As the only federation worldwide representing the interests of authors of the book sector, the European Writers Council (EWC) is a non-profit, non-governmental federation constituted by 55 writers and literary translators associations in 34 European countries, from the EU, the EEA countries Iceland and Norway, as well as Belarus, Switzerland, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and the UK.
EWC
European Writers' Council
NGO · Belgium · EU Transparency Register 56788289570-24
2
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
2
legislative files
of 665 tracked
2
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 665 consultation files tracked so far (57,774 submissions, mostly 2021–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 410 trade unions and professional associations on this site, they rank #252 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
0.8
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€50K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
2
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2012
in the register since
Declares membership of
- 1. Status of Official Observer of the World Intellectual Property Organisation WIPO
- 2. Creators member of IFRRO the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations
- 3. Status as invited Observer of the governing bodies of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Divers…
- 4. The European Writers’ Council is co-founder of Public Lending Right International
- PLR INTERNATIONAL
- December 2025
- 5. Stakeholder at the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights, European Union Intellect…
- 6. Member of the Authors’ Group / AI Coalition: informal alliance of 15 authors’, performers’ and other creative work…
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026).
- Register category
- Trade unions and professional associations
- Registered as
- European Writers’ Council-Féderation des associations européennes d’écrivains (EWC - FAEE AISBL)
- Head office
- Brussels, Belgium
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
European Writers' Council filed 2 positions between 22 Jun 2026 and 11 Sept 2026, across 2 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 2 times.
What they argued
The European Writers Council (EWC) is the worlds only federation representing exclusively authors in the book sector. Our response is based on feedback from our 55 member organisations across 34 countries and 260,000 individual members, on a) the impact of the CDSM Directive and b) policy options as set out in Ares(2026)4845636.
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Organizations that also filed on at least two of the same consultations. A shared interest in the same dossiers, not evidence of coordination, and we do not suggest any.
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