Handelsverband Deutschland

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

500,000€

Financial year: Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

3.75 Fte (5)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

1

High-level Commission meetings

22

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Handelsverband Deutschland   (HDE)

    EU Transparency Register

    31200871765-41 First registered on 27 May 2009

    Goals / Remit

    HDE - der Spitzenverband des Einzelhandels in Deutschland
    Der HDE ist Arbeitgeber- und Wirtschaftsverband, Interessenvertretung und Dienstleister für den gesamten Einzelhandel:

    - 300.000 Betriebe
    - 3 Millionen Beschäftigte
    - 50 Millionen Kundenkontakte täglich
    - 150.000 Auszubildende
    - 482 Milliarden Euro Umsatz im Jahr

    Der Einzelhandel ist einer der drei größten Wirtschaftszweige in Deutschland. Der HDE hat 100.000 Mitgliedsunternehmen aller Branchen, Standorte und Größenklassen, die gemeinsam etwa 300 Milliarden Euro Umsatz im Jahr erwirtschaften. Der HDE vertritt die Interessen des Einzelhandels in Deutschland wie in der Europäischen Union.

    Main EU files targeted

    - EU-Binnenmarkt
    - Lebensmittelrecht
    - Nonfood
    - Verbraucherrecht
    - Produktsicherheit
    - Zahlungssysteme
    - Datenschutz
    - Umweltpolitik
    - Sozialpolitik
    - Digitalisierung

    Address

    Head Office
    Am Weidendamm, 1A
    Berlin 10117
    GERMANY
    EU Office
    Handelsverband Deutschland
    Avenue des Nerviens 85
    Brüssel 1040
    BELGIUM
  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    5

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%2
    75%1
    50%2

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    3.75

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 01 Sep 2017

    Name Start date End Date
    Ms Isabelle KOBINGER 06 Dec 2023 05 Dec 2024
    Mr Marius BANNEFELD 31 May 2023 30 May 2024
    Ms Laura Josefine Alexandra Felicitas WENZL-SYLVESTER 03 Mar 2023 01 Jul 2023
    Ms Isabelle KOBINGER 07 Sep 2022 07 Sep 2023
    Mr Fabian Fechner 10 Dec 2021 21 May 2022
    Ms Isabelle KOBINGER 10 Nov 2021 01 Apr 2022
    Ms Tina REINER 04 Nov 2021 04 Nov 2022
    Mr Marius BANNEFELD 04 Nov 2021 04 Nov 2022
    Mr Fabian Fechner 16 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021
    Mr Marius BANNEFELD 20 Dec 2019 01 Dec 2020
    Ms Tina REINER 21 Jun 2019 01 Jul 2020
    Mr Fabian Fechner 08 Jan 2019 01 Jan 2020
    Mr Marius BANNEFELD 15 Nov 2018 15 Nov 2019
    Ms Tina REINER 21 Jun 2018 21 Jun 2019
    Mr Fabian Fechner 16 Jan 2018 08 Jan 2019
    Mr Marius BANNEFELD 13 Oct 2017 13 Oct 2018
    Mr Fabian Fechner 20 Dec 2016 17 Dec 2017
    Ms Astrid KRONE-HAGENAH 29 Aug 2016 10 Jun 2017
    Mr Götz Ronald BRANDAU 19 Jul 2016 09 Jul 2017
    Mr Philipp SAUER 08 Apr 2016 06 Aug 2016
    Mr Fabian Fechner 06 Jan 2016 20 Dec 2016
    Ms Astrid KRONE-HAGENAH 18 Jul 2015 16 Jul 2016
    Mr Götz Ronald BRANDAU 18 Jul 2015 16 Jul 2016
    Ms Astrid KRONE-HAGENAH 19 Jul 2014 17 Jul 2015
    Ms Miriam Schneider 19 Jul 2014 17 Jul 2015
    Mr Fabian Fechner 14 Jan 2015 06 Jan 2016
    Mrs Astrid KRONE-HAGENAH 19 Jul 2014 27 Jan 2015
    Mr Götz Ronald BRANDAU 19 Jul 2014 17 Jul 2015
    Mrs Miriam Schneider 19 Jul 2014 27 Jan 2015
    Mrs Miriam Schneider 18 Jul 2013 17 Jul 2014
    Mrs Astrid KRONE-HAGENAH 16 Jul 2013 13 Jul 2014
    Mr Götz Ronald BRANDAU 28 Jun 2013 27 Jun 2014
    Mrs Miriam Schneider 08 May 2012 02 Apr 2013
    Mrs Astrid KRONE-HAGENAH 08 Feb 2012 01 Mar 2013
    Mr Götz Ronald BRANDAU 21 Feb 2012 01 Mar 2013

    Complementary Information

    None declared

    Person in charge of EU relations

    Ms Antje Gerstein (Leiterin HDE-Büro Brüssel)

    Person with legal responsibility

    Mr Stefan Genth (Hauptgeschäftsführer)

  • Categories

    Category

    II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations

    Subcategory

    Trade and business associations

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    Der HDE ist aktives Mitglied im europäischen Dachverband EuroCommerce (www.eurocommerce.be).

