Overview
Lobbying Costs
450,000€
Financial year: Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
12 Fte (12)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
5
High-level Commission meetings
47
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
International Road Transport Union Permanent Delegation to the EU (IRU)
EU Transparency Register
41802525291-86 First registered on 14 Feb 2011
Goals / Remit
The IRU Permanent Delegation to the EU was established in 1973 as an independent body, with its own statutes, in Brussels, Belgium. It's mission is to support IRU EU Member Associations in monitoring and ensuring informed legislation on all issues dealt with by the EU institutions that affect road transport.
Main EU files targeted
All legislations concerning commercial road transport (buses, coaches, trucks and taxis).
Futur planned proposals and legislations originating from the EU institutions and its Members states.
Recent issues include: social legislation measures in Members states, Weight & Dimensions legislation for commercial road vehicules, future EC road package.Address
Head Office
16, chemin de la Voie-Creuse
GENEVA 1211
SWITZERLANDEU Office
32-34 avenue de TERVUREN
BRUSSELS 1040
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
12
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 12 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
12
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
5 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 30 Aug 2016
Name Start date End Date Ms Suzanne HOADLEY 27 Mar 2024 02 Oct 2024 Mr Oleg KAMBERSKI 22 Dec 2023 20 Dec 2024 Ms Chloe WHYTE 25 Nov 2023 22 Nov 2024 Mr Carlo GIRO 11 Nov 2023 08 Nov 2024 Stasa MRDOVIC 10 Nov 2023 08 Nov 2024 Ms Raluca MARIAN 10 Nov 2023 08 Nov 2024 Mr Marc Pol BILLIET 30 Sep 2023 27 Sep 2024 Ms Carla TRAVAGNIN 22 Sep 2023 30 Sep 2023 Ms Victoire Aude COUËLLE 13 Apr 2023 12 Apr 2024 Mr Oleg KAMBERSKI 05 Jan 2023 22 Dec 2023 Ms Katinka von Bonin 10 Dec 2022 09 Dec 2023 Mr Sagar SINGAMSETTY 10 Dec 2022 30 Sep 2023 Stasa MRDOVIC 09 Nov 2022 09 Nov 2023 Mr Carlo GIRO 09 Nov 2022 09 Nov 2023 Ms Raluca MARIAN 09 Nov 2022 09 Nov 2023 Ms Puhie Demaku 08 Jan 2020 07 Jan 2021 Ms Esther Visser 10 Dec 2019 10 Dec 2020 Mr Marc Pol BILLIET 15 Aug 2019 01 Sep 2020 Mr Matteo AZZIMENTI 11 May 2019 09 May 2020 Ms Raluca MARIAN 03 May 2019 01 May 2020 Mr Remi LEBEDA 04 Apr 2019 04 Apr 2020 Ms Maria DINIS 04 Apr 2019 08 Dec 2019 Mr Oleg KAMBERSKI 26 Mar 2019 26 Mar 2020 Ms Claire MEYER 15 Mar 2019 29 Feb 2020 Mr Matthias MAEDGE 07 Mar 2019 07 Mar 2020 Ms Esther Visser 01 Dec 2018 01 Dec 2019 Mr Marc Pol BILLIET 01 Aug 2018 01 Aug 2019 Ms Acacia SMITH 02 Jun 2018 10 May 2019 Ms Raluca MARIAN 05 May 2018 03 May 2019 Ms Maria DINIS 07 Apr 2018 04 Apr 2019 Mr Remi LEBEDA 06 Apr 2018 30 Mar 2019 Mr Oleg KAMBERSKI 28 Mar 2018 26 Mar 2019 Mr Matthias MAEDGE 08 Mar 2018 07 Mar 2019 Ms Claire MEYER 06 Mar 2018 06 Mar 2019 Mr Carlo GIRO 02 Dec 2017 02 Dec 2018 Ms Esther Visser 02 Dec 