Overview
Lobbying Costs
250,000€
Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
19
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA
EU Transparency Register
26103486608-47 First registered on 08 Sep 2011
Goals / Remit
Die Brüsseler Repräsentanz des internationalen Medienunternehmens Bertelsmann vertritt neben Bertelsmann auch die Unternehmensbereiche RTL Group, Penguin Random House, Gruner+Jahr, Bertelsmann Printing Group, Bertelsmann Education Group, BMG, Bertelsmann Investments sowie Arvato. Sie versteht sich als interne Consulting-Einheit, die bereits im Planungsstadium von Profit-Centern bezüglich rechtlicher und wirtschaftlicher Konsequenzen von EU-Initiativen kontaktiert wird und die Interessen des Unternehmens gegenüber den EU-Institutionen vertritt.
Main EU files targeted
Digital Single Market Strategy
Copyright
Data Protection
Audiovisual Regulation
E-commerce
Net neutrality
Cultural policies
Fake News
BREXITAddress
Head Office
Carl-Bertelsmann-Strasse 270
Gütersloh 33311
GERMANYEU Office
Chaussée d'Etterbeek 166
Brüssel 1040
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 3 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 25 Sep 2019
Name Start date End Date Katrin Susanne GAERTNER 27 Oct 2023 25 Oct 2024 Annabelle Weisser 25 Jan 2024 24 Jan 2025 Patrick AGER 25 Jan 2024 24 Jan 2025 Kirsten VON HUTTEN 06 Feb 2024 05 Feb 2025 Philipp HALLENBERGER 28 Oct 2023 25 Oct 2024 Ms Kirsten VON HUTTEN 06 Feb 2024 26 Apr 2024 Ms Annabelle Weisser 25 Jan 2024 26 Apr 2024 Mr Patrick Ager 25 Jan 2024 26 Apr 2024 Mr Philipp HALLENBERGER 28 Oct 2023 26 Apr 2024 Ms Katrin Susanne GAERTNER 27 Oct 2023 26 Apr 2024 Ms Annabelle Weisser 21 Jan 2023 20 Jan 2024 Mr Patrick Ager 20 Jan 2023 20 Jan 2024 Ms Katrin Susanne GAERTNER 21 Oct 2022 21 Oct 2023 Ms Juliane RINAS 07 Jul 2020 07 Jul 2021 Mr Vincent DE DORLODOT 13 Feb 2020 01 Mar 2021 Mr Marc Sundermann 15 Nov 2019 14 Nov 2020 Ms Jana WALTER 30 Aug 2019 11 Jun 2020 Ms Juliane RINAS 30 Aug 2019 07 Jul 2020 Mr Marc Sundermann 07 Nov 2018 07 Nov 2019 Ms Juliane RINAS 03 Aug 2018 30 Aug 2019 Ms Jana WALTER 11 Jan 2018 09 Jan 2019 Mr Marc Sundermann 27 Oct 2017 18 Oct 2018 Ms Jana WALTER 04 Aug 2017 03 Jan 2018 Ms Juliane RINAS 03 Aug 2017 02 Aug 2018 Mr Marc Sundermann 19 Oct 2016 14 Oct 2017 Mr Marc Sundermann 17 Oct 2015 08 Oct 2016 Ms Jozefina Louisa Barbara Irene Braam 04 Oct 2014 02 Oct 2015 Ms Katharina Becker 26 Aug 2014 19 Aug 2015 Mrs Jozefina Louisa Barbara Irene Braam 04 Oct 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mrs Katharina Becker 26 Aug 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mr Marc Sundermann 26 Aug 2014 20 Aug 2015 Mrs Katharina Becker 22 Aug 2013 21 Aug 2014 Mrs Jozefina Louisa Barbara Irene Braam 26 Jun 2013 25 Jun 2014 Mr Marc Sundermann 20 Jun 2013 01 Jul 2014 Mrs Katharina Becker 25 Oct 2012 12 Sep 2013 Complementary Information
Für unsere Mitarbeiter ist es notwendig, über die aktuell in den Institutionen, insbesondere im Europäischen Parlament, diskutierten Themen informiert zu sein, um zur Beratung des Unternehmens bezüglich rechtlicher und wirtschaftlicher Konsequenzen von EU-Gesetzgebungsinitiativen beitragen zu können.
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Marc Sundermann (Head of the Brussels Liaison Office, SVP Government Relations)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Thomas Rabe (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
TPN (Transatlantic Policy Network)
CMBA (Creative Media Business Alliance)
ACT (Association of Commercial Television in Europe)
IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry)
EMMA (European Media Magazine Association)
EPC (European Publishers Council)Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
250,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
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Meetings
19 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 08 May 2023 Location Brussels Subject EMFA, telecoms and audiovisual policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Eleonora Ocello (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 May 2023 Location Brussels Subject European Media Freedom act Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jan 2020 Location Brussels Subject Digital aspects of the Green Deal Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Dec 2017 Location Brussels Subject DSM Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Eric Peters (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Dec 2017 Location Brussels Subject ongoing policy files (digital) Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Oct 2016 Location Frankfurt Subject Copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 19 Jul 2016 Location Brussels Subject copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 11 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
- Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject Introductory meeting / DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 May 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Data protection reform Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Apr 2015 Location BERL Subject DSM, copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Audiovisual media guideline DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Marlene Holzner (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Feb 2015 Location BERL 10/152 Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - Fabien Dell (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject Copyright, broadband Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Jan 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Dec 2014 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject EU media and audiovisual policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Jonathan Michael Hill (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject Copyright reform, Future media regulation, EU digital single market strategy and Start Up Europe DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Robert Madelin (Director-General)
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Date 09 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject Copyright reform, Future media regulation, EU digital single market strategy and Start Up Europe DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Robert Madelin (Director-General)
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