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
New Organisation: false
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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.