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EUROPEAN SERVICES FORUM

Acronym: ESF

General Information

Identification Code: 3562594969-02
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Entity Form: Non for profit organisation - No legal status
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 1/15/2009
Last Update: 2/22/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: Members of the European Services Forum have adopted the following Set of principles: 1. In the coming decades, issues related to international trade in services will present challenges to the multilateral trading system that at least equal, in importance and difficulty, tariff and non-tariff barriers to the development of trade in goods. 2. While bilateral and regional agreements and initiatives can play a useful supportive role, a firm and widely supported multilateral agreement remains the ultimate goal of services negotiations within the WTO. 3. Services and other services-related issues (such as investment and public procurement) should be negotiated in all international trade negotiations, with as much emphasis that the one given to trade in goods. 4. International trade in services negotiations should create much improved opportunities for profitable international business. To that end, they should: • be ambitious in their goals for real liberalisation, (...)
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
  • Banking and financial services
  • Borders and security
  • Business and industry
  • Climate action
  • Communication
  • Culture and media
  • Digital economy and society
  • Economy, finance and the euro
  • Education and training
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • External relations
  • Foreign affairs and security policy
  • International co-operation and development
  • Justice and fundamental rights
  • Maritime affairs and fisheries
  • Migration and asylum
  • Single market
  • Trade
  • Transport
Levels of Interest:
  • european
  • global

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: European Commission Annual Work Programme and Roadmaps European Commission Impact Assessment webpage European Commission Green Deal impact on Trade Policy, European Parliament Legislative Observatory EUR-Lex database Work in Progress document - by Parliamentary committees DG Trade activities - Trade Policy Review Trade negotiations with Australia, India, Indonesia, Thailand, ASEAN, etc. Follow up of Implementation of EU FTAs, inc. EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement; Follow up of ratification process of FTA with Mercosur, Revision of FTA with Mexico, CAI with China WTO Joint Statement Initiatives on Services Domestic Regulation; E-Commerce; Investment Facilitation, etc. WTO Moratorium on Customs Duties on Electronic Transmissions WTO Reform EU Digital trade agenda (DMA, DSA, DGA, Data Act, impact on Artificial Intelligence, EU Cloud Services certification scheme, etc.)
Communication Activities: Our position papers, press releases and other reports are published on our website: http://www.esf.be/
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Avenue de Cortenbergh, 168
Post Code: 1000
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office

Address: Avenue de Cortenbergh, 168
Post Code: 1000
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data

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Complementary Information: All revenues of ESF derive from annual membership fees.

Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 1
Members F T E: 1

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: http://www.esf.be/new/who-we-are/members/by-sector/ LIST OF ESF MEMBERS 1. Amfori 2. Amazon 3. Apple 4. Architects' Council of Europe –ACE 5. BDO 6. Bureau International des Producteurs et Intermédiaires d’Assurances – BIPAR 7. BSA - The Software Alliance 8. BUSINESSEUROPE 9. BUSINESSEUROPE WTO Working Group 10. Conseil des Barreaux de l'Union Européenne - CCBE 11. Danish Shipping 12. Deutsche Post DHL 13. Digital Europe 14. DI – Confederation of Danish Industries 15. EK - Confederation of Finnish Industries 16. EuroCommerce 17. European Banking Federation – FBE 18. European Broadcasting Union - EBU 19. European Community Shipowners’ Associations – ECSA 20. European Express Association - EEA 21. Fédération de l’Industrie Européenne de la Construction – FIEC 22. General Council of the Bar of England & Wales 23 Google 24. Huawei 25. IBM Europe, Middle East & Africa 26. Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales – ICAEW 27. Insurance Europe 28. Irish Business and Employers’ Confederation - IBEC 29. Law Society of England & Wales 30. Le Groupe La Poste 31. Microsoft Corporation Europe 32. Mouvement des entreprises de France – MEDEF 33. PostEurop 34. Svenskt Näringsliv (Confederation of Swedish Enterprise) 35. Telenor Group 36. TechUK 37. The CityUK 38. Vodafone 39. UPS 40. Zurich Financial Services
Organisation Members: 1)ESF works closely with BUSINESSEUROPE (https://www.businesseurope.eu/) for the daily operations, as well as for the legal, social and fiscal matters. 2)ESF is member of the informal "Global Services Coalition" (GSC), a loose gathering of similar coalitions of services industries looking at international trade in services negotiations. 4) ESF has regular contacts with Think Tanks that work on trade policy issues, like ECIPE, CEPS, EIAS.