Overview
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2012 - Dec 2012
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
None declared
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
17
High-level Commission meetings
20
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (vzbv)
EU Transparency Register
2893800753-48 First registered on 09 Dec 2008
Goals / Remit
Der Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (vzbv) vertritt die Interessen der Verbraucher gegenüber Politik, Wirtschaft und Öffentlichkeit.
Der vzbv ist die Dachorganisation von 41 Verbraucherverbänden – 16 Verbraucherzentralen und 25 weiteren Verbänden. Ein Netzwerk für Verbraucherpolitik mit mehr als acht Millionen Einzelmitgliedern. Wichtige Organisationen der Zivilgesellschaft unterstützen den vzbv als Fördermitglieder.
Wir tragen die Anliegen der Verbraucher in die Öffentlichkeit und wirken auf die Politik ein, Spielregeln für einen fairen und transparenten Markt zu schaffen.
Wir weisen auf Missstände hin und setzen Verbraucherrechte notfalls vor Gericht durch.
Wir schaffen die Grundlagen, damit unsere Mitglieder seriöse und unabhängige Verbraucherberatung leisten können.
Als Dachorganisation bündeln und koordinieren wir die verbraucherpolitische Arbeit unserer Mitgliedsverbände. Und wir unterstützen unsere Mitglieder dabei, eine qualitativ hochwertige Beratung in den mehr als 200 Beratungsstellen der Verbraucherzentralen sicherzustellen – durch Fortbildung und durch bundesweit einheitliche Beratungsstandards. Denn wir wollen, dass Verbraucher überall in Deutschland Zugang haben zu aktuellen, verlässlichen Informationen.
Wir sind beharrlich, wir mischen uns ein, wir streiten:
-für das Recht auf sichere und gesundheitlich unbedenkliche Produkte und Dienstleistungen
-für wirksamen Schutz vor materieller Übervorteilung
für umfassende Information und echte Wahlfreiheit
-für einen nachhaltigen Konsum
Mehr als bisher muss die Stimme der Verbraucher im politischen Entscheidungsprozess zur Geltung kommen. Aber Verbraucherrechte zu formulieren ist nur die eine Sache. Ohne wirksame Rechtsdurchsetzung und gut informierte Verbraucher laufen die besten Gesetze ins Leere. Deshalb handeln wir auf drei Ebenen:
-in der verbraucherpolitischen Lobbyarbeit und in der Politikberatung
-bei der Rechtsdurchsetzung
-bei der Förderung der VerbraucherberatungMain EU files targeted
Address
Head Office
Markgrafenstrasse
Berlin 10969
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People
Total lobbyists declared
None declared
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
17 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 09 Apr 2014
Name Start date End Date Ramona POP 23 May 2023 22 May 2024 Martina FRANTIK 08 Jul 2023 05 Jul 2024 Ann Katrin HAMACHER 04 Oct 2023 03 Oct 2024 Thomas Martin Bobinger 08 Jun 2023 07 Jun 2024 Michaela SCHRÖDER 08 Jun 2023 07 Jun 2024 Dorothea MOHN 18 Oct 2023 17 Oct 2024 Jutta Wiete GURKMANN 31 Oct 2023 30 Oct 2024 Isabelle BUSCKE 07 Jun 2023 06 Jun 2024 Ms Jutta Wiete Gurkmann 31 Oct 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Dorothea Mohn 18 Oct 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Ann Katrin HAMACHER 04 Oct 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Martina FRANTIK 08 Jul 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Thomas Martin Bobinger 08 Jun 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Michaela Schröder 08 Jun 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Isabelle Buscke 07 Jun 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Ramona POP 23 May 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Christiane Seidel 25 Jan 2023 25 Jan 2024 Ms Martina FRANTIK 17 Jun 2022 17 Jun 2023 Mr Thomas Martin Bobinger 04 Jun 2022 03 Jun 2023 Ms Michaela Schröder 04 Jun 2022 03 Jun 2023 Ms Isabelle Buscke 04 Jun 2022 03 Jun 2023 Ms Lina Marie Ehrig 07 Mar 2020 06 Mar 2021 Mr Lars Gatschke 07 Mar 2020 