Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
Sections
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II - In-house lobbyists and trade/professional associations |
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Other similar organisations |
Person with legal responsibility
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
James Lovegrove sprl
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| Position: |
Managing Director |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
James Lovegrove
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| Position: |
Managing Director |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
16 Rue de Namur
Bruxelles 1000
BELGIUM
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| Telephone number: |
(+32) 025027015 |
| Fax number: |
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
TechAmerica Europe represents leading European high-tech operations with US parentage. Collectively we invest 100 billion Euros in Europe and employ approximately 500,000 Europeans. TechAmerica Europe Member companies are active throughout the high-technology spectrum, from software, semiconductors and computers to Internet technology, advanced electronics and telecommunications systems and services.
Website: www.techamerica.org/Europe
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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: |
4
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Complementary information:
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Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises
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Surname
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Start Date |
End Date |
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Chiara
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Venturini
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26/07/12
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24/07/13
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Christian
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Wagner
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02/10/12
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02/07/13
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Activities
Main EU initiatives covered the year before by activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register:
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Environment, Health & Safety working group: RoHS, WEEE, REACH, Nanomaterials, Batteries, Energy Star, CSR.
Standards & Certification working group: New Legal Framework, Blue Guide revision, Goods Package (Low Voltage Directive, Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive), R&TTE revision, SDoC.
Security & Privacy working group: Network Infrastructure Security, Telecoms package, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Integrated Border Management (biometrics, explosive detection technology), Cloud computing.
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Audiovisual and Media
- Consumer Affairs
- Customs
- Energy
- Enlargement
- Enterprise
- Environment
- General and Institutional Affairs
- Home Affairs
- Information Society
- Internal Market
- Justice and Fundamental Rights
- Research and Technology
- Trade
- Youth
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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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TechAmerica Europe is a member of an informal network of high-tech trade associations, called JAR (Joint Association Roundtable), which meets to discuss policy interests (mainly environmental).
TechAmerica Europe has been a founding member of the ICT for Energy Efficiency forum (ICT4EE) and has observer membership in the UNFCCC, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
01/2012
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12/2012
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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48,000 €
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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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TechAmerica Europe estimates that the amount declared above, which represents approximately 10% of the overall cost budget of the organisation (48.000 €), is associated with the direct lobbying of EU institutions.
Further costs are dedicated to activities such as information gathering and distribution, policy monitoring, preparation and editing of publications.
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