Overview
Lobbying Costs
100,000€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5.2 Fte (25)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
The European Business Council in Japan (EBC)
EU Transparency Register
133425935920-17 First registered on 17 Sep 2019
Goals / Remit
The European Business Council (EBC) is the trade policy arm of 15 European National Chamber of Commerce and Business Associations in Japan and has been working to improve the trade and investment environment for European companies in Japan since 1972. The EBC was registered with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in 2008 as the European (EU) Chamber of Commerce in Japan with the scope of directly influencing EU and Japanese trade policies through continuous contacts with EU Commission, EU Delegation in Japan and through EBO-WWN activities.
Main EU files targeted
The core mission of the EBC is to promote an impediment-free business and investment environment that will make it less difficult and costly to do business here. The advantages to Japan are obvious – an impediment-free market will serve as a catalyst for global trade liberalisation and prosperity. Unified markets are needed to create a business environment which will stimulate innovation and economic growth, more investment and create new jobs.
The advocacy activities of our organization is carried on through regular contacts with members of the EU Commission, the issuance of a yearly multi-sector position paper that is circulated among EU and Japanese officials, the organization of events and seminars in which such advocacy issues are presented and the support to the consultation process to establish new EU legislation or amend the current ones.
Monitoring the EPA between EU and Japan is also our main taskAddress
Head Office
Toranomon Hills Business Tower 15F 1-17-1 Toranomon Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-6415
JAPANEU Office
Toranomon Hills Business Tower 15F 1-17-1 Toranomon Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-6415
JAPANWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
25
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 3 10% 22 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5.2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
3 people are working full time
the 22 others are the chairs of our sectoral committeesPerson 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
EBOWWN
Member organisations
https://www.ebc-jp.com/index.php/stakeholders
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Advances interests of their clients
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
100,000€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Clients for closed financial year
Clients list
Name Proposal Amount 15 european national chambers of commerce in japan Follow up of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement The European Business Council (EBC) has 23 committees devoted to improving the business environment for European companies in a variety of different sectors. Each EBC Committee is unique, reflecting the varied make-up of the EBC membership and the issues they deal with on a day-to-day basis. Some committees have memberships constituting a significant share of the Japanese market and are officially recognized by the Japanese Government as a primary industry contact while others are devoted to increasing market access opportunities for their members. While a majority of the committees represents a sector or an industry segment, some address cross-sector issues such as human resources and taxation, which affect all firms in Japan, regardless of their line of business. 100,000€ - 199,999€ Clients for current financial year
Clients list
Name 170 european companies belonging to our 23 sectorial committees Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Yearly published position papers, ongoing review of the implementation status of the EPA between EU and Japan, sectorial committees of European companies established in Japan pinpointing issues and liaising through our organization to the local EU Delegation for a solution, participation to the regular meetings held by EU Delegation with Member States Head of Trade Sections related to Non Tariff Measures as obstacle to European Business interests in Japan.
Our organization is member of the EBO-WWN group.Other activities
In 2019 we met in Brussels with officials of:
DG TRADE
DG GROW
EEAS
SECRETARIAT OF TRADE COMMISSIONER MALMSTROM
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.
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Date 17 Apr 2023 Location Tokyo, Japan Subject Energy market DG Energy Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 28 Feb 2023 Location Tokyo Subject Challenges for EU rail manufacturers and logistics companies in Japan DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)