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Lobby organisation

Association of European Performers’ Organisations

NGO / non-profit · Cross-sector / other · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Association of European Performers’ Organisations appears in 7 declared MEP meetings (6 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

7
declared meetings
with current MEPs
6
MEPs met
€600,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
3.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“AEPO-ARTIS is a non-profit making organisation that represents collective management organisations of performers’ neighbouring rights. Our 41 members are active in 30 different countries and represent more than 650.000 performers active in the music and audiovisual sector. AEPO-ARTIS mission is to protect, strengthen and develop performers’ rights and to advance their collective management. Thereby, AEPO-ARTIS aspires to ensure all performers…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 7 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party229%
Socialists & Democrats229%
The Left229%
Greens/EFA114%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2025).

2020
1
2021
0
2022
0
2023
0
2024
0
2025
6

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

Mario Furore
2 meetings · The Left
David Cormand
1 meeting · Greens/EFA
Isabel Benjumea Benjumea
1 meeting · EPP
Aurore Lalucq
1 meeting · S&D
Hélder Sousa Silva
1 meeting · EPP

The 7 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
29 Oct 2025David CormandCopyright & IA
22 Sep 2025Mario FuroreCopyright and AI
22 Sep 2025Mario FuroreAI and copyright
19 Jun 2025Aurore LalucqChallenges and concerns of performers, fair remuneration, economic and social impact, AI
2 Apr 2025Joanna Scheuring-WielgusRights of Artists in the Cultural Sector
31 Mar 2025Hélder Sousa SilvaDesafios e preocupações dos artistas
18 Feb 2020Isabel Benjumea BenjumeaConocer las inquietudes de los intépretes culturales

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