Overview
Lobbying Costs
150,000€
Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
TomTom International bv (TomTom)
EU Transparency Register
068100722742-39 First registered on 01 Aug 2016
Goals / Remit
TomTom is a navigation and location services provider. We are interested in Transport policy as this is discussed and decided by the EU Institutions as well as on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and their deployment in Europe. We wish to contribute to the development and enhancement of ITS in Europe as well as its communication protocols (TMC and TPEG) and map- related issues. Autonomous driving and connected cars as well as traffic management and in-car navigation devices and mapping are central to our work. TomTom is an EU incumbent technology company active in the field of large scale processing of geo-location and fitness/health related data, and this makes data protection matters in the context of big data, cloud, crowd sourcing and Internet of Things within the remit of our organization's public affairs activities. Finally, the European Space Strategy and Galileo technology have been recently added to our list of interests with regards to European policy and activities.
Main EU files targeted
TomTom sits on the Supervisory Board of two major ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) Industry Associations: ERTICO-ITS Europe and TISA. From that position we are privileged to have the opportunity to closely follow the policy and project related initiatives on EU Transport policy. Transport policy, Communication technologies, Data Privacy and Security legislative actions as well as Space technologies' market uptake are EU initiatives that we try to directly follow and be involved.
Address
Head Office
De Ruyterkade 154
Amsterdam 1011 AC
NETHERLANDSEU Office
Gaston Crommenlaan 4
Gent 9050
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 50% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 13 Jun 2019
Name Start date End Date Ms STEPHANIE LEONARD 11 Jul 2018 11 Jul 2019 Complementary Information
Public Affairs within the TomTom Group falls under the responsibility of Corporate Legal Affairs.
Me Stephanie Leonard, Strategic Manager Business Development will conduct various EU affairs activities and liaise with the various EU insititions, especially concerning the ITS Directive.Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Stephanie Leonard (Strategic Manager Business Development)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Alberts Mathilde (Head of Corporate Affairs)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
Active members in ERTICO -ITS Europe (http://ertico.com/)
Active members in TISA (www.TISA.org)Member organisations
TomTom does not have member organisations
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
150,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
350,000 € (Source: EC on H2020 projects)
Other financial info
Please note:
We have 1.5 FTE working on EU affairs and a team involved in various H2020 projects.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
As described already in the short text above, we work through our Industry Associations: ERTICO -ITS Europe and TISA. Nonetheless, we also try to follow developments at close hand (through our participation in a number of EU structures and platforms) and we participate in H2020 through various consortia.
Other activities
TomTom Public Affairs will in specific cases, such as our representation in the C-ITS Platform and the Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility Group.
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 18 May 2020 Location Brussels Subject To present TomTom’s vision for a competitive digital economy in Europe Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 07 Apr 2020 Location Brussels Subject To present TomTom’s vision for a competitive digital economy in Europe Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Michele Piergiovanni (Cabinet member)