Overview
Lobbying Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
14
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o. (USSK)
EU Transparency Register
972729217124-54 First registered on 27 Apr 2015
Goals / Remit
U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o. (USSK), located in Košice, Slovakia, is one of the largest integrated producers of flat-rolled steel products in Central Europe. The parent organization is United States Steel Corporation - a major steel producer based in the United States. It is one of the largest private employers in Slovakia. With the annual raw steel production capability of 4.5 million metric tons, USSK with its subsidiaries serves several steel-consuming sectors including service centers and the construction, automotive, transportation, packaging, further processing and home appliance industries. It provides a wide assortment of hot-rolled, cold-rolled and coated products including hot-dip galvanized, color-coated, tinplate and non-grain-oriented sheets.
Main EU files targeted
- The EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS)
- Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
- EU trade defence mechanisms
- anti-dumping measures
- EU Green Deal & climate change policy
- industrial policy/Net Zero Industry Act
- state aid policy & TCF
- REACH
- energy policy & energy market reform
- packaging policy
- social dialogue policiesAddress
Head Office
U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o. Vstupný areál U. S. Steel
Košice 044 54
SLOVAKIAEU Office
Governmental, EU Affairs & REACH office Trnavská cesta 27/B
Bratislava 831 04
SLOVAKIAWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
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
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Categories
Category
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
EUROFER (www.eurofer.be)
The Association of European Steel Producers for Packaging (www.apeal.org)
European Coil Coating Organization (ECCA) (www.prepaintedmetal.eu)
European Steel Tube Association (ESTA)
EUROSLAG (www.euroslag.org)
The National Union of Employers (RUZ/NUE) (www.ruzsr.sk)Member organisations
none
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
200,000€ - 299,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Comité consultatif pour la sécurité et la santé sur le lieu de travail#X01211#MEITNER Róbert #https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1211 #Member #B#Industry#Intérêt des représentants des employeurs
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
- open letters (as members of associations)
- provision of information materials and position papersOther activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
14 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 22 Mar 2024 Location brussels Subject Discussion of current challenges facing the European Steel sector attended by private industry as well as Ministers and official representatives of Italy, Romania, Poland, Czechia, Belgium, Hungary and Luxembourg Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Attending - Héloïse Pillard (Cabinet member)
- Simon Genevaz (Cabinet member)
- Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)
- Mette Dyrskjot (Cabinet member)
- Ramona Ianus (Cabinet member)
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- thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
- GFG Alliance
- industriAll European Trade Union
- Association des Constructeurs Européens d'Automobiles
- GravitHy
- Metal Packaging Europe External Affairs ASBL
- ETIP Zero Emissions Platform
- Riva Group
- European Recycling Industries' Confederation
- Finarvedi
- APERAM SA
- RWE AG
- Salzgitter AG
- The European Steel Association
- Tata Steel Nederland
- ArcelorMittal
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Date 22 Mar 2024 Location Brussels Subject Clean Transition Dialogue with the Steel Sector Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Attending - Juraj Nociar (Cabinet member)
- Adam Romanowski (Cabinet member)
- Sid-ahmed Kamil Talbi (Cabinet member)
- Renáta Goldírová (Cabinet member)
- Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)
- Aleksandra Baranska (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - industriAll European Trade Union
- ETIP Zero Emissions Platform
- thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
- APERAM SA
- CELSA Group
- SSAB AB
- Salzgitter AG
- Finarvedi
- ArcelorMittal
- KIC InnoEnergy SE
- H2GS AB
- European Recycling Industries' Confederation
- GravitHy
- Metal Packaging Europe External Affairs ASBL
- The European Steel Association
- Tata Steel Nederland
- Association des Constructeurs Européens d'Automobiles
- RWE AG
- Ørsted A/S
- Riva Group
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Date 30 Nov 2023 Location Brussels Subject Clean Transition Dialogue on Energy Intensive Industries Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Attending - Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)
- Virginie Battu-henriksson (Cabinet member)
- Juraj Nociar (Cabinet member)
- Aleksandra Baranska (Cabinet member)
- Adam Romanowski (Cabinet member)
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- European Construction Industry Federation
- Northvolt
- Eurelectric aisbl
- CRH plc
- Fertilizers Europe
- H2GS AB
- Compagnie de SAINT-GOBAIN
- Lhoist
- FuelsEurope
- ArcelorMittal
- KIC InnoEnergy SE
- EUROMETAUX
- Cerame-Unie
- HeidelbergCement AG
- European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services
- Association des Constructeurs Européens d'Automobiles
- European Chemical Industry Council
- European Aluminium AISBL
- EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION
- BUSINESSEUROPE
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Date 26 Jan 2023 Location Brussels Subject Current economic and energy market situation of the EU (Meeting Slovnaft-100% part MoL Group) Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)
- Juraj Nociar (Cabinet member)
- Gabriela Keckesova (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 26 Jan 2023 Location Brussels Subject Current economic and energy market situation of the EU (Meeting Slovnaft-100% part MoL Group) Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight Attending - Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President)
- Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)
- Gabriela Keckesova (Cabinet member)
- Juraj Nociar (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 26 Jan 2023 Location Brussels Subject Current economic and energy market situation of the EU Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight Attending - Juraj Nociar (Cabinet member)
- Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President)
- Gabriela Keckesova (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 30 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject Aggression against Ukraine, energy prices Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Juraj Nociar (Cabinet member)
- Gabriela Keckesova (Cabinet member)
- Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 30 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject Aggression against Ukraine, energy prices Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight Attending - Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)
- Gabriela Keckesova (Cabinet member)
- Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President)
- Juraj Nociar (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Jan 2021 Location Brussels - videoconference Subject EU ETS, Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, Circular economy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 22 Jan 2020 Location Brussels Subject Working priorities in the new EC Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Juraj Nociar (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jan 2020 Location Brussels Subject Working priorities in the new EC Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight Attending - Juraj Nociar (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jul 2019 Location Brussels Subject Situation of the European Steel sector Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Ivo Schmidt (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Jun 2019 Location Brussels Subject Situation of the European Steel Sector Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President)
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Date 31 Aug 2015 Location Brussels Subject Presentation of U.S. Steel; Energy Union; situation of steel industry Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President)