Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
6
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
Avenue des Rogations 28
Brussels 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
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 29 Jul 2021
Name Start date End Date Ms Andrea MORASS 01 Feb 2023 31 Jan 2024 Ms Bettina Appel 18 Aug 2022 17 Aug 2023 Mr Ottmar Berbalk 18 Aug 2022 17 Aug 2023 Mr Jurgen DEBUSMANN 18 Aug 2022 17 Aug 2023 Mr Ottmar Berbalk 20 Mar 2020 20 Mar 2021 Ms Bettina Appel 20 Mar 2020 20 Mar 2021 Mr Jurgen DEBUSMANN 19 Mar 2020 19 Mar 2021 Mr Jürgen Debusmann 01 Mar 2019 01 Mar 2020 Mr Ottmar Berbalk 01 Mar 2019 01 Mar 2020 Ms Bettina Appel 01 Mar 2019 01 Mar 2020 Mr Jürgen Debusmann 07 Mar 2018 01 Mar 2019 Ms Bettina Appel 07 Mar 2018 01 Mar 2019 Mr Ottmar Berbalk 06 Mar 2018 01 Mar 2019 Mr Jürgen Debusmann 20 Mar 2017 07 Mar 2018 Mr Ottmar Berbalk 20 Mar 2017 06 Mar 2018 Ms Bettina Appel 20 Mar 2017 07 Mar 2018 Mr Maxim Hauk 15 Mar 2016 12 Mar 2017 Ms Bettina Appel 09 Mar 2016 08 Mar 2017 Mr Jürgen Debusmann 08 Mar 2016 05 Mar 2017 Mr Ottmar Berbalk 08 Mar 2016 05 Mar 2017 Mr Ottmar Berbalk 17 Feb 2016 11 Oct 2016 Mr Jürgen Debusmann 21 Feb 2015 16 Feb 2016 Mr Ottmar Berbalk 18 Feb 2015 16 Feb 2016 Ms 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€ Deutscher Unternehmensverband Vermögensberatung 25,000€ - 49,999€ EON 10,000€ - 24,999€ Kombiverkehr 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
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
6 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.
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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 Commission - 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 Commission - 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 Commission - 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 Commission - 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 Commission - 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 Commission - Sebastian Kuck (Cabinet member)