Commerzbank AG

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

1,000,000€ - 1,249,999€

Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

3.7 Fte (6)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

3

High-level Commission meetings

45

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Commerzbank AG

    EU Transparency Register

    83370363079-88 First registered on 18 Jan 2010

    Goals / Remit

    Die Commerzbank ist eine führende, international agierende Geschäftsbank mit Standorten in mehr als 50 Ländern. Kernmärkte der Commerzbank sind Deutschland und Polen. Mit den Geschäftsbereichen Privatkunden, Mittelstandsbank, Corporates & Markets und Central & Eastern Europe bietet sie ihren Privat- und Firmenkunden sowie institutionellen Investoren ein umfassendes Portfolio an Bank- und Kapitalmarktdienstleistungen an. Die Commerzbank finanziert über 30% des deutschen Außenhandels und ist unangefochtener Marktführer in der Mittelstandsfinanzierung. Mit den Einheiten comdirect und der polnischen mBank verfügt sie über zwei der weltweit innovativsten Online-Banken.

    Main EU files targeted

    Implementierung Basel IV,
    Einlagensicherung (CMDI),
    Europäische Bankenunion,
    Europäische Kapitalmarktunion,
    Sustainable Finance,
    MiFID/MiFIR,
    Anti-Money Laundering und Counter Terrorist Financing (AML-Paket),
    Retail Financial Services,
    Retail Investment Strategy,
    Digitalisierung von Finanzdienstleistungen,
    EMIR

    Address

    Head Office
    Kaiserplatz 1
    Frankfurt am Main 60311
    GERMANY
    EU Office
    Liaison Office Brussels Square de Meeûs 23
    Brüssel 1000
    BELGIUM

    Website

    http://www.commerzbank.com

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    6

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%3
    50%1
    10%2

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    3.7

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 04 Dec 2023

    Name Start date End Date
    Mr Thilo SCHWEIZER 12 Oct 2023 11 Oct 2024
    Ms Verena BITTER 11 Oct 2023 10 Oct 2024
    Mr Konstantin Friedrich RABE 09 Sep 2023 06 Sep 2024
    Ms Verena BITTER 21 Sep 2022 21 Sep 2023
    Mr Konstantin Friedrich RABE 21 Sep 2022 09 Sep 2023
    Mr Thilo SCHWEIZER 21 Sep 2022 21 Sep 2023
    Mr Heiner Herkenhoff 26 Nov 2021 26 Nov 2022
    Mr Konstantin Friedrich RABE 29 Sep 2021 21 Sep 2022
    Mr Thilo SCHWEIZER 29 Sep 2021 21 Sep 2022
    Ms Verena BITTER 28 Sep 2021 21 Sep 2022
    Mr Konstantin Friedrich RABE 16 Oct 2019 16 Oct 2020
    Mr Heiner Herkenhoff 24 Aug 2019 01 Sep 2020
    Mr Thilo SCHWEIZER 20 Aug 2019 01 Sep 2020
    Ms Anne Lina THOLEN 20 Aug 2019 01 Sep 2020
    Ms Anne Lina THOLEN 07 Sep 2018 20 Aug 2019
    Mr Thilo SCHWEIZER 29 Aug 2018 20 Aug 2019
    Mr Daniel PEREZ 29 Aug 2018 25 Jul 2019
    Mr Alessandro PRIVITERA 14 Oct 2017 13 Oct 2018
    Mr Daniel PEREZ 06 Sep 2017 29 Aug 2018
    Mr Heiner Herkenhoff 20 Mar 2017 08 Mar 2018
    Ms Ute Schmaltz 20 Mar 2017 06 Oct 2017
    Mr Alessandro PRIVITERA 20 Oct 2016 14 Oct 2017
    Ms Riena HOBERG 22 Aug 2016 10 Jun 2017
    Ms Nina Friederike Schindler 10 Mar 2016 08 Jan 2017
    Mr Heiner Herkenhoff 10 Mar 2016 10 Mar 2017
    Ms Ute Schmaltz 10 Mar 2016 10 Mar 2017
    Mr Florian Wandruszka 30 Sep 2015 01 Jun 2016
    Ms Nina Friederike Schindler 17 Mar 2015 10 Mar 2016
    Mr Heiner Herkenhoff 17 Mar 2015 10 Mar 2016
    Ms Ute Schmaltz 13 Mar 2015 10 Mar 2016
    Ms Nina Friederike Schindler 19 Mar 2014 17 Mar 2015
    Ms Ute Schmaltz 19 Mar 2014 13 Mar 2015
    Mr Florian Wandruszka 17 Jul 2014 15 Jul 2015
    Mrs Nina Friederike Schindler 19 Mar 2014 27 Jan 2015
    Mr Heiner Herkenhoff 19 Mar 2014 17 Mar 2015
    Mrs Ute Schmaltz 19 Mar 2014 27 Jan 2015
    Mrs Olivia von Portatius 12 Dec 2013 11 Dec 2014
    Mr Florian Wandruszka 12 Jul 2013 11 Jul 2014
    Mrs Charlotte Luise Kruip 28 Mar 2013 11 Dec 2013
    Mrs Nina Friederike Schindler 27 Mar 2013 19 Mar 2014
    Mr Heiner Herkenhoff 27 Mar 2013 19 Mar 2014
    Mrs Ute Schmaltz 27 Mar 2013 19 Mar 2014
    Mrs Lucy Alice THOMAS 27 Jan 2012 08 Feb 2013
    Mr Jörn-Jakob RÖBER 24 Jan 2012 01 Nov 2012
    Mr Henning VOM STEIN 02 Feb 2012 08 Feb 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

