Overview
Lobbying Costs
600,000€ - 699,999€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5.8 Fte (37)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
5
High-level Commission meetings
64
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Verband der Automobilindustrie (VDA)
EU Transparency Register
95574664768-90 First registered on 14 Dec 2010
Goals / Remit
Interessenvertretung von rund 600 Unternehmen der dt. Automobilindustrie (Hersteller von PKW und LKW, Bussen, Zulieferer, Anhänger und Aufbauten).
Main EU files targeted
European Green Deal / Fit for 55
CO2 - Regulierung für PKW/Leichte Nutzfahrzeuge und LKW
Luftreinhaltepolitik, Euro 7
Erneuerbare Kraftstoffe
Recyclingpolitik
Handelspolitik/Freihandelsabkommen
Typgenehmigungsvorschriften
Industriepolitik
EU Recovery Plan
Verkehrspolitik (EU-Verkehrsstrategie, Maße und Gewichte von LKW)
Digitale Strategie der EU
Automatisiertes und vernetzes Fahren
EU Data Act, Fahrzeugdaten
Forschungspolitik
Finanzmarktregulierung/Auto ABSAddress
Head Office
Behrenstrasse, 35
Berlin 10117
GERMANYEU Office
Rue Marie de Bourgogne, 58
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
37
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 2 50% 2 10% 33 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5.8
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
5 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 04 Dec 2023
Name Start date End Date Ms Eva HAFFMANS 11 Oct 2023 10 Apr 2024 Mr Jakob WINKLER 11 Oct 2023 10 Oct 2024 Ms Jasper KREISSL 11 Oct 2023 08 Mar 2024 Ms Eva HAFFMANS 04 Mar 2023 02 Sep 2023 Ms Eva Maria BECKMANN 25 Jan 2023 24 Jan 2024 Mr Denis SILACI 17 Dec 2022 01 Mar 2023 Mr Mitja Vivian SCHULZ 16 Dec 2022 15 Dec 2023 Mr Marten BURGHARDT 25 Mar 2022 25 Mar 2023 Mr Lukas MARTIN 01 Dec 2021 01 Mar 2022 Mr Mitja Vivian SCHULZ 20 Oct 2021 20 Oct 2022 Mr Mitja Vivian SCHULZ 31 Jan 2020 30 Jan 2021 Mr Marten BURGHARDT 12 Dec 2019 30 May 2020 Mr Fritz Leonard FEHR 06 Sep 2019 06 Dec 2019 Mr Tobias BLOCK 05 Sep 2019 05 Sep 2020 Mr Alan Gralek 13 Jun 2019 01 Jul 2020 Mr Till NEHLS 07 May 2019 01 Jul 2019 Mr Oliver SCHMIDT 14 Feb 2019 01 May 2019 Mr Mitja Vivian SCHULZ 30 Jan 2019 31 Jan 2020 Mr Ralf Diemer 15 Nov 2018 15 Nov 2019 Mr Junes KOOHESTANIAN 05 Sep 2018 02 Feb 2019 Ms Alexandra ZINS 08 Jun 2018 08 Sep 2018 Ms Antonia MUNZ 07 Mar 2018 01 Jul 2018 Mr Mitja Vivian SCHULZ 15 Feb 2018 30 Jan 2019 Mr Giulio Michele GIRARDELLI 05 Dec 2017 02 Mar 2018 Mr Ralf Diemer 20 Nov 2017 15 Nov 2018 Mr Thomas HOHNHOLZ 05 Sep 2017 01 Dec 2017 Mr Matthias SCHENK 18 May 2017 17 Aug 2017 Mr Mitja Vivian SCHULZ 02 Feb 2017 02 Feb 2018 Mr Benedict FRITSCHLE 23 Jan 2017 01 Apr 2017 Mr Ralf Diemer 19 Nov 2016 18 Nov 2017 Mr Sascha Wagner 19 Nov 2016 30 Mar 2017 Mr Timo DIEHL 06 Sep 2016 02 Jan 2017 Ms Franziska Lisa SCHWERDTLE 13 May 2016 31 Aug 2016 Mr Christoph MUHLE 22 Dec 2015 21 Jun 2016 Mr Ralf Diemer 08 Dec 2015 19 Nov 2016 Mr Sascha Wagner 08 Dec 2015 19 Nov 2016 Ms Tjorven MAACK 05 Nov 2015 30 Apr 2016 Mr Lars PRÜßMEIER 03 Sep 2015 01 Nov 2015 Ms Kristina Hahnemann 15 Apr 2015 13 Aug 2015 Bastian Lotz 08 Jan 2015 07 Apr 2015 Mr Ralf Diemer 27 Nov 2014 25 Nov 2015 Mr Sascha Wagner 27 Nov 2014 25 Nov 2015 Mr Sebastian Kirchner 05 Sep 2014 01 Jan 2015 Mr Enzo Sebastian Aguilera 12 Apr 2014 16 Aug 2014 Mr Julius Weddigen von Knapp 05 Feb 2014 01 Apr 2014 Mr Ralf Diemer 04 Dec 2013 26 Nov 2014 Mr Sascha Wagner 27 Nov 2013 23 Nov 2014 Mr Manuel Knoll 04 Sep 2013 03 Feb 2014 Mrs Regina Craja 25 May 2013 12 Sep 2013 Mr Ralf Diemer 22 Dec 2012 28 Nov 2013 Mr Sascha Wagner 29 Nov 2012 27 Nov 2013 Complementary Information
Von den angegebenen 37 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern, die zumindest teilweise mit EU-Themen befasst sind, arbeiten 35 beim VDA in Berlin. Es handelt sich dabei neben Personen aus den Bereichen Politik und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit vor allem um Mitarbeiter aus technischen Abteilungen. In Brüssel selbst arbeiten zwei Vollzeitkräfte. Aussagen wie „37 oder 6 Personen würden für den VDA in Brüssel Lobbyarbeit machen“ sind daher unzutreffend, denn sie entsprechen nicht Inhalt und Systematik der Angaben des Transparenzregisters.
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
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
BDI, CLEPA, ERTICO, CLCCR
Assoziiert bei ACEAMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
600,000€ - 699,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
600,000€ - 699,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Working Group on Motor Vehicles#E01295#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1295 #Member #C#Industry#Forum for the Exchange of Information on Enforcement of the EU legislation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles#E03652#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3652 #Observer #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
Classic Car Group im Europäischen Parlament
Communication activities
Veranstaltungen in Berlin und Brüssel
Gespräche auf allen Ebenen
Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit zu allen Themen
IAAOther activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
64 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 publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 11 Oct 2023 Location Brussels Subject State of the automotive industry and competitiveness. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject introductory meeting and discussion on current automotive topics Attending - Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General)
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Date 08 Nov 2022 Location Brussels Subject Venue of President to Brussels- discuss state of play of Data, Euro 7, energy crisis, supply shortages Attending - Kerstin Jorna (Director-General)
