European climate law - achieving climate neutrality in 2050 1. UFOP - Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants Representation of the German oilseed industry and protein plant production: UFOP members represent the entire value chain and networks: e. g. the German Farmers' Association, plant breeders (rapeseed, sunflower and grain legumes), agricultural extension services as well as trade and processing.
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UFOP
Industry association · Germany · EU Transparency Register 634687529229-80
3
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
3
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 1210 companies & groups on this site, they rank #548 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)
0
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2017
in the register since
Declares membership of
- COPA/COGECA http://www.copa-cogeca.be/Menu.aspx
- EOA http://euoilseed.org/who-we-are/eoa-members/
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026).
- Register category
- Companies & groups
- Registered as
- Union zur Förderung von Oel- und Proteinpflanzen (UFOP)
- 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.
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Their record over time
UFOP filed 3 positions between 6 Feb 2020 and 22 Jan 2026, across 3 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 2 times.
2020 · 1 filed2023 · 1 filed2026 · 1 filed
What they argued
The Union for the Promotion of Oel and Protein Plants (UFOP) represents the political interests of companies, associations and institutions involved in the production, processing and marketing of indigenous oil and protein crops in national and international bodies. UFOP promotes research to optimise agricultural production and product quality in order to develop new uses in the food, non-food and feed sectors.
Filed in German · English published by the European Commission
With Delegated Directive (EU) 2024/1405, the European Commission is expanding the range of crops that can be grown as raw materials for biofuel production to include catch crops and cover crops. However, crops as such are not named.
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