06 Mar 2021 Ms Dorothea Mohn 07 Mar 2020 06 Mar 2021 Mr Florian Ulrich Glatzner 07 Mar 2020 06 Mar 2021 Mr Miika Daniel Blinn 07 Mar 2020 06 Mar 2021 Mr Martin Peter Madej 07 Mar 2020 06 Mar 2021 Mr Christian Ahlers 07 Mar 2020 06 Mar 2021 Ms Susanne Blohm 07 Mar 2020 06 Mar 2021 Ms Jutta Wiete Gurkmann 13 Feb 2020 01 Mar 2021 Mr Thomas Martin Bobinger 13 Feb 2020 01 Mar 2021 Mr Philipp VON BREMEN 11 Feb 2020 01 Mar 2021 Ms Marion JUNGBLUTH 15 Nov 2019 14 Nov 2020 Ms Anne MARKWARDT 31 Aug 2019 01 Sep 2020 Mr Klaus Müller 20 Jul 2019 21 Jul 2020 Ms Isabelle Buscke 16 Jul 2019 16 Jul 2020 Ms Christiane Seidel 30 Apr 2019 30 Apr 2020 Mr Florian Christopher Stößel 08 Feb 2019 08 Feb 2020 Ms Stephanie WELLER 01 Feb 2019 01 Feb 2020 Mr Jonathan Till Maier 01 Feb 2019 01 Feb 2020 Mr Otmar Albert Lell 29 Jan 2019 01 Feb 2020 Mr Roland Stuhr 29 Jan 2019 01 Feb 2020 Ms Lina Marie Ehrig 26 Jan 2019 25 Jan 2020 Ms Jutta Wiete Gurkmann 26 Jan 2019 25 Jan 2020 Mr Florian Ulrich Glatzner 26 Jan 2019 25 Jan 2020 Mr Miika Daniel Blinn 26 Jan 2019 25 Jan 2020 Mr Martin Peter Madej 26 Jan 2019 25 Jan 2020 Ms Susanne Blohm 26 Jan 2019 25 Jan 2020 Mr Felix Methmann 26 Jan 2019 25 Jan 2020 Mr Thomas Engelke 26 Jan 2019 25 Jan 2020 Mr Lars Gatschke 25 Jan 2019 25 Jan 2020 Ms Dorothea Mohn 24 Jan 2019 24 Jan 2020 Mr Frank-Christian Pauli 24 Jan 2019 24 Jan 2020 Ms Michaela Schröder 24 Jan 2019 24 Jan 2020 Mr Thomas Martin Bobinger 24 Jan 2019 24 Jan 2020 Mr Christian Ahlers 24 Jan 2019 24 Jan 2020 Mr Gregor Kolbe 24 Jan 2019 24 Jan 2020 Ms Marion JUNGBLUTH 30 Aug 2018 01 Sep 2019 Ms Isabelle Buscke 18 Aug 2018 16 Jul 2019 Ms Sophie Katrin Herr 18 Aug 2018 01 Aug 2019 Mr Klaus Müller 12 Jul 2018 12 Jul 2019 Ms Christiane Seidel 21 Apr 2018 20 Apr 2019 Mr Thomas Engelke 17 Feb 2018 26 Jan 2019 Ms Lina Marie Ehrig 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Mr Lars Gatschke 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Ms Jutta Wiete Gurkmann 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Ms Dorothea Mohn 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Mr Frank-Christian Pauli 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Mr Florian Ulrich Glatzner 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Mr Ingmar Streese 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Mr Miika Daniel Blinn 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Mr Martin Peter Madej 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Ms Linn Selle 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Mr Christian Ahlers 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Ms Susanne Blohm 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Mr Felix Methmann 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Mr Gregor Kolbe 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Mr Otmar Albert Lell 15 Jan 2018 12 Jan 2019 Mr Roland Stuhr 15 Jan 2018 12 Jan 2019 Mr Thomas Martin Bobinger 12 Jan 2018 11 Jan 2019 Mr Thorsten Claus Gerhard KASPER 12 Jan 2018 11 Jan 2019 Mr Julian David GALLASCH 12 Jan 2018 11 Jan 2019 Ms Anett Christiane LUDWIG 30 Oct 2017 27 Oct 2018 Ms Isabelle Buscke 31 Aug 2017 18 Aug 2018 Mr Klaus Müller 27 Jul 2017 12 Jul 2018 Ms Christiane Seidel 12 May 2017 21 Apr 2018 Mr Roland Stuhr 23 Jan 2017 12 Jan 2018 Mr Thomas Martin Bobinger 23 Jan 2017 10 Jan 2018 Mr Gregor Kolbe 23 Jan 2017 10 Jan 2018 Mr Thomas Engelke 23 Jan 2017 12 Jan 2018 Ms Lina Marie Ehrig 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Mr Lars Gatschke 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Ms Jutta Wiete Gurkmann 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Ms Dorothea Mohn 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Mr Frank-Christian Pauli 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Mr Florian Ulrich Glatzner 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Mr Ingmar Streese 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Mr Miika