Overview
Lobbying Costs
10,000€ - 24,999€
Financial year: Apr 2022 - Mar 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
ACP/LDC Sugar Industries Group (ACP Sugar Group)
EU Transparency Register
052002725608-03 First registered on 26 Jan 2017
Goals / Remit
The ACP/LDC Sugar Industries Group is formed of representatives of sugar industries (both millers and growers) supplying ACP/LDC tariff free imports listed in Annex 1 to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2015/1550, plus South Africa.
The Terms of Reference for the ACP/LDC Sugar Industries Group include:
= To develop an effective and coherent single voice for all members of the Group;
= To coordinate Group views on EU market management methods and regulations and to be ready as requested to discuss these with the EC in concert with the ACP Ambassadorial Group in Brussels (OACPS);
= To be the focal point for organizing as required the submission of information on supply data directly by members to the European Commission and to participate in meetings with the EC as required;
= To support and advise the Organization of ACP States Secretariat (OACPS) in Brussels on matters related to sugar.Main EU files targeted
EU sugar policy
EU trade policy
EU customs policy
EU development policy
ACP and LDC issuesAddress
Head Office
62, South End Bassingbourn Cambridgeshire
Royston SG8 5NL
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
62, South End Bassingbourn Cambridgeshire
Royston SG8 5NL
UNITED KINGDOMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
The Group is comprised of an Executive Chairman, who receives expenses, and an Executive Committee of around five persons (unpaid). The Executive Committee meets six times a year in person and/or as often as required by Zoom or Teams and email.
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
The Group is mandated to advise ACP and LDC ambassadors to the EU and the UK. See https://www.oacps.org/
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
Apr 2022 - Mar 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
10,000€ - 24,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
10,000€ - 24,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Expert Group EU Sugar Market Observatory#E03525#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3525 #Member #C#Other
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
At a meeting at the High Commission of Jamaica, London, on 1 December 2015, the leaders of the ACP/LDC sugar industries renewed the terms of reference for the Group. The ACP/LDC sugar industries agreed that the group would continue its work in support of the OACPS Working Group on Sugar in Brussels. This was again confirmed in April 2019.
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.
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Date 12 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Exchange of views DG Agriculture and Rural Development Attending - Jerzy Bogdan Plewa (Director-General)