Overview
Lobbying Costs
550,000€
Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
22
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
ABB
EU Transparency Register
7790041608-14 First registered on 04 Nov 2008
Goals / Remit
ABB (ABBN: SIX Swiss Ex) is a pioneering technology leader in electrification products, robotics and motion, industrial automation and power grids, serving customers in utilities, industry and transport & infrastructure globally. Continuing a history of innovation spanning more than 130 years, ABB today is writing the future of industrial digitalization with two clear value propositions: bringing electricity from any power plant to any plug and automating industries from natural resources to finished products. As title partner of Formula E, the fully electric international FIA motorsport class, ABB is pushing the boundaries of e-mobility to contribute to a sustainable future. ABB operates in more than 100 countries with about 135,000 employees.
ABB was formed in 1988 through a merger of Swedish ASEA (created in 1883) and Swiss Brown, Boveri & Cie or BBC (created in 1891). In 2017 ABB generated a turnover of 34.3 billion USD and a net income of 2.2 billion USD. http://new.abb.com/docs/default-source/investor-center-docs/annual-report/annual-report-2017/abb-group-annual-report-2017-english.pdfMain EU files targeted
Main EU initiatives, policy and legislative files followed by ABB in 2017:
Clean Energy Package for all Europeans; Clean Mobility Pacakge; EU Smart Grid Initiatives; Connecting Europe Facility and Projects of Common European Interest; Ecodesign Regulations in particular concerning Motors, Power Transformers and photovoltaic systems; Ten-Year-Network-Development-Plan; EU Network Codes for Electricity; Deployment of Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive; Regulation on Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases; REACH Regulation (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals), Directive on Network and Information Security; EU Radio Spectrum Policy; GDPR; Advanced Manufacturing Initiatives; initiatives related to big data and artificial intelligence, Regulation on Surveillance of Products; 4th Railway Package, Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; Conflict Minerals Regulation; Environmental Goods Agreement, Anti-Dumping Investigation on Grain-Oriented Electrical SteelAddress
Head Office
Rue Guimard, 15
Brussels 1040
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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
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 27 Feb 2018
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
ABB employs 2 FTE for its lobbying activities but requested 3 accreditations to the European Parliament.
This third accreditation was requested for Mr. Kreusel who is an expert in electricity networks engineering, and a member of the expert group on electricity interconnections created by the European Commission at the end of 2016.
Due to the upcoming release of a Communication on electricity interconnections, Mr. Kreusel might be invited to meet policy-makers during the second half of the year. The ABB EU Government Relations office anticipated on this possibility and asked for an additional accreditation, though Mr. Kreusel is not currently actively meeting policy-makers.Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Folker Franz (Head of EU Representation)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Ulrich Spiesshofer (Chief Executive Officer)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
AMISA2, Anhydrides Joint Industry Taskforce (AJIT), Alliance for Rural Electrification, AVERE (Electric Road Vehicle Association), BDI Wirtschaftskreis (Wirtschafskreis des Bundesverbands des Deutschen Industrie e.V.), 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), CEN, CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation), European Roundtable of Industrialists, euRobotics, European Aluminium, European Energy Forum, European Forum for Manufacturing, European Policy Center, ERCOFTAC (European Research Community on Flow, Turbulence and Combustion), European Rail Forum, ETSI (European Telecommunication Standards Institute), EUGINE (European Engine Power Plant Association), EUnited (European Engineering Industries Association), EUnited Robotics, Orgalime (European Engineering Industries Association), Platform for Electromobility, Roundtable for Europe's Energy Future, SEMI Europe, SolarPower Europe, T&D Europe, UITP (International Association of Public Transport), UNIFE (European Rail Industry Federation), WindEurope.
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
550,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
2,661,248 € (Source: Horizon 2020, FP7)
Other financial info
The "estimated costs attributable to activities covered by the Register" figure includes EU public affairs activities budget and consultancy fees in 2017. ABB direct membership fees in EU trade federations and associations in 2017 amounted to 254.255,10 EUR. This figure excludes indirect membership fees paid through national trade federations and associations.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Comité consultatif pour la sécurité et la santé sur le lieu de travail#X01211 #PEÄRNBERG Marju #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=1211 #Member #B#Industry#European Sustainable Shipping Forum (ESSF)#E02869 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=2869 #Not a member #C#Air Emissions from Ships
Groups (European Parliament)
EEF - European Energy Forum
ERF - European Rail Forum
EFM - European Forum for ManufacturingCommunication 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 - ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical
- Tree Energy Solutions GmbH
- Koninklijke Vopak N.V.
- EUROGAS aisbl
- Gas Infrastructure Europe
- European Biogas Association
- Equinor ASA
- TERNA ENERGY SOCIETE ANONYME
- Air Products
- IVECO GROUP N.V.
- International Association of Oil & Gas Producers Europe
- Hydrogen Europe
- Eni S.p.A.
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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 - Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Koninklijke Philips
- BP p.l.c.
- FERROVIAL, S.A.
- Manufacture Française des Pneumatiques Michelin
- AIR LIQUIDE
- Siemens AG
- Norsk Hydro
- Compagnie de SAINT-GOBAIN
- European Round Table for Industry
- Heineken N.V.
- Nestlé S.A.
- AkzoNobel
- Smurfit Kappa Group
- SAP
- BASF SE
- Telefonica, S.A.
- Leonardo S.p.A.
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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 - Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
- Anouk Faber (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)
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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)
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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 - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
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 - European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity
- RTE Réseau de transport d'électricité
- Statkraft AS
- National Grid Commercial Holdings Limited
- 50Hertz Transmission GmbH
- TenneT Holding B.V.
- Austrian Power Grid AG
- Statnett SF
- General Electric Company
- Elia Transmission Belgium
- Amazon Europe Core SARL
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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 - Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
- Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)
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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)
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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