Daniel Blinn 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Mr Martin Peter Madej 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Ms Linn Selle 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Mr Christian Ahlers 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Ms Susanne Blohm 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Ms Johanna Kardel 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Mr Felix Methmann 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Ms Isabelle Buscke 30 Sep 2016 31 Aug 2017 Mr Klaus Müller 19 Jul 2016 09 Jul 2017 Mr Otmar Albert Lell 10 Jun 2016 03 Jun 2017 Ms Heike Schulze 08 Jun 2016 08 Jun 2017 Mr Thomas Martin Bobinger 05 Feb 2016 24 Jan 2017 Ms Jutta Wiete Gurkmann 11 Dec 2015 09 Dec 2016 Ms Linn Selle 11 Dec 2015 09 Dec 2016 Ms Lina Marie Ehrig 04 Dec 2015 02 Dec 2016 Mr Lars Gatschke 04 Dec 2015 02 Dec 2016 Ms Dorothea Mohn 04 Dec 2015 02 Dec 2016 Mr Frank-Christian Pauli 04 Dec 2015 02 Dec 2016 Mr Florian Ulrich Glatzner 04 Dec 2015 02 Dec 2016 Mr Ingmar Streese 04 Dec 2015 02 Dec 2016 Mr Matthieu Vincent Choblet 04 Dec 2015 05 Nov 2016 Mr Martin Peter Madej 04 Dec 2015 02 Dec 2016 Ms Isabelle Buscke 28 Oct 2015 01 Oct 2016 Mr Klaus Müller 13 Aug 2015 20 Jul 2016 Ms Michaela Schröder 29 Apr 2015 27 Apr 2016 Mr Miika Daniel Blinn 27 Mar 2015 25 Mar 2016 Ms Dorothea Mohn 19 Mar 2014 18 Mar 2015 Ms Helga Springeneer 19 Mar 2014 18 Mar 2015 Ms Sophie Katrin Herr 20 Mar 2014 19 Mar 2015 Mr Ingmar Streese 04 Dec 2014 02 Dec 2015 Ms Isabelle Buscke 15 Nov 2014 28 Oct 2015 Mr Lenz Ludwig Queckenstedt 04 Sep 2014 02 Sep 2015 Mr Klaus Müller 17 Jul 2014 15 Jul 2015 Mr Jürgen Ilja Marcel Braun 14 May 2014 05 Jun 2015 Mr Christian Ahlers 25 Mar 2014 22 Mar 2015 Mrs Annett Esterl 22 Mar 2014 03 Dec 2014 Mrs Sophie Katrin Herr 20 Mar 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mr Roland Stuhr 20 Mar 2014 19 Mar 2015 Mr Lars Gatschke 19 Mar 2014 18 Mar 2015 Ms Katharina Isabelle Knoll 19 Mar 2014 18 Mar 2015 Mr Otmar Albert Lell 19 Mar 2014 18 Mar 2015 Mrs Dorothea Mohn 19 Mar 2014 27 Jan 2015 Ms Maren Osterloh 19 Mar 2014 18 Mar 2015 Mr Frank-Christian Pauli 19 Mar 2014 18 Mar 2015 Mr Florian Ulrich Glatzner 19 Mar 2014 18 Mar 2015 Ms Michaela Zinke 19 Mar 2014 18 Mar 2015 Mrs Helga Springeneer 19 Mar 2014 27 Jan 2015 Ms Isabelle Buscke 01 Nov 2013 31 Oct 2014 Mr Gerhard Billen 26 Mar 2013 23 Mar 2014 Ms Lina Marie Ehrig 26 Mar 2013 23 Mar 2014 Mr Lars Gatschke 26 Mar 2013 19 Mar 2014 Ms Jutta Wiete Gurkmann 26 Mar 2013 23 Mar 2014 Ms Katharina Isabelle Knoll 26 Mar 2013 19 Mar 2014 Mr Otmar Albert Lell 26 Mar 2013 19 Mar 2014 Mrs Dorothea Mohn 26 Mar 2013 19 Mar 2014 Ms Maren Osterloh 26 Mar 2013 19 Mar 2014 Mr Frank-Christian Pauli 26 Mar 2013 19 Mar 2014 Ms Frauke Rogalla 26 Mar 2013 23 Mar 2014 Mr Florian Ulrich Glatzner 26 Mar 2013 19 Mar 2014 Ms Michaela Zinke 26 Mar 2013 19 Mar 2014 Ms Isabelle Buscke 19 Oct 2012 16 Oct 2013 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
None declared
Person with legal responsibility
Mrs Maren Osterloh (Referentin Team Recht und Internationales)
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
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Member organisations
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2012 - Dec 2012
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
None declared
Other financial info
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
None declared
Communication activities
None declared
Other activities
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- Meetings
Meetings
20 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 09 Nov 2023 Location Brussels Subject 1) In-vehicle data 2) MDMS 3) Upcoming COM proposals DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Magdalena Kopczynska (Director-General)
