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Surfrider Europe

Surfrider Europe is a non-profit organisation whose purpose is to protect the ocean, the coastline, all aquatic environments & their users.

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Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Paula Duarte Gaspar (Head of Unit Environment) and Seas At Risk

21 Oct 2025 · Blue carbon Marine Strategy Framework Directive

Response to COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Roadmap towards Nature Credits

30 Sept 2025

Meeting with Christophe Clergeau (Member of the European Parliament) and Seas At Risk

9 Sept 2025 · SEArica

Meeting with Jessika Roswall (Commissioner) and

1 Jul 2025 · Circular and toxic-free plastic

Meeting with David Cormand (Member of the European Parliament) and European Environmental Bureau

22 May 2025 · Event: "Watering the Future: Improving Agricultural Practices for Water Resilience"

Meeting with Axel Hellman (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall), Pernille Weiss-Ehler (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall) and

20 May 2025 · Ocean Pact and Water Resilience

Meeting with Axel Hellman (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall), Pernille Weiss-Ehler (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall) and

20 May 2025 · Exchange of views on the upcoming Ocean Pact and Water Resilience Strategy

Meeting with Luis Planas Herrera (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall) and

7 Apr 2025 · Pellets Regulation

Meeting with Jutta Paulus (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

24 Mar 2025 · Webinar: How can the EU lead the way in addressing pellet pollution?

Response to European Water Resilience Strategy

4 Mar 2025

Response to A Communication to set a vision of a holistic approach to Ocean related policies in the EU

17 Feb 2025

Meeting with Karin Karlsbro (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Seas At Risk

13 Feb 2025 · Plastpellets

Meeting with Christophe Clergeau (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Feb 2025 · SEARICA/ENVI

Meeting with César Luena (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

22 Jan 2025 · Pellets Regulation

Meeting with Charlina Vitcheva (Director-General Maritime Affairs and Fisheries) and

14 Jan 2025 · Meeting with representatives of BirdLife Europe, ClientEarth, Oceana, Seas At Risk, Surfrider Foundation and the WWF Europe to present the upcoming Oceans Pact and civil society interaction.

Meeting with Isabella Lövin (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Oct 2024 · Ocean Lab: MEPs meet the ocean

Meeting with Thomas Bajada (Member of the European Parliament) and

11 Sept 2024 · Introductory Meeting with Blue NGOs

Response to COMMISSION DIRECTIVE (EU) .../… amending Council Directive 91/676/EEC as regards the use of certain fertilising materials from livestock manure

17 May 2024

Meeting with João Albuquerque (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

9 Apr 2024 · Preventing plastic pellet losses to reduce microplastic pollution

Response to GreenData4All : legislative proposal revising the INSPIRE Directive, and the Directive on Public Access to Environmental Information

25 Mar 2024

Response to COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… on the use of bisphenol A (BPA) and other bisphenols and their derivatives with harmonised classification for specific hazardous properties in certain materials and articles intended to come into contact with food, amending Regulation (EU) No 10/2011, amending Regulation (EC) No 1895/2005 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2018/213

8 Mar 2024

Response to Evaluation of Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources

8 Mar 2024

Meeting with Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner) and

19 Feb 2024 · NGOs presented to the Commissioner their Manifesto: An Ocean of Change 2024, and in particular the idea of an Ocean Deal

Meeting with Miapetra Kumpula-Natri (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

7 Dec 2023 · Preventing plastic pellet losses to reduce microplastic pollution

Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

6 Dec 2023 · Plastic Pellet Losses

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament) and

16 Nov 2023 · Green Deal

Meeting with Marina Mesure (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Sept 2023 · Réemploi et recyclage des emballages

Meeting with Marie Toussaint (Member of the European Parliament) and Zero Waste France

14 Sept 2023 · recyclage emballages

Meeting with Margrete Auken (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and European Environmental Bureau

3 May 2023 · UWWTD

Meeting with Margrete Auken (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and European Environmental Bureau

27 Apr 2023 · UWWTD

Meeting with Nils Torvalds (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and European Environmental Bureau

13 Apr 2023 · Urban wastewater treatment

Meeting with Deirdre Clune (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

29 Mar 2023 · Stakeholder Consultation on Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL concerning urban wastewater treatment (recast)

14 Mar 2023

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, Directive 2006/118/EC on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration and Directive 2008/105/EC on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy

14 Mar 2023

Meeting with Margrete Auken (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

28 Feb 2023 · Recast of the UWWTD

Meeting with Catherine Chabaud (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Feb 2023 · Discussion sur les microplastiques

Meeting with Margrete Auken (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Danfoss A/S

6 Feb 2023 · Recast of the UWWTD

Meeting with Pierre Karleskind (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Dec 2022 · Sécurité maritime

Meeting with Marina Mesure (Member of the European Parliament) and Zero Waste France

12 Oct 2022 · Déchets, économie circulaire et recyclage

Response to Proposal for the revision of the Council Recommendation on Smoke-Free Environments

20 Jul 2022

Meeting with Themis Christophidou (Director-General Education, Youth, Sport and Culture)

13 Jun 2022 · The EurOcean Youth network will present to DG Christophidou a set of recommendations, in the perspective of the Ocean Week 2022 and in the context of the European Year of Youth.

Meeting with Caroline Roose (Member of the European Parliament) and

13 Jun 2022 · Conférence "There is no ocean B."

Response to Joint Communication on Setting the Course for a Sustainable Blue Planet

15 Feb 2022

Response to Measures to reduce the release of microplastics in the environment

18 Jan 2022

Meeting with Pierre Karleskind (Member of the European Parliament)

13 Jan 2022 · One Ocean summit

Meeting with François Alfonsi (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

15 Dec 2021 · Pollution en méditerranée

Response to Commission Communication on a policy framework for biobased, biodegradable and compostable plastics

27 Oct 2021

Response to Commission proposal for the amendment of Directive 2005/35/EC on ship-source pollution and on the introduction of penalties, including criminal penalties, for pollution offences

2 Jun 2021

Response to Back-to-back evaluation and impact assessment for the review of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (Directive 2008/56/EC)

6 May 2021

Response to Review of the Bathing Water Directive 2006/7/EC - back to back Evaluation and Impact Assessment

1 Apr 2021

Meeting with Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner) and

12 Feb 2021 · To discuss different blue/marine related issues, in particular bycatch emergency measures, EU-UK negotiations and implementation of the Biodiversity Strategy.

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the minimum level of training of seafarers (codification)

12 Jan 2021

Response to Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on a new approach for a sustainable blue economy in the EU

7 Dec 2020

Response to Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Review of Directive 2009/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on port State control

20 Nov 2020

Response to Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Review of Directive 2009/18/EC on maritime accident investigation

20 Nov 2020

Response to Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2009/21/EC on compliance with flag State requirements

20 Nov 2020

Response to Revision of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive

8 Sept 2020