Overview
Lobbying Costs
50,000€ - 99,999€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Ukrainian Business and Trade Association (UBTA)
EU Transparency Register
936111838444-51 First registered on 05 Jun 2020
Goals / Remit
The UBTA is an independent platform of the Ukrainian export-oriented companies and sectoral business associations, representing a consolidated position and interests of its members at the EU institutions, EU Member States governments and their diplomatic representations at the EU, as well as selected European business associations and individual companies with trading ties and interest in Ukraine.
While the core UBTA membership is the Ukrainian agrifood sector, the Association seeks to represent other industries with a strong export component and a presence or focus on the EU market.
The Association’s toolbox includes monitoring and advising its members on developments in the EU trade law and policy affecting imports and market share of the Ukrainian exporters on the EU market, active outreach campaigns to stakeholders at the EU institutions on behalf of the Ukrainian business, public communication events promoting Ukraine as a reliable EU trading partner, attractive inv (...)Main EU files targeted
European Green Deal legislative package:
1. Proposal for a carbon border adjustment mechanism; 2. Improving EU market access for selected exports from Ukraine
EU-Ukraine Association Agreement implementation process:
Follow – up on the EU decision making process regarding the scope and timetable of implementation by Ukraine of its approximation commitments in areas related to animal and plant health, food safety, technical regulations and standards for industrial products, conformity assessment procedures, market surveillance architecture applicable to marketing of industrial products.Address
Head Office
Business Centre Regus, 28, Verkhniy Val Street
Kyiv 04071
UKRAINEEU Office
168, avenue de Cortenbergh
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 75% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75
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
UBTA does not yet have membership in EU-based groupings or networks.
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
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
50,000€ - 99,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount acquis eu law & policy llc 10,000€ - 24,999€ Intermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
50,000€ - 99,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
1. Carbon Border Adjustment Measure (CBAM) - outreach campaign to Members of European Parliament (INTA, ENVI Committee), involved in adoption of draft EU Regulation on CBAM
UBTA participated in public consultations by the European Commission on Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. A position paper was submitted on October 27, 2020 (Contribution ID: 0dd13ed6-8705-4b59-a2a6-a541c849b667).
2. The UBTA sponsored a Ukraine-related segment at the yearly EU Business Summit hybrid event, http://ebsummit.eu/content.php?id=329, on November 16-17, Brussels, where it organized and helped launch an interview with Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and EuroAtlantic Integration Ms. Olha Stefanishyna.
3. Coordination with interested European business associations to provide economic support and humanitarian assistance to Ukrainian companies in the context of the 2022 Russian war on Ukraine.Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
3 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.
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Date 18 May 2022 Location Brussels Subject Ukrainian reconstruction Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas Portfolio Promoting the European Way of Life Attending - Natasha Bertaud (Cabinet member)
- Chris Uregian (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Mar 2022 Location Brussels Subject Current trade issues EU-Ukraine Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Mar 2022 Location BERL 8/155 Subject To discuss the state of play in trade relations with Ukraine and assistance to Ukraine to evaluate environmental damages of the war in Ukraine and(with participation of the Ambassador of Ukraine Mr Chentsov) Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
- Arunas Ribokas (Cabinet member)