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Mittelstandsverband abfallbasierter Kraftstoffe e.V. (Waste-based Fuels Association)

Business group · Energy also Agriculture & food · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 8 October 2026, Mittelstandsverband abfallbasierter Kraftstoffe e.V. (Waste-based Fuels Association) appears in 3 declared MEP meetings (2 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

3
declared meetings
with current MEPs
2
MEPs met
€25k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.1
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The Mittelstandsverband abfallbasierter Kraftstoffe e.V. (Waste-based Fuels Association) represents companies and organisations that convert suitable wastes and residues into waste-based or advanced biofuels, or that trade with those commodities and products, towards representatives out of the fields of politics, media and the general public.”

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“Accordingly, the Waste-based Fuels Association acts as a contact point and operates internationally in the process of representing the interests of its members. Among others, the Waste-based Fuels Association sees it as its task to make a significant contribution to the safe collection and utilization of plant-based wastes via taking appropriate measures among its members. A further task is the communication of the major advantages of the production of fuels out of waste to the general public: - no competition to food and feed stuffs - significantly reduced greenhouse-gas emissions - protection of the existing natural ecosystems […]”

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 3 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party267%
Greens/EFA133%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2024. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2022).

2022
2
2023
0
2024
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

Jens Gieseke
2 meetings · EPP
Martin Häusling
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 3 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
26 Aug 2024Jens GiesekeAustausch zu Umweltpolitik
21 Mar 2022Jens GiesekeAustausch zur EU-Verkehrs­politik
17 Feb 2022Martin HäuslingAustausch zu RED

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