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • Financial Data

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    500,000€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    - Eco-design committees
    - Standing committee on precursors
    - FLEGT committee

    ACC

    - REAP - Reatail Forum for Sustainability

    Groups (European Parliament)

    None

    Communication activities

    - Broschüren
    - Newsletter
    - Jahresempfang

    Other activities

    Das HDE-Büro Brüssel:

    - Setzt sich bei der EU für die Interessen des deutschen Einzelhandels ein

    - Begleitet und gestaltet wichtige, handelsrelevante Gesetzgebung in Bereichen wie Binnenmarkt und Verbraucherschutz, Lebensmittel- und Umweltpolitik, Zahlungssysteme, Informations- und Kommunikationssysteme, Arbeit und Soziales, Mittelstands- und Steuerpolitik

    - Arbeitet eng mit dem europäischen Dachverband des Handels EuroCommerce zusammen

    - Ist kompetenter Ansprechpartner für politische Entscheidungsträger in allen handelsrelevanten Bereichen

    - Stellt für die HDE-Mitgliedsunternehmen aktuelle und für die Unternehmenspraxis relevante Informationen zu EU-Themen zusammen

    - Bietet den Mitgliedsunternehmen verschiedene Dienstleistungen an, organisiert Veranstaltungen, stellt individuelle Kontakte zu Entscheidern auf EU-Ebene her

    - Ist wichtiges Bindeglied in den europäischen Entscheidungsprozessen zwischen EU-Entscheidungsträgern und dem nationalen Handelssektor

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    22 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.

    • Date 28 Nov 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject - Administrative burden, Corporate Social Due Diligence Directive - Late Payments Directive
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Attending
      • Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)
    • Date 20 Jun 2023 Location Brussels
      Subject Business climate and trade policy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Portfolio An Economy that Works for People
      Attending
      • Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
    • Date 27 Feb 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject Introductory meeting with German and Dutch retail federations; General discussion of global supply chains’ challenges
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
      Portfolio International Partnerships
      Attending
      • Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet member)
    • Date 05 Apr 2018 Location brussels
      Subject food supply chain
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska
      Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
      Attending
      • Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
    • Date 05 Dec 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject trade development, internal market
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger
      Portfolio Budget &amp; Human Resources
      Attending
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
    • Date 22 Nov 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Role of retail trade in promoting sustainable trade and value addition in partner countries
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica
      Portfolio International Cooperation &amp; Development
      Attending
      • Nils Behrndt (Cabinet member)
    • Date 25 Oct 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Introductory meeting on current EU topics
      Cabinet Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini
      Portfolio Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
      Attending
      • Oliver Rentschler (Cabinet member)
    • Date 19 Oct 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Clean Energy Package, energy prices, eco labelling
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič
      Portfolio Energy Union
      Attending
      • Bernd Biervert (Cabinet member)
    • Date 30 Jun 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Reflection paper
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger
      Portfolio Budget &amp; Human Resources
      Attending
      • Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 16 Jun 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Agri issues
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
      Portfolio Agriculture &amp; Rural Development
      Attending
      • Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet member)
    • Date 16 Jun 2016 Location Representation to the EU of the Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CCI Germany)
      Subject MFF Mid-term review
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva
      Portfolio Budget &amp; Human Resources
      Attending
      • Andreas Schwarz (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 22 Feb 2016 Location BXL
      Subject geoblocking
      DG Günther Oettinger
      Attending
      • Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 03 Feb 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium
      Subject State of play on retail brands in the food supply chain
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
      Portfolio Agriculture &amp; Rural Development
      Attending
      • Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet member)
    • Date 20 Oct 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Issues of interest for the European Retail sector
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
    • Date 20 Oct 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject B2B relationships in food supply chain
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska
      Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
      Attending
      • Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
    • Date 21 Sep 2015 Location BERL 8/304
      Subject HDE briefing on latest developments of the Supply Chain Initiative and on retail competition issues
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
      Portfolio Agriculture &amp; Rural Development
      Attending
      • Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet member)
    • Date 03 Sep 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Food information, labelling, nutrition
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis
      Portfolio Health &amp; Food Safety
      Attending
      • Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)
    • Date 02 Sep 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Online trade, geo-blocking
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)
    • Date 17 Mar 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject DSM, digital economy
      DG Günther Oettinger
      Attending
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
    • Date 13 Mar 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Digital Single Market - e-commerce
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
      • Jasmin Battista (Cabinet member)
    • Date 11 Feb 2015 Location Berlaymont, Brussels
      Subject Retail Business
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska
      Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
      Attending
      • Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
    • Date 09 Feb 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Priorities of the new Commission
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
      Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
      Attending
      • Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
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