  • Categories

    Category

    Companies & groups

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME)
    Bundesverband Deutscher Banken (BdB)
    Bitkom e.V.
    Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
    Deutsches Aktieninstitut e.V. (DAI)
    European Parliamentary Financial Services Forum (EPFSF)
    Futures Industry Association (FIA)
    International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers (IACPM)
    International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)
    Institute of International Bankers (IIB)
    Institute of International Finance (IIF)
    Verein für Umweltmanagement in Banken, Sparkassen und Versicherungen (VfU)
    Verband deutscher Pfandbriefbanken e.V. (vdp)
    Wirtschaftsforum der SPD e.V.
    Wirtschaftsrat der CDU e.V.

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • 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

    1,000,000€ - 1,249,999€

    Major contributions in closed year

    None declared

    Intermediaries for closed year

    None declared

    Intermediaries for current year

    None declared

    Closed year Costs

    1,000,000€ - 1,249,999€

    Other financial info

    The “estimate of annual costs related to activities covered by the register” under heading 14. c) includes operating costs for the EU Liaison Office and pro rata membership fees for associations carrying out activities covered by the Register. It also includes staff costs for employees active in the Liaison Office, as well as for executives and supporting staff based in our headquarters who are carrying out activities covered by the Register.

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    NPL Advisory Panel#E03784#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3784 #Member #C#Finance

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A
    EPFSF

    Communication activities

    • Jahresempfang
    • lunch:lab!
    • Teilnahme an Diskussionsrunden von Europäischem Parlament, Europäischer Kommission und Ständiger Vertretungen
    • Gespräche auf Vorstands- und Expertenebene mit Vertretern aus den EU-Institutionen und den Ständigen Vertretungen
    • Monitoring und interne Kommunikation

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    45 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 publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.

