Overview
Lobbying Costs
600,000€ - 699,999€
Financial year: Apr 2022 - Mar 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6.4 Fte (12)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
4
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Japan Business Council in Europe (JBCE)
EU Transparency Register
68368571120-55 First registered on 11 Feb 2009
Goals / Remit
OUR MISSION:
We seek to:
> Build a bridge between the EU and Japan, and enhance Europe’s understanding of Japanese companies and their contribution to the European economy
> Contribute to the EU public policy by sharing our members’ expertise with decision-makers across sectors
> Promote a favourable and predictable environment in which European and Japanese companies of all sectors can compete for sustainable growth in Europe
OUR PRIORITIES:
1. We promote open trade and investment
2. We encourage a common regulatory framework
3. We foster responsible business conductMain EU files targeted
Corporate Sustainability (CS)
1. Forced Labour Product Ban (FLPB)
2. Corporate Sustainability Due Dilgience Directive (CSDDD)
3. Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)
4. EU Taxonomy
Digital Innovation (DI)
1. Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA)
2. Data Act (DA)
3. Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)
4. Data Spaces: European Data Health Space, European Mobility Data Space
Environment & Energy (E&E)
1. Restriction of Hazardous Substance (RoHS) Directive
2. Classification, Packaging and Labelling (CLP) Regulation
3. REACH Regulation
4. Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)
5. Carbon Capture, Use and Storage (CCUS) Regulation
6. Renewable Energy Directive (III) & Gas & Hydrogen Directive/Regulation
7. Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (F-Gas) Regulation
8. Batteries & Waste Batteries Regulation
9. Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)
Standards & Conformity (S&C)
1. Machinery Regulation
2. General Products Safety Regulation (GPSR)
3. New Legislative Framework (NLF)
4. EU Standardisation Strategy
Trade Policy Committee (TPC)
1. Economic Security
2. Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)Address
Head Office
Rue de la Loi, 82
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue de la Loi, 82
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
12
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 4 50% 4 10% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
6.4
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 02 May 2024
Name Start date End Date Hiroki SHIGEMITSU 11 Oct 2023 10 Oct 2024 Hibiki KIMURA 26 Sep 2023 25 Sep 2024 Johnathan GOFFIOUL 24 Jun 2023 21 Jun 2024 Nagisa KAGAWA 24 Jun 2023 21 Jun 2024 Mr Shumpei AISO 08 Nov 2023 08 Dec 2023 Mr Hiroki SHIGEMITSU 11 Oct 2023 26 Apr 2024 Mr Hibiki KIMURA 26 Sep 2023 26 Apr 2024 Mr Johnathan GOFFIOUL 24 Jun 2023 26 Apr 2024 Ms Nagisa KAGAWA 24 Jun 2023 26 Apr 2024 Ms Mikaela NILSSON 08 Sep 2022 08 Sep 2023 Mr Hideaki YONEKUBO 03 Aug 2022 03 Aug 2023 Mr Hideaki Asada 28 Jul 2022 28 Jul 2023 Mr Takenobu KURIHARA 28 Jul 2022 28 Jul 2023 Mr Shozo MAEDA 27 Jul 2022 27 Jul 2023 Mr Jonathan BARKER 27 Jul 2022 27 Jul 2023 Mr Hidetaka OZAWA 27 Jul 2022 27 Jul 2023 Mr Tetsusaburo MIURA 27 Jul 2022 27 Jul 2023 Ms Yuko HONZAWA 27 Jul 2022 27 Jul 2023 Ms Yuko HONZAWA 27 Feb 2020 27 Feb 2021 Mr Takuro KOIDE 01 Oct 2019 01 Oct 2020 Mr Toyokazu NAGAMUNE 27 Sep 2019 26 Sep 2020 Mr Kitayoshi Tsumita 15 Jan 2019 27 Sep 2019 Mr Ryota Tsunemi 15 Jan 2019 15 Jan 2020 Ms Kumiko UEGAKI 15 Jan 2019 15 Jan 2020 Mr Takuro KOIDE 12 Oct 2018 01 Oct 2019 Mr Kitayoshi Tsumita 16 Jan 2018 15 Jan 2019 Mr Ryota Tsunemi 16 Jan 2018 15 Jan 2019 Mr Shinya Sasaki 16 Jan 2018 11 Oct 2018 Ms Kumiko UEGAKI 16 Jan 2018 15 Jan 2019 Mr Michio Moriwaki 21 Feb 2017 14 Jan 2018 Mr Ryota Tsunemi 21 Feb 2017 16 Jan 2018 Mr Shinya Sasaki 21 Feb 2017 16 Jan 2018 Mr Kitayoshi Tsumita 30 Nov 2016 30 Nov 2017 Mr Michio Moriwaki 01 Mar 2016 22 Feb 2017 Mr Ryota Tsunemi 01 Mar 2016 22 Feb 2017 Mr Shinya Sasaki 01 Mar 2016 22 Feb 2017 Mr Kitayoshi Tsumita 01 Dec 2015 27 Nov 2016 Complementary Information
Secretariat members can be consulted via our website
https://www.jbce.org/en/jbce/about-jbcePerson 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
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member 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
Apr 2022 - Mar 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
600,000€ - 699,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount eppa 50,000€ - 99,999€ nove 10,000€ - 24,999€ pollet environmental consulting 10,000€ - 24,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name eppa nove Closed year Costs
600,000€ - 699,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Commission expert group accompanying future substance reviews under Directive 2011/65/EU (Restriction of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment; Recast Directive = RoHS 2)#E03063#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3063 #Member #C#Industry#Ecodesign and Energy Labelling Consultation Forum#X03609#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3609 #Member #C#Industry#Competent Authorities for Biocidal Products (Regulation (EU) No 528/2012)#E03125#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3125 #Observer #C#Industry, Other#Consultation Forum according to Art. 23 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases#X03338#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3338 #Member #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
JBCE ANNUAL REPORT
https://www.jbce.org/images/2024/JBCE-RA23-one-page-V7.pdf
Position papers, Press releases
https://www.jbce.org/en/positionsOther activities
Environment Committee sub groups;
-RoHS Recast IG
-WEEE Recast IG
-Category 8&9 IG
-Resource Efficiency IG
-REACH WG
-Nano Material IG
-BPR IG
-Eco-design/Energy-label IG
-Aircon WG
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 15 Feb 2018 Location Berlaymont Subject Introduce new Executive Director Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Alessandro Carano (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject EU Digital Policies and Priorities; EU-Japan cooperation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Eric Peters (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Jun 2017 Location Brussels Subject Digitisation of industry Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Dec 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Possible participation at a future event Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Jon Nyman (Cabinet member)