NGOs worried about implementation of the common transparency register
ALTER-EU and a broad coalition of NGOs have shared their concerns about the implementation of the new transparency register of all three institutuions with Commissioner Jourova - and discussed them with her cabinet. Reporting requirements differ a lot depending on what kind of organisation is registering and lobbying expenses are now less transparent than before. Civil society will have to pt pressure on the Commission for quick changes. 
Fossil Free Politics: Reject partnerships with the fossil fuel industry
To avert climate breakdown, the vast majority of the fossil fuel industry’s gas, oil, and coal reserves need to stay in the ground.
Fossil Free Politics: End preferential treatment of the fossil fuel industry
To avert climate breakdown, the vast majority of the fossil fuel industry’s gas, oil, and coal reserves need to stay in the ground.

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Transparency still out of sight on lobby register’s second anniversary
On the second anniversary of the European Commission lobby register, many lobby groups based in Brussels still refuse to sign up. The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation in the EU (ALTER-EU) released a press release urging for more transparency.
2010/06/23
Correspondence with the Commission on Expert Groups 2008 - 2009
Correspondence with the Commission on Expert Groups 2008 - 2009
2009/03/09
Complaint to the Commisssion's Secreteriat-General on Expert Groups
Complaint about the lack of transparency and balance of expert groups and the Commission's response
2009/10/23
Sixty per cent of EU lobbying consultancies not signed up to European Commission’s lobby transparency register
Survey highlights failure of voluntary approach; EU officials and MEPs urged not to meet with unregistered lobbyists.
2010/03/11
Majority of lobbying consultancies still missing from EC lobby transparency register
Survey on the registration of EU lobbying consultancies in the European Commission’s Register of Interest Representatives highlights failure of voluntary approach. Almost two years after the European Commission launched the register, sixty per cent of EU lobbying consultancies are still not registered.
2010/03/11

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