Overview
Lobbying Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4.75 Fte (5)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
5
High-level Commission meetings
10
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Verband Kommunaler Unternehmen e.V. (VKU)
EU Transparency Register
1420587986-32 First registered on 21 Jan 2009
Goals / Remit
Der VKU ist die Interessenvertretung der kommunalen Ver- und Entsorgungswirtschaft in Deutschland. Die im VKU organisierten rund 1.550 Mitgliedunternehmen sind v.a. in der Energieversorgung, der Wasser- und Abwasserwirtschaft, der Telekommunikation sowie der Abfallwirtschaft und Stadtreinigung tätig.
VKU represents the interests of the local public utility sector in Germany, which includes both supply and disposal services. The approximately 1,550 member companies organised within VKU are primarily active in the fields of energy supply, water supply and sewage, telecommunications, waste management and municipal cleaning.
VKU à pour mission de défendre les intérêts des entreprises communales de réseaux et des entreprises du secteur des déchets en Allemagne. La plupart des quelque 1.550 entreprises affiliées au VKU exercent leurs activités dans les domaines de la distribution de l`énergie et de l`eau, de l`assainissement, la télécommunication, des déchets et du nettoyage urbain.Main EU files targeted
Europäische Energie- und Klimapolitik, europäische Umweltpolitik mit besonderem Schwerpunkt auf der Novelle des Abfallrechts u. dem Wasserrecht, sowie europäische Ordnungs- und Wettbewerbspolitik.
Address
Head Office
Invalidenstraße, 91
Berlin 10115
GERMANYEU Office
9-31 av. des Nerviens
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
5
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 4 75% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
5 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 25 Apr 2024
Name Start date End Date Kai LOBO 06 Sep 2023 05 Sep 2024 Kai PITTELKOW 01 Jun 2023 31 May 2024 Anna Sophie KIRCHMAYR 02 Sep 2023 31 Aug 2024 Anna Leena WACKER 01 Jun 2023 31 May 2024 Christiane BARTH 10 Nov 2023 08 Nov 2024 Ms Christiane BARTH 10 Nov 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Kai LOBO 06 Sep 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Anna Sophie KIRCHMAYR 02 Sep 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Kai PITTELKOW 01 Jun 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Anna Leena WACKER 01 Jun 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Christiane BARTH 18 Nov 2022 10 Nov 2023 Mr Kai PITTELKOW 25 May 2022 25 May 2023 Mr Ingbert LIEBING 28 Apr 2022 28 Apr 2023 Ms Anna Leena WACKER 22 Apr 2022 22 Apr 2023 Mr Simon Julius KESSEL 22 Apr 2022 22 Apr 2023 Ms Christiane BARTH 04 Nov 2021 04 Nov 2022 Mr Florian GRASSLER 18 Apr 2020 19 Aug 2020 Mr Florian GRASSLER 26 Apr 2019 18 Apr 2020 Mr Simon Julius KESSEL 07 Mar 2020 06 Mar 2021 Ms Vanessa BAUSCH 11 Jan 2020 09 Jan 2021 Ms Christiane BARTH 14 Nov 2019 14 Nov 2020 Mr Florian GRÄSSLER 26 Apr 2019 17 Apr 2020 Ms Christina OVERMEYER 21 Mar 2019 23 Aug 2019 Ms Katherina REICHE 21 Mar 2019 08 Jan 2020 Ms Christiane BARTH 24 Nov 2018 14 Nov 2019 Mr Florian GRÄSSLER 01 May 2018 26 Apr 2019 Ms Katherina REICHE 27 Mar 2018 21 Mar 2019 Ms Christina OVERMEYER 09 Jan 2018 09 Jan 2019 Ms Christiane BARTH 25 Nov 2017 24 Nov 2018 Ms Sonja WITTE 10 Nov 2017 17 Mar 2018 Mr Florian GRÄSSLER 12 May 2017 28 Apr 2018 Ms Katherina REICHE 01 Apr 2017 27 Mar 2018 Ms Christina OVERMEYER 23 Jan 2017 09 Jan 2018 Ms Bianca Drogosch 23 Jan 2017 15 Nov 2017 Ms Overmeyer CHRISTINA 23 Jan 2017 26 Jan 2017 Mr Christian Dubois 29 Nov 