Overview
Lobbying Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
22
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
ABB Ltd
EU Transparency Register
7790041608-14 First registered on 04 Nov 2008
Goals / Remit
ABB is a leading global engineering company that energizes the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. By connecting software to its electrification, robotics, automation and motion portfolio, ABB pushes the boundaries of technology to drive performance to new levels. With a history of excellence stretching back more than 130 years, ABB’s success is driven by 110,000 talented employees in over 100 countries.
Main EU files targeted
Main EU initiatives, policy and legislative files followed by ABB in 2021:
Artificial Intelligence Act, Machinery Regulation, Network and Information Security Directive (NIS 2), Gas Regulation, Gas Directive, Methane Regulation, Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, Renewable Energy Directive, Energy Efficiency Directive, Emissions Trading System Directive, Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, FuelEU Maritime, Taxonomy Regulation, Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, EU Industrial Strategy, Next Generation EU, AFIR, IPCEI; Cybersecurity Strategy; Circular Economy Package; Renovation Wave; EU Hydrogen Strategy, IP Strategy, Renewable Energy Directive.Address
Head Office
Affolternstrasse 44
Zurich CH-8050
SWITZERLANDEU Office
Rue du Commerce 31
Bruxelles 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Sep 2022
Name Start date End Date Paula IWANIUK 09 Jan 2024 08 Jan 2025 Ms Paula IWANIUK 09 Jan 2024 15 Apr 2024 Mr Simas Gerdvila 22 Apr 2022 22 Apr 2023 Mr Vincenzo CONFORTI 10 Nov 2021 10 Nov 2022 Mr Folker FRANZ 01 Feb 2020 30 Jan 2021 Mr Florian Chapalain 24 Sep 2019 24 Sep 2020 Mr Folker FRANZ 16 Jan 2019 16 Jan 2020 Mr Evann DUMONT-LAPOINTE 16 Jan 2019 22 Sep 2019 Mr Florian Chapalain 26 Sep 2018 24 Sep 2019 Mr Folker FRANZ 03 Jan 2018 20 Dec 2018 Mr Florian Chapalain 21 Sep 2017 21 Sep 2018 Mr Jochen Kreusel 09 Jun 2017 02 Jun 2018 Mr Folker FRANZ 09 Dec 2016 09 Dec 2017 Mr Florian Chapalain 05 Sep 2016 31 Aug 2017 Mr Nicholas Goedeking 16 Mar 2016 11 Mar 2017 Mr Folker FRANZ 05 Dec 2015 03 Dec 2016 Ms Lucia Hricova 05 Dec 2015 03 Dec 2016 Mr Folker FRANZ 13 Dec 2014 05 Dec 2015 Ms Lucia Hricova 13 Dec 2014 05 Dec 2015 Ms Lucia Hricova 16 Jan 2014 14 Jan 2015 Mr Folker FRANZ 16 Jan 2014 14 Jan 2015 Mrs Heidemarie Schuler-Renger 24 Sep 2013 15 Jan 2014 Ms Lucia Hricova 16 Jan 2013 12 Jan 2014 Mr Folker FRANZ 16 Jan 2013 12 Jan 2014 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
Confindustria, CAPIEL (European Committee for the Associations of Manufacturers of Switchgear and Control gear equipments), CECAPI (European Committee of Electrical Installation Equipment Manufacturers),CEMEP (European manufacturers of electrical machines and power electronics equipment and systems), ERT, euRobotics, ChargeUp Europe, EUGINE (European Engine Power Plant Association), EUnited (European Engineering Industries Association), Eurovent, EuroHeat & Power, EUnited Robotics, Orgalim, Energy Solutions, CEO Alliance, T&D Europe.
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
300,000€ - 399,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant H2020 2,390,000€ Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount nove 100,000€ - 199,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name nove Closed year Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Other financial info
Source: https://ec.europa.eu/budget/financial-transparency-system/analysis.html
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
European Sustainable Shipping Forum (ESSF)#E02869#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?groupID=2869 #Not a member #C#Industry#Air Emissions from Ships#Comité consultatif pour la sécurité et la santé sur le lieu de travail#X01211#PEÄRNBERG Marju #https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?groupID=1211 #Member #B#Industry#Intérêt des représentants des employeurs
Groups (European Parliament)
Green new deal#Climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development
EEF - European Energy Forum
RFE - Rail Forum EuropeCommunication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
22 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 25 Apr 2023 Location Brussels Subject Energy, environmental and digital challenges of our time Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Diederik Samsom (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - TERNA ENERGY SOCIETE ANONYME
- Air Products
- IVECO GROUP N.V.
- International Association of Oil & Gas Producers Europe
- Eni S.p.A.
- Hydrogen Europe
- ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical
- Tree Energy Solutions GmbH
- Koninklijke Vopak N.V.
- EUROGAS aisbl
- European Biogas Association
- Gas Infrastructure Europe
- Equinor ASA
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Date 10 Jan 2023 Location virtual Subject Taxonomy, ESG ratings, CSRD Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Florian Denis (Cabinet member)
- Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - AkzoNobel
- Leonardo S.p.A.
- Compagnie de SAINT-GOBAIN
- Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- FERROVIAL, S.A.
- SAP
- Nestlé S.A.
- AIR LIQUIDE
- BP p.l.c.
- Smurfit Kappa Group
- BASF SE
- Heineken N.V.
- Telefonica, S.A.
- Siemens AG
- European Round Table for Industry
- Koninklijke Philips
- Manufacture Française des Pneumatiques Michelin
- Norsk Hydro
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Date 28 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject transport Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject Meeting on Digital Skills. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Apr 2022 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with CEO Alliance on Digitising Energy Action Plan Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Oct 2021 Location Brussels Subject Automobiles Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
- Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 04 Oct 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Decarbonisation of industry, hydrogen Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Mar 2021 Location Brussels - videoconference Subject European Green Deal as a growth strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 01 Oct 2020 Location Brussels - videoconference Subject Discussion on Green Recovery Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 13 Nov 2019 Location Helsinki Subject Priorities in the context of the clean energy transition DG Energy Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 23 Jan 2019 Location Brussels Subject Food Waste and Circular Economy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Sebastien Paquot (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jan 2019 Location BERL Subject Food Waste Framework Directive Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Jan 2019 Location Helsinki, Finland Subject Electromobility DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 04 Sep 2018 Location Vilvoorde Subject Data protection, free flow of data, research programmes Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
- Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 23 Apr 2018 Location Hannover, DE Subject Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU DG Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom Attending - Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 23 Mar 2018 Location brussels Subject Energy sector Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists - National Grid Commercial Holdings Limited
- 50Hertz Transmission GmbH
- TenneT Holding B.V.
- Austrian Power Grid AG
- Statnett SF
- RTE Réseau de transport d'électricité
- General Electric Company
- Elia Transmission Belgium
- Amazon Europe Core SARL
- European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity
- Statkraft AS
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Date 22 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject energy efficiency DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Lowri Evans (Director-General)
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Date 21 Oct 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject European energy policy DG Energy Attending - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
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Date 18 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject Anti-dumping on steel Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)
- Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 24 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Trade Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject Anti-dumping investigation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)
- Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 16 Jan 2015 Location PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC Subject Round Table on Gender Diversity Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists
- Meetings