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International Confederation of European Beet Growers

Business group · Agriculture & food · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 8 November 2026, International Confederation of European Beet Growers appears in 13 declared MEP meetings (8 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

13
declared meetings
with current MEPs
8
MEPs met
€100k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Members of CIBE are national and regional associations. At present CIBE represents sugar beet growers from 15 European beet-producing countries; this includes 100,000 growers from 13 EU countries (Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Sweden) as well as from 2 non-EU countries (Switzerland and the United Kingdom).”

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“CIBE represents and defends the interests of beet growers within the European Institutions and international organisations on fundamental issues such as: - The Common Agricultural Policy and Common Market Organisation - International and bilateral negotiations on free trade agreements - Agronomic and technical beet issues - Sugar, sugar by-products and bio-fuel market issues - Environmental issues […]”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing - the text on file breaks off mid-sentence where marked […].

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

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

Renew Europe646%
Socialists & Democrats538%
European People's Party18%
Patriots for Europe18%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2024–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (7 in 2024). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2024
7
2025
0
2026
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

Eric Sargiacomo
5 meetings · S&D
Benoit Cassart
2 meetings · Renew
Valérie Hayer
1 meeting · Renew
Jérémy Decerle
1 meeting · Renew
Valérie Deloge
1 meeting · PfE

The 13 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
2 Oct 2026Eric SargiacomoOCM
2 Jun 2026Eric SargiacomoOCM
21 May 2026Jérémy DecerleOCM
19 May 2026Eric SargiacomoOCM
16 Feb 2026Eric SargiacomoOCM
15 Jan 2026Benoit CassartAccords commerciaux et impact sur le sucre
20 Nov 2024Valérie HayerDivers
19 Nov 2024Valérie DelogeLa filière de la Betterave en Europe
5 Nov 2024Eric SargiacomoEU sugar beet sector's
25 Sep 2024Christine SingerAustausch neue Legislaturperiode
25 Sep 2024Charles GoerensFuture of EU Agriculture (Trade agreements and enlargement)
9 Sep 2024Benoit CassartPrise de contact
5 Sep 2024Stefan KöhlerPolitischer Austausch

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