Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
| Name/company name: |
Swedish Association of Road Transport Companies |
| Acronym: |
SÅ
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| Legal status: |
Association
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| Website address: |
http://www.akeri.se
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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
Johan Lindström
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| Position: |
CEO |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Sören Larsen
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| Position: |
EU-Chef |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
24 Kungsgatan
P.O. box: 7248
Stockholm 10389
SWEDEN
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| Telephone number: |
(+46) 8 753 54 00 |
| Fax number: |
(+46) 8 755 60 01 |
| Other contact information: |
Så is member of Nordic Logistics Association and as such represented by NLA in Bruxelles.
NLA - which is also in the register - has offices at Square de Meeus 22 B, box 16, B-1050 Bruxelles
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
The Swedish Association of Road Transport Companies is the trade organisation for the Swedish haulage industry. We work for a sound and profitable development of the haulage industry.
We monitor the haulage industry’s interests nationally and internationally. We assist our member companies’ needs in business development, influence public opinion and are involved in lobbying activities. Our aim is to boost the entire Swedish haulage industry, making it visible and raising the industry’s status.
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The organisation's fields of interests are:
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- sub-national
- national
- European
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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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The Swedish Association of Road Transport Companies, is represented throughout Sweden with 18 regional offices. The number engaged on EU related activities is small and those likely to fall within the scope of the Transparency Register we estimate to be around 5. Please note this is an approximate figure.
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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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The Swedish Association of Road Transport Companies uses its position as the leading Swedish association of operators of road, rail and combined transport nationally and internationally to contribute to and assist in the shaping of the Swedish and the European transport policy to ensure a sustainable future for its members.
The Swedish Association of Road Transport Companies involves itself in a reliable and trustworthy manner with other stakeholders and decision makers on a national level and on a European level.
The main areas of interest concern:
Road transport legislation such as rules for access to the market and to the profession, driving and rest time rules, working time, professional training, vehicles weights and dimensions, transport of life animals, energy taxation and road charging. Logistics initiatives promoting a sustainable and efficient transport and logistics system in Europe, including chairing the Commission working group on bottlenecks.
Environmental legislation relevant for transport relating to emission reductions, biofuel, energy efficiency, noise. Rail transport policy legislation relating to market access, environment and technical issues.
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Climate Action
- Competition
- Customs
- Employment and Social Affairs
- Energy
- Enterprise
- Environment
- Internal Market
- Research and Technology
- Trade
- Trans-European Networks
- 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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International Road Union (IRU) http://www.iru.org
UEAPMe – www.ueapme.com
NLA – www.nla.eu
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
01/2011
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01/2012
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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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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