Overview
Lobbying Costs
650,000€
Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
11
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Continental AG (Conti)
EU Transparency Register
06248449380-53 First registered on 23 Aug 2012
Goals / Remit
Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transport. In 2018, Continental generated sales of €44.4billion and currently employs more than 240,000 people in 61 countries.
Main EU files targeted
Transport, Mobility Solutions, C-ITS, Connected and Automated Driving, Pollutant Emissions, CO2 Emissions Road safety, Vision Zero, General Safety Regulation, Horizon 2020, Market surveillance, Trade, Type Approval, Circular Economy, Tolling, Tyres, Artificial Intelligence.
Address
Head Office
Vahrenwalder Strasse, 9
Hannover 30165
GERMANYEU Office
38/40 Square de Meeus
4th floor
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 25% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 10 Feb 2020
Name Start date End Date Fadie AL MASRI 20 Sep 2023 19 Sep 2024 Fadie AL-MASRI 07 Sep 2022 07 Sep 2023 Fadie AL-MASRI 28 Sep 2021 07 Sep 2022 Fadie AL-MASRI 08 Jan 2020 08 Jan 2021 Mr Desmond Collins 13 Sep 2019 12 Sep 2020 Mr Desmond Collins 26 Sep 2018 13 Sep 2019 Ms Lynn Regenberg 13 Dec 2017 13 Sep 2018 Mr Desmond Collins 14 Sep 2017 14 Sep 2018 Ms Lynn Regenberg 12 Nov 2016 11 Nov 2017 Mr Desmond Collins 05 Sep 2016 31 Aug 2017 Ms Berit Müller 12 Jan 2016 06 Sep 2016 Mr Desmond Collins 03 Sep 2015 31 Aug 2016 Mr Desmond Collins 12 Sep 2014 03 Sep 2015 Mr Desmond Collins 17 Sep 2013 12 Sep 2014 Mr Desmond Collins 02 Oct 2012 12 Sep 2013 Complementary Information
The Brussels representative office currently comprises two people. They are supported by experts from the various divisions of the Corporation who travel to Brussels when needed.
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
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturer's Association (ETRMA) www.etrma.org European Tyre and Rim Technical Organisation (ETRTO) www.etrto.org European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA) www.clepa.eu
EFFRA WWW.effra.eu
ERTRAC www.ertrac.org
EGVIA www.egvi.eu
EPOSS www.smart-systems-integration.org
Eurobotics www.eu-robotics.net
VDA www.vda.de
Friends of Europe www.friendsofeurope.org
VDMA www.vdma.org
ZVEI www.zvei.orgMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
650,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
2,206,105 € (Source: FP7 Horizon2020)
Other financial info
The estimation of costs range above is the estimate for the full year 01-2019 to 12-2019.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Expert group on cooperative, connected, automated and autonomous mobility#E03657 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3657 #Observer #C#Tachograph Forum#E03379 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3379 #Member #C#Group of Experts on On-board Weighing Equipment#E03520 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3520 #Member #C#Group of Experts on the Smart Tachograph#E03663 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3663 #Member #C#Working Group on Motor Vehicles#E01295 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=1295 #Not a member #C#Advisory Group on Vehicle Emission Standards (AGVES)#EU-World Harmonized Light-duty Vehicles Testing Procedure #Real Driving Emissions - Light Duty Vehicles#Expert Group on laboratory alignment for the measurement of tyre rolling resistance#E02519 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=2519 #Member #C
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Demonstration events, debates, consultations and meetings with EU stakeholders regarding the topics mentioned in the previous section
Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
11 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 24 Mar 2023 Location Online Subject Standard Essential Patent Licensing Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Penelope Papandropoulos (Cabinet member)
- Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Mar 2023 Location Videoconference Subject EU standardisation strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Mar 2023 Location Virtual Subject EU standardisation strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Mar 2023 Location Videoconference Subject Standard-essential patent. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 03 Mar 2023 Location Online meeting Subject Standard-essential patent. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 23 Feb 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Connected and automated cars Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 04 Feb 2021 Location video meeting Subject Ongoing disputes on the topic of Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Katalin Molnar (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Apr 2020 Location Brussels (teleconference) Subject standard essential patents (completion of teleconference of 3 April) Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Jul 2018 Location Brussels Subject Meeting on tachographs Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Violeta Bulc (Commissioner)
- Jocelyn Fajardo (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Apr 2017 Location Brussels Subject Batteries and low-emission mobility Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Christian Linder (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Jun 2015 Location Regensburg Subject big data, data security, ITS and connected car, real life testing for automated driving DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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