Overview
Lobbying Costs
950,000€
Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
36
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Universal Music Group International (UMGI)
EU Transparency Register
530216615544-40 First registered on 14 Jan 2015
Goals / Remit
UMGI is a recorded music business that discovers and develops recording artists and markets and promotes their music across a wide array of formats and platforms.
UMGI engages on policies that impact copyright law, specifically, as well as the entertainment industry more generally.Main EU files targeted
The legislative environment around safe harbours (the “value gap” discussions) and the notice and take down mechanisms.
Review of the Copyright Directive and copyright reform.
The E-Commerce Directive and the Digital Agenda.
EU legislative instrument on the role of intermediaries.
Copyright enforcement.Address
Head Office
Kensington High Street, 364-366
London W14 8NS
UNITED KINGDOM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 6 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Feb 2018
Name Start date End Date Robbert BARUCH 12 Jul 2023 11 Jul 2024 Eric BERMAN 12 Jul 2023 11 Jul 2024 Simon CARMEL 12 Jul 2023 11 Jul 2024 Mr Robbert Baruch 12 Jul 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Eric BERMAN 12 Jul 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Simon CARMEL 12 Jul 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Robbert Baruch 13 Aug 2022 12 Jul 2023 Mr Eric BERMAN 13 Aug 2022 12 Jul 2023 Mr Simon CARMEL 13 Aug 2022 12 Jul 2023 Mr Simon CARMEL 11 Jun 2021 11 Jun 2022 Mr Robbert Baruch 04 Jun 2021 04 Jun 2022 Mr Eric BERMAN 09 Jun 2020 01 Jul 2021 Mr Simon CARMEL 06 Jun 2020 05 Jun 2021 Mr Eric BERMAN 03 May 2019 01 May 2020 Mr Simon CARMEL 04 Apr 2019 01 Apr 2020 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Eric Berman (EVP, Public Affairs)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Simon Carmel (SVP Business 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
Outside of the US, UMG belongs to recorded music trade associations and works with them on an international (via The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (“IFPI”)) and national, via the local trade association in each specific country, such as the British Phonographic Industry in the UK, basis.
In addition, UMG is a member of producer collecting societies engaged in collective rights management, such as Phonographic Performance Limited, or PPL, in the UK and the SCPP in France.
UMG also works with analogous trade associations, e.g. International Confederation of Music Publishers, International Music Publishers Association and various European national associations (such as the Music Publishers Association in the UK) as well as collecting societies, e.g. PRS for Music in the UK, in relation to music publishing.
In the US, the primary trade associations we belong to are:
* Recording Industry Association of America;
* National Music Publishers Association;
* Sound Exchange.Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
950,000€
Other financial info
In respect of the estimate of EUR 900,000 - 999,999 for how much UMG will spend this financial year representing its interests to the European institutions, it should be noted that, except for approximately EUR 130,000, these amounts will be incurred indirectly through the industry associations, primarily the IFPI.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Review of the Copyright Directive
Meetings
Meetings
36 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 12 May 2023 Location Brussels Subject AI Act, copyright. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject Copyright and Platforms Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Manuel Mateo-Goyet (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 May 2017 Location Brussels Subject DSM general, copyright Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 May 2017 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject DSM, copyright Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject Copyright et présenter l'entreprise, ainsi que les défis actuels du secteur. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - Lucie Mattera (Cabinet member)
- Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner)
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Date 19 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject Digital single market and the music industry Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Sep 2016 Location Berlaymont Subject Copyright DG Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action Attending - Ann Mettler (Director-General)
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Date 09 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject Copyright reform Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Jul 2016 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Jul 2016 Location BXL Subject copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject Copyright Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject Development of the music market Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Marika Lautso-Mousnier (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject UMG want to : 1) introduce themselves for an ongoing dialogue; 2) discuss the music market’s rapid transformation and wholly-changed competitive landscape; and 3) present a view for the future. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - Lucie Mattera (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject Copyright - Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
- Adrienn Kiraly (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject public performance and broadcasting in FTA Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Jon Nyman (Cabinet member)
- Miguel Ceballos Baron (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject Copyright Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Mar 2016 Location Brussels Subject Copyright Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Dec 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market, Copyright, Creative Industries Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Adrienn Kiraly (Cabinet member)
- Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject Copyright DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 25 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject The EU's current international and economic priorities DG Secretariat-General Attending - Alexander Italianer (Secretary-General)
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Date 25 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject Copyright DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 23 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject Copyright Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
- Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Oct 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject DSM – liability of platforms Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject Introductory meeting Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject Copyright, DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 17 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market, Copyright DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Robert Madelin (Director-General)
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Date 10 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Copyright Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market, Copyright DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Robert Madelin (Director-General)
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Date 21 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject Copyright Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject Copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)