Overview
Lobbying Costs
1,000,000€ - 1,249,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5.95 Fte (33)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
4
High-level Commission meetings
40
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Bitkom e.V. (Bitkom)
EU Transparency Register
5351830264-31 First registered on 31 Jul 2008
Goals / Remit
Bitkom is Germany’s digital association. Founded 1999 in Berlin, we represent more than 2,200 companies of the digital economy. Our membership spans more than 1,000 SMEs, including half of the 40 DAX companies over 500 startups and virtually all global players. Our members offer software, telecommunications and internet services, produce hardware and consumer electronics, operate in the digital media sector or are in other ways affiliated with the digital economy. A strong European digital policy and a fully integrated digital single market are at the heart of Bitkom’s concerns, as well as establishing Germany as a key driver of digital change in Europe and globally. Bitkom advocates for the digitization of the economy, society, and public administration.
Main EU files targeted
AI Act, Ai Liability Directive, Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, CSAM, Cyber Resilience Act, Data Act, Data Governance Act, Digital Decade Principles, Digital Fairness, Digital Markets Act, Digital Networks Act, Digital Services Act, eIDAS, ESPR, Evaluierung der Normungsverordnung (1025/2012), EUCS, European Chips Act, European Health Data Space, European Media Freedom Act, FIDA, GDPR Enforcement Regulation, Gigabit Infrastructure Act, Green Claims, Mobility Data Space, NIS2 Directive, Open Finance, Product Liability Directive, PSD3, Right to Repair, Standardisation Strategy, TTC, Virtual Worlds
Address
Head Office
Albrechtstr. 10
Berlin 10117
GERMANYEU Office
Rue de la Science 37
Bruxelles 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
33
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 50% 1 25% 3 10% 27 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5.95
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 13 Sep 2024
Name Start date End Date Nicolas Benjamin Schmidt 26 Aug 2024 26 Aug 2025 Jana GAULKE 26 Apr 2024 26 Apr 2026 Sabrina CAROLI 22 Dec 2023 20 Dec 2024 David ADAMS 22 Dec 2023 20 Dec 2024 Mr Felix KUHLENKAMP 28 Sep 2023 30 Dec 2023 Ms Esther STEVERDING 18 Jan 2023 15 Jul 2023 Sabrina CAROLI 29 Nov 2022 29 Nov 2023 David ADAMS 29 Nov 2022 29 Nov 2023 Mr Gustav SPÄT 13 Aug 2022 01 Nov 2022 Sabrina CAROLI 09 Nov 2021 09 Nov 2022 David ADAMS 09 Nov 2021 09 Nov 2022 Benjamin LEDWON 21 Aug 2019 21 Aug 2020 Mr Torben DAVID 26 Jul 2019 25 Jul 2020 Benjamin LEDWON 06 Sep 2018 21 Aug 2019 Mr Torben DAVID 13 Feb 2018 13 Feb 2019 Benjamin LEDWON 31 Aug 2017 18 Aug 2018 Ms Martina Krauss 23 Feb 2017 11 Feb 2018 Constantin GISSLER 25 Aug 2016 23 Aug 2017 Ms Martina Krauss 20 Jan 2016 19 Jan 2017 Constantin GISSLER 01 Aug 2015 30 Jul 2016 Ms Martina Krauss 19 Nov 2014 17 Nov 2015 Mrs Martina Krauss 19 Nov 2014 27 Jan 2015 Constantin GISSLER 15 Jul 2014 11 Jul 2015 Mr Nils Hullen 26 Sep 2013 12 Jul 2014 Complementary Information
The main focus of Bitkom's policy work is at the German national level. Currently there are two employees in Brussels who mainly cover EU digital policy. Three employees located in the Berlin headquarters are involved in EU issues working each about 25% on activities falling within the scope of the transparency register, while 27 employees are involved in EU activities by each 10%.
