Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Apr 2017 - Mar 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Sony Europe Limited (Sony)
EU Transparency Register
9354466365-17 First registered on 05 Sep 2008
Goals / Remit
The mission of Sony Europe's Government Affairs Europe function is to promote Sony Europe and its positions to the stakeholders involved in the development of laws and policies at European and national level. We do this directly through our contacts with EU officials and for national issues through our network of contacts in the local Sony Europe branches. Another - indirect - route for lobbying is through our influence within industry associations. The objective of our activities is always to enhance the positive effects of new EU laws and policies on our business and/or to limit any negative effects.
Main EU files targeted
We follow numerous pieces of proposed legislation, including the Cybersecurity Act, the Digital Contracts Directives and the ePrivacy Regulation. In terms of general areas of legislation and policy we follow digital economy policy issues, European Commission initiatives in the sphere of AI, technical & regulatory issues, environmental policy and trade policy.
Address
Head Office
The Heights, Brooklands
Weybridge
Surrey KT13 OXW
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
Da Vincilaan 7, D-1
Zaventem 1935
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 04 Oct 2018
Name Start date End Date Ms Ada SILAKIEWICZ 05 Oct 2018 01 Nov 2019 Ms CHARIKLEIA KLASINA 14 Aug 2018 01 Sep 2019 Ms CHARIKLEIA KLASINA 21 Feb 2017 08 Feb 2018 Lars KOCH 01 Dec 2016 01 Dec 2017 Ms CHARIKLEIA KLASINA 12 Feb 2016 11 Feb 2017 Mr Arnaud Brunet 12 Feb 2016 11 Feb 2017 Ms CHARIKLEIA KLASINA 19 Dec 2014 17 Dec 2015 Mr Arnaud Brunet 27 Jan 2015 23 Jan 2016 Mrs CHARIKLEIA KLASINA 19 Dec 2014 27 Jan 2015 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Hara Klasina (Head of Government Affairs Europe)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Shigeru Kumekawa (President)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
Sony Europe is member of DIGITALEUROPE (European digital technology industry association; http://www.digitaleurope.org) and JBCE (Japan Business Council in Europe; https://www.jbce.org).
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Apr 2017 - Mar 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
1,142,660 € (Source: Horizon 2020)
Other financial info
The cost estimate for our government affairs activities refers to Sony Europe's FY2017. The Horizon 2020 grants listed refer to the 2017 calendar year and are consistent with information available on the Commission's Financial Transparency System.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
None declared