2017 01 Dec 2018 Mr Daniel KERN 21 Nov 2017 18 Nov 2018 Mr Stuart COLLEY 11 Aug 2017 20 Nov 2017 Mr Marc Pol BILLIET 20 Jul 2017 20 Jul 2018 Mr Jan Nemec 20 Jul 2017 05 Aug 2017 Ms Acacia SMITH 09 Jun 2017 02 Jun 2018 Mr Oleg KAMBERSKI 23 Mar 2017 22 Mar 2018 Ms Maria DINIS 23 Mar 2017 22 Mar 2018 Mr Remi LEBEDA 20 Mar 2017 18 Mar 2018 Mr Matthias MAEDGE 20 Mar 2017 08 Mar 2018 Ms Mélanie Berthelot 05 Sep 2016 01 Mar 2017 Mr Stuart COLLEY 29 Aug 2016 11 Aug 2017 Mr Jan Nemec 29 Aug 2016 21 Jul 2017 Mr Marc Pol BILLIET 22 Aug 2016 21 Jul 2017 Ms Sonila Metushi 19 Jul 2016 16 Jul 2017 Ms Acacia SMITH 26 May 2016 25 May 2017 Ms Mélanie Berthelot 25 Feb 2016 23 Aug 2016 Mr Marc Pol BILLIET 02 Sep 2015 23 Aug 2016 Mr Stuart COLLEY 02 Sep 2015 30 Aug 2016 Mr Jan Nemec 02 Sep 2015 30 Aug 2016 Mr Michael NIELSEN 10 Jul 2015 08 Jul 2016 Mr Johannes Aalto 25 Jun 2015 25 Feb 2016 Ms Selina Glaap 24 Jun 2015 24 Apr 2016 Mr Daniel KERN 24 Jun 2015 22 Jun 2016 Ms Sonila Metushi 24 Jun 2015 22 Jun 2016 Mr Oleg KAMBERSKI 18 Oct 2014 16 Oct 2015 Mr Stuart COLLEY 29 Aug 2014 25 Aug 2015 Mr Marc Pol BILLIET 07 Aug 2014 05 Aug 2015 Mr Jan Nemec 30 Jul 2014 28 Jul 2015 Mr Michael NIELSEN 28 Jun 2014 26 Jun 2015 Mr Oleg KAMBERSKI 08 Oct 2013 05 Oct 2014 Mr Marc Pol BILLIET 06 Jul 2013 05 Jul 2014 Mr Stuart COLLEY 24 Apr 2013 19 Apr 2014 Mr Michael NIELSEN 18 Apr 2013 17 Apr 2014 Mr Oleg KAMBERSKI 16 Jan 2013 27 Sep 2013 Mr Jan Nemec 29 Sep 2012 27 Sep 2013 Mr Marc Pol BILLIET 30 Aug 2012 06 Jul 2013 Mr Marc Pol BILLIET 24 Jan 2012 01 Aug 2012 Mr Damian VICCARS 17 Jan 2012 28 Sep 2012 Mr Michael NIELSEN 17 Jan 2012 08 Feb 2013 Mr Oleg KAMBERSKI 17 Jan 2012 08 Feb 2013 Mr Stuart COLLEY 17 Jan 2012 08 Feb 2013 Mr Rémi LEBERDA 17 Jan 2012 08 Feb 2013 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Michael Nielsen (General Delegate)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Michael Nielsen (General Delegate)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
MPE,
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
450,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
SDD,
DG MOVE Sherpa group
DG MOVE Land Transport Security Expert Group
DG MOVE Road Transport Committee
DG MOVE Toll Committee
DG MOVE Future Transport Fuels Expert Group
DG MOVE Aerodynamics Expert Group
DG MOVE Task Force on Truck Parking
DG MOVE ITS Advisory Group
DG TAXUD Trade Contact Group (permanent seat)
EC Committee on the Posting of Workers
EC Roadworthiness Committee
EC TEN-T Committee
Expert Group on alternative transport fuels ('the Sustainable Transport Forum')
Digital Transport and Logistics Forum
C-ITS Deployment Platform
Committee on intial qualification and periodic training of drivers of certain road vehicles for the carriage of goods or passengersACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Passenger and goods road transport (buses, coaches, taxis and trucks) and related policy issues, such as social, fiscal, environment, technical, safety, competitiveness, etc.