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Date 16 Jun 2022 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Green and digital transition of the automotive industry; raw materials availability Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Lucia Caudet (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Jun 2022 Location Brussels Subject Green transition, strategic autonomy, supply chain disruptions, ETS Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn Portfolio Budget and Administration Attending - Johannes Hahn (Commissioner)
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Date 16 Jun 2022 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Sanctions Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Darta Tentere (Cabinet member)
- Peter Power (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Jun 2022 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Situation of automotive industry; Fit for 55 Attending - Henrik Hololei (Director-General)
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Date 03 Feb 2022 Location Brussels Subject Automotive industry Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Walter Goetz (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Nov 2021 Location Brussels Subject Meeting CEO Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner)
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Date 16 Nov 2021 Location Brussels Subject Discuss Euro 7 and access to in-vehicle data. Attending - Kerstin Jorna (Director-General)
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Date 27 Sep 2021 Location Video Conferencing Subject VDA Position Paper "Fit for 55" and info study regarding the effects of electromobility on employment in Germany. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
- Barbara GLOWACKA (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jun 2021 Location Brussels Subject VDA would like to discuss the level of ambition of the CO2 proposal and interplay with Euro 7 Attending - Kerstin Jorna (Director-General)
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Date 18 May 2020 Location Phone call Subject The meeting was a courtesy meeting to touch base after the appointment of Ms. Jorna as Director General of DG GROW and discuss future recovery in pandemic Attending - Kerstin Jorna (Director-General)
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Date 20 Apr 2020 Location Brussels Subject Green deal and the automotive sector Attending - Mauro Raffaele Petriccione (Director-General)
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Date 17 Apr 2020 Location Brussels Subject To discuss with you the consequences of COVID-19 on the automotive industry Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Michele Piergiovanni (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Jan 2020 Location Berlin Subject The European Green Deal: challenges and opportunities for the automotive industry Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 09 Jul 2019 Location BXL Subject EU transport and climate change policy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Johannes Haenicke (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 May 2019 Location Brussels Subject European elections Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 22 Jan 2019 Location Brussels Subject 232 Cars Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Christian Burgsmueller (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jan 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Exchange on the most recent issues regarding climate change policy in the sector Attending - Mauro Raffaele Petriccione (Director-General)
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Date 22 Jan 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Trade and customs in the automotive sector Attending - Jean-Luc Demarty (Director-General)
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Date 28 Nov 2018 Location Brussels Subject EU-US trade relations Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Christian Burgsmueller (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Sep 2018 Location Brussels Subject future of automobile industry, electromobility Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 05 Sep 2018 Location Brussels Subject EU-US relations Attending - Jean-Luc Demarty (Director-General)
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Date 19 Apr 2018 Location Berlin Subject farewell speech, automotive industry Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 21 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject US measures on steel an aluminium and ongoing trade negotiations Attending - Jean-Luc Demarty (Director-General)
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Date 20 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject mobility package Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 08 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject Automobile topics Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Silke Obst (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Mar 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Sustainable Finance, Fintech, Green Finance, Securitization Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
- Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Feb 2018 Location Berlin Subject carbon dioxide emissions Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 24 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject standardisation, SEPs Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject CO2 proposal Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Oct 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Energy Union Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Telmo Baltazar (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Jun 2017 Location Brussels Subject Connected automated cars Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Friedrich-Nikolaus von Peter (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Jun 2017 Location Berlaymont Subject CO2 regulation, IAA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Jun 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU Attending - Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force)
