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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], EACON - European Affairs Consulting Group, Kern European Affairs, Kreab AB, Policy Action and Pristop. Kreab is perhaps the most significatn, being aone of the largest Nordic lobbying firm, orginating in Denmark. Interestingly Gavin Anderson and company (Sourcewatch profile) are no longer listed as members.
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| − | Members at 01.03.05 were :
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| − | European Public Policy Advisers
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| − | Fleishmann-Hillard
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| − | Gavin Anderson
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| − | Houston Consulting Europe
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| − | Interel EPA
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| − | Lefebvre Hanneman Consultancy
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| − | Priming Consulting
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| − | SPEM - Komunikacijska Skupina
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| − | Weber Shandwick Adamson
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| − | Registration details for the EPACA website:Domain ID:D106170161-LRORDomain Name:EPACA.ORGCreated On:26-Apr-2005 23:06:06 UTCLast Updated On:26-Jun-2005 04:01:00 UTCExpiration Date:26-Apr-2010 23:06:06 UTCSponsoring Registrar:Tucows Inc. (R11-LROR)Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITEDStatus:CLIENT UPDATE PROHIBITEDRegistrant ID:tu4005jlAsULi1s9Registrant Name:Jeremy MillerRegistrant Organization:EPACARegistrant Street1:3 Melody RoadRegistrant Street2:Registrant Street3:Registrant City:WandsworthRegistrant State/Province:LondonRegistrant Postal Code:SW182QWRegistrant Country:GBRegistrant Phone:+44.2088743650Registrant Phone Ext.:Registrant FAX:Registrant FAX Ext.:Registrant Email:jeremy_miller@btconnect.com
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