Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
Sections
| Section: |
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/professional associations |
| and more precisely: |
Trade unions |
Person with legal responsibility
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Bernie Corbett
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| Position: |
General Secretary |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Bernie Corbett
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| Position: |
General Secretary |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
40 Rosebery Avenue
London EC1R 4RX
UNITED KINGDOM
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| Telephone number: |
(+44) 2078330777 |
| Fax number: |
(+) |
| Other contact information: |
General Secretary: Bernie Corbett
+442033728401
+447590355922
corbett@writersguild.org.uk
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
Trade union representing professional writers in the UK. Our members work in television, theatre, film, radio, publishing, videogames.
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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: |
3
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Complementary information:
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General Secretary: Bernie Corbett
Legal Adviser: Robert Taylor
European Adviser: Pyrrhus Mercouris
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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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Lobbying and briefing MEPs and officials of the European Commission on matters of concern to professional writers in the UK including:
Copyright including orphan works.
Online distribution of audiovisual works.
Regulation of copyright collective management organisations.
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Audiovisual and Media
- Communication
- Competition
- Culture
- Information Society
- Internal Market
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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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European Writers' Council
Fédération des Scénaristes d'Europe
UNI-MEI (Euro-MEI & UNI-Europa)
International Affiliation of Writers Guilds
British Copyright Council
Creators' Rights Alliance (UK)
Trades Union Congress (UK)
Performers' Alliance (UK)
Federation of Entertainment Unions (UK)
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
01/2012
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11/2012
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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< 50000
€
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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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Annual turnover approx €450,000, the bulk of which is received in members' subscriptions and spent on salaries, administration and services to members.
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