Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
15 Fte (60)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Umweltbundesamt Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (EAA)
EU Transparency Register
840436411868-20 First registered on 13 Sep 2013
Goals / Remit
The Environment Agency Austria (EAA) is the expert institution of the federal government in Austria for environmental protection and environmental control and is the only Austrian specialist institution which deals with all areas of environmental protection on a nation-wide scale. EAA advises and supports UN and EU institutions, public authorities, policy makers and companies. Our experts carry out studies on the state of the environment, as well as on the effects of policies and measures on the environment. We assess the implementation of policies and make recommendations for policy makers. EAA also supports other environmental bodies for compliance with EU legislation and in strengthening environmental policy implementation.
More than half of the agency’s over 500 employees are experts with academic degrees covering more than 55 disciplines related to the protection of the environment.Main EU files targeted
We are involved and work for all initiative and policies in the responsibility of DG ENV, DG CLIMA, DG ENER, DG REGIO, DG NEAR, DG RTD, DG DEVCO
Address
Head Office
Spittelauer Laende 5
Wien 1090
AUSTRIA -
People
Total lobbyists declared
60
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 60 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
15
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
In total around 60 employees are involved in the activities listed under heading 9
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Hugo René Rivera Mendoza (Key Account Manager - European Institutions)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Georg Rebernig (Managing Director)
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Categories
Category
VI - Organisations representing local, regional and municipal authorities, other public or mixed entities, etc.
Subcategory
Other public or mixed entities, created by law whose purpose is to act in the public interest
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
Other financial info
Will add
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Climate Change Committee
AQUILA
Ambient Air Quality Committee
European PRTR Article 19 Regulatory Committee
Forum of Competent Bodies (EMAS)
Art. 13 IED Forum
Steering Committee and Technical Advisory Board for Environmental Footprint Initiative
WPIEI, Biosafety
Working Party on International Environmental Issues
- EG Science, Research&Systematic Observation, Article 6 UNFCCC
- EG Reporting
- Issue Group Adaptation
EGAD – Expert Group on Adaptation
EUROSTAT Working Group "Statistics of the Environment" - Sub-Group "Waste"
Biocidal products Committee Working Groups
HEEG (Human Exposure Expert Group)
Committee of national coordinators of test methods (Chemicals)
PARERE: Network for the preliminary assessment of regulatory relevance of alternative methods
PBT expert subgroup (ECHA)
HelpNet (REACH + CLP Helpdesk Network) and Security Officer Network (REACH)
ECHA-Risk Communication Network
Nanomaterial Working Group (NMWG, ECHA)
Committee for Risk Assessement of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
Committee for Socio-economic analysis of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
INSPIRE MIG
INSPIRE Thematic Working Group "Utility and Government Services" (Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe)
INSPIRE Working Group on Observations and Measurements
European Network of GMO Laboratories (ENGL)
European GMO Socio-Economics Bureau
Thematic Working Group Environmental Monitoring Facilities (TWG EF)
Working Group Shared European Information System
WISE Technical Group and WISE-GIS
NORMAN ("emerging pollutants")
ECURIE/EURDEP Working Group
EURDEP Workshop
Fuels: FQMS, Biofuels and CO2-Monitoring
CRL/NRL - Dioxine
MVEG Motor Vehicle Emission Group
TREMOVE Contact Group
CIS Working Group C Groundwater
CIS Working Group F Floods & Drafting group on Reporting
IPPC Expert Group (several TWGs)ACC
Consultative Group on Environment and Health
GMES User Forum
European Forum on Eco-innovation (ETAP-Forum)Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
please see our Website: http://www.umweltbundesamt.at/en/
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
None declared