Overview
Lobbying Costs
75,000€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4 Fte (6)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
2
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Whirlpool EMEA S.p.A
EU Transparency Register
249959425421-97 First registered on 12 Jan 2017
Goals / Remit
Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE:WHR) is the world’s leading major home appliance company, with approximately $21 billion in annual sales, 92,000 employees and 70 manufacturing and technology research centers in 2017. The company markets Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Maytag, Consul, Brastemp, Amana, Bauknecht, Jenn-Air, Indesit, Hotpoint and other major brand names in nearly every country throughout the world.
In Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) it has approximately 22,000 employees, a sales presence in more than 30 countries and manufacturing sites in seven countries. Whirlpool EMEA is an operating segment of Whirlpool Corporation. Whirlpool Corp.’s EMEA Headquarters are located in Pero (MI), Italy. Additional information about the company can be found at WhirlpoolCorp.com or find us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Medium.Main EU files targeted
-Energy related Product legislation (ErP/Ecodesign Directive);
-Energy labelling for household appliances;
-REACH, RoHS, Food Contact Material, F-gas regulation;
-WEEE;
-Resource efficiency/ Circular Economy initiative;
-Product Safety and Consumer Laws;
-Digital Single Market;
-Privacy: General Data Protection Regulation;
-Energy Union;
-EU Customs rules, Trade negotiations;
-Corporate Tax, VAT.Address
Head Office
Via Carlo Pisacane, 1
Pero (MI) 20016
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People
Total lobbyists declared
6
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 50% 4 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
4
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 20 Jan 2020
Name Start date End Date Paola BASTA 21 Oct 2023 20 Oct 2024 Mr Maurizio David Sberna 07 Dec 2023 15 Feb 2024 Complementary Information
Person accredited for access to EU Parliament:
-Alessandro Magnoni,
-Karim Bruneo,
-Stefan De Jonghe,
-Christian Tarabbia,
-Roberta Bernasconi,
-Zygmunt LopalewskiPerson 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
-Whirlpool is a member of CECED, the European Committee of Domestic Appliance Manufacturers. - Local sales companies of Whirlpool are members of National Industry;
-Associations representing the interest of household;
-Appliance manufacturers.Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
75,000€
EU grant income for closed financial year
1,886,097 € (Source: €542.256,34 from Horizon2020;€211.534 from LIFE 2014-2020;€874.086,89 from ROP ERDF Reg.Lombardia 2014 2020; €258.219,83 from ROP ERDF Reg. Marche 2014 2020)
Other financial info
To avoid double counting, the estimation does not include membership fees to associations.
For updated corporate financial information, please visit Whirlpool's website -www.whirlpoolcorp.com -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
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 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 04 Mar 2024 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Outlook of the appliance sector Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni Attending - Fabrizio Balassone (Cabinet member)
- Erik Burckhardt (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 30 Nov 2021 Location virtual Subject To discuss EU policy developments in the areas of zero pollution and circular economy, including the forthcoming Sustainable Products Initiative Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Virginijus Sinkevičius (Commissioner)
- Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet member)