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The EU Vegetable Oil and Proteinmeal Industry

Business / industry · Agriculture & food · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, The EU Vegetable Oil and Proteinmeal Industry appears in 37 declared MEP meetings (31 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

37
declared meetings
with current MEPs
31
MEPs met
€700,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
6.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“FEDIOL is the federation representing the interests of the European Vegetable Oil and Proteinmeal Industry. Its mission consists in formulating and voicing common positions to contribute to a conducive regulatory framework within the EU, in developing professional principles and good manufacturing practices ensuring the quality and safety of our products, in helping the industry to understand and implement appropriately European…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 37 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party1438%
Socialists & Democrats1130%
Renew Europe514%
European Conservatives & Reformists25%
Greens/EFA25%
Patriots for Europe25%
Non-attached13%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2021–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (13 in 2025).

2021
1
2022
4
2023
6
2024
6
2025
13
2026
7

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

Norbert Lins
2 meetings · EPP
Laurent Castillo
2 meetings · PfE
Andrea Wechsler
2 meetings · EPP
Kathleen van Brempt
2 meetings · S&D
Axel Voss
2 meetings · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
5 May 2026Gheorghe CârciuFood & Feed Safety Omnibus Proposal
10 Apr 2026Jérémy DecerleBiofuels, Soy
9 Apr 2026Gabriel MatoMeeting with FEDIOL
8 Apr 2026Cristina MaestreOmnibus Food & Safety
28 Jan 2026Laurent CastilloMaladies cardiovasculaires
13 Jan 2026Aurelijus VerygaWhat are Ultra-Processed Foods and why their definition matters
13 Jan 2026Jens GeierExchange on Industrial Accelerator Act and Energy Oils
11 Dec 2025Michalis HadjipantelaIntroductory Meeting
2 Dec 2025Bruno TobbackIndustrial Accelerator Act
5 Nov 2025Kathleen van BremptOngoing trade files
9 Oct 2025Nicolás González CasaresBiofuels
8 Oct 2025Radan KanevEnvironmental standards for the vegetable oil industry
8 Oct 2025Esther Herranz GarcíaNGTs
7 Oct 2025Iuliu WinklerChallenges of agriculture
7 Oct 2025Andrea WechslerEU Energy and industry policy

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