Overview
Lobbying Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
11
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Association of Fish Producers Organisations (EAPO)
EU Transparency Register
46491656228-65 First registered on 17 Jul 2011
Goals / Remit
EAPO’s objectives are the following:
To assist the members in fulfilling their key role as a PO to achieve the objectives of the Common Fishery Policy and the Common Market Organisation for Fishery and Aquaculture Products.
To provide advice to the members on the management of their Production and Marketing Plans.
To improve the relationship between European POs by looking for common grounds in addressing the challenges for the European fisheries, particularly in respect of marketing and other specific tasks of the POs.
To address the above with relevant authorities in the Member States, Fisheries Ministers Council, European Parliament and European Commission and to be recognized by these authorities as a European representative body for the fisheries sector.
To influence the rules and regulations affecting fisheries targeting a sustainable production through socio-economic viability with respect for the environment.Main EU files targeted
- PO’s Production and Marketing Plans
- Markets Advisory Council
- Landing Obligation
- Mixed Fisheries Management Plans
- Technical Measures
- Spatial planning
- Farm to fork-strategy
- Brexit
- Etc.Address
Head Office
Hendrik Baelskaai 20, bus 0.2
Oostende 8400
BELGIUMEU Office
Hendrik Baelskaai 20, bus 0.2
Oostende 8400
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 50% 1 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 28 Jan 2025
Name Start date End Date Emiel Brouckaert 15 Oct 2024 15 Oct 2025 Jules Danto 09 Oct 2024 08 Oct 2025 Paul THOMAS 20 Jul 2023 20 Jul 2024 Paul THOMAS 22 Jun 2022 22 Jun 2023 Mr Guillaume CARRUEL 28 Feb 2020 27 Feb 2021 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 unions and professional associations
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Networking
Affiliation
Markets Advisory Council (MAC)
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 2023 - Dec 2023
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
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Working group Programme of Measures, Economic and Social Analysis (WG POMESA)#E02550/5#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100103 #OBSERVER #C#IndustryCommission Expert Group on Strategic Coordination for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (2008/56/EC)#E02550#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2550 #OBSERVER #C#IndustryWorking group on Data Information and Knowledge Exchange (WG DIKE)#E02550/1#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100095 #OBSERVER #C#IndustryExpert Group EU Agri-Food Chain Observatory#E03949#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3949 #MEMBER #C#IndustryWorking group on Good Environmental Status (WG GES)#E02550/4#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100102 #OBSERVER #C#IndustryMaritime Spatial Planning for Integrated Maritime Policy#E01682/2#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100356 #OBSERVER #C#Employees/workers#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None declared
Other activities
The European Association of fish Producers Organisations (EAPO) represents 30 Producers Organisations (POs) from 9 EU Member States with approximately 10,000 vessels, 3.5 million tonnes of landings and € 3 billion first sale value. EAPO was founded in 1980. Every Fish PO recognized by its EU member state can apply for membership of the association.
Meetings
Meetings
11 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 18 Oct 2023 Location online Subject Meeting with the fishing and fish processing sector’s representatives from the Baltic Sea countries to discuss the Commission proposal on fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2024. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
- Agne Razmislaviciute-Palioniene (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Feb 2023 Location Berlaymont Subject To listen to the EAPO views about the main elements of the upcoming Marine Action Plan ahead to its adoption Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Carmen Preising (Cabinet member)
- Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
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Date 23 Nov 2022 Location Virtual Subject Meeting on fleet decommissioning from BAR Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Agne Razmislaviciute-Palioniene (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Oct 2022 Location Berlaymont Subject To discuss and answer questions about the implementing regulation on vulnerable marine ecosystems Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Simonas ŠATŪNAS (Cabinet member)
- Agne Razmislaviciute-Palioniene (Cabinet member)
- Carmen Preising (Cabinet member)
- Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 14 Mar 2022 Location virtual Subject To discuss the impact of increasing fuel and raw material prices on the fishing sector Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Carmen Preising (Cabinet member)
- Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
- Agne Razmislaviciute-Palioniene (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Fédération des Organisations de producteurs de la Pêche Artisanale
- ORGANIZACIÓN DE PRODUCTORES DE PESCA DE BAJURA DE BIZKAIA
- Pelagic Freezer-trawler Association
- OCEANA
- Stichting Advisory Council for pelagic stocks
- ANFACO-CECOPESCA
- Federation of European Aquaculture Producers
- European Associations of Fish Processors and European Federation of National Organisations of Fish Importers and Exporters
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Date 28 Oct 2021 Location Brussels Subject Opening speech at EAPO’s General Assembly, touching upon 2022 fishing opportunities, and sharing general reflections on relevant policy priorities under the European Green Deal (specifically the Biodiversity Strategy and the Farm to Fork Strategy). Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
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Date 30 Jun 2021 Location Virtual Subject To discuss the situation with North East Atlantic Mackerel Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Agne Razmislaviciute-Palioniene (Cabinet member)
- Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
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Date 30 Jun 2020 Location Brussels - Webex call Subject Introduction meeting to have an exchange of views on current issues DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Charlina Vitcheva (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 14 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject General exchange ov views on the implementation of the CFP / new organization of DG MARE DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Joao Aguiar Machado (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 20 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject coastal states consultations on mackerel, blue whiting and atlanto-scandian herring Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Karmenu Vella (Commissioner)