Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea) strongly supports the ambition of the future Biotech Act II to strengthen Europe's competitiveness in industrial biotechnology and biomanufacturing. Achieving this objective, however, requires the explicit recognition of the strategic contribution of blue biotechnology.
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IFREMER
Academic / research · France · EU Transparency Register 637248221784-08
7
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
7
legislative files
of 326 tracked
6
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 126 think tanks and research institutions on this site, they rank #13 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
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EP accreditations
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2016
in the register since
Declares membership of
- European Marine Board : http://www.marineboard.eu/
- EuroGOOS : http://eurogoos.eu/
- EFARO : http://www.efaro.eu/
- EurOcean : http://www.eurocean.org/
- Ocean Energy Europe : http://www.oceanenergy-europe.eu/
- POGO : http://www.ocean-partners.org/
- IPBES: https://www.ipbes.net/
- ICES: https://www.ices.dk/Pages/default.aspx
- STECF: https://stecf.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026).
- Register category
- Think tanks and research institutions
- Registered as
- Institut français de recherche pour l’exploitation de la mer (IFREMER)
- Head office
- PLOUZANÉ, France
- EU office
- Bruxelles
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
IFREMER filed 7 positions between 29 Apr 2024 and 24 Jul 2026, across 7 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 6 times.
2024 · 1 filed2025 · 1 filed2026 · 5 filed
What they argued
IFREMERs Vision for the European Ocean Act: A Strategic Framework for Sustainable Ocean Management IFREMER, a EU leading public institute for marine science and technology, plays a crucial role in advancing research, innovation, and data-driven policy support across national, European, and international levels.
Research and technological infrastructures are essential tools for meeting Europe's ambitions in terms of research at the service of citizens, whether to acquire data on the state of socio-ecosystems or to act as a lever for socio-economic innovation. These infrastructures need public investment. Research infrastructures require sustainable resources to operate and be upgraded.
Ifremer welcomes the European Commission's initiative to develop a Water Resilience Research and Innovation Strategy as a key instrument supporting the implementation of the European Water Resilience Strategy. The Strategy should strengthen Europe's capacity to generate, integrate and deploy knowledge and innovation across the water cycle, with a primary focus on freshwater systems and water availability for…
Ifremer welcomes the European Commission's initiative to develop an Ocean Research and Innovation Strategy (ORIS) as a key implementation instrument of the European Ocean Pact. ORIS should strengthen Europe's capacity to generate, integrate, and deploy ocean knowledge in support of climate resilience, biodiversity protection, food security, competitiveness, and strategic autonomy.
Mr LIFREMER supported option number 2 “no longer focus exclusively on civil applications in specific parts of the successor programme to Horizon Europe.” Indeed, we share the findings made in the White Paper and option 1 “go further on the basis of the current structure” does not seem entirely satisfactory when option 3 seems far from desirable even though there are already a large number of windows.
Filed in French · English published by the European Commission
The European marine environment is under multiple pressures from human activities, including pollution, habitat degradation, overexploitation of resources and the increasing effects of climate change. In this context, in 2008 the European Union adopted the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), which aims to achieve or maintain a Good Environmental Status (GES) of European seas in order to sustainably preserve…
Filed in French · English published by the European Commission
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- European Marine Board · 4 files in common
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) · 4 files in common
- Aquatic Life Institute · 4 files in common
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