Overview
Lobbying Costs
550,000€
Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5 Fte (7)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Vereniging van Effectenbezitters VEB (European Investors)
EU Transparency Register
92447095540-39 First registered on 25 Mar 2011
Goals / Remit
The Dutch Investors’ Association VEB, also known under its name European Investors, is an independent organisation since 1924. The VEB / European Investors is an active organisation with a broad-based membership which defends the interests of retail and institutional investors in the public debate, but also in connection with financial product providers, listed companies and supervising authorities. The VEB / European Investors also is the most important source of independent information on investments in Europe.
The VEB / European Investors unite European investors with the objective of achieving an optimum return by representing their interests, combining strengths, providing and exchanging information, promoting honest and efficient financial markets and initiating collective actions for redress.Main EU files targeted
Financial Markets regulation
Capital Markets Union (CMU)
Consumer Financial Services Action Plan
Prospectus review
Shareholders' Rights Directive II
Investment funds (PRIIPs, UCITS, AIFMD, EuVECA)
Transparency Directive
Market Abuse Directive/Regulation
Audit Reform/Accounting Directive
Corporate Governance
Collective redressAddress
Head Office
Amaliastraat 7
2514 JC The Hague
The Hague 2501 CE
NETHERLANDS -
People
Total lobbyists declared
7
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 25% 6 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 28 May 2019
Name Start date End Date Mr Pieter HANSON 09 Sep 2017 08 Sep 2018 Mr Niels LEMMERS 08 Sep 2017 08 Sep 2018 Mr Sibe de Bok 13 Sep 2016 09 Sep 2017 Mr Niels LEMMERS 13 Sep 2016 08 Sep 2017 Mr Sibe de Bok 14 Oct 2015 14 Sep 2016 Mr Niels LEMMERS 14 Oct 2015 14 Sep 2016 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Paul Coenen (Deputy-director)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Paul Koster (Managing Director)
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
550,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
Annual Seminar on Investor Protection
Monthly magazine Effect
Annual Lecture 'Dliligentia-Lezing' on shareholder rights and responsibilitiesOther activities
VEB regularly delivers opinions about issues concerning the position of shareholders and investors, carries out research and arranges for proxy representation of members at the various national annual general meetings of listed companies in The Netherlands and across Europe.
VEB always gives feedback to relevant consultations organised by national governments as well as the European Commission and comments on their draft laws and regulations.
VEB also provides feedback on the proposals of national and European regulators concerning regulatory rules regarding corporate governance, financial markets, investment firms and investor & consumer protection.
VEB has been represented at various (round table) conferences organised by the Dutch Ministery of Justice, the Dutch Ministery of Finance, the European Commission or European Parliament, the European Securities and Market Authority (ESMA) and the Dutch Authority of the Financial Markets (AFM). The VEB is also represented in AFM's Capital Markets Commission and AFM's Advisory Panel and its Consumer Panel.- 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 30 Jan 2024 Location Amsterdam Subject IFR-IFD, Europe’s capital markets DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - John Berrigan (Director-General)
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Date 31 May 2022 Location virtual Subject MiFIR Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Florian Denis (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Nov 2020 Location Virtual meeting Subject CMU, Covid-19 and the capital markets recovery package DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - John Berrigan (Director-General)
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