Overview
Lobbying Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
12
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Bundesverband Digitalpublisher und Zeitungsverleger (BDZV)
EU Transparency Register
201132116888-24 First registered on 09 Apr 2015
Goals / Remit
Der Bundesverband Digitalpublisher und Zeitungsverleger (BDZV) vertritt als Spitzenorganisation die Interessen der Zeitungsverlage und digitalen Publisher in Deutschland und auf EU-Ebene. Über seine zehn Landesverbände gehören dem BDZV 286 Tageszeitungen mit einer Gesamtauflage von 14,3 Millionen verkauften Exemplaren sowie 13 Wochenzeitungen mit knapp einer Million verkauften Exemplaren an. Die Zeitungsverlage bieten darüber hinaus mehr als 600 digitale journalistische Angebote und Marken im Internet an. Der BDZV hat auf die Transformation der Branche reagiert und sich breiter aufgestellt. Seit 2020 können auch Unternehmen digitaler journalistische Marken im Verband Mitglied werden, die nicht einem bereits bestehenden Mitgliedsverlag angehören. Die Geschäftsstelle des BDZV hat ihren Sitz im Haus der Presse im historischen Zeitungsviertel in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Gegründet wurde der Verband 1954 als Bundesverband Deutscher Zeitungsverleger (BDZV).
Main EU files targeted
Pressefreiheit, Medienpluralismus, Digitaler Binnenmarkt, Datenschutz, Urheberrecht, Mehrwertsteuer, Werbeverbote, Werbebeschränkungen, Netzneutralität.
Address
Head Office
Markgrafenstraße 15
Berlin 10969
GERMANYEU Office
Rue de Namur 73A
Bruxelles 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 50% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 28 Oct 2022
Name Start date End Date Philippe MEISTERMANN 31 May 2023 30 May 2024 Mr Philippe MEISTERMANN 31 May 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Valdo LEHARI JR. 07 May 2022 06 May 2023 Mr Philippe MEISTERMANN 06 May 2022 06 May 2023 Mr Valdo LEHARI JR. 16 Jul 2019 16 Jul 2020 Mr Philippe MEISTERMANN 12 Mar 2019 01 Apr 2020 Mr Helmut VERDENHALVEN 14 Jul 2018 13 Jul 2019 Mr Valdo LEHARI JR. 14 Jul 2018 13 Jul 2019 Mr Philippe MEISTERMANN 07 Mar 2018 07 Mar 2019 Mr Valdo LEHARI JR. 27 Jul 2017 14 Jul 2018 Mr Helmut VERDENHALVEN 04 Apr 2017 01 Apr 2018 Mr Philippe MEISTERMANN 25 Feb 2017 24 Feb 2018 Ms Carolin Wehrhahn 12 May 2016 12 May 2017 Ms Carolin Wehrhahn 16 Apr 2015 14 Apr 2016 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
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
ENPA www.enpa.eu
WAN-IFRA http://www.wan-ifra.org/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 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
200,000€ - 299,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
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
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
12 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 12 May 2023 Location Berlin Subject European Media Freedom act Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 23 Jun 2022 Location Videoconférence Subject Media Freedom Act Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Nov 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Media Action Plan and DMA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Oct 2020 Location Videoconference Subject DSA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 31 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject The VAT for digital publications Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Antoine Kasel (Cabinet member)
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Date 31 Aug 2016 Location Brussels Subject copyright reform Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject copyright, AVMSD DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Marlene Holzner (Cabinet member)
- Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Jan 2016 Location BXL Subject copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Dec 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
- Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
- Eric Mamer (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject Speech on free and independent press in Europe Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Jean-Claude Juncker (President)
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Date 06 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject President Juncker's speech on free and independent press in Europe Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Martin Selmayr (Cabinet member)
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