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Date 23 May 2023 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with Ramona Pop, Executive Director of VZBV, to discuss ongoing consumer policy files (Right to repair, Empowering consumers for the green transition, DMFS, initiative on cookies). Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
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Date 17 May 2022 Location Brussels Subject Empowering consumers ; Sustainable Corporate due diligence Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
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Date 07 Jun 2021 Location Online Subject Intersection between AI Regulation and trade commitments Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Iwona Piorko Bermig (Cabinet member)
- Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 09 Dec 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Roundtable with NGOs on DSA and DMA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Centre for Democracy & Technology, Europe
- Wikimedia Foundation
- epicenter.works - Plattform Grundrechtspolitik
- Counter Extremism Project
- Avaaz Foundation
- HOMO DIGITALIS ΑΣΤΙΚΗ ΜΗ ΚΕΡΔΟΣΚΟΠΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- European Digital Rights
- Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs
- Access Now Europe
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Date 11 Jun 2020 Location Video-conference Subject The new consumer agenda and the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on consumers Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
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Date 05 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Exchange of views on the approach on AI and the work of the German Data Ethics Commission DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 05 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Data strategy, artificial intelligence, digital services act Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Exchange of views on the approach on AI and the work of the German Data Ethics Commission DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 05 Dec 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Competition Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Competition Attending - Soren Schonberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 May 2018 Location Berlin Germany Subject Consumer protection Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Renate Nikolay (Cabinet member)
- Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
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Date 06 Apr 2017 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 18 Nov 2016 Location Brussels Subject EU rail and air pasenger rights Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Alisa Tiganj (Cabinet member)
- Matej Zakonjsek (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Nov 2016 Location Brussels Subject renewable energy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Nov 2016 Location Brussels Subject Reform of the Energy Market Design and the Renewable Energy Directive Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 May 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Introductory meeting DG Justice and Consumers Attending - Tiina Astola (Director-General)
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Date 08 Jun 2015 Location Berlin Subject copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 26 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject Energy Union / consumer protection Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Bernd Biervert (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Feb 2015 Location Berlin Subject Consumer policy issues DG Justice and Consumers Attending - Paraskevi Michou (Acting Director-General)
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Date 04 Feb 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
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