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Apex-Brasil Brussels-Europe

Acronym: ApexBrasil

General Information

Identification Code: 91665214476-01
Website: [object Object]
Entity Form: ASBL
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 11/4/2010
Last Update: 1/31/2024
EP Accredited Number: 2

Mission & Interests

Goals: ApexBrasil is the Brazilian Trade Promotion and Investment Agency. Its mission is to develop the competitiveness of Brazilian companies, to promote their internationalisation as well as to attract Foreign Direct Investment to Brazil. ApexBrasil offers a number of services to promote the competitiveness and sustainability of Brazilian companies in their internationalisation process, including market intelligence, capacity-building programmes and trade promotion activities.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
  • Agriculture and rural development
  • Business and industry
  • Climate action
  • Consumers
  • Customs
  • Digital economy and society
  • Economy, finance and the euro
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • External relations
  • Food safety
  • Institutional affairs
  • International co-operation and development
  • Research and innovation
  • Single market
  • Trade
Levels of Interest:
  • european
  • global
  • national

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: - Due Diligence; - Farm-to-fork, including the sustainable use of pesticides, plant health regulation - Regulation on Deforestation-free products - Fit-for-55, including CBAM, the CO2 emission standards for cars and vans - Trade and sustainable development - EU trade agreements - Monitor EU policies and analyse their impact on Brazilian companies’ ability to export products and services to the European Union - Engage with key stakeholders in EU-Mercosur relations - Engage with EU decision-makers to promote trade between the EU and Brazil - Monitor EU policies and analyse their impact on Brazilian companies’ ability to export products and services to the European Union - Engage with key stakeholders in EU-Mercosur relations - Engage with EU decision-makers to promote trade between the EU and Brazil
Communication Activities: Publications: Mercosur-European Union Dialogue (ISBN 978-85-66713-05-3) Events: EU-Mercosur: untapped potential for industry, services and public procurement (July 2017) Launch of the Bilateral Investment Map Brazil/European Union (November 2017) Dialogue on sustainable food and agriculture: building a low-emissions future (November 2018) FFA - Forum for the Future of Agriculture (April 2019) Dialogue on sustainable food and agriculture: building resilient farming through international trade (December 2019) Agri-Sustainability Talks 2019 (November 2019) Food production and the trade map: buying local vs buying global (November 2020) Dialogue on Sustainable Food and Agriculture: Leading the transition Sharing experiences on carbon farming & precision agriculture (November 2020) Agri-Sustainability Talks 2020 (December 2020) FFA Portugal 2021 - Forum for the Future of Agriculture (May 2021) The road to COP26: what is the role of biofuels? (September 2021) The road to COP26: is beef climate change villain? (September 2021) Options for a sustainable Irish transport system: how to achieve carbon neutrality? (November 2021) COOPERATIVISM AND THE ESG AGENDA (November 2021) Brazil Talks - sustainability, innovation and productivity (February 2022) Brazil Talks - Energy transition: challenges and opportunities in Brazil (March 2022) Brasil Talks - Initiatives for a sustainable industry in Brazil (April 2022) FFA - Forum for the Future of Agriculture (April 2022) AgriTalks Madrid - El futuro que deseamos construir: La colaboración agroambiental entre Brasil y España (May 2022) AgriTalks Berlim - A transformação verde da agropecuária no Brasil e na Alemanha (May 2022) AgriTalks Roma - Inovações para a Sustentabilidade Agropecuária: Experiências de Brasil e Itália (May 2022) AGRITALKS LISBOA - Inovações para a sustentabilidade no setor agropecuário: experiências de Brasil e Portugal (September 2022) OECD - Seminar “Brazil and Portugal: building a sustainable economy” – AGRITALKS OECD (September 2022) WTO Public Forum - Tropical agriculture: a sustainable alternative for world supply chain (September 2022) FFA Regional Spain – Participation in Session 1 - Sustainable production increases trade? (April 2023) WTO Public Forum 2023 – Session 28 Inclusive policies in the Amazon: local development as a driver for environmental conservation (September 2023) Confernce Soil Health 2023 (December 2023) Brazil Agri Food Facts: ApexBrasil manages the coalition named Brazil Agri Food Facts formed by 15 associations of the agriculture and food chains in the country. In Europe, ApexBrasil Brussels-Europe coordinates campaigns and actions within the scope of the coalition. The coalition does not configure any sort of membership or affiliation, being a partnership of equal parts. Nonetheless, the completed list of partner associations of the coalition is provided in the respective section of this register. Brazil Agri Food Facts events: Dialogue on Sustainable Food and Agriculture: Science & Resilience in Agri-Food (16 November 2022) Dialogue on Sustainable Food and Agriculture 2023: - Rome (October 2023) - Paris (October 2023) - Brussels (November 2023) - London – AgriSustainability Talks (November 2023)
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Avenue des Arts, 19AD
Post Code: 1000
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office

Address: Avenue des Arts, 19AD
Post Code: 1000
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data

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Complementary Information: This register has been updated including information about the coalition Brazil Agri-Food Facts, properly described in previous fields, that was formed in 2022 and has its actions coordinated by ApexBrasil’s Headquarters. The financial data (14.b) included to the intermediary described in this register refers to the contract between ApexBrasil’s headquarters and this intermediary for actions involving the coalition Brazil Agri-Food Facts as a whole (not necessarily related to the actions performed by ApexBrasil Brussels Europe), and do not represent financial payments conducted by ApexBrasil Brussels Europe, to whom this register relates. In item 14.c, the sum relates to the costs of the activities described by this register and conducted by ApexBrasil Brussels Europe.

Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 1
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 2
Members F T E: 1.25
Info Members: The EU Affairs team comprises of one full-time representative and occasionally one intern requiring Parliamentary accreditation; Apex-Brasil Europe’s legal representative also has Parliamentary accreditation.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: About Brazil Agri Food Facts: ApexBrasil manages the coalition named Brazil Agri-Food Facts, formed by 15 other associations of the agriculture and food chains in the country. In Europe, ApexBrasil Brussels-Europe coordinates campaigns and actions within the scope of the coalition. The coalition does not configure any sort of membership or affiliation, being a partnership of equal parts. Nonetheless, the list of partner associations of the coalition is herein provided: ABIA; ABIEC; ABIOVE; ABPA; ABRAFRUTAS; ABRAPA; APROBIO; BSCA; CITRUS; CROPLIFE; CNA; OCB; UNICA;