Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
9
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Berbalk Communications (BC)
EU Transparency Register
309943411467-94 First registered on 01 Jul 2013
Goals / Remit
Berbalk Communications is a communications and public-affairs agency based in Germany and Brussels.
The agency is representing European companies and professional associations. The fields of interest are media, financial services, automotive and energy. Berbalk Communications offers strategic consulting services to help its' clients to identify and promote their interests within the EU.Main EU files targeted
Data protection
Big data
Insurance Distribution Directive
CO2 Emission
Intellectual Property Rights
VAT
Digital Agenda
Transport
Copyright
New Green DealAddress
Head Office
Schulstraße 5
Kirchheim 36275
GERMANYEU Office
Ave des Rogations 28
Brüssel 1200
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 75% 1 50% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 29 Jan 2021
Name Start date End Date Ottmar BERBALK 28 Aug 2024 28 Aug 2025 Bettina APPEL 05 Oct 2023 04 Oct 2024 Ottmar BERBALK 02 Sep 2023 01 Sep 2024 Jurgen DEBUSMANN 02 Sep 2023 01 Sep 2024 Andrea MORASS 20 Jan 2024 04 Oct 2024 Andrea MORASS 01 Feb 2023 20 Jan 2024 Bettina APPEL 18 Aug 2022 18 Aug 2023 Ottmar BERBALK 18 Aug 2022 18 Aug 2023 Jurgen DEBUSMANN 18 Aug 2022 18 Aug 2023 Ottmar BERBALK 20 Mar 2020 20 Mar 2021 Bettina APPEL 20 Mar 2020 20 Mar 2021 Jurgen DEBUSMANN 19 Mar 2020 19 Mar 2021 Mr Jürgen Debusmann 01 Mar 2019 01 Mar 2020 Ottmar BERBALK 01 Mar 2019 01 Mar 2020 Bettina APPEL 01 Mar 2019 01 Mar 2020 Mr Jürgen Debusmann 07 Mar 2018 01 Mar 2019 Bettina APPEL 07 Mar 2018 01 Mar 2019 Ottmar BERBALK 06 Mar 2018 01 Mar 2019 Mr Jürgen Debusmann 20 Mar 2017 07 Mar 2018 Ottmar BERBALK 20 Mar 2017 06 Mar 2018 Bettina APPEL 20 Mar 2017 07 Mar 2018 Mr Maxim Hauk 15 Mar 2016 12 Mar 2017 Bettina APPEL 09 Mar 2016 08 Mar 2017 Mr Jürgen Debusmann 08 Mar 2016 05 Mar 2017 Ottmar BERBALK 08 Mar 2016 05 Mar 2017 Ottmar BERBALK 17 Feb 2016 11 Oct 2016 Mr Jürgen Debusmann 21 Feb 2015 16 Feb 2016 Ottmar BERBALK 18 Feb 2015 16 Feb 2016 Bettina APPEL 25 Feb 2015 16 Feb 2016 Complementary Information
Ottmar Berbalk
Bettina Appel
Jürgen DebusmannPerson 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
I - Professional consultancies/law firms/self-employed consultants
Subcategory
Professional consultancies
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Networking
Affiliation
Europa Union Brüssel
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
Other financial info
I have no funding source, my estimation for the budget calculates on the experiences of the last year
Declared lobby clients
Client Name Amount Bundesverband Deutscher Vermögensberater 10,000€ - 24,999€ Burda 25,000€ - 49,999€ Deutscher Unternehmensverband Vermögensberatung 25,000€ - 49,999€ EON 10,000€ - 24,999€ Microsoft 10,000€ - 24,999€ TenneT 10,000€ - 24,999€ -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
9 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.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 12 Jul 2024 Location Brussels Subject rail freight, sustainable growth in Europe as an industrial and commercial location Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Mar 2024 Location videoconference Subject Meeting with Kombiverkehr on Combined Transport Directive Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Attending - Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Apr 2023 Location Brussels Subject Future of Europe and EU transport system Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Walter Goetz (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Feb 2023 Location Brussels Subject Combined Transport in Europe and Greening Freight Package Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Walter Goetz (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Nov 2022 Location Brussels Subject Retail investment Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Jun 2019 Location Brussels Subject European elections Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 27 Nov 2018 Location Brussels Subject MFF Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 15 Feb 2016 Location Belgium, Brussels, BERL Subject Banking Union Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Sebastian Kuck (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Oct 2015 Location Belgium, Brussels, BERL Subject CMU, Private Pension Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Sebastian Kuck (Cabinet member)
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