Overview
Lobbying Costs
500,000€ - 599,999€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
28
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Ford Motor Company
EU Transparency Register
21851435137-02 First registered on 28 Jan 2011
Goals / Remit
Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is a global company based in Dearborn, Michigan. The company designs, manufactures, markets and services a full line of Ford trucks, utility vehicles, and cars – increasingly including electrified versions – and Lincoln luxury vehicles; provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company; and is pursuing leadership positions in electrification; mobility solutions, including self-driving services; and connected vehicle services. Ford employs approximately 176,000 people worldwide.
Main EU files targeted
Main EU initiatives, policies and legislative files currently followed by your organisation:
Ford of Europe follows a range of EU initiatives relating to industrial, competitiveness, trade, environmental and safety policy.
Current legislative files include:
EU Green Deal / Fit For 55
Worldwide Harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedures (WLTP) / Real Driving Emissions (RDE) / Air Quality
Trade Policy
White Paper on Transport
EU Data Strategy
Connectivity
Road Safety
Supply Chain Management / Due DiligenceAddress
Head Office
Henry Ford Strasse, 1
Cologne 50725
GERMANYEU Office
Rond-Point Schuman 2-4
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 04 May 2024
Name Start date End Date Samuele PAROLIN 23 Mar 2023 01 Sep 2023 Mr Matthew GODLEWSKI 19 Nov 2022 18 Nov 2023 Ms Renata Hernando-Surowiec 13 Oct 2022 13 Oct 2023 Mr Martin KLEMMER 12 Oct 2022 12 Oct 2023 Alberto MONJE GAMA 29 Apr 2022 29 Sep 2022 Mr Martin KLEMMER 09 Oct 2021 08 Oct 2022 Ms Renata Hernando-Surowiec 09 Oct 2021 08 Oct 2022 Ms Paula FOCES RUBIO 06 Dec 2019 04 Jul 2020 Mr Andrew McCall 20 Nov 2019 20 Nov 2020 Ms Renata Hernando-Surowiec 12 Nov 2019 12 Nov 2020 Mr Douwe Cunningham 10 Oct 2018 29 Mar 2019 Mr Gergely GATHY 10 Oct 2018 29 Mar 2019 Ms Renata Hernando-Surowiec 19 Jun 2018 19 Jun 2019 Rodion BOGDANOV 17 Apr 2018 10 Oct 2018 Velimira BAKALOVA 01 Feb 2018 01 Mar 2018 Mr Douwe Cunningham 27 Oct 2017 10 Oct 2018 Velimira BAKALOVA 03 Aug 2017 01 Feb 2018 Ms Renata Hernando-Surowiec 16 Jun 2017 15 Jun 2018 Ms Sarah Cartmell 05 May 2017 03 Aug 2017 Mr Douwe Cunningham 10 Oct 2016 04 Oct 2017 Mr Andrew McCall 15 Jun 2016 14 Jun 2017 Ms Renata Hernando-Surowiec 08 Jun 2016 08 Jun 2017 Mr Adrian Lucian Danut Marica 08 Jun 2016 14 Oct 2016 Mr Simon Ashwell 24 May 2016 14 Oct 2016 Mr Eugene Patrick Scales 08 Sep 2015 04 Sep 2016 Ms Renata Hernando-Surowiec 10 Jun 2015 08 Jun 2016 Mr Andrew McCall 05 Jun 2015 03 Jun 2016 Mr Simon Ashwell 05 Jun 2015 24 May 2016 Mr Eugene Patrick Scales 04 Sep 2014 02 Sep 2015 Mr Simon Ashwell 21 Jun 2014 05 Jun 2015 Wolfgang G. SCHNEIDER 24 May 2014 14 Jan 2015 Mr Andrew McCall 24 May 2014 05 Jun 2015 Ms Renata Hernando-Surowiec 24 May 2014 05 Jun 2015 Mr Andrew McCall 21 Jun 2013 24 May 2014 Ms Renata Hernando-Surowiec 17 May 2013 15 May 2014 Nicholas HODAC 08 Feb 2013 01 Feb 2014 Nicholas HODAC 13 Sep 2012 08 Feb 2013 Nicholas HODAC 10 Oct 2011 13 Sep 2012 Mr Martin Manfred ECKNER 09 Feb 2012 01 Sep 2012 Wolfgang G. SCHNEIDER 02 Mar 2012 08 Feb 2013 Complementary Information
None declared
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
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
ACEA
AmCham EU
5GAA
Drive Sustainability
VDA
ANFAC
ACAROM
SMMT
EUCAR
Platform for electromobilityMember 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 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
500,000€ - 599,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
Name fgs global (europe) gmbh Closed year Costs
500,000€ - 599,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Expert group on cooperative, connected, automated and autonomous mobility#E03657#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3657 #Observer #C#Industry#Working Group on Motor Vehicles#E01295#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1295 #Not a member #C#Industry#Advisory Group on Vehicle Emission Standards (AGVES)
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Ford of Europe engages in policy discussions via face-to-face meetings, public consultations, online events, publications, briefing papers and industry-wide events.
