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Asociación empresarial para la protección de las plantas

Business / industry · Chemicals & manufacturing · HQ: Spain · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Asociación empresarial para la protección de las plantas appears in 13 declared MEP meetings (6 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

13
declared meetings
with current MEPs
6
MEPs met
€25,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“La Asociación Empresarial para la Protección de la Plantas (Aepla) promueve el uso racional de los productos fitosanitarios para la producción sostenible de alimentos seguros, abundantes, de calidad y asequibles para la sociedad. Trabajar por y para una agricultura sostenible. Aepla actúa como embajadora del sector fitosanitario español promoviendo la comprensión, el diálogo y la tecnología agrícola en el contexto…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 13 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats969%
European People's Party215%
Patriots for Europe215%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (7 in 2024).

2020
1
2021
0
2022
0
2023
2
2024
7
2025
2
2026
1

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

César Luena
6 meetings · S&D
Cristina Maestre
3 meetings · S&D
Jorge Buxadé Villalba
1 meeting · PfE
Esther Herranz García
1 meeting · EPP
Mireia Borrás Pabón
1 meeting · PfE

The 13 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
4 Feb 2026Cristina MaestreOmnibus Food&Feed
24 Sep 2025César LuenaFitosanitarios
23 Sep 2025Cristina MaestreThe future of European agriculture
11 Dec 2024Esther Herranz GarcíaNGTs
25 Sep 2024Cristina MaestreIntroductory meeting with AEPLA
25 Sep 2024César LuenaPesticides
25 Sep 2024Jorge Buxadé VillalbaEnvironment
25 Sep 2024Mireia Borrás PabónAGRI
24 Sep 2024Carmen Crespo DíazPhytosanitary products in Spain
6 Mar 2024César LuenaNew Genomic Techniques // SUR
15 Nov 2023César LuenaRegulation on Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products
18 Jul 2023César LuenaChemicals´ impact on agriculture
11 Jun 2020César LuenaStrategy of Biodiversity 2030

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