    • Date 25 Oct 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Capital Markets Union, Digital Euro, Transition Finance
      Attending
      • John Berrigan (Director-General)
    • Date 04 May 2023 Location Brussels, BE
      Subject Update on DG BUDG strategy and priorities for the upcoming months
      Attending
      • Stéphanie Riso (Director-General)
    • Date 01 Feb 2023 Location Video conference
      Subject retail investment strategy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio An Economy that Works for People
      Attending
      • Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 01 Feb 2023 Location Virtual
      Subject Retail Investment Strategy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness
      Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 16 Nov 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject Transparent and standardised securitisation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness
      Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Tommy De Temmerman (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 16 Nov 2022 Location Video call
      Subject Securitisation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio An Economy that Works for People
      Attending
      • Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 07 Jul 2022 Location Brussels - Virtual
      Subject Topic: Polish loans in foreign currency (CHF) and the UCTD Directive. Eu Commission made it clear that we do not interfere in cases before the ECJ and with the SJ work in this regard.
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Valeria Miceli (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 17 Mar 2022 Location virtual
      Subject Payment for Order Flow (PFOF) MiFIR review
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness
      Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Florian Denis (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 25 Jan 2022 Location Virtual meeting
      Subject BU and CMU
      Attending
      • John Berrigan (Director-General)
    • Date 30 Nov 2021 Location Virtual Meeting
      Subject Green and digital transitions, competitiveness of EU banking sector.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness
      Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Tommy De Temmerman (Cabinet member)
    • Date 30 Nov 2021 Location video-conference
      Subject Green and digital transitions, competitiveness of EU banking sector
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio An Economy that Works for People
      Attending
      • Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
    • Date 27 Oct 2021 Location Brussels
      Subject CH Libor and on the implementation of Basel III
      Attending
      • John Berrigan (Director-General)
    • Date 20 Sep 2021 Location Brussels
      Subject Situation of the EU banking sector, sustainable finance
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio An Economy that Works for People
      Attending
      • Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
      • Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
    • Date 07 Sep 2021 Location video-conference
      Subject Basel III implementation; sustainable finance; retail investment
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio An Economy that Works for People
      Attending
      • Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
      • Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
    • Date 06 Sep 2021 Location webex
      Subject Next Generation EU
      Attending
      • Gert-Jan Koopman (Director-General)
    • Date 27 May 2021 Location Video conferencing
      Subject Sustainable corporate governance
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio An Economy that Works for People
      Attending
      • Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
    • Date 20 Nov 2020 Location Videoconference
      Subject EU SURE instrument
      Attending
      • Gert-Jan Koopman (Director-General)
    • Date 08 Sep 2020 Location Brussels - videoconference
      Subject Green recovery: Financing of the Green Deal
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 16 Jun 2020 Location Virtual meeting
      Subject MiFID II review
      Attending
      • John Berrigan (Director-General)
    • Date 22 Feb 2019 Location Brussels
      Subject Polish financial services legislation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 24 Sep 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject MFF
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger
      Portfolio Budget &amp; Human Resources
      Attending
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
    • Date 28 Feb 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject EMIR
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 11 Jan 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Monetary Issures; EMU; Basel III
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
      • Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
    • Date 15 May 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject EBA draft RTS on Strong Customer Authentication and Secure Communication
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 16 Nov 2016 Location Hamburg
      Subject digitisation in the geopolitical context
      Attending
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
    • Date 14 Nov 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Retail Financial Services
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
    • Date 01 Jul 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Digitisation in banking
      Attending
      • Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
    • Date 31 May 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Agenda regarding financial services
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill
      Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Chantal Hughes (Cabinet member)
    • Date 31 May 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject banking in digital era
      Attending
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
    • Date 02 May 2016 Location Berlin
      Subject Datensicherheit und Banken
      Attending
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
    • Date 19 Oct 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Data Protection
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová
      Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
      Attending
      • Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 19 Oct 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Financial Services Policy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill
      Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Denzil Davidson (Cabinet member)
    • Date 15 Oct 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject banking and DSM
      Attending
      • Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
    • Date 30 Sep 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Better regulation in the area of financial services legislation; general questions on the portfolio
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill
      Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Mette Toftdal Grolleman (Cabinet member)
    • Date 28 Sep 2015 Location Belgium, Brussels, BERL
      Subject Overview on Financial Regulation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill
      Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
    • Date 21 Sep 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Financial Services Policy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill
      Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
      • Denzil Davidson (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 01 Sep 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject TTIP - "She VIP lunch"
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström
      Portfolio Trade
      Attending
      • Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner)
    • Date 01 Sep 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject DSM
      Attending
      • Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
      • Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 23 Apr 2015 Location Belgium, Brussels, BERL
      Subject IFRS
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill
      Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Sebastian Kuck (Cabinet member)
    • Date 20 Mar 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
    • Date 28 Jan 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Bank reform, capital single market
      Attending
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
    • Date 27 Jan 2015 Location European Commission - BERL
      Subject Banking Union
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
      • Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
    • Date 27 Jan 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject Current Financial Issues
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Martin Selmayr (Cabinet member)
    • Date 27 Jan 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject BSR, TLAC, CMU
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill
      Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
    • Date 02 Dec 2014 Location Brussels - Belgium
      Subject Structural Reform
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill
      Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Sebastian Kuck (Cabinet member)
      • Chantal Hughes (Cabinet member)
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