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
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
DIGITALEUROPE (www.digitaleurope.org)
BDI (www.bdi.eu)Member organisations
https://www.bitkom.org/Bitkom/Mitgliedschaft/Mitgliederliste/
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
1,000,000€ - 1,249,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
1,000,000€ - 1,249,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Digital Transport and Logistics Forum#E03280#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3280 #MEMBER #C#IndustrySub-Group on Artifical Intelligence (AI), connected products and other new challenges in product safety#E00935/6#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100875 #MEMBER #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Position papers & press releases (https://www.bitkom.org/EN/Press-Media/index-EN.html)
Events:
- Bitkom Bento Cyberresilience Act
- Bitkom Bento Skills
- Bitkom Bento Digital Green Deal for Europe
- CSAM & Metaverse Roundtable
- EuropawahleventOther activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
40 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 29 Sep 2023 Location Brussels Subject on digital policy Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Jul 2023 Location Brussels Subject cybersecurity policy and digital skills policy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas Portfolio Promoting the European Way of Life Attending - Chris Uregian (Cabinet member)
- Despina Spanou (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject Presentation of Bitkom project related to the Internet Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Feb 2023 Location brussels Subject Metaverse Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Jan 2023 Location Brussels Subject Digital in the EU green deal Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Nov 2022 Location Brussels Subject Digital transition Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Renate Nikolay (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Jun 2022 Location Brussels Subject Tour d’horizon of EU digital policies Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Jun 2022 Location Brussels Subject Cybersecurity skills Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas Portfolio Promoting the European Way of Life Attending - Despina Spanou (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Jun 2022 Location Bruxelles - Virtual Subject VTC meeting on European Health Data Space Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides Portfolio Health Attending - Ralf Kuhne (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Jun 2021 Location Online Subject EU digital policy priorities Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Apr 2021 Location virtual Subject digital finance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Florian Denis (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jan 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Various digital issues: digitalisation in response to COVID-19 in Germany, GAIA-X governance & use cases, start-ups, cybersecurity, DSA-DMA, data spaces. Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Jan 2021 Location Video conferencing Subject RRF, industry strategy, digital strategy 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 19 Nov 2020 Location Brussels Subject Gaia X Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
- Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Nov 2020 Location Videoconference Subject DSA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jun 2020 Location Brussels (video conference) Subject Digital issues Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 May 2020 Location Video Conference Subject Digital Trade. Covid -19 Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet member)
- Phil Hogan (Commissioner)
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Date 07 May 2020 Location Video Conference Subject Digital Trade. Covid -19 Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Attending - Phil Hogan (Commissioner)
- Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Aug 2019 Location Brussels Subject Digital Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jun 2019 Location Brussels Subject digital policy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jun 2019 Location Berlaymont Subject Digital Sovereignty DG Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action Attending - Ann Mettler (Director-General)
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Date 05 Apr 2019 Location Berlin Subject Exposure of 5G Infrastructure DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 26 Mar 2019 Location Brussels Subject Governance in digital policy, data, artificial intelligence Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Jan 2019 Location Brussels Subject ePrivacy, AI, open data Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Oct 2018 Location Munich Subject MFF and Digital Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 30 Jun 2017 Location Brussels Subject DSM mid-term review Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject Dual use DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 28 Jul 2016 Location Brussels Subject trade policy DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Kilian Gross (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Mar 2016 Location Brussels Subject DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Safe Harbour Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
- Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Dec 2015 Location Berlin Subject Digitisation of industry, startups, eGovernment, data Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
- Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Dec 2015 Location Brussels Subject Telecom review DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
- Eric Mamer (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Jun 2015 Location BERL Subject cybersecurity DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Bodo Lehmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 May 2015 Location BERL 9 Subject Cybersecurity DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Bodo Lehmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Feb 2015 Location BXL Subject Copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject Digitale Agenda / Digitaler Binnenmarkt DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject The new Commission and its priorities DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)