Overview
Lobbying Costs
25,000€ - 49,999€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.75 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
22
Lobbying Costs over the years
-
Info
Association of European Businesses (AEB)
EU Transparency Register
849798415326-80 First registered on 18 Dec 2014
Goals / Remit
The Association of European Businesses is the main representative body of foreign investors in Russia. Founded in 1995, the AEB is an independent non-profit organisation of over 500 European and Russian companies. The AEB members are multinational corporations and small and medium-sized enterprises. They all share a commitment to boosting cooperation between the EU and Russia, as well as the desire to improve the investment climate of the Russian Federation.
The AEB includes 60 committees, subcommittees and working groups that are engaged in lobbying on a wide range of issues in various business areas including energy, transport and customs, agriculture, air travel, passenger cars and commercial vehicles production, legislation, taxation, banking, real estate, crop protection products and many others. These committees work closely with the European and Russian authorities, and provide comments and suggested changes to the draft laws of the Russian Federation.Main EU files targeted
EU Green Deal
Barriers to trade
EU restrictive measures in view of Russia's actions destabilising the situation in UkraineAddress
Head Office
Ul. Butyrsky Val 68/70, bld.1
Moscow 127055
RUSSIA, FEDERATION OFEU Office
Ul. Butyrsky Val 68/70, bld.1
Moscow 127055
RUSSIA, FEDERATION OFWebsite
-
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
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
-
Categories
Category
Trade and business associations
-
Networking
Affiliation
Member of CECE
Member of the EBOs Worldwide Network
Memorandum of Understanding with EUROCHAMBRES dated 18.04.2008
Observer status in the EU-Russia Industrialists Round Table (IRT)Member organisations
None declared
-
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
25,000€ - 49,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
25,000€ - 49,999€
Other financial info
None declared
-
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Other activities
- Yearly Board visit to Brussels, February 2020
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 publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
-
Date 10 Jun 2022 Location Brussels Subject EU sanctions Commission - John Berrigan (Director-General)
-
Date 05 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Exchange of views on EU cooperation with Russian Federation, European IT Telecom companies in Russian market Commission - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
-
Date 05 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Exchange of views on EU cooperation with Russian Federation, European IT Telecom companies in Russian market Commission - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
-
Date 04 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject trade relations with Russia Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Commission - Dermot Ryan (Cabinet member)
-
Date 04 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject The impact of US sanctions on European businesses in Russia Commission - John Berrigan (Director-General)
-
Date 04 Feb 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Exchange of views on customs issues Commission - Stephen Quest (Director-General)
-
Date 03 Feb 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject EU-Russia relations Commission - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
-
Date 04 Feb 2019 Location Brussels Subject EU/US sanctions, Russia Commission - Olivier Guersent (Director-General)
-
Date 23 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject EU-Russia relations Commission - Olivier Guersent (Director-General)
-
Date 21 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject EU - Russia relations in the framework of the digital portfolio Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Commission - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
-
Date 23 Mar 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject EU-Russia energy relations Commission - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
-
Date 22 Mar 2017 Location Brussels Subject EU-Russia relations Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Commission - Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner)
-
Date 22 Mar 2017 Location Brussels Subject Current economic situation and investment climate in Russia, Customs transit issues Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Commission - Ioana Diaconescu (Cabinet member)
-
Date 22 Mar 2017 Location Brussels Subject trade barriers between EU and Russian federation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Commission - Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 17 Jun 2016 Location St. Petersburg Subject digitising industry Commission - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
-
Date 18 Mar 2016 Location Brussels Subject Trade and investment relations with Russia Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Commission - Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
- Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)
-
Date 16 Mar 2016 Location Brussels Subject EU Companies operating in Russia Commission - Jean-Luc Demarty (Director-General)
-
Date 18 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Financial Services Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Commission - Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
-
Date 17 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Impact of restrictive measures on EU economic operators in Russia Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Johannes Hahn Portfolio European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations Commission - Emma Udwin (Cabinet member)
-
Date 17 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Economic relations EU-Russia Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Commission - Ioana Diaconescu (Cabinet member)
-
Date 17 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject EU-Russia Relationships in Trade Commission - Jean-Luc Demarty (Director-General)
-
Date 16 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Economic situation in Russia Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Commission - Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)