Other activities
Ford of Europe is responsible for producing, selling and servicing Ford brand vehicles in 50 individual markets and employs approximately 45,000 employees at its wholly owned facilities and consolidated joint ventures and approximately 58,000 people when unconsolidated businesses are included. In addition to Ford Motor Credit Company, Ford Europe operations include Ford Customer Service Division and 18 manufacturing facilities (12 wholly owned facilities and six unconsolidated joint venture facilities). The first Ford cars were shipped to Europe in 1903 – the same year Ford Motor Company was founded. European production started in 1911.
Meetings
Meetings
28 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 29 Nov 2023 Location Brussels Subject automotive data Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 May 2023 Location Brussels Subject Euro 7, rules of origin, in-vehicle data Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject FTA EU – Mexico Electric vehicles Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Cristina Rueda Catry (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject Transition to electric mobility Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Jul 2021 Location online Subject Cars and vans in the Fit for 2030 package Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jan 2021 Location virtual Subject overall trade agenda, EU-UK FTA, EU-Mexico FTA and EU-US relations Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 12 Jan 2021 Location Videoconference Subject The current state of the automotive industry and EU Commission’s ongoing initiatives in the sector Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Lucia Caudet (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Sep 2020 Location virtual meeting Subject Data strategy DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 23 Sep 2020 Location virtual meeting Subject Data strategy DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 17 Oct 2019 Location Brussels Subject EU-US relations; EU-Mexico FTA; Brexit Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
- Christian Burgsmueller (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Feb 2019 Location Brussels Subject Implementation of the CO2 Cars legislation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Miguel Angel Sagredo Fernandez (Cabinet member)
- Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Feb 2019 Location Brussels Subject emission regulation and compliance Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
- Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Jan 2019 Location Brussels Subject Trade automotive issues DG Trade Attending - Jean-Luc Demarty (Director-General)
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Date 19 Jul 2018 Location Washington DC, USA Subject Autonomous vehicle DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 15 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject EU-Mexico FTA / US trade policy DG Trade Attending - Jean-Luc Demarty (Director-General)
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Date 05 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject EU's future, Industry, Single Market, Trade Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Mar 2017 Location Brussels Subject EU-US relations Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Mar 2017 Location BERL Subject Exchange of views on economic outlook in the US and EU and ensuing economic policy agenda Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - Reinhard Felke (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject Discussions on trade issues DG Trade Attending - Jean-Luc Demarty (Director-General)
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Date 12 Oct 2016 Location Brussels Subject On-going trade negotiations Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Jan 2016 Location Berlaymont, Brussels Subject Environmental issues incl driving emissions and CO2 post 2020, competitiveness Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner)
- Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Jul 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Decarbonization of Road Transport Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
- Silvia Bartolini (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject TTIP; Automotive industry Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Christian Burgsmueller (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject On-going trade negotiations DG Trade Attending - Jean-Luc Demarty (Director-General)
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Date 16 Apr 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Introductory meeting Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Justyna Morek (Cabinet member)
- Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
- Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject European economy - exchange rates - different FTAs Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Feb 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Introduction, Business Overview & Presence in Europe; Post 2020 CO2 emission targets for cars; CWP; EU Climate and Energy Framework Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Silvia Bartolini (Cabinet member)
- Maria Cristina Lobillo Borrero (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Introduction, Business Overview & Presence in Europe; Post 2020 CO2 emission targets for cars; CWP; EU Climate and Energy Framework DG Climate Action Attending - Jos Delbeke (Director-General)