2016 07 Apr 2017 Ms Sonja WITTE 09 Nov 2016 09 Nov 2017 Ms Katherina REICHE 13 Apr 2016 01 Apr 2017 Ms Bianca Drogosch 28 Jan 2016 24 Jan 2017 Ms Overmeyer CHRISTINA 28 Jan 2016 24 Jan 2017 Ms Leila CEDIDI 13 Jan 2016 18 Mar 2016 Ms Sonja WITTE 04 Dec 2015 09 Nov 2016 Mr Christian Dubois 04 Dec 2015 29 Nov 2016 Ms Bianca Drogosch 11 Feb 2015 28 Jan 2016 Ms Sonja WITTE 08 Jan 2015 04 Dec 2015 Ms Linda Wagner 16 Sep 2014 12 Sep 2015 Mr Christian Dubois 13 Jan 2015 04 Dec 2015 Mrs Sonja WITTE 08 Jan 2015 27 Jan 2015 Mrs Linda Wagner 16 Sep 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mrs Sonja WITTE 14 Jan 2014 08 Jan 2015 Mr Ulrich HAARMANN 14 Jan 2014 27 Nov 2014 Mr Arndt Thomas FREUDENBERG 14 Jan 2014 14 Sep 2014 Mrs Linda Wagner 03 Oct 2013 16 Sep 2014 Mrs Sonja WITTE 10 Jan 2013 09 Jan 2014 Mr Ulrich HAARMANN 10 Jan 2013 09 Jan 2014 Mr Arndt Thomas FREUDENBERG 11 Jan 2013 09 Jan 2014 Mrs Linda Wagner 21 Jul 2012 17 Jul 2013 Mrs Sonja WITTE 31 Jan 2012 08 Feb 2013 Mr Ulrich HAARMANN 31 Jan 2012 08 Feb 2013 Mr Arndt Thomas FREUDENBERG 03 Feb 2012 08 Feb 2013 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
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
Der VKU ist aktives Mitglied im Europäischen Verband der öffentlichen Arbeitgeber und Unternehmen (SGI europe, ehemalig CEEP), welcher gleichzeitig als Sozialpartner der Europäischen Institutionen agiert.
Weiter ist der VKU Mitglied der CEDEC (Condédération Européenne des Distributeurs d`Energie Publics Communaux), die europäische Interessenvertretung der lokalen und regionalen Energieversorger.
Zusätzlich ist der VKU Mitglied bei Municipal Waste Europe, MWE. Der Verband setzt sich für die Interessen der kommunalen Entsorgungswirtschaft ein.Member 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 2022 - Dec 2022
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)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Über die für die VKU-Mitglieder wesentlichen europäischen Entwicklungen wird regelmäßig auf unserer speziell eingerichteten Europa Webseite berichtet, siehe http://www.vku.de/bruessel.html
Other activities
Europäische Energie-, Klima- und Umweltpolitik sowie europäische Binnenmarkt- und Wettbewerbspolitik
Meetings
Meetings
10 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 Jan 2022 Location video-call Subject Circular economy implementation Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Stefanie Hiesinger (Cabinet member)
- Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Grean deal, smart sector integration, renovation wave Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Dec 2018 Location Brussels Subject Future of the Rule of Law in Europe Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Thomas Zerdick (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Dec 2018 Location Brussels Subject DSM Presentation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Dec 2018 Location Brussels Subject MFF and European elections Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 01 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject Market Design Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Mar 2017 Location Brussels Subject Whitepaper Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 05 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject Market Design Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Mar 2016 Location Berlin Subject Digitalisation of local Industries DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 24 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Broadband DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)