Overview
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
9
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Danske Bank (DANSKE)
EU Transparency Register
64866663811-42 First registered on 01 Jul 2010
Goals / Remit
Danske Bank Group is a Nordic universal bank and one of the leading financial enterprises in northern Europe. We are headquartered and operate in 15 countries, offering a full range of banking services in the international financial markets.
Besides the banking activities, which all operate under the Danske Bank brand name, we offer services in the fields of life insurance and pensions (Danica Pension), mortgage finance (Realkredit Danmark), asset management (Danske Capital), real estate (home), and leasing (Nordania Leasing).
The Group’s banking activities are organised in three business units – Personal Banking, Business Banking and Corporates & Institutions – that span all of the Group’s geographical markets. We have a market-leading position in Denmark; we are one of the largest banks in Northern Ireland and Finland; and we have challenger positions in Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.
The Group also has branches in London, Hamburg, Dublin and Warsaw and an office in New York. A subsidiary in Luxembourg caters to private banking customers, and another in St. Petersburg serves corporate banking customers.
Our vision is to become the most trusted financial partner, and we are driven by an ambition to always create long-term value for all our stakeholders.Main EU files targeted
EU's growth agenda with a particular focus on the Capital Markets Union.
Most ongoing financial services files with a particular focus on bank structural reform regulation, payments package (interchange fees regulation + payment services directive), implementation work related to the Banking Union and delegated and implementing acts related to the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive + Deposit Guarantee Scheme Directive and the Capital Requirements Regulation/Directive.
Data Protection RegulationAddress
Head Office
Holmens Kanal, 2-12
Copenhagen 1092
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People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 10 Apr 2015
Name Start date End Date Peder SOEGAARD-PEDERSEN 11 Sep 2019 01 Oct 2020 Mr Morten Schjøtz-Pedersen 17 Apr 2019 17 Apr 2020 Mr Morten Schjøtz-Pedersen 12 Feb 2018 13 Feb 2019 Mr Morten Schjøtz-Pedersen 20 Mar 2017 12 Feb 2018 Mr Peter ROSTRUP-NIELSEN 21 Feb 2017 11 Feb 2018 Mr Robert Wagner 21 Feb 2017 11 Mar 2017 Mr Mårten Wierup 10 Oct 2016 07 Oct 2017 Mr Peter ROSTRUP-NIELSEN 06 Oct 2015 29 Sep 2016 Mr Mårten Wierup 05 May 2015 30 Apr 2016 Complementary Information
One person employed responsible for EU and International affairs as well as for coordination of our public affairs work in core markets.
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Mårten Wierup (International & European Affairs Manager)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Borgen Thomas (Chief Executive Officer)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
Danske Bank is a member of a number of industry associations and professional organizations. The most relevant for the purposes of this interest register are:
• Finansrådet (the Danish Bankers’ Assocation), which is a member of the European Banking Federation
• Realkreditforeningen (the Danish Association of Mortgage Banks), which is a member of the European Mortgage Federation
• Forsikring & Pension (the Danish Insurance Association), which is a member of the European insurance and reinsurance federation
• International Institute of Finance
• Association for Financial Markets in Europe
• International Capital Markets Association
• European Venture Capital and Private Equity Association.Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
None declared
Other financial info
The range above was estimated by including all costs, both direct and indirect, derived from Danske Bank's EU affairs work, the large bulk of which is focused on monitoring EU's regulatory work in the area of financial services. It includes: i) in-house operational expenses (staff and administrative costs), ii) representation costs (relevant travel expenses etc.), iii) costs of outsourced activities (monitoring by consultants) and iv) membership fees (relevant trade association membership fees - Bankers' Associations etc).
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
No such ongoing projects.
Other activities
Subject matters with direct impact on Danske Bank as a cross-border financial services group, i.e. financial services and internal market issues.
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Meetings
9 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 09 Dec 2021 Location Virtual Meeting Subject Basel III Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Tommy De Temmerman (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jun 2021 Location Brussels Subject Keynote speech and discussion on European policy priorities and recovery. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn Portfolio Budget and Administration Attending - Johannes Hahn (Commissioner)
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Date 20 Feb 2020 Location Brussels, BE Subject European Green Deal Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni Portfolio Economy Attending - Alienor Margerit (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Nov 2018 Location Brussels Subject EMU 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)
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Date 10 Sep 2018 Location Brussels Subject 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 - Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Mar 2016 Location Copenhagen Subject Digitalization of payments; Call for evidence; CMU Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
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Date 14 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject CRR-Review; Covered Bonds Consultation; Retail Green Paper Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Mette Toftdal Grolleman (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Sep 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Capital Markets Union, EMU and EU Banking Sector Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Competition Attending - Astrid Cousin (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject Banking Structural Reform and Capital Markets Union Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Mette Toftdal Grolleman (Cabinet member)
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