Overview
Lobbying Costs
600,000€ - 699,999€
Financial year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
5
High-level Commission meetings
49
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA)
EU Transparency Register
15987896534-82 First registered on 01 Sep 2011
Goals / Remit
The Computer & Communications Industry Association is a not-for-profit membership organization for a wide range of companies in the computer, internet, information technology, and telecommunications industries, represented by their senior executives. Created five decades ago, CCIA promotes open markets, open systems, open networks, and full, fair, and open competition. CCIA serves as the eyes, ears, and voice of the world’s leading providers of technology products and services in Washington and Brussels.
CCIA members include computer and communications companies, equipment manufacturers, software developers, service providers, re-sellers, integrators, and financial service companies. Together they employ almost one million workers.Main EU files targeted
Engaging with EU decision makers on EU and global digital policy issues including copyright, competition, tax reform, online platforms, data protection, data flows, government surveillance reform, trade, and telecommunications.
Address
Head Office
25 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW Suite 300C
Washington, DC 20001
UNITED STATESEU Office
Rue la Loi 227
Brussels
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 6 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
5 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 27 Nov 2022
Name Start date End Date Ms Mathilde Adjutor 08 Mar 2022 07 Mar 2023 Mr Christian Borggreen 30 Oct 2021 28 Oct 2022 Ms Victoria de POSSON 23 Oct 2021 21 Oct 2022 Ms Inmaculada Concepcion PEREZ RUIZ 22 Oct 2021 21 Oct 2022 Mr Kayvan HAZEMI-JEBELLI 20 Oct 2021 19 Oct 2022 Mr Christian Borggreen 23 Nov 2019 20 Nov 2020 Kayvan HAZEMI-JEBELLI 07 Nov 2019 06 Nov 2020 Ms Victoria de POSSON 10 Sep 2019 09 Sep 2020 Mr Alexandre Roure 24 Jan 2019 23 Jan 2020 Mr Christian Borggreen 23 Nov 2018 22 Nov 2019 Ms Maud SACQUET 07 Sep 2018 30 Sep 2019 Mr Jakob KUCHARCZYK 22 Jun 2018 21 Jun 2019 Mr Alexandre Roure 03 Jan 2018 21 Dec 2018 Mr Christian Borggreen 20 Nov 2017 16 Nov 2018 Ms Maud SACQUET 05 Sep 2017 30 Aug 2018 Ms Viktoria CHATZI 04 Aug 2017 02 Aug 2018 Ms Maud SACQUET 17 Sep 2016 14 Sep 2017 Mr Christian Borggreen 18 Mar 2016 15 Mar 2017 Ms Maud SACQUET 16 Sep 2015 14 Sep 2016 Mr Christian Borggreen 24 Feb 2015 20 Feb 2016 Mr Jakob KUCHARCZYK 09 Dec 2011 31 Oct 2012 Complementary Information
CCIA develops, defines, and advocates policy on a range of issues relevant to the information and communication technology sector. CCIA engages with policymakers and government officials when necessary. CCIA focuses on policy issues relevant to the broader Internet ecosystem; particularly on competition, market access, open standards, intellectual property rights, privacy and data security policies, Internet freedom and government procurement.
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
CCIA is an Associate Member of the European Internet Foundation (EIF):
http://www.eifonline.org/
CCIA is a supporting Member of the Copyright for Creativity Initiative (C4C):
http://www.copyright4creativity.eu/bin/view/Public/WebHome
The Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD:
www.http://biac.org/
United States Council for International Business:
http://www.uscib.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 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
600,000€ - 699,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount kdc group 25,000€ - 49,999€ Intermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
600,000€ - 699,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
49 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.
