Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
CRITEO (CRITEO)
EU Transparency Register
101625735722-23 First registered on 28 Aug 2019
Goals / Remit
Criteo is a global commerce marketing company that provides cross-device digital advertising solutions for marketers and publishers. The company was founded in 2005 by three French entrepreneurs in Paris, where its global headquarters are established, and now counts over 2800 employees across 19 countries. It has been listed on NASDAQ since 2013.
In 2018, Criteo has opened an artificial intelligence (AI) laboratory in Paris (https://ailab.criteo.com/) which represents an investment of 23 million euros over three years and has been classified as one of the top 20 AI laboratories in the world and the 2nd in the European Union according to the AI Research Rankings (http://bit.ly/349Z9Sq).Main EU files targeted
• Digital Single Market
• Data protection
• Online platforms’ regulation (including Digital Services Act)
• Artificial intelligence
• TaxAddress
Head Office
32 Rue Blanche
Paris 75009
FRANCE -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 19 Aug 2020
Name Start date End Date Ms Nathalie LANERET 24 Feb 2023 11 Mar 2024 Ms Sophie COMPAGNON 08 Jan 2020 08 Jan 2021 Mr Francois LHÉMERY 08 Jan 2020 08 Jan 2021 Complementary Information
A few other Criteo representatives have had one-time involvements in representation activities at EU level such as speaking interventions in events or meetings with officials in EU institutions. These representatives are the Head of the Criteo AI Lab and Criteo’s General Counsel.
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
Fedma
IAB Europe
European Tech Alliance (EUTA)
TECH in France
France Digitale
Syntec numérique
AFEPMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
Other financial info
Criteo does not have an office in Brussels, but it is represented at the EU level through its headquarters in Paris, France.
The estimated annual cost include as many costs and expenditures as possible according to the Transparency Register’s guidelines, meaning:
*Employees' remunerations related to time spent on direct lobbying with EU institutions;
*Costs for external consultants related to time spent on support or direct lobbying with EU institutions;
*Costs for the membership of trade associations running activities at EU level;
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Events:
o Romain Lerralut, Head of Criteo AI Lab, speaker at the Launch of the High Level Principles on Artificial Intelligence of the European Tech Alliance (EUTA), 18 February 2020 (http://eutechalliance.eu/artificial-intelligence-event/)
o Sophie Compagnon, Senior Public Affairs Manager at Criteo, speaker on behalf of the EUTA at the S&D Workshop on Civil Liability and AI, 5 February 2020
o François Lhémery,Vice-president Regulatory Affairs of Criteo, speaker at the FEDMA Keep Calm & Foster Trust event, 18 November 2019 (https://bit.ly/3kPUtdX)
Projects:
o European Commission Digital skills, your future: Call for action signature (https://bit.ly/3aBui63)Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
4 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 06 Mar 2024 Location Brussels Subject Platform regulation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Eleonora Ocello (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 06 Mar 2024 Location Brussels Subject GDPR, consumers Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
- Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
- Lucie Rousselle (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 21 Jan 2022 Location virtual Subject Discussion in light of the October OECD statement and the agreement on digital services taxes Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Gints Freimanis (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 06 Sep 2019 Location Brussels Subject économie numérique Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Eric Peters (Cabinet member)
- Meetings