Society of Audiovisual Authors

SAA is not a member of any formal associations/(con)federations/networks or other bodies. We do collaborate with other European organisations on an ad hoc basis and are an observer of the EU Observatory on Infringements of IP rights.

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Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

400,000€ - 499,999€

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400,000€ - 499,999€

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The Cultural Creators Friendship Group (CCFG), a cross-partisan and supranational coalition in the European Parliament: http://www.culturalcreators.eu/

SAA White Paper on Audiovisual Authors' rights and remuneration, published on 23 March 2015: http://www.saa-authors.eu/en/publications/55-saa-white-paper
SAA White Paper launch on 23 March 2015 at Solvay Library;
SAA, FERA and FSE Manifesto on Putting Authors back at the Heart of culture & copyright: http://www.saa-authors.eu/en/publications/155-saa-fera-fse-wishlist
SAA Infographic on Audiovisual Authors’ Remuneration, published in October 2016: http://www.saa-authors.eu/en/publications/54-audiovisual-authors-remuneration-video-infographic
SAA and FERA Flyer on Fair Remuneration for Screenwriters and Directors, published in March 2017: http://www.saa-authors.eu/en/pages/341-fair-remuneration-for-screenwriters-directors
Fair Remuneration for Screenwriters & Directors Campaign and Petition, launched in February 2018: http://www.saa-authors.eu/en/pages/341-fair-remuneration-for-screenwriters-directors
European study on the remuneration of audiovisual authors by FERA & FSE with the support of AIPA, ALCS, VG Bild Kunst, LIRA, Norsk Filmforbund, SAA, SACD, SGAE: https://www.saa-authors.eu/en/publications/580-european-study-on-the-remuneration-of-audiovisual-authors
SAA flyer on How to get filmmakers the money they deserve?: https://www.saa-authors.eu/en/publications/599-how-to-get-filmmakers-the-money-they-deserve
SAA international brochure (May 2022) presenting the concept of authorship, royalties, collective management and European legislation: https://www.saa-authors.eu/en/publications/769-aud

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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.

• Date	18 May 2022	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Young creators and authors' rights
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
  Portfolio	Digital Economy and Society
  Attending	Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)

• Date	18 May 2022	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Young creators and authors' rights
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
  Portfolio	Innovation and Youth
  Attending	Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)

• Date	15 Feb 2021	Location	Brussels (online)
  Subject	Presentation of a study on the economic and social importance of the cultural and creative industries (CCIs), Copyright Directive, DSA, DMA
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
  Portfolio	Europe Fit for Digital Age
  Attending	Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	European Visual Artists

• Date	27 Jan 2021	Location	Brussels (online)
  Subject	Main challenges and priorities for Cultural and Creative Industries to overcome the crisis and allow for the sector to help rebuilding the European economy at large
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
  Portfolio	Europe Fit for Digital Age
  Attending	Alina-Stefania Ujupan (Cabinet member) Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	International Video Federation European Visual Artists

• Date	07 Apr 2020	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	COVID impact on authors and audiovisual sector
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
  Portfolio	Internal Market
  Attending	Terence Zakka (Cabinet member) Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)

• Date	23 Oct 2018	Location	Strasbourg
  Subject	Copyright
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
  Portfolio	Digital Economy and Society
  Attending	Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	Federation of Screenwriters in Europe

• Date	22 Oct 2018	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Copyright
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
  Portfolio	Digital Single Market
  Attending	Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)

• Date	15 Nov 2017	Location	Strasbourg
  Subject	droit d'auteur dans le marché unique numérique
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
  Portfolio	Digital Economy and Society
  Attending	Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)

• Date	14 Sep 2017	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	Copyright
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel
  Portfolio	Digital Economy and Society
  Attending	Manuel Mateo-Goyet (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	European Publishers Council

• Date	08 Mar 2017	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Copyright, portability, AVMSD
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
  Portfolio	Digital Single Market
  Attending	Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)

• Date	07 Sep 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Copyright reform
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics
  Portfolio	Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
  Attending	Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)

• Date	27 Apr 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Copyright package plan for Spring, particularly the authors remuneration issue
  DG	Communications Networks, Content and Technology
  Attending	Roberto Viola (Director-General)

• Date	21 Jan 2016	Location	BXL
  Subject	copyright
  DG	Günther Oettinger
  Attending	Anna Herold (Cabinet member)

• Date	25 Nov 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	copyright/cross border access
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
  Portfolio	Digital Single Market
  Attending	Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)

• Date	17 Nov 2015	Location	BXL
  Subject	copyright
  DG	Günther Oettinger
  Attending	Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Sky Group

• Date	13 Nov 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Meeting with filmmakers and film associations on copyright, fight against piracy, cross-border access and portability of online content services
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
  Portfolio	Digital Single Market
  Attending	Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member) Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Federation of European Screen Directors - Fédération Européenne des Réalisateurs de l'Audiovisuel European Producers Club

• Date	27 Aug 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	copyright
  DG	Günther Oettinger
  Attending	Anna Herold (Cabinet member)

• Date	22 Jun 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Copyright, remuneration of authors
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
  Portfolio	Digital Single Market
  Attending	Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member) Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)

• Date	10 Jun 2015	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	Discussion on Copyright
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager
  Portfolio	Competition
  Attending	Friedrich Wenzel Bulst (Cabinet member)

• Date	02 Jun 2015	Location	BERL
  Subject	copyright
  DG	Günther Oettinger
  Attending	Anna Herold (Cabinet member)

• Date	16 May 2015	Location	BERL
  Subject	copyright
  DG	Günther Oettinger
  Attending	Anna Herold (Cabinet member)

• Date	24 Apr 2015	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	Copyright and consumer protection aspects in the Digital Single Market
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová
  Portfolio	Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
  Attending	Simona Constantin (Cabinet member)

• Date	21 Apr 2015	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	Digital Single Market
  Cabinet	Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
  Portfolio	President
  Attending	Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	QUALCOMM Incorporated

• Date	23 Mar 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Copyright
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics
  Portfolio	Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
  Attending	Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner) Adrienn Kiraly (Cabinet member)

• Date	10 Mar 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	DSM and copyright
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
  Portfolio	Trade
  Attending	Miguel Ceballos Baron (Cabinet member)

• Date	18 Feb 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Audiovisual policy
  DG	Günther Oettinger
  Attending	Marlene Holzner (Cabinet member)

• Date	27 Jan 2015	Location	BXL
  Subject	Copyright
  DG	Günther Oettinger
  Attending	Anna Herold (Cabinet member)

• Date	01 Dec 2014	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Meeting with Meeting with Society of Audiovisual Authors SAA: discuss the future of the European audiovisual and copyright sectors
  Cabinet	Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
  Portfolio	President
  Attending	Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)