Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
| Name/company name: |
Whirlpool Europe srl |
| Acronym: |
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| Legal status: |
S.r.l. - Società Responsabilità Limitata
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| Website address: |
http://www.whirlpool.com
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Sections
| Section: |
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/professional associations |
| and more precisely: |
Trade, business & professional associations |
Person with legal responsibility
| Surname, Name: |
Mrs
Irene Bellew
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| Position: |
Vice President and Chief Legal Officer |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Christian Tarabbia
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| Position: |
Government Relations Manager |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
27 Viale Guido Borghi
Comerio - Varese 21025
ITALY
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| Telephone number: |
(+39) 0332758047 |
| Fax number: |
(+39) 0332758374 |
| Other contact information: |
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
Whirlpool Europe is responsible for operations in Europe, Middle East & Africa. With around 12,000 employees, a sales presence in over 30 countries and manufacturing sites in seven countries, Whirlpool Europe is a wholly owned subsidiary of Whirlpool Corporation. The world's leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, Whirlpool Corporation had annual sales in 2010 of $18.4 billion, 71,000 employees, and 67 manufacturing and technology research centers around the world. The company markets Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, Amana, Brastemp, Bauknecht and other major brand names to consumers in nearly every country around the world. Whirlpool’s European Operations’ Center is located in Comerio (VA), Italy. For further information on the company, please visit the Web Site www.whirlpoolcorp.com.
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The organisation's fields of interests are:
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- sub-national
- national
- European
- global
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Number of persons engaged in activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register
| Number of persons: |
3
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Complementary information:
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Christian Tarabbia is employed as Manager, Government Relations dealing with environmental, energy and sustainability matters related to the manufacture, marketing and sale of home appliances. These matters include regulations regarding the energy label, RoHS, eco design and end of life/recycling.
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Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises
Activities
Main EU initiatives covered the year before by activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register:
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. Energy
. Environment
. Internal market
. Consumer Affairs
. Enterprise
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Climate Action
- Consumer Affairs
- Energy
- Enterprise
- Environment
- External Relations
- Internal Market
- Public Health
- Trade
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Networking
Information on (i) organisation's membership of any associations/federations/confederations or (ii) relationships to other bodies in formal or informal networks.
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Whirlpool Europe is a member of CECED, the European Committee of Domestic Appliance Manufacturers.
Local Sales companies of Whirlpool Europe are members of National Industry Associations of Appliance Manufacturers.
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
01/2010
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12/2010
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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250000
€ - 300000
€
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Amount and source of funding received from the EU institutions in financial year n-1 of registration
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Procurement:
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0 €
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Grants:
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284,000 €
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Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:
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