Overview
Lobbying Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Financial year: Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.95 Fte (5)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Verkor
EU Transparency Register
459816748143-09 First registered on 18 Nov 2022
Goals / Remit
Founded in 2020, Verkor’s mission is to increase the manufacture of low carbon batteries to meet the growing demand for electric vehicles and make Europe a key manufacturer of sustainable batteries.
Backed by major shareholders EIT InnoEnergy, Groupe IDEC, Schneider Electric, Capgemini, Renault Group, EQT Ventures, Arkema, Tokai COBEX, Demeter FMET, Plastic Omnium and Sibanye-Stillwater, Verkor has been mandated to accelerate the large-scale industrialisation of batteries in Europe, and roll out intelligent and sustainable manufacturing processes as part of the first French Gigafactory.Main EU files targeted
- Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL concerning batteries and waste batteries, repealing Directive 2006/66/EC and amending Regulation (EU) No 2019/1020
- European Parliament resolution of 24 November 2021 on a European strategy for critical raw materials (2021/2011(INI))
- Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union Cases where the Commission raises no objections
- European Sovereignty Fund
- EU State aid framework
- RePowerEU
- EU Energy Market
- EU Trade policyAddress
Head Office
1-3 allée du Nanomètre
Grenoble 38000 - 38000
FRANCEEU Office
1-3 allée du Nanomètre
Grenoble 38000 - 38000
FRANCEWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
5
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 3 10% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.95
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
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
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
- Upcell Alliance
- CARA
- Convention des entreprises pour le Climat
- Comité Stratégique de Filière Nouveaux Systèmes Energétiques
- European Battery Alliance
- France Digitale
- iDEE
- French Tech 120
- Mobil'is
- PEFCR
- Think tank Zenon Research
- Udimec
- UnidenMember 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
100,000€ - 199,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant EIT InnoEnergy 1,500,000€ Major contributions in current year
Type Name Amount Grant EIT InnoEnergy 1,500,000€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
Name fleishmanhillard Closed year Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
2 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 24 May 2023 Location Brussels Subject Net Zero industry act Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 May 2023 Location Brussels Subject Exchange on the European competitiveness in battery production and access to CRM Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight Attending - Dimitri Lorenzani (Cabinet member)