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Fitness Check - responses to the evidence gathering questionnaire
The evidence gathering questionnaire was sent to 159 stakeholder organisations at EU (47) and Member State level (112). In total, 107 responses were received, including several unsolicited contributions.
The responses, which will be taken into account as part of the Fitness Check, can be accessed below.
EU level organisations
- Birdlife Europe
- Butterfly Conservation Europe
- CEMBureau, The European Cement Association
- CEMBureau, The European Cement Association - Annex
- Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF)
- COPA-COGECA
- COPA-COGECA - Annex
- European Center for Nature Conservation (ECNC)
- European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
- European Landowners Organisation (ELO)
- European Seaports organization (ESPO)
- European Seaports organization (ESPO) - Annex
- EURELECTRIC
- European Association of Mining Industries, Metal Ores & Industrial Minerals (Euromines)
- European Association of Mining Industries, Metal Ores & Industrial Minerals (Euromines) - Annex
- Association of National Organisations of Fishery Enterprises (Europêche)
- European State Forest Association (EUSTAFOR)
- Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the EU (FACE)
- Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP)
- Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP) - Annex
- Fédération Europeénne des Communes Forestières (FECOF)
- Fédération Europeénne des Communes Forestières (FECOF) - Annex
- Friends of the Earth Europe
- Friends of the Earth Europe - Annex
- International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
- IMA-Europe - Industrial Minerals Association
- IMA-Europe - Industrial Minerals Association - Annex
- International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- Renewables Grid Initiative
- UEPG - European Aggregates Association
- UEPG – European Aggregates Association – Annex
- WWF European Policy Office
- WWF European Policy Office - Annex
Nature conservation authority - Member State level
- Belgium - Agentschap voor Natuur en Bos / Service public de Wallonie / Direction générale de l’Agriculture, des Ressources naturelles et de l’Agriculture / Département de la Nature et des Forets
- Bulgaria - Ministry of Environment and Water, National Nature Protection Service Directorate
- Bulgaria - Ministry of Environment and Water, National Nature Protection Service Directorate - Annex
- Croatia - Ministry of Environmental and Nature Protection, State Institute for Nature Protection
- Cyprus - Department of Environment, Game and Fauna Service
- Cyprus - Department of Environment, Game and Fauna Service - Annex
- Czech Republic - Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic
- Denmark – Danish Nature Agency
- Denmark – Danish Nature Agency - Annex
- Estonia – Ministry of the Environment
- Estonia – Ministry of the Environment - Annex
- Finland - Ministry of the Environment
- France - Ministry for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy
- France - Ministry for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy - Annex
- Germany- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety
- Greece - Ministry of Reconstruction of Production, Environment and Energy, Directorate of Biodiversity Protection, Soil and Waste Management
- Hungary – The Ministry of Agriculture, in consultation with the Prime Minister’s Office, the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of National Development
- Ireland - National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Italy - Ministry for the Environment Land and Sea
- Luxembourg - Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructures – Department of Environment
- Malta - Malta Environment and Planning Authority and Wild Birds Regulations Unit
- Netherlands - Ministry of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Infrastructure & Environment and the Association of the Provinces of the Netherlands
- Netherlands - Ministry of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Infrastructure & Environment and the Association of the Provinces of the Netherlands - Annex
- Poland - General Directorate for Environmental Protection
- Poland - General Directorate for Environmental Protection - Annex
- Portugal - Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas
- Romania – Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests
- Slovak Republic - Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic
