[A2k] Lobbying the EU by Committee

[Michelle Childs]

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Its worth looking at the briefing document mentioned below.
Michelle

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> Subject: [CEO] Lobbying the EU by Committee
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> Lobbying the EU by Committee - the strategies of corporate influence
> in the Commission's expert groups, Council's working groups and
> Comitology committees
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> Unknown to most citizens, a large part of European Union legislation
> is being drafted and fine-tuned by literally thousands of unknown and
> hardly accountable expert groups, advisory committees and working
> groups. Industry lobbyists, for whom Commission expert groups are a
> major focus, often succeed in getting a seat or a position of
> dominance within these opaque but powerful bodies. For too long this
> large and critical part of the EU decision-making machine procedure
> has remained pretty much in the dark. Following intense pressure from
> the European Parliament, the European Commission may finally accede to
> demands for improved transparency over its expert groups.
>
> CEO's briefing "Lobbying the EU by Committee" is online at:
> http://www.corporateeurope.org/lobbyingbycommittee.html
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>
> Guided tour: Brussels lobbying against EU climate change action
>
> Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) invites you to join our next guided
> tour through the Brussels EU quarter, in which we will focus entirely
> on climate change issues. The two-hour tour will introduce you to a
> diverse range of industry lobby groups, think-tanks, public relations
> firms and other players that are involved in campaigning against
> much-needed stronger EU action to reduce CO2 emissions and halt
> climate change.
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> The tour will take place on Wednesday July 18th 2007, starting 13
> o'clock. If you would like to join the tour, send an email with your
> name and contact details to: <ceo@corporateeurope.org>
>
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Michelle Childs
Head of European Affairs
Knowledge Ecology International
michelle.childs@cptech.org