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Assomela

Business group · Agriculture & food also Technology & digital · HQ: Italy · Transparency Register entry

As of 8 October 2026, Assomela 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
€10k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.3
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Through the Board of Directors and monthly Market Committee meetings, along with working groups on organic apple production in Italy and in Europe, Assomela keeps the members updated on the activities of the Association following the mission: • To represent the interests of the members at national and European level, creating common positions on shared interests; • To maintain institutional […]”

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“[…] relations at national and international levels monitoring the development of legislations that could have impact on the sector; • To coordinate and implement promotion programmes co-financed by the European Union; • To promote and sustain the opening of new markets and follow export-related issues; • To coordinate projects in the research, innovation and technical assistance sectors for a sustainable environmental performance; • To collect and organize production, sales and consumption statistics in close collaboration with the member cooperatives and external organisations.”

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%
Europe of Sovereign Nations114%
European Conservatives & Reformists114%
Renew Europe114%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2024–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2025).

2024
2
2025
5

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

Herbert Dorfmann
2 meetings · EPP
Elisabetta Gualmini
1 meeting · Renew
Stefano Cavedagna
1 meeting · ECR
Stefano Bonaccini
1 meeting · S&D
Dario Nardella
1 meeting · S&D

The 7 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
5 Jun 2025Stefano BonacciniMeeting With Confcooperative e Assomela
15 May 2025Herbert DorfmannFuture perspectives for fruit industries in Europe
30 Jan 2025Roberto VannacciPresentazione Assomela e prodotti fitosanitari
28 Jan 2025Dario NardellaPriorities in the field of Agriculture and rural development
28 Jan 2025Stefano CavedagnaIntroductory meeting - discussion about the next legislative proposals
12 Sep 2024Elisabetta GualminiAGRI Committee
12 Sep 2024Herbert DorfmannExchange of views on apple production and promotion

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