Overview
Lobbying Costs
650,000€
Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Opel Automobile GmbH (Opel)
EU Transparency Register
6781451805-03 First registered on 17 Dec 2008
Goals / Remit
Opel was founded by Adam Opel in Rüsselsheim, Germany in 1862 and is one of Europe’s largest automakers. Opel and its British sister brand Vauxhall sell over one million vehicles annually.
Opel is headquartered in Rüsselsheim. The company operates ten plants and three development and test centers in seven European countries. Opel/Vauxhall employs around 35,600 people in Europe, with more than 18,250 in Germany. Opel and Vauxhall are present in over 50 countries.
Opel is part of Groupe PSA (Peugeot S.A.) with following
identification number in the Transparency Register: 39900807417-87.Main EU files targeted
- Light Duty Vehicle CO2 Emissions Reduction
- Adaptations to Euro 6 emissions standards
- Revision of European Vehicle Type Approval
- Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS, C-ITS)
- Light Duty Vehicle General Safety Regulation
- Trade bilateral and multilateral negotiations / Brexit
- Industrial Policy and COM GEARS2030 initiativeAddress
Head Office
Bahnhofsplatz
Ruesselsheim 65423
GERMANYEU Office
Opel
Rue d'Idalie 11-13
Brussels 1050
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 50% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 02 Aug 2017
Name Start date End Date Mr Jean Wibaut 22 Jun 2018 16 Apr 2019 Mr Jean Wibaut 15 Jun 2017 15 Jun 2018 Mr Jean Wibaut 04 May 2016 03 May 2017 Holger Krahmer 09 May 2015 07 May 2016 Mr Jean Wibaut 24 Mar 2015 20 Mar 2016 Ms Mary Stanek 11 Feb 2015 04 Feb 2016 Mr Jean Wibaut 29 Mar 2014 24 Mar 2015 Mr Ulrich Schulz 19 Dec 2013 18 Dec 2014 Ms Mary Stanek 26 Oct 2013 22 Oct 2014 Mr Jean Wibaut 20 Mar 2013 19 Mar 2014 Mr Ulrich Schulz 30 Jan 2013 19 Dec 2013 Complementary Information
Activities covered by the Register are mostly performed by the Brussels based EU Affairs Office on behalf of the Opel Group and its European affiliate companies, as well as its parent company General Motors Company.
The EU Affairs office has currently a staff of 2 individuals.Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Jean Wibaut (Director EU Affairs)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Michael Lohscheller (Speaker of the Management Board and CEO)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
* European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA)
* American Chamber of Commerce EU (AmCham EU)
* British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium (BritCham)
* Verband der Automobilindustrie (VDA)
* BusinessEurope A&SG GroupMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2016 - Dec 2016
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
650,000€
Other financial info
The estimate of costs is based on the cost of the Brussels EU Affairs Office rebilled in 2016 to the European HQ of Opel. It includes staff cost related to the Brussels office, office rent and all other operational expenditures. This estimate includes "pro rata" membership fees as per guidelines.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
4 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 26 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject steel safeguard Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
- Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 14 Jul 2017 Location Brussels Subject Presentation and discusson about decarbonisation of transport as well as Europe on the Move and Clean Energy for All Europeans - packages Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Christian Linder (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 19 Jan 2017 Location Davos, Switzerland Subject Education and training of refugees Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner)
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Date 09 Dec 2014 Location BERL 11/334 Subject TTIP Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Jon Nyman (Cabinet member)
- Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
- Meetings