Overview
Lobbying Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
4
High-level Commission meetings
20
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
Bertelsmann is a media, services and education company that operates in about 50 countries around the world. It includes the entertainment group RTL Group, the trade book publisher Penguin Random House, the music company BMG, the service provider Arvato Group, Bertelsmann Marketing Services, the Bertelsmann Education Group and Bertelsmann Investments, an international network of funds. The company has 165,000 employees worldwide and generated revenues of €20.2 billion in the 2022 financial year. Bertelsmann stands for creativity and entrepreneurship. This combination promotes first-class media content and innovative service solutions that inspire customers around the world. Bertelsmann aspires to achieve climate neutrality by 2030.
Main EU files targeted
Digital Services Act implementation; Digital Markets Act implementation; Media and Audiovisual Regulation; European Media Freedom Act; Copyright and Intellectual Property; Privacy and Data Protection; Framework Conditions for Quality Content; Competition; Digital Taxation; AI Act
Address
Head Office
Carl-Bertelsmann-Strasse 270
Gütersloh 33311
GERMANYEU Office
Rond-Point Robert Schuman 6
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 50% 1 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 10 Nov 2023
Name Start date End Date Kirsten Dr. von Hutten zum Stolzenberg 01 Jul 2024 30 Jun 2025 Philipp HALLENBERGER 01 Jul 2024 30 Jun 2025 Katrin Gaertner 01 Jul 2024 30 Jun 2025 Patrick AGER 08 Jul 2024 07 Jul 2025 Katrin Susanne GAERTNER 27 Oct 2023 04 Oct 2024 Annabelle Weisser 25 Jan 2024 04 Oct 2024 Patrick AGER 25 Jan 2024 26 Jul 2024 Kirsten VON HUTTEN 06 Feb 2024 04 Oct 2024 Philipp HALLENBERGER 28 Oct 2023 04 Oct 2024 Annabelle Weisser 21 Jan 2023 20 Jan 2024 Patrick AGER 20 Jan 2023 20 Jan 2024 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
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
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
CMBA (Creative Media Business Alliance) - https://www.cmba-alliance.eu/
ACT (Association of Commercial Television in Europe) - https://www.acte.be/
EPC (European Publishers Council) - https://www.epceurope.eu/
egta - http://www.egta.com/
IAB Europe - https://www.iabeurope.eu/
ICMP - https://icmpmusic.com/
EBU (European Broadcasting Union) - https://www.ebu.ch/home/Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
300,000€ - 399,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant Creative Europe Programme 227,500€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Position papers; participation in hearings and expert groups; discussions with EU institutions
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
20 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below covers meetings with Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general (high-level) Commission meetings published December 2014 to December 2024, and the meetings of Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general and officials holding "management functions" in the Commission published since 1 January 2025. Other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may well have taken place, but the Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. All information below comes from the Commission and not from the registrant.
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 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)
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Date 19 Jul 2016 Location Brussels Subject copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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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)