the Green Deal, vaccinations, European climate pact, beating cancer plan, European week of sport, conference on the future of Europe
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
49 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 29 Jan 2024 Location Brussels Subject Meeting of Commissioner Kyriakides with UEFA and the European Resuscitation Council on joint campaign on basic Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides Attending - Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner)
- Tove Ernst (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Jan 2024 Location Brussels Subject Meeting of Commissioner Kyriakides with UEFA on joint campaign on basic Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides Attending - Tove Ernst (Cabinet member)
- Stella Kyriakides (Commissioner)
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Date 20 Nov 2023 Location online Subject UEFA-European Commission cooperation agreement DG Communication Attending - Dana Spinant (Acting Director-General)
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Date 29 Mar 2023 Location video-call Subject Cooperation with UEFA and football’s future governance and sustainability challenges Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 26 Jan 2023 Location Geneva, Switzerland Subject Courtesy meeting Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Attending - Dubravka Šuica (Vice-President)
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Date 25 Jan 2023 Location video-call Subject REACH restriction on microplastics and UEFA’s views regarding artificial turf Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)
- Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jul 2022 Location Online Subject To discuss next steps of the joint UEFA-European Commission Respect + EU Green Deal communications campaign and partnership DG Communication Attending - Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen (Director-General)
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Date 21 Jun 2022 Location Brussels Subject Discussed the latest sustainability initiatives of UEFA and cooperation in the context of the Climate Pact Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Olivia Gippner (Cabinet member)
- Damyana Stoynova (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Jun 2022 Location brussels Subject Meeting was on the streamlining of the Union of Equality in the work of UEFA. They presented their football sustainability strategy and their upcoming work on online hate crime. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli Portfolio Equality Attending - Silvan Agius (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 May 2022 Location Online Subject Volunteering for older people Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Attending - Toma Sutic (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Nov 2021 Location Brussels Subject Introductory meeting Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Nov 2021 Location Brussels Subject Introductory meeting Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Innovation and Youth Attending - Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Nov 2021 Location Brussels Subject Competition Policy DG Competition Attending - Olivier Guersent (Director-General)
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Date 10 Nov 2021 Location Brussels Subject Conference on the Future of Europe Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Attending - Dubravka Šuica (Vice-President)
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Date 31 Aug 2021 Location video-call Subject UEFA’s Green Deal initiatives Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Olivia Gippner (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Jun 2021 Location Brussels- video conference Subject UEFA Cleaner Air Better Game event ‘The threat of air pollution to football’ Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 12 Apr 2021 Location Online Subject Meeting with UEFA Foundation for Children and EP Sports Group- preparation of the event: Youth spaces after COVID-19: sport in flourishing communities Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Attending - Iris Abraham (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Jan 2021 Location Brussels - videoconference Subject Cooperation on the European Green Deal and the Climate Pact Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 14 Dec 2020 Location Brussels Subject Follow-up meeting between UEFA President and VP Suica Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Attending - Ivo Belet (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Dec 2020 Location virtually Subject Vice-President Schinas holds a videoconference call with the UEFA President Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas Portfolio Promoting the European Way of Life Attending - Vangelis Demiris (Cabinet member)
- Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President)
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Date 03 Dec 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Meeting with the President of UEFA Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Ursula von der Leyen (President)
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Date 19 Nov 2020 Location Brussels Subject Courtesy meeting Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica Portfolio Democracy and Demography Attending - Dubravka Šuica (Vice-President)
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Date 07 Jul 2020 Location Conference call Subject European Way of Life portfolio and European football and sports Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas Portfolio Promoting the European Way of Life Attending - Margaritis Schinas (Vice-President)
- Vangelis Demiris (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Jun 2019 Location Bruxelles Subject Point global sur la coopération Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Feb 2019 Location BERL Subject Update meeting Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Nov 2018 Location berl Subject Trilateral Meeting with Cssr, Aleksander Ceferin and Andrea Agnelli Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner)
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Date 20 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject Courtesy visit to welcome new DG following the signature of an "Arrangement for cooperation" between Commissioner Navracsics and UEFA President Seferin DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture Attending - Themis Christophidou (Director-General)
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Date 21 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Attendance of the signature of the arrangement of cooperation between the European Commission and UEFA 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 21 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Sport issues Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 31 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject Preparation of the renewed Arrangement for Cooperation between UEFA and the European Commission Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Dec 2017 Location Brussels Subject Preparation of the renewed Arrangement for Cooperation between UEFA and the European Commission Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Apr 2017 Location Helsinki Subject Cooperation between UEFA and the European Commission Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner)
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Date 23 Mar 2017 Location Brussels Subject Coopération EU/UEFA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Mar 2017 Location Brussels Subject Coopération EU/UEFA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Mar 2017 Location Brussels Subject Preparation of the UEFA Congress Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market and Sport Broadcasting Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
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Date 03 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market and Sport Broadcasting Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner)
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Date 07 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject Incidents during games 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)
- Lisbeth Koenen (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject Copyright reform, portability, fight against piracy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
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Date 26 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner)
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Date 10 Sep 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Meeting with Mr Michel Platini on Sport and the Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Jean-Claude Juncker (President)
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Date 31 Aug 2015 Location Brussels/Belgium Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital single market and sports broadcasting Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject Copyright Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject Third party ownership, Digital single market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jul 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Jun 2015 Location Nyon, Switzerland Subject Cooperation between the UEFA and the EU Commission Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner)
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Date 04 Feb 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Introductory meeting Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)