Overview
Lobbying Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25 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 over 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.
We have been lobbying for fundamental change and fairness in global digital markets since 2011 and are one of the lead complainants in the Google Shopping case in Europe. We are in regular dialogue with global regulators who are keen to restore fair and contestable digital markets.Main EU files targeted
Digital Markets Act; outreach meetings as listed in Communications activities below.
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 75% 1 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
We are supported by Europe Analytica 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 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
100,000€ - 199,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount europe analytica 100,000€ - 199,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name europe analytica Closed year Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Other financial info
N/A
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
Artificial intelligence and digital
Communication activities
Kelkoo Group has a communications and policy function, supported by Europe Analytica in Brussels. Our programme is two pronged; a) restoring choice and competition for consumers and creating a level playing field for small businesses in digital markets and b) calling for effective enforcement of the Google Shopping and Adsense Decisions.
We 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
10 03 2022 Kelkoo and Commissioner Vestager
26 7 2022 Kelkoo and Cabinet member Filomena Chirico
05 10 2022 Kelkoo and Thomas Kramler and Michael Koening DG Comp/DG CNECT
16 12 2022 Kelkoo and Thomas Kramler
31 03 2023 Kelkoo and Alberto Bacchiega and Thomas Kramler
03 05 2023 Kelkoo and Thomas Kramler
03 10 2023 Kelkoo and Thomas Kramler
19 10 2023 Kelkoo and Michele Piergiovanni
30 11 2023 Kelkoo and Thomas Kramler
02 02 2024 Kelkoo and Thomas Kramler
We maintain contact with the European Commission at key points and were invited to speak at its 5 December DMA Self-Preferencing Workshop hosted by Thomas Krmmler and Filomena Chirico - please see below for detail. We are also in contact with the European Parliament as and when.
Consultations:
We submitted a response to the Digital Markets Act consultation, focusing on the Gatekeeper and Competition Tool proposals specifically. With the DMA in force, we continue sharing our views on the need for effective enforcement.
European Commission DMA Self-Preferencing Workshop 5 December 2022:
Kelkoo's CEO Richard Stables presented the business' view on creating an effective remedy and how a redistributive auction could be a viable alternative to restore fair and contestable digital markets.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)