Overview
Lobbying Costs
135,000€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.85 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Bernstein Public Policy
EU Transparency Register
32689998126-75 First registered on 21 Feb 2012
Goals / Remit
Shaping change – for 20 years, Bernstein Group has been offering strategic consulting based on sound analysis, expertise and experience. Our team of experienced experts is specialised in advising on special situations, complex political decision-making processes and regulatory issues. We stand for well-founded, cross-party, independent advice. Bernstein Group was founded in 2001 and has offices in Berlin, Frankfurt and Brussels. Our consulting approach takes account of social and technological change: We combine digital data and network analysis with our personal experience and expertise in analytics, public policy and communications. We distinguish the relevant from the irrelevant to create a sound and reliable basis for decision-making and establish and ensure our clients’ capacity for action. We solidly, dependably and knowledgeably advise national and international companies, investors, start-ups and institutions.
Main EU files targeted
Sustainable Finance, Payment Services, Financial Services, Anti-Money Laundering, Access to Medicines, E-Commerce, Consumer Policy, E-Pharmacies, Gambling, Taxation, Competition policy, State aid policy, Enforcement of EU law.
Address
Head Office
Rue de Spa 24
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue de Spa 24
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 2 25% 3 10% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.85
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 13 May 2022
Name Start date End Date Ms Sabrina LUH 04 Mar 2023 11 Mar 2024 Ms Dana STREIB 07 Sep 2022 01 Jan 2023 Ms Eleonora MARINO 07 Sep 2022 09 Jun 2023 Mr Niko KRASTING 26 Mar 2022 01 Jul 2022 Ms Flora ROSENBERGER 26 Mar 2022 01 May 2022 Ms Yvonne GROSS 26 Mar 2022 07 Sep 2022 Ms Elisabeth FREIIN VON REITZENSTEIN 26 Mar 2022 04 Mar 2023 Ms Amelie SCHULTE 27 Oct 2021 01 Feb 2022 Ms Lisa WETZIG 27 Oct 2021 01 Jan 2022 Ms Elisabeth FREIIN VON REITZENSTEIN 03 Feb 2021 03 Feb 2022 Mr Florian LOTTMANN 11 Feb 2021 11 Feb 2022 Mr Luca KERSCHER 03 Feb 2021 01 Apr 2021 Ms Yvonne GROSS 03 Feb 2021 03 Feb 2022 Ms Elisabeth VON REITZENSTEIN 03 Feb 2021 20 Sep 2021 Mr Paul ELKENHANS 09 Jan 2020 01 Apr 2020 Ms Anna Isabel BECKER 28 Nov 2019 12 May 2020 Ms Teresa Maria VAZQUEZ LOPEZ 06 Nov 2019 12 Dec 2019 Ms Julina MINTEL 14 Sep 2019 31 Jan 2020 Mr Florian LOTTMANN 18 May 2019 01 Jun 2020 Ms Sophia SIEMER 18 May 2019 01 Sep 2019 Mr Moritz MUND 08 Feb 2019 01 May 2019 Ms Anna Isabel BECKER 24 Nov 2018 23 Nov 2019 Ms Teresa Maria VAZQUEZ LOPEZ 26 Oct 2018 26 Oct 2019 Mr Franz Ferdinand WILLEIT 09 Oct 2018 01 May 2019 Ms Julia KRIEG 06 Jul 2018 29 Sep 2018 Mr Florian LOTTMANN 08 Jun 2018 18 May 2019 Ms Laura BALKE 14 Apr 2018 30 Jun 2018 Mr Niklas DAM 09 Jan 2018 06 Apr 2018 Mr Sebastian WOLPERS 15 Sep 2017 15 Sep 2018 Ms Antonia ERICH 20 Jul 2017 07 Oct 2017 Mr Florian LOTTMANN 16 May 2017 12 May 2018 Ms Solene MOLARD 25 Apr 2017 19 Jul 2017 Ms Yuliana LEFEVRE 10 Jan 2017 07 Apr 2017 Ms Lefevre YULIANA 10 Jan 2017 26 Jan 2017 Ms Sabrina MEYER 14 Oct 2016 08 Jan 2017 Mr Sebastian WOLPERS 13 Sep 2016 08 Sep 2017 Ms Lara RUDNIK 19 Jul 2016 14 Oct 2016 Mr Florian LOTTMANN 13 May 2016 01 May 2017 Ms Jacqueline BREIDLID 01 Sep 2015 20 Jul 2016 Mr Sebastian WOLPERS 01 Sep 2015 28 Aug 2016 Mr Florian LOTTMANN 25 Apr 2015 23 Apr 2016 Mr Johannes Theiss 05 Sep 2014 30 Aug 2015 Mr Florian LOTTMANN 25 Apr 2014 25 Apr 2015 Mr Johannes Theiss 13 Sep 2013 05 Sep 2014 Mr Florian LOTTMANN 26 Mar 2013 20 Mar 2014 Mr Max VON STEYNITZ 26 Mar 2013 20 Mar 2014 Mr Florian LOTTMANN 28 Mar 2012 26 Mar 2013 Mr Max VON STEYNITZ 28 Mar 2012 26 Mar 2013 Florian LOTTMANN 28 Mar 2012 20 Mar 2013 Max VON STEYNITZ 28 Mar 2012 20 Mar 2013 Sara-Ida KAISER 23 Mar 2012 21 Mar 2013 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
