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| − | EPACA is organisation set up in January 2005 to resist regulation of lobbyists in Europe. Its members are amongst the most powerful lobbying consultancies in Europe. It is co-ordinated by a little known lobbying company called [http://www.houston-consulting.com/aboutus.xml Houston Consulting Europe] run by a [http://www.houston-consulting.com/team.xml former UK diplomat]. The fact that it currently (March 2005)has no website indicates that it is a paper 'Association' with one aim in mind: To resist regulation of lobbyists.
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| − | On March 16, 2005, [http://www.spinwatch.org//spaw/images/docs/EPACAresponds.pdf EPACA responded] to the enquiries of [http://www.corporateeurope.org/ Corporate Europe Observatory], a public interest group, monitoring corporate lobbying with a letter in which it refused to provide details of its operations.
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| − | Update: October 10 2005. EPACA now has a website ([http://www.epaca.org/ www.epaca.org]) registered on the 26 April 2005. Full registration details from [http://www.whois.net/ www.whois.net] below. The site is registered to [[Jeremy Miller]] a 'freelance corporate and political consultant, writer and website developer', according to his website [http://millerassoc.co.uk/ millerassoc.co.uk]. The website discloses that EPACA now has an additional six members since its launch in March these are mostly smaller players in the lobbying market. EPACA continues to represent mainly the big lobbying groups most of which are owned by the big three communications Trans National Corporations WPP, Interpublic and Omnicom. New members include: [http://www.athenora.com/ Athenora Consulting], [http://www.eacongroup.com/ EACON - European Affairs Consulting Group], [http://www.kernnet.com/ Kern European Affairs], [http://www.kreab.com/templates/page.asp-id-2454-q-1 Kreab AB], [http://www.policyaction.com/ Policy Action] and [http://www.pristop.si/ Pristop]. Kreab is perhaps the most significatn, being aone of the largest Nordic lobbying firm, orginating in Denmark. Interestingly [http://www.gavinanderson.com/index_flash.html Gavin Anderson and company] ([http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Gavin_Anderson_%26_Company Sourcewatch profile]) are no longer listed as members.
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| − | Members at 01.03.05 were :
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| − | [http://www.gavinanderson.com/index_flash.html Burson-Marsteller/BKSH]
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| − | [http://www.cabinetstewart.com/flash/ie.html Cabinet Stewart]
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| − | Registration details for the EPACA website:
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| − | Domain ID:D106170161-LROR
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| − | Domain Name:EPACA.ORG
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| − | Created On:26-Apr-2005 23:06:06 UTCLast
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| − | Updated On:26-Jun-2005 04:01:00 UTC
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| − | Expiration Date:26-Apr-2010 23:06:06 TC
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| − | Sponsoring Registrar:Tucows Inc. (R11-LROR)
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| − | Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
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| − | Status:CLIENT UPDATE PROHIBITED
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| − | Registrant ID:tu4005jlAsULi1s9
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| − | Registrant Name:Jeremy Miller
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| − | Registrant Organization:EPACA
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| − | Registrant Street1:3 Melody Road
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| − | Registrant City:Wandsworth
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| − | Registrant State/Province:London
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| − | Registrant Postal Code:SW182QW
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| − | Registrant Country:GB
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| − | Registrant Phone:+44.2088743650
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| − | Registrant Email:jeremy_miller@btconnect.com
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