Overview
Lobbying Costs
10,000€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Kelkoo Group Limited
EU Transparency Register
819280840607-33 First registered on 09 Dec 2020
Goals / Remit
Kelkoo is a comparison shopping service with 20 years of experience in e-commerce, digital advertising and consumer analytics. The business was created to bring together products from retailers to enable consumers to compare shopping choices and find the best deals. It is part of Kelkoo Group which includes the LeGuide group and operates proprietary brands Kelkoo.com, Leguide.com and Ciao.com.
Main EU files targeted
We have supported the EU Commission's enforcement action against Google's anti-competitive behaviour in the Shopping and Adsense cases, and submitted responses to the Digital Services/ Markets Act consultations responding to the Gatekeeper and Competition Tool proposals specifically.
Address
Head Office
Fifth Floor 60 Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1W 0AH
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
Fifth Floor 60 Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1W 0AH
UNITED KINGDOMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 50% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
We are supported by APCO Worldwide in Brussels.
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
N/A
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
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
10,000€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
0€ - 10,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Artificial intelligence and digital
Communication activities
Kelkoo Group has a PR and policy function, supported by APCO Worldwide in Brussels. Our work calls for effective enforcement in digital markets in Europe, and in particular for effective enforcement of the Google Shopping and Adsense Decisions to restore choice and competition for consumers and create a level playing field for small businesses.
We have met with the following personnel from the European Commission:
15 12 2014 LeGuide and Commissioner Vestager
12 01 2015 Kelkoo and Commissioner Vestager
15 04 2016 Kelkoo and Commissioner Vestager's Cabinet (Wenzel Bulst)
07 11 2016 Kelkoo and Commissioner Vestager
26 10 2017 Kelkoo meeting with Commissioner Vestager
30 09 2019 Kelkoo and Commissioner Vestager
21 04 2020 Kelkoo and DG Guersent
Consultations:
We have submitted responses to the Digital Services/ Markets Act consultations responding to the Gatekeeper and Competition Tool proposals specifically.Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
3 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 26 Jul 2022 Location Videoconference Subject DMA enforcement Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Mar 2022 Location Brussels Subject Competition policy. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 13 Jan 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Self-preferencing and DMA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)