Overview
Lobbying Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.35 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Waymo
EU Transparency Register
824405140230-24 First registered on 06 Nov 2020
Goals / Remit
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to get where they're going. Waymo's fully autonomous driving technology - which we call the Waymo Driver - is designed to operate without a human driver and can improve the world's access to mobility while saving thousands of lives now lost to traffic crashes.
Main EU files targeted
Type Approval Regulations, Transport Policy, Research & Development Policy, Safety Regulations, Automotive, Regulations, Mobility, Artificial Intelligence, Connected and Automated Mobility, Product Liability, Electric Vehicle Policy, Data Protection, US-EU Trade and Tech Council
Regulation 2019/2144 (General Safety Regulation)
Regulation 2018/858 on motor vehicle type-approval
Revision of Directive 2006/42 on Machinery
Proposal for an AI Liability Directive
Proposal for an update to the Product Liability Directive
Proposal for a Regulation on Access to In-Vehicle Data
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL LAYING DOWN HARMONISED RULES ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACT) AND AMENDING CERTAIN UNION LEGISLATIVE ACTS
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (Data Act)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1426 of 5 August 2022 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards uniform procedures and technical specifications for the type-approval of the automated driving system (ADS) of fully automated vehicles
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2236 of 20 June 2022 amending Annexes I, II, IV and V to Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the technical requirements for vehicles produced in unlimited series, vehicles produced in small series, fully automated vehicles produced in small series and special purpose vehicles, and as regards software updateAddress
Head Office
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View 94043
UNITED STATESEU Office
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View 94043
UNITED STATESWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 10% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.35
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
Waymo is not reporting on de minimis lobbying activity (5% or less of total time) undertaken by Waymo employees, including executives or occasional experts.
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
Computer & Communications Industry Associations (CCIA)
European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA)
DIGITALEUROPE
Bitkom
Autonomous Vehicle Industry Association (AVIA)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
300,000€ - 399,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount fti consulting 100,000€ - 199,999€ fipra international srl 100,000€ - 199,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name fti consulting fipra international srl Closed year Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Working Group on Motor Vehicles#E01295#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1295 #Not a member #C#Industry#Automated and Connected Vehicles (ACV)
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
3 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 17 Apr 2024 Location Brussels Subject will follow Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 May 2022 Location Online Subject Presentation of the company, Artificial Intelligence Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Nov 2020 Location Conference call Subject Introductory meeting on car policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Elzbieta Lukaniuk (Cabinet member)