Overview
Lobbying Costs
50,000€ - 99,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
11
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Koninklijke Vereniging MKB-Nederland (MKB-Nederland)
EU Transparency Register
05673984520-73 First registered on 12 Nov 2010
Goals / Remit
Koninklijke Vereniging MKB-Nederland (“Royal Association SME-Netherlands”) …
The SME employers organisation of the Netherlands (“MKB” is the Dutch equivalent of SME) and its mission is to promote entrepreneurship.
The biggest employers organisation of the Netherlands.
Its members are 150 trade associations and 600 local and regional SME chapters, in total we represent 186.000 small- and medium-sized enterprises.
“One voice”: since 1995 uniting all SME associations in the Netherlands under one umbrella (having its roots in 1902, declared as a royal association in 1927).
Our members are grouped in five clusters: business services; retail; health and public services; industry and construction; leisure and “zakelijke gastvrijheid”.
Since 2009 we share offices with VNO-NCW in The Hague. The policy department is a shared one with VNO-NCW, the two associations and its boards are independent.
The Brussels office was founded in 1992 and since 2010 MKB-Nederland and V (...)Main EU files targeted
MKB-Nederland is in Brussel in principe actief op alle onderwerpen op sociaal en economisch gebied die van belang kunnen zijn voor het Nederlandse bedrijfsleven. Met name richt MKB-Nederland zich op de voorwaarden die voor het mkb van essentieel belang zijn om te kunnen investeren en te groeien. Onder die voorwaarden is de regeldruk en kostenbeheersing van cruciaal belang. Dit betreft alle onderdelen van het sociale, economische en financiële beleid van de Europese Unie. Eu policies and legislative proposals that are of great interest for us and that we want to influence are: Gender Pay Gap, Platformwork, minimum wage and minimum income, sociale dialogue, Due Diligence, Taxonomy, European Green Deal, European Social Fund, Skills agenda, Health and Safety policy, limit values Occupational Exposure Limits (e.g. Asbestos Directive), Care-policy, CMD Directive, migration, EU-Talent Pool, European Recovery and Resilience Plan, Social Security Coordination regulation, Action Plan Social Pillar, Posting of workers, Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions Directive, Review Temporary Agency Directive, Work program European Labor Authority, Negotiations Telework and Right to disconnect.
Address
Head Office
Bezuidenhoutseweg, 12
The Hague 2509 AA - 93002
NETHERLANDSEU Office
Bezuidenhoutseweg, 12
The Hague 2509 AA - 93002
NETHERLANDSWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 26 Apr 2024
Name Start date End Date Mr Wilhelmus VAN MIERLO 05 Jan 2023 01 Jan 2024 Mr Wilhelmus MIERLO 05 Jan 2023 30 Jan 2023 Mr Martijn VAN WANROOIJ 23 Jul 2022 22 Jul 2023 Complementary Information
None declared
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
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
Member the European umbrella organisations:
- SMEUnited (SME employers)
- EuroCommerce (retail)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
50,000€ - 99,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
50,000€ - 99,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Advisory Committee on free movement of workers#X01784#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1784 #Member #C#Employees/workers
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Active on the political and administrative European, national, regional and local level.
Social partner, both as a member of the Dutch Social-Economical Council and the European Social Economical Council.
At the European level we are member of UEAPME (SME employers) and EuroCommerce (retail).
Meetings
Meetings
11 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 Mar 2024 Location Brussels Subject ontwikkelingen op klimaatterrein, de SME dialogues en de bredere Europese agenda Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra Attending - Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Sep 2023 Location Brussels Subject Revision of the passenger rights regulation and travel package directive. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Rachel Smit (Cabinet member)
- Pablo Fabregas Martinez (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Jun 2023 Location Brussels Subject consumers - package travel directive Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Isabelle Perignon (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Oct 2021 Location Brussels (videocnference) Subject Speech on the Fit for 55 Package at Online seizoensopening VNO-NCW en MKB-Nederland Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Diederik Samsom (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Jul 2021 Location Brussels - videoconference Subject Fit for 55 and due diligence Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 20 Apr 2020 Location Video Conference Subject Follow-up call on the crisis’ impact on the built environment sector Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Gaelle Garnier (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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Date 07 Feb 2019 Location Brussels Subject Better Regulation and SME Policy Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
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Date 20 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject FP9 Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Robert Schröder (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject Digital single market Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Bernardus Smulders (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject China MES Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
- Miguel Ceballos Baron (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Apr 2015 Location Brussels Subject Circular Economy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Heidi Jern (Cabinet member)