- Slovenia - Ministry of the environment and spatial planning, Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for Nature Conservation
- Slovenia - Ministry of the environment and spatial planning, Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for Nature Conservation - Annex
- Spain - Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente
- Sweden - Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management
- United Kingdom - Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
- United Kingdom - Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) - Annex
Other public sector body – Member State level
- ASFINAG BAU MANAGEMENT GMBH (Austria)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate of Fisheries (Croatia)
- Department of Fisheries and Marine Research (Cyprus)
- Ministry of Industry and Trade (Czech Republic)
- Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, The Danish AgriFish Agency(Denmark)
- Ministry of Agriculture (Estonia)
- Ministry of Employment and the Economy, economy/Energy (Finland)
- Office National des Forêts (France)
- Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Federal Road Administration (Germany)
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Ireland)
- Latvian Ministry of Transport, Department of European Affairs (Latvia)
- Rijkswaterstaat (Netherlands)
- Directorate General of State Forest (Poland)
- National Forest Administration-Romsilva (Romania)
- National Forest Administration-Romsilva (Romania) - Annex
- Department of Energy and Climate Change (United Kingdom)
- Department of Energy and Climate Change (United Kingdom) - Annex
Private sector – Member State level
- VERBUND Hydro Power GmbH (Austria)
- Voka - Flanders Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Belgium)
- Voka - Flanders Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Belgium) - Annex
- Bulgarian Tourist Chamber (Bulgaria)
- Bulgarian Tourist Chamber (Bulgaria) – Annex
- BDI - Federation of German Industry (Germany)
- BDI - Federation of German Industry (Germany) - Annex
- Confederation of Finnish Industries EK (Finland)
- French National Committee for marine fisheries and sea farming (France)
- PIRAEUS BANK (Greece)
- IBEC (Ireland)
- VisNed (Netherlands)
- VisNed (Netherlands) - Annex
- Federation of Swedish farmers (LRF)
- Danubia Invest a.s. (Slovak Republic)
- Energy UK (United Kingdom)
Non-Governmental Organisation – Member State level
- Umweltdachverband (Austria)
- Natuurpunt and Natagora (Belgium)
- WWF Bulgaria
- WWF Bulgaria - Annex
- Association BIOM (Croatia)
- Birdlife Cyprus
- Birdlife Cyprus - Annex
- Zeleny Kruh (Czech Republic)
- Zeleny Kruh (Czech Republic) - Annex
- NABU (Germany)
- NABU (Germany) - Annex
- Danish Society for Nature Conservation (Denmark)
- Estonian Ornithological Society (Estonia)
- Finnish Association for Nature Conservation (Finland)
- LPO/BirdLife France
- LPO/BirdLife France - Annex
- WWF Greece
- WWF Greece - Annex
- MME/BirdLife Hungary
- An Taisce – the National Trust for Ireland
- An Taisce – the National Trust for Ireland - Annex
- Lipu – BirdLife Italy
- Lipu – BirdLife Italy - Annex
- Natur&ëmwelt (Luxembourg)
- Natur&ëmwelt (Luxembourg) - Annex
- Latvian Fund for Nature
- Latvian Fund for Nature - Annex
- Birdlife Malta
- Vogelbescherming Nederland (Netherlands)
- WWF Poland
- WWF Poland - Annex
- Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves (Portugal)
- Federația Coaliția Natura 2000 Romania
- Federația Coaliția Natura 2000 Romania - Annex
- Slovak Ornithological Society / BirdLife Slovakia
- DOPPS – BirdLife Slovenia / Plan B
- SEO/BirdLife (Spain)
- WWF Sweden
- Joint Links (UK)
- Joint Links (UK) - Annex
- Joint Links (UK) - Additional Documents
Unsolicited contributions
- Algemene Vereniging Inlands Hout (Netherlands)
- Algemene Vereniging Inlands Hout (Netherlands) - Annex
- Association of Municipal and Private Forest Owners in the Czech Republic
- Aten (France)
- Deutscher Fischerei-Verband (Germany)
- European Association for the Conservation of the Geological Heritage -EU Level Organisation (ProGEO)
- European Network of Environmental Professionals
- European Network of Environmental Professionals - Annex
- Gemeinde- und Städtebund Rheinland-Pfalz
- Gemeinde- und Städtebund Rheinland-Pfalz - Annex
- International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies
- International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies
- Military Forests and Estates of the Slovak Republic
- Swedish Association for Hunting and Wildlife Management
- Ulster Wildlife Trust
- Forests of the Slovak Republic – State enterprise