Overview
Lobbying Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Financial year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.75 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
11
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
McDonald’s Global Franchising Limited (MGFL)
EU Transparency Register
3830179837-87 First registered on 19 Dec 2008
Goals / Remit
With more than 8,500 restaurants in 39 European countries, employing over 450,000 people and serving an average of 18 million customers a day, McDonald’s and its franchisees are dedicated to offering its customers a wide variety of high quality menu options at an affordable price which complement a balanced lifestyle. We aim to assist as appropriate European decision-makers and opinion-formers in making informed decisions and contributing to knowledgeable debates by sharing in transparent manner relevant information and our business expertise in areas of public policies where we are able to input usefully.
Main EU files targeted
Farm 2 Fork Strategy; Circular Economy; Policies and legislation related to packaging; Data Privacy; Audio-Visual Media Services; Employment-related initiatives especially concerning the future of employment in Europe; Animal Health and Welfare legislation including those related to the use of antibiotics in farming; Food supply chains
Address
Head Office
Cordy House, 91 Curtain Road
London EC2A 3BS
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
McDonald's Belgium – Airport Plaza Stockholm Building - 5th floor Leonardo da Vincilaan 19A/5
DIEGEM 1831
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 13 May 2022
Name Start date End Date Nicola DEL VALLE DE SOUSA GAVAIA 09 Nov 2023 08 Nov 2024 Serge Thines 23 Feb 2024 21 Feb 2025 David COLEMAN 09 Dec 2023 06 Dec 2024 Serge Thines 04 Feb 2023 03 Feb 2024 Nicola DEL VALLE DE SOUSA GAVAIA 04 Nov 2022 04 Nov 2023 Nicola DEL VALLE DE SOUSA GAVAIA 09 Oct 2021 08 Oct 2022 Ms Emilia VALBUM 13 Feb 2019 13 Feb 2020 Ms Lia BANIOTOPOULOU 17 Apr 2018 10 Feb 2019 Serge Thines 11 Jan 2018 10 Jan 2019 Mr Balázs Pályi 21 Feb 2017 21 Feb 2018 Mr Balázs Pályi 27 Feb 2016 22 Feb 2017 Mr Balázs Pályi 18 Feb 2015 16 Feb 2016 Complementary Information
The role of employees in International Government Relations also encompasses global issues, support to McDonald's markets across the globe (incl. in Europe) and services to McDonald's business units.
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
-American Chamber of Commerce to the EU www.amchameu.eu
-Serving Europe www.servingeurope.com
-Brunswick (Consultancy fees are included in McDonald's estimated cost to direct representation of interests to EU institutions) www.brunswickgroup.com
-World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) www.wfanet.org
-EU Pledge www.eu-pledge.eu
-360º FoodServing Europe www.360foodservice.com
-Brands for Europe (no website)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 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
400,000€ - 499,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount brunswick group 50,000€ - 99,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name brunswick group Closed year Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
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 28 Feb 2023 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject The proposals and eventual implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) proposal Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Nov 2021 Location Brussels Subject Sustainable food systems Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)
- Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Oct 2018 Location Brussels, BERL Subject discussion on Single-Use-Plastics's proposal Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Sep 2018 Location Brussels Subject Youth unemployment in Europe Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Inge Bernaerts (Cabinet member)
- Kasia Jurczak (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Sep 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Climate Action and Energy Union Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Telmo Baltazar (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Sep 2018 Location Brussels Subject Presentation of different initiatives by McDonald DG Agriculture and Rural Development Attending - Jerzy Bogdan Plewa (Director-General)
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Date 16 Apr 2015 Location Brussels Subject Food Waste and Animal Welfare Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Marco Valletta (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Apr 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Short supply chains, the McDonald’s Agricultural Assistance Programme to monitor and manage traceability, food safety, quality, animal welfare and sustainability Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject Meeting to present company’s youth employment intiative Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Vasiliki Kokkori (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Dec 2014 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject EU education and skills policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Jonathan Michael Hill (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Nov 2014 Location BERL 08/318 Subject Meeting with Julian Hilton Thompson (VP Corp Rels) and David Coleman (Dir Euro Pub Affrs), McDonalds Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan Portfolio Agriculture & Rural Development Attending - Dermot Ryan (Cabinet member)