Overview
Lobbying Costs
350,000€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
15
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Volvo Car Corporation AB (Volvo Cars)
EU Transparency Register
74574295642-60 First registered on 12 Apr 2011
Goals / Remit
The Volvo Cars European Affairs Office in Brussels monitors EU policies and legislation relevant to Volvo Car Corporation activities. It cooperates with EU institutions and other associations, providing technical expertise. It represents Volvo Car Corporation in European associations and vis-à-vis other stakeholders in Brussels.
Main EU files targeted
Trade issues (EU-UK, EU-US, EU-China, CBAM); Green Deal and circular economy, battery initiative; ITS/Connectivity and access to data; automation; safety; mobility as a service; skills and competence development
Address
Head Office
Assar Gabrielssons väg
VAK
Gothenburg 40531
SWEDENEU Office
Rue belliard 40
Spaces
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 02 Feb 2021
Name Start date End Date Kristina OLAUSSON 21 Dec 2023 20 Dec 2024 Ms Kristina Olausson 21 Dec 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Céline Domecq 31 Jan 2023 31 Jan 2024 Mr Mikael Isaksson 13 Oct 2021 13 Oct 2022 Ms Céline Domecq 13 Oct 2021 13 Oct 2022 Ms Céline Domecq 19 Nov 2019 01 Dec 2020 Ms Céline Domecq 17 Nov 2018 16 Nov 2019 Ms Céline Domecq 22 Nov 2017 17 Nov 2018 Ms Céline Domecq 08 Nov 2016 05 Nov 2017 Mr Thomas Fleischer 06 Jan 2016 04 Nov 2016 Mr Thomas Fleischer 08 Jan 2015 06 Jan 2016 Mr Thomas Fleischer 06 Mar 2014 08 Jan 2015 Mr Thomas Fleischer 15 Mar 2013 06 Mar 2014 Complementary Information
Persons accredited for access to the European Parliament:
Céline Domecq - 16/11/2018-15/11/2019Person 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
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
Volvo Car Corporation is a member of ACEA, EUCAR, FEBIAC as well as of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprises and AGORIA.
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
350,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
2,500,000 € (Source: Horizon 2020)
Other financial info
The declared costs are the Volvo Cars budget allocated to activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register as well as the parts of Volvo Cars' membership fees for ACEA and the other associations it belongs to (see above) falling under the scope of activities covered by the Transparency Register.
Volvo Car annual report for 2019 is available here: https://investors.volvocars.com/annualreport2019/assets/pdf/VCG_AR_ENG_20200326.pdf
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Working Group on Motor Vehicles#E01295#http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=1295 #Not a member #C#Industry#Real Driving Emissions - Light Duty Vehicles#Heavy Duty Portable Emissions Measurement Systems Expert Group (HD PEMS)#Advisory Group on Vehicle Emission Standards (AGVES)#Access to vehicle data & cybersecurity#EU-World Harmonized Light-duty Vehicles Testing Procedure #Intelligent Transport Systems#E01941#http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=1941 #Not a member #C#Industry#Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS)#Expert group on cooperative, connected, automated and autonomous mobility#E03657#http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3657 #Observer #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Environmental policies, traffic safety policies, technical standards, R&D programs and activities
- Meetings
Meetings
15 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 24 Oct 2023 Location Brussels Subject Information about plans regarding production of electric vehicles in Europe Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson Portfolio Home Affairs Attending - Asa Webber (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Sep 2023 Location Brussels Subject State of play of the assessment of an aid measure Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Michele Piergiovanni (Cabinet member)
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Date 31 May 2022 Location Brussels Subject Volvo position on decarbonising transport Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Jan 2022 Location Brussels Subject Shift to zero-emission mobility Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Jan 2021 Location Brussels Subject Commission’s priorities for digital and industrial policy in 2021 Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Michele Piergiovanni (Cabinet member)
- Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 24 Sep 2020 Location videoconference Subject Pact for Skills Roundtable with the automotive sector. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Antoine Kasel (Cabinet member)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
- Council of European Employers of the Metal, Engineering and Technology-based Industries
- Northvolt
- RENAULT
- industriAll European Trade Union
- European Association Automotive Suppliers
- European Automotive Cluster Network
- Association des Constructeurs Européens d'Automobiles
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Date 23 Sep 2020 Location videoconference Subject Roundtable skills for the Automotive sector Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Lucia Caudet (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - European Association Automotive Suppliers
- Northvolt
- European Automotive Cluster Network
- Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
- industriAll European Trade Union
- RENAULT
- Association des Constructeurs Européens d'Automobiles
- Council of European Employers of the Metal, Engineering and Technology-based Industries
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Date 12 Jun 2020 Location Videconference Subject Videoconference with Chairman of Volvo, Chairman of Siemens and Maersk, CEO of Air Liquide (Topic: European Economic Recovery) Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Ursula von der Leyen (President)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 04 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject Exchange on view on hottest trade issues Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner)
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Date 19 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Cars, CO2 standards Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 03 Apr 2017 Location Brussels Subject current trade issues Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner)
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Date 28 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Decarbonization Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Silvia Bartolini (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject Real Driving Emissions Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
- Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 17 Sep 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Decarbonisation of transport and car CO2 emissions standards Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Silvia Bartolini (Cabinet member)
- Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
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Date 13 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject TTIP Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists
- Meetings