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Overview
Lobbying Costs
450,000€
Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Associação Nacional das Farmácias (ANF)
EU Transparency Register
486623223761-17 First registered on 06 Oct 2016
Goals / Remit
The National Association of Pharmacies (ANF) is a professional association which represents the interests of Pharmacy owners in Portugal.
ANF has 2789 affiliated pharmacies which represents 96% of the Portuguese pharmacies.
Make Pharmacies the most valued primary health care network by the Portuguese citizens is the main mission of ANF.Main EU files targeted
All legal, economic and policy dossiers with impact on pharmacies and community Pharmacists namely Pharmaceutical legislation and regulation, veterinary legislation, data protection, Health digital market and the impact of fiscal policy on Health.
Proposal for a directive of the European parliament and of the council on a proportionality test before adoption of new regulation of professions: during the last year a number of contacts and actions were conducted, mainly with the European Parliament and REPER and the legislative process is being closely monitored.
Digital Single Market: new developments with impact on the healthcare sector are being followed and monitored. It was submitted an answer to the Public consultation on Transformation of Health and Care in the Digital Single Market.
Falsified Medicines Directive: ANF is actively involved in the implementation of the directive engaging with decision maker and Delegate Regulation, regulators and other stakeholders both at national and European level. ANF is a member of the national stakeholders’ consortium, entity responsible for the implementation and operationalisation of the commission delegated regulation requirements concerning the national repository.
Expert Panel on Effective ways of Investing in Health: The work of this expert panel is being accompanied very closely and ANF participated in public consultations and public hearings: Tools and methodologies for assessing the performance of primary care and Competition among Health Care Providers in the European Union – Investigating Policy Options.
European Semester: The European Commission analysis are monitored; regular economic updates on the Portuguese pharmaceutical market and pharmacy sector are send to relevant stakeholders namely DG ECFIN and DG SANTE.
Health Technology Assessment: new developments with impact on the healthcare sector are being followed. It was submitted an answer to the Public consultation on strengthening EU cooperation on Health Technology Assessment (HTA).
Other public consultations: ANF submitted an answer to the Public Consultation on "Retail regulations in a multi-channel environment, public consultation on possible activities to include in the new "One Health" Action Plan against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) - questionnaire for administrations, associations and other organisations and to the consultation on the European Pillar of Social Rights.Address
Head Office
Rua Marechal Saldanha, 1
Lisboa 1429-069
PORTUGALEU Office
Rue du Luxembourg 19 bte. 6
Brussels B-1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 50% 1 25% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 26 Dec 2024
Name Start date End Date Luis Pedro FRAGUOSO DE RHODES BAIÃO 09 Nov 2016 31 Dec 2016 Sonia Isabel CONDE MARINHO DE QUEIRÓS 10 Oct 2016 07 Oct 2017 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Sónia Queirós (International Affairs)
Person with legal responsibility
Paulo Duarte (President)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade unions and professional associations
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Networking
Affiliation
PGEU - Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union
FIP - International Pharmaceutical Federation
AFPLP - Associação dos Farmacêuticos dos Países de Língua Portuguesa
CCP - Confederação de Comércio e Serviços de PortugalMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
450,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
At national level, ANF is involved in the implementation of relevant European dossiers, such as the falsified medicines directive as well as the dissemination of information with impact on pharmacies.
ANF has special communications to members and decision makers through a newsletters to pharmacies and the institutional magazine "Revista Farmácia Portuguesa".Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
None declared
- Meetings