County Tipperary Chambers of Commerce

Lobbying Organisation County Tipperary Chambers of Commerce

Date published 30 Dec, 2022

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Economic Development and Industry

Period 1 Sep, 2022 to 31 Dec, 2022

Specific Details Request for your urgent support to protect gift card business in local economies

Intended results Gift cards with a maximum storage amount of €150 shouldn’t need to have customer identification requirements. The end of such exemption would create significant “Know Your Customer” challenges for these gifts and would be completely disproportionate in light of the low risk they pose.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Michelle Aylwars

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Letter (1)

Request for your urgent support to protect gift card business in local economies Dear MEP Sean Kelly, As you’ll know County Tipperary Chamber is at the heart of local economies, many of our members operate a local voucher schemes which could be seriously undermined if the customer identification exemption is removed for low-value emoney products like these. These are a useful tool for keeping money in the local areas and also serves useful social goals such as limiting what younger people can buy with gifts. As a Member of the European Parliament we are requesting your support on behalf of our members for amendment 479 that calls for the re-introduction of the €150 exemption for low-risk e-money. Gift cards with a maximum storage amount of €150 shouldn’t need to have customer identification requirements. The end of such exemption would create significant “Know Your Customer” challenges for these gifts and would be completely disproportionate in light of the low risk they pose.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Seán Kelly MEP (European Parliament)

Sean Kelly Councillor (Louth County council)