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Categories
Category
Professional consultancies
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Networking
Affiliation
Society of European Affairs Professionals (SEAP)
www.seap.be
Public Affairs Council (PAC)
www.pac.orgMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Advances interests of their clients
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
135,000€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Clients for closed financial year
Clients list
Name Proposal Amount Deutsche Kreditbank • Regulation (EU) 2015/751 on interchange fees for card-based payment transactions • Directive (EU) 2015/2366 2015 on payment services in the internal market • Directive 2014/17/EU on credit agreements for consumers relating to residential immovable property • Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on consumer credits • Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments • Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 on markets in financial instruments • Regulation (EU) 2020/852 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment • Proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence • Call for feedback on the draft reports by the Platform on Sustainable Finance on a social taxonomy and on an extended taxonomy to support economic transition • Public consultation on Instant payments 50,000€ - 99,999€ Kerberos Compliance-Managementsysteme Directive (EU) 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing • REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the assessment of the risk of money laundering and terrorist financing affecting the internal market and relating to cross-border activities • Proposal for a DIRECTIVE on the mechanisms to be put in place by the Member States for the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing and repealing Directive (EU) 2015/849 • Proposal for a REGULATION on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing • Proposal for a REGULATION establishing the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism and amending Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010, (EU) 1094/2010, (EU) 1095/2010 50,000€ - 99,999€ dkv mobility • Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax • Value Added Tax Committee (Article 398 of Directive 2006/112/EC) Commission Working Paper No 1020. Case law. Issues arising from recent judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union. CJEU Case C-235/18 Vega International: Fuel cards 25,000€ - 49,999€ aldi • Commission Notice — EU guidelines on food donation (2017/C 361/01) • Commission Notice providing guidance on food safety management systems for food retail activities, including food donations (2020/C 199/01) • Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin • Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on specific hygiene requirements for food of animal origin 0€ - 10,000€ Clients for current financial year
Clients list
Name Kerberos Compliance-Managementsysteme dkv mobility bundesverband der geldwäschebeauftragten aldi Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Bernstein Public Policy are involved in specific legal or administrative cases and procedures, which do not seek as such to change the existing legal framework and are as such not covered by the register.
- Meetings
Meetings
3 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 Jan 2022 Location virtual Subject Assessment of VAT fuel cards Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Gints Freimanis (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject Online sale of medicines Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Annika Nowak (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Feb 2018 Location BERL Subject prohibition of mail order sales of prescription-only medicines in Germany Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
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