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Date 31 May 2017 Location Brussels Subject future of automotive industry Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 22 Mar 2017 Location Brussels Subject future of Europe Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 21 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject CO2 emission targets, GEAR 2030, batteries, electrical vehicles Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Bernd Biervert (Cabinet member)
- Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President)
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Date 10 Feb 2017 Location brussels Subject upcoming mobility package Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Friedrich-Nikolaus von Peter (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject Situation of the car industry Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Christian Linder (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Jul 2016 Location Brussels,Belgium Subject Contribution of the automotive industry to the decarbonisation of the economy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
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Date 10 Mar 2016 Location Stuttgart Subject connected cars Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 17 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject decarbonisation and digitalisation of transport Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Friedrich-Nikolaus von Peter (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject electro mobility, digitisation Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 16 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject Situation German Automotive Industry Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner)
- Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject RDE/DIESEL Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject Energy Union Strategy with a forward-looking climate policy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Christian Linder (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - ZVEI e.V. - Verband der Elektro- und Digitalindustrie
- Gewerkschaft Nahrung Genuss Gaststätten
- Industriegewerkschaft Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt
- Industriegewerkschaft Metall
- Bundesarbeitgeberverband Chemie e.V.
- Hauptverband der Deutschen Bauindustrie
- Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V.
- Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V.
- Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund
- Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V.
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Date 07 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject decarbonisation of transport Attending - Eric Mamer (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject connected mobility Attending - Eric Mamer (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject Transport, Mobility in the Energy Union/Situation of car industry Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Christian Linder (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Feb 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Current EU Policy Issues Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Telmo Baltazar (Cabinet member)
- Martin Selmayr (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Feb 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Meeting with VDA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Violeta Bulc (Commissioner)
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Date 25 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject E-Mobility, Connected Cars and competitiveness of the automotive sector and relaunch of Cars 2020 Attending - Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General)
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Date 25 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Ongoing Trade negotiations Attending - Jean-Luc Demarty (Director-General)
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Date 25 Feb 2015 Location Bruxelles Subject Meeting with VDA präsident, Mr Matthias Wissmann on Air quality policy Attending - Karl-Friedrich Falkenberg (Director-General)
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Date 28 Jan 2015 Location Berlin Subject DSM, automated driving Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 22 Jan 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Renate Nikolay (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Jan 2015 Location Brussels, BE Subject Energy Union priorities for the automotive sector Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Peter van Kemseke (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Jan 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Digitalisation of Transport, electrification of transport Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Friedrich-Nikolaus von Peter (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Jan 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Investing in EU Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Telmo Baltazar (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject Industrial Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Jan 2015 Location Berlaymont, Brussels, Belgium Subject EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON CURRENT TOPICS Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Justyna Morek (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Dec 2014 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Investing in Europe and Energy Union Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Telmo Baltazar (Cabinet member)