UFE view on the Revision of the Union Customs Code Ever since our foundation in 1963 The Union of Finance Personnel in Europe (UFE) has been the only organisation representing the trade union interests of employees from all ranks and grades of the tax and customs administration authorities of Europe. UFE brings together more than 400,000 members from 40 member unions in more than 20 countries.
UUF
UFE - Union of Finance Personnel in Europe
Trade union · Germany · EU Transparency Register 721865911899-81
3
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
3
legislative files
of 665 tracked
3
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 #199 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
0.7
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€25K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
2
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2013
in the register since
Declares membership of
- Die UFE ist die Dachorganisation nationaler Berufsverbände, bzw. Gewerkschaften der Beschäftigten der Zoll- und Steue…
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026).
- Register category
- Trade unions and professional associations
- Head office
- Berlin, Germany
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.
Track UFE in PolicySpeak: request access →
Work at UFE - Union of Finance Personnel in Europe? so we know who speaks for it.
Their record over time
UFE - Union of Finance Personnel in Europe filed 3 positions between 24 Feb 2020 and 1 Nov 2023, across 3 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 3 times.
2020 · 1 filed2023 · 2 filed
What they argued
This is a joint statement of UFE (Union of Finance Personnel in Europe) and CESI to reply to the European Commissions consultation on Business in Europe: Towards a framework for income taxation (BEFIT), UFE, the Union of Finance Personnel in Europe, represents the interests of national tax and customs administration unions at the European level, uniting more than 400.000 affiliates from more than 20 European…
On behalf of the Union of Finance Personnel in Europe (UFE), which is the only organization representing the interests and views of 400.000 tax and custom officers throughout Europe, I would like to give feedback as following: Digital platform economy In our daily work, we see a lot of fraud in the digital economy. We calculate the loss in tax revenue to be around 15 billion € in Europe.
Looking for an argument rather than an organization? Search every submission for a phrase and see everyone who used it.
Put UFE - Union of Finance Personnel in Europe next to another organization. Same files, same register facts, side by side. Compare →
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.
Showing 5 of 10.
Is this your organization?
Everything on this page comes from UFE - Union of Finance Personnel in Europe’s own submissions to the European Commission. We have added nothing and interpreted nothing. If something is wrong or out of date, email info@policyspeak.com and we will correct it. If you are an individual named in a record, our privacy policy sets out your rights to correction, objection and removal.
Quotes are verbatim from submissions published by the European Commission, trimmed to their opening passage and never summarized by a model. Organizations only, never individuals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the European Commission is not liable for this reuse.