Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
| Name/company name: |
Freshfel Europe - the forum for the European fresh fruits and vegetables chain |
| Acronym: |
Freshfel
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| Legal status: |
Non for profit organisation
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| Website address: |
http://www.freshfel.org
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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: |
Mr
Philippe Binard
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| Position: |
General Delegate |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Mrs
Raquel Izquierdo de Santiago
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| Position: |
Policy Advisor |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
49-51 Rue de Trèves
P.O. box: 8
Brussels 1040
BELGIUM
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| Telephone number: |
(+32) 27771580 |
| Fax number: |
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| Other contact information: |
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
• Represent the interests of small, medium and large companies and associations in the fresh produce sector.
• Enhance the freedom of international trade and facilitate the distribution of fresh produce.
• Provide a networking platform where industry representatives from across the chain can meet, share views and gear positions to one another.
• Update members on recent legislative and commercial developments in the fresh produce sector.
• Enhance health and safety aspects of fresh fruits and vegetables
• Coordinate and facilitate promotional activities with a view to raising consumption
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The organisation's fields of interests are:
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Number of persons engaged in activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register
| Number of persons: |
5
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Complementary information:
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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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Promotion of agricultural products (fresh fruit and vegetables)
EU and International fresh produce rade
Food safety and environmental issues
Helath related issues and participation to the EU obsesity platform
Sustainable production and consumption
More information is available from Freshfel's Annual Report available from www.freshfel.org
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Agriculture and Rural Development
- Budget
- Competition
- Consumer Affairs
- Customs
- Environment
- External Relations
- Food Safety
- Public Health
- Research and Technology
- Trade
- Transport
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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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Member of several EU consultative bodies (notably belonging to SANCO, AGRI and TRADE), UNECE, OECD
Several cooperation with European and international organizations ( horizontal or vertical ) on food or more specific on fruit and vegetables
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
01/2011
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12/2011
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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100000
€ - 150000
€
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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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0 €
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Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:
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Freshfel budget comes directly from membership fee. We estimate that around 20 to 30% of the budget can be directly attributable to interest representation with EU institutions, the other 70 to 80% relating to administrative and operational tasks, networking and advising to members, reporting and other non-lobbying related activities.
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