Ledger SAS

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Registration as it was on 02 Mar 2023
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Overview

WARNING: As this organisation lists one or more EP accredited lobbyists, it may not be probable that its lobbying costs are lower than €10,000.

Lobbying Costs

10,000€

Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

1 Fte (3)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

3

High-level Commission meetings

2

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Ledger SAS   (Ledger)

    EU Transparency Register

    669698645749-43 First registered on 10 Mar 2022

    Goals / Remit

    Ledger develops hardware security devices and blockchain infrastructure solutions and applications for individuals and businesses. The company employs several hundred people worldwide.

    Ledger seeks to enter into an open dialogue with political representatives to inform the drafting of legislation to support European innovation and competitiveness in the digital-asset space.

    For this purpose, Ledger wishes to provide practical insights from the industry and state-of-the-art technical expertise that might be helpful to legislators and regulators on opportunities and policies concerning digital-assets.

    Main EU files targeted

    EU legislative proposals related to Innovation, Banking and Finance regulation, Economic Affairs, Digital Finance Package including but not limited to:

    - REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on Markets in Crypto-assets, and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 ("MiCAR"),

    - DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the mechanisms to be put in place by the Member States for the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing and repealing Directive (EU) 2015/849 ("AMLD6"),

    - Regulation (EU) 2015/847 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on information accompanying transfers of funds and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006 (Text with EEA relevance) ("FTR"),

    - Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (Data Act).

    Address

    Head Office
    1 rue du Mail
    Paris 75002
    FRANCE
    EU Office
    3 rue Gretry
    Paris 75002
    FRANCE

    Website

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    3

    Employment timeLobbyists
    50%1
    25%2

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    1

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 02 Mar 2023

    Name Start date End Date
    Mr Seth HERTLEIN 16 Mar 2024 14 Mar 2025
    Mr Julien David 15 Mar 2024 14 Mar 2025
    Ms Morgane FOURNEL 13 Apr 2022 13 Apr 2023
    Mr Seth HERTLEIN 13 Apr 2022 13 Apr 2023
    Mr Julien NIVOT 13 Apr 2022 13 Apr 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

  • Categories

    Category

    Companies & groups

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    1. ADAN (Association for the Development of Crypto Assets)

    A Paris based association that brings together professionals in the digital asset and blockchain technology sector in France and Europe.

    https://adan.eu/en/

    2. Blockchain Association

    A Washington based organization dedicated to improving the public policy environment for crypto networks.

    https://theblockchainassociation.org/

    3. Digital Currencies Governance Group (DCGG)

    DCGG is a European association specialized in digital assets, which supports a comprehensive crypto regulation that will make Europe a crypto hub and where only EU licensed players would be free to operate. Among their core values are consumer protection, regulatory certainty, and transparency.

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • 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 declared

    Intermediaries for current year

    None declared

    Closed year Costs

    0€ - 10,000€

    Other financial info

    The Ledger Policy team has been recently created and hired (since January 2022).

    In addition, the budget for policy activity has only been allocated beginning in the year 2022 including our internal staff costs and membership associations.

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    none

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A

    Communication activities

    As of the date of this filing, we have not engaged in any communication activities related to the EU policies listed above.

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    2 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.

    • Date 27 Apr 2023 Location online
      Subject Data Act.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
      Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age
      Attending
      • Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
      • Liliane Giardino-karlinger (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 21 Nov 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject presentation of the company, Web 3.0, metaverse.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
      Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age
      Attending
      • Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
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