- Meetings
Meetings
47 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 Feb 2024 Location Brussels Subject - Driver shortage - Combined Transport Directive - Weights and Dimensions Directive DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Magdalena Kopczynska (Director-General)
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Date 01 Feb 2024 Location Brussels + online Subject Impact of farmers protest in France on road transport operations Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Attending - Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
- Pablo Fabregas Martinez (Cabinet member)
- Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner)
- Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 16 Jan 2024 Location Brussels Subject Current road transport market developments, driver shortage and Mobility Package I implementation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Attending - Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Nov 2023 Location Brussels Subject Infrastructure ,Safe and secure parking initiative and standards Intermodal freight development, Driver shortage issues. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Attending - Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
- Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Jul 2023 Location Videoconference Subject Corporate fleet initiative, transition of the automotive sector Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 May 2023 Location Brussels Subject transport policies Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner)
- Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet member)
- Roxana Lesovici (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jan 2023 Location Brussels Subject Labour shortages in the transport sector, drivers training, European Year of Skills, minimum wages, the posting of workers, Social Dialogue initiative Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
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Date 12 Jan 2023 Location Brussels Subject CO2 standards trucks and buses Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Dec 2022 Location video-call Subject CO2 standards trucks and buses Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Sep 2022 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Social issues and mobility package DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 01 Jun 2022 Location Brussels Subject Fit for 55: The Road Ahead": keynote on decarbonising road transport Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Nov 2021 Location Brussels Subject Recent developments in trucking Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Apr 2021 Location Video Conferencing Subject To discuss priorities in climate policy and carbon emission reduction in the mobility sector. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
- Helena Hinto (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 23 Mar 2021 Location Conference call Subject Renewable fuels to climate neutrality and economic growth Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - European Boating Association
- Verband der Deutschen Biokraftstoffindustrie
- European Producers Union of Renewable Ethanol
- eFuel Alliance
- Association for Emissions Control by Catalyst
- Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V.
- NGVA Europe
- European Association Automotive Suppliers
- EWABA
- CO2 Value Europe AISBL
- Europe's Independent Fuel Suppliers
- FuelsEurope
- Methanol Institute
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Date 15 Mar 2021 Location Conference call Subject Call to discuss the latest developments related to road transport such as the green lanes and testing for drivers. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner)
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Date 08 Jan 2021 Location Brussels (virtual) Subject Digital Markets Act. B2B data sharing Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Oct 2020 Location video call Subject IRU EU Conference: speech on digital transport Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Oct 2020 Location virtual Subject Key issues for road transport sector DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 28 Sep 2020 Location Online meeting Subject Meeting to present the latest developments. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Sep 2020 Location Brussels - videoconference Subject Road Transport in the European Green Deal Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 11 Sep 2020 Location Brussels Subject Road transport in the European Green Deal Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Mar 2020 Location Brussels (conference call) Subject Discussion on freight transport and COVID-19 crisis Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Mar 2020 Location Phone call Subject Road transport Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner)
- Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Mar 2020 Location Brussels Subject Road transport Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner)
- Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Mar 2020 Location Brussels Subject on EC representation and message for Conference on Fair Data on 10 June. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Jan 2020 Location Brussels Subject Transports Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Jun 2019 Location BERL Subject UVARs Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Jun 2019 Location Brussels Subject environment and urban mobility Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 May 2019 Location Brussels Subject handing over a joint IRU-ETF statement on safe and secure parking areas Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Jocelyn Fajardo (Cabinet member)
- Violeta Bulc (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 05 Dec 2018 Location Brussels Subject IRU-ETF's conference on enforcement Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Jocelyn Fajardo (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 29 Aug 2018 Location Brussels Subject Road transport issues Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Jocelyn Fajardo (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Apr 2018 Location Brussels Subject CO2 standards Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Kilian Gross (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Oct 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Discussion on transit and other issues DG Taxation and Customs Union Attending - Stephen Quest (Director-General)
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Date 19 May 2017 Location Brussels Subject Mobility package Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Jocelyn Fajardo (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 May 2017 Location Brussels Subject Presentation of the organisation; mobility package Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Christian Linder (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Apr 2017 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with Matthias Maedge, new Head of the IRU Brussels office Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Jocelyn Fajardo (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject EU Road initiatives, innovation, passenger transport issues DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 02 Mar 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject internal market for road transport, passenger transport DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 16 Feb 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Introductory discussion DG Taxation and Customs Union Attending - Stephen Quest (Director-General)
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Date 16 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject Fair competition in the European taxi sector Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Inge Bernaerts (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 17 Jul 2015 Location Brussels, Belguim Subject Meeting IRU representatives Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Jocelyn Fajardo (Cabinet member)
- Violeta Bulc (Commissioner)
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Date 09 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Belgium Subject Activities of the IRU and implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement. Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Jon Nyman (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jul 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Discuss how to work with DG TAXUD in the field of customs Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - Maria Elena Scoppio (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 May 2015 Location Brussels - Belgium Subject Transport Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Desiree Oen (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Mar 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Speech: IRU Spring Cocktail Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Violeta Bulc (Commissioner)
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Date 03 Dec 2014 Location My office Subject EU road transport policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Jocelyn Fajardo (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject EU road policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Jocelyn Fajardo (Cabinet member)
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