GIRP, the European Healthcare Distribution Association, welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the European Commissions Call for Evidence on the targeted revision of the EU rules for medical devices and in vitro diagnostics.
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GIRP
Industry association · Belgium · EU Transparency Register 0757172464-29
2
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
2
legislative files
of 326 tracked
2
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 326 consultation files tracked so far (29,503 submissions, mostly 2025–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 1205 trade and business associations on this site, they rank #743 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
11
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€50K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
4
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2008
in the register since
Declares membership of
- Membership:
- EMVO (European Medicines Verification Organisation)
- IFPW (International Federation of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers)
- EuroCommerce →
- Relation with other Bodies:
- WHO
- COE (Export Group on Counterfeit Medicines)
- EMA
- CMA
- Networks:
- AESGP →
- EFPIA →
- and 10 more
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026).
- Register category
- Trade and business associations
- Registered as
- European Healthcare Distribution Association (GIRP)
- Head office
- Brussels, Belgium
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
GIRP filed 2 positions between 8 Sept 2025 and 6 Oct 2025, across 2 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 2 times.
What they argued
GIRP, the European Healthcare Distribution Association welcomes the opportunity given by the Commission to give feedback on the Regulation on Clean Corporate Vehicles. GIRP represents the national associations of over 500 pharmaceutical full-line wholesalers operating across 33 European countries, alongside major pan-European and international healthcare distribution companies.
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Turns up on the same files
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.
- Wirtschaftskammer Österreich · 2 files in common
- BEUC - The European Consumer Organisation · 2 files in common
- Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer · 2 files in common
- VÖWG · 2 files in common
- PHOENIX group · 2 files in common
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