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Overview

Lobbying Costs

550,000€

Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

3 Fte (3)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

3

High-level Commission meetings

22

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    ABB

    EU Transparency Register

    7790041608-14 First registered on 04 Nov 2008

    Goals / Remit

    ABB is a pioneering technology leader in power grids, electrification products, industrial automation and robotics and motion, 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 in ABB 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 147,000 employees.

    Main EU files targeted

    Main EU initiatives, policy and legislative files followed by ABB in 2018:

    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; Regulation on Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases; REACH Regulation; Cybersecurity Act; EU Radio Spectrum Policy; GDPR; Advanced Manufacturing Initiatives; initiatives related to big data and artificial intelligence; Regulation on Products Surveillance; Safeguard measures on Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel

    Address

    Head Office
    Affolternstrasse 44
    Zurich CH-8050
    SWITZERLAND
    EU Office
    Avenue des Arts 52
    Brussels 1000
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    3

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%3

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    3

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 14 Mar 2019

    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

    Mr Folker Franz (Head of EU Representation)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Ulrich Spiesshofer (Chief Executive Officer)

  • Categories

    Category

    II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations

    Subcategory

    Companies & groups

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    AMISA2, 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), European Roundtable of Industrialists, euRobotics, European Aluminium, European Energy Forum, European Forum for Manufacturing, European Policy Center, EUGINE (European Engine Power Plant Association), EUnited (European Engineering Industries Association), EUnited Robotics, Orgalime, Platform for Electromobility, Rail Forum Europe, Roundtable for Europe's Energy Future, Polymer Comply Europe, SEMI Europe, SolarPower Europe, T&D Europe, UITP (International Association of Public Transport), UNIFE (European Rail Industry Federation), WindEurope.

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2018 - Dec 2018

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    550,000€

    EU grant income for closed financial year

    2,855,162 € (Source: Horizon 2020, FP7)

    Other financial info

    The "estimated costs attributable to activities covered by the Register" figure includes EU Government Relations activities budget and consultancy fees in 2018. ABB direct membership fees in EU trade federations and associations in 2018 amounted to 280,782.58 EUR. This figure excludes indirect membership fees paid through national trade federations and associations.

  • 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#Intérêt des représentants des employeurs#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
    RFE - Rail Forum Europe
    EFM - European Forum for Manufacturing

    Communication 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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