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Date 29 Sep 2022 Location Brussels (Zoom) Subject To learn more about the Commission President’s legislative plans for the Fall, notably on a possible internet traffic usage fee. Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Commission - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Sep 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Contribution to network investment Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Commission - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Sep 2022 Location virtual Subject Product liability directive Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Commission - Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Sep 2022 Location virtual Subject (will follow) Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Commission - Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Jun 2022 Location Brussels Subject Telecom infrastructure fee, CSAM proposal, Digital Services Act. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Commission - Penelope Papandropoulos (Cabinet member)
- Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Apr 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Political Advertising Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Commission - Monika Ladmanova (Cabinet member)
- Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Jan 2022 Location Online Subject Data Act, Artificial Intelligence Act, Digital Service Act Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Commission - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Feb 2021 Location Brussels (online) Subject DSA, DMA, AI, data Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Commission - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 May 2019 Location Brussels Subject Platforms, data Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Sep 2018 Location Brussels Subject GDPR, privacy shield, e-privacy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists - DIGITALEUROPE
- BSA | The Software Alliance
- European CIO Association
- ITI - The Information Technology Industry Council
- BUSINESSEUROPE
- Ecommerce Europe
- GSMA Europe
- American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union
- Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe
- European Banking Federation
- European Round Table for Industry
- ESOMAR
- European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association
- SMEunited aisbl
- Federation of European Data and Marketing
- EuroCommerce
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Date 14 May 2018 Location Brussels Subject EU competition policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Commission - Manuel Aleixo (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Apr 2018 Location Brussels Subject Competition policy in digital markets Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Commission - Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject Cybersecurity Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King Portfolio Security Union Commission - Julie Ruff (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Illegal content online Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject GDPR, e-privacy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists - Ecommerce Europe
- GSMA Europe
- DIGITALEUROPE
- European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association
- EuroCommerce
- Federation of European Data and Marketing
- Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe
- BSA | The Software Alliance
- SMEunited aisbl
- ESOMAR
- European Internet Services Providers Association
- BUSINESSEUROPE
- European Round Table for Industry
- American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union
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Date 06 Jul 2017 Location Brussels Subject Platforms Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 May 2017 Location Brussels Subject GDPR Implementation and Privacy Shield Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists - DIGITALEUROPE
- BSA | The Software Alliance
- Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe
- European Newspaper Publishers' Association
- European Banking Federation
- European Magazine Media Association
- European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association
- Ecommerce Europe
- Federation of European Data and Marketing
- European Internet Services Providers Association
- American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union
- European Round Table for Industry
- European CIO Association
- SMEunited aisbl
- BUSINESSEUROPE
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Date 19 Dec 2016 Location Brussels Subject Discussion with industry on general data protection regulation implementation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
- Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
- Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - DIGITALEUROPE
- European CIO Association
- European Internet Services Providers Association
- European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association
- BUSINESSEUROPE
- SMEunited aisbl
- Federation of European Data and Marketing
- BSA | The Software Alliance
- Coalition of European Organisations on Data Protection
- European Banking Federation
- European Round Table for Industry
- Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe
- Ecommerce Europe
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Date 25 Nov 2016 Location Brussels Subject e-privacy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Oct 2016 Location Brussels Subject Copyright Commission - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Oct 2016 Location Washington Subject DSM Commission - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 27 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject DSM Commission - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
- Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 01 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject Copyright reform Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Commission - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Aug 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Copyright reform Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Commission - Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Aug 2016 Location Brussels Subject Views on telecommunications, market and co-operation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Commission - Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Jul 2016 Location Brussels Subject Telco review Commission - Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject Privacy shield, data protection Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
- Vivian Loonela (Cabinet member)
- Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject Digitising European Industry Commission - Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject DSM Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject DSM Commission - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject e-commerce Commission - Kilian Gross (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Commission - Adrienn Kiraly (Cabinet member)
- Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Apr 2016 Location BXL Subject copyright Commission - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject Online platforms – OTT/telecoms - Copyright reform- Free flow of data initiative – AVMS/portability Commission - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 10 Mar 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject EU-US Privacy Shield Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Commission - Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject DSM Commission - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject EU-US Privacy Shield Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Vivian Loonela (Cabinet member)
- Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
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Date 22 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject DSM Commission - Kilian Gross (Cabinet member)
- Eric Mamer (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Implementation of the DSM Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Nov 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Data protection Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Commission - Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with tech businesses after Safe Harbour ruling Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
- Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
- Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM Commission - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
- Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Jun 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Data protection Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Commission - Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM Commission - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
- Eric Mamer (Cabinet member)
- Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Apr 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM Commission - Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
- Eric Mamer (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Apr 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Commission - Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Apr 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
- Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Platforms, online sales and sales restrictions Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Commission - Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)
- Jasmin Battista (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Agenda Commission - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
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