Overview
Lobbying Costs
17,500€
Financial year: Apr 2018 - Mar 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Verband der deutschen Rauchtabakindustrie e.V. (VdR)
EU Transparency Register
92573623984-60 First registered on 04 Aug 2010
Goals / Remit
Der Verein hat als Fachverband die Aufgabe, national und international die gemeinsamen fachlichen Interessen der deutschen Rauchtabak-, Kautabak- und Schnupftabakindustrie, der Importeure sowie der EU Distributeure von Tabakwaren sowie komplementärer Produkte gegenüber der Öffentlichkeit, den Regierungen und den politischen Parteien, den Behörden, den fachlichen und überfachlichen Unternehmerorganisationen und den Institutionen
innerhalb der Europäischen Gemeinschaft wahrzunehmen.Main EU files targeted
Wir beobachten folgende Bereiche: Tabaksteuerharmonisierung, Excise Duties, Produktregulierung, Werbeverbote, Track & Trace, EU TPD 2, Zoll, Holding and Movement
Address
Head Office
Jägerstr. 51
Berlin 10117
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 16 Apr 2019
Name Start date End Date Michael von Foerster 23 Nov 2023 22 Nov 2024 Maximilian VAN ACKEREN 23 Nov 2023 21 Nov 2024 Mr Michael VON FOERSTER 23 Nov 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Maximilian VAN ACKEREN 23 Nov 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Michael VON FOERSTER 26 Aug 2022 26 Aug 2023 Mr Maximilian VAN ACKEREN 26 Aug 2022 26 Aug 2023 Ms Carlotta HEINE 30 Sep 2021 30 Sep 2022 Mr Michael VON FOERSTER 30 Sep 2021 26 Aug 2022 Mr Maximilian VAN ACKEREN 30 Sep 2021 26 Aug 2022 Mr Michael VON FOERSTER 02 Oct 2019 02 Oct 2020 Mr Maximilian VAN ACKEREN 01 Oct 2019 01 Oct 2020 Mr Maximilian VAN ACKEREN 27 Sep 2018 27 Sep 2019 Mr Christian PUCK 27 Apr 2018 27 Apr 2019 Mr Maximilian VAN ACKEREN 12 Aug 2017 11 Aug 2018 Mr Michael VON FOERSTER 12 Aug 2017 11 Aug 2018 Mr Johann Franz Peter Marx 11 Jul 2013 10 Jul 2014 Mr Patrick Engels 20 Jun 2013 19 Jun 2014 Mr Franz Peter Marx 02 Aug 2012 10 Jul 2013 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Maximilian van Ackeren (Referent für Mittelstandspolitik)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Michael von Foerster (Hauptgeschäftsführer)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
ESTA, BLL
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Apr 2018 - Mar 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
17,500€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Tabaksteuerharmonisierung, Produktregulierung, Werbeverbot
Meetings
Meetings
1 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 2022 Location Brussels Subject Videoconference - Stakeholder event to gather views on the upcoming revision of the tobacco taxation directive DG Taxation and Customs Union Attending - Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General)
Other Lobbyists - Europäischer Tabakwaren-Grosshandels Verband e.V.
- European Smoking Tobacco Association
- British American Tobacco
- Fédération Interprofessionnelle de la Vape
- Marmel Consult
- Ernst & Young Core Business Services BV
- European Respiratory Society
- Imperial Brands PLC
- Hume Brophy
- European Cigar Manufacturers Association
- European Ship Suppliers Organization
- Agilent Technologies LDA UK Limited
- SAS Institute
- Tobaksindustrien, (Tobacco Manufactures Association of Denmark)
- PwCIL
- Aalto-korkeakoulusäätiö / Aalto University
- Philip Morris International Inc.
- European Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates
- European Lung Foundation
- EPPA SA
- The Smoke Free Partnership
- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention
- UTOPIA LAB S.R.L.
- BDO/Brussels Worldwide Services BV