Overview
Lobbying Costs
500,000€ - 599,999€
Financial year: Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5.5 Fte (20)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
5
High-level Commission meetings
18
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
ZF Friedrichshafen AG
EU Transparency Register
194094423131-36 First registered on 01 Sep 2016
Goals / Remit
ZF is a global leader in driveline and chassis technology as well as active and passive safety technology. The combined company reported sales of €46.6 billion in 2023 and now has a global workforce of around 169,000 with approximately 162 locations in some 31 countries. ZF annually invested €3.5 billion in 2023 in Research & Development ensuring continued success through the design and engineering of innovative technologies.
Main EU files targeted
Road Safety policies, Energy and Climate policies, Air Quality policies, Market Surveillance, Trade and FTA, R&D/Horizon 2020, Technical Harmonisation, Materials and Sustainability Regulations, Digitalisation and Cybersecurity
Address
Head Office
Graf-von-Soden-Platz 1
Friedrichshafen 88046
GERMANYEU Office
Graf-von-Soden-Platz 1
Friedrichshafen 88046
GERMANYWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
20
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 75% 4 10% 15 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
5 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 23 Jan 2025
Name Start date End Date Franziska SCHWERDTLE 16 Oct 2024 15 Oct 2025 Anastasia DONICA 09 Sep 2024 08 Sep 2025 Louise Garence Forquenot de La Fortelle 24 Jul 2024 23 Jul 2025 Niklas Daniel Wolfrum 24 Jun 2024 23 Jun 2025 Hanna BOWER-BLANKEMEYER 24 Jun 2024 23 Jun 2025 Anastasia DONICA 23 Nov 2023 13 Sep 2024 Niklas WOLFRUM 14 Jul 2023 12 Jul 2024 Franziska SCHWERDTLE 09 Dec 2023 04 Oct 2024 Hanna BOWER-BLANKEMEYER 13 May 2023 11 May 2024 Franziska SCHWERDTLE 08 Sep 2022 08 Sep 2023 Anastasia DONICA 01 Jul 2022 01 Jul 2023 Niklas WOLFRUM 29 Jun 2022 27 Jun 2023 Ms Louise FORQUENOT DE LA FORTELLE 12 Nov 2021 12 Nov 2022 Hanna BOWER-BLANKEMEYER 10 Nov 2021 27 Oct 2022 Mr Valentin LANDMANN 10 Oct 2019 01 Nov 2020 Ms Louise FORQUENOT DE LA FORTELLE 25 Sep 2019 25 Jul 2020 Hanna BOWER-BLANKEMEYER 08 Jun 2019 06 Jun 2020 Ms Stefanie FEIL 08 Jun 2019 06 Jun 2020 Mr Kai Luecke 24 Nov 2018 23 Nov 2019 Ms Nathalie Gminder 08 Mar 2018 08 Mar 2019 Ms Nathalie Gminder 20 Mar 2017 23 Feb 2018 Complementary Information
The persons reported here are partially professional public affairs staff working to varying degrees on activities covered by this Registry. There are also a number of employees with a technical background not part of the ZF Corporate Office in Brussels that support with a limited amount of their working time the activities covered by this Registry through active contributions in Trade Associations.
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
www.clepa.eu
www.vda.de
www.vdma.org
www.bitkom.org
www.euroncap.com
www.hydrogeneurope.eu
www.businesseurope.eu
www.efuels-alliance.euMember 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
Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
500,000€ - 599,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe 1,425,000€ Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
500,000€ - 599,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Advisory Group on Vehicle Emission Standards (AGVES)#E01295/5#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100254 #MEMBER #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None declared
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
18 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.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 24 Jun 2024 Location Brussels Subject Effective technology pathways for transport decarbonization towards 2040 DG Climate Action Attending - Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General)
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Date 21 May 2024 Location Brussels Subject Transport decarbonization Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Attending - Aleksandra Baranska (Cabinet member)
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Date 31 Aug 2023 Location Brussels, Berlaymont Subject Virtual exchange on the European wind sector Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet member)
- Peter van Kemseke (Cabinet member)
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Date 31 Aug 2023 Location videoconference Subject Energy transition DG Energy Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
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Date 20 Mar 2023 Location Online meeting Subject Sustainable finance, Taxonomy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Katherine Power (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Nov 2022 Location Brussels Subject IPCEI Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Mar 2022 Location Brussels Subject Fair transitions, Skills Agenda, reskilling and upskilling of the workforce and the impact of the war in Ukraine on business and value chains. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Dec 2021 Location Online Subject semiconductors Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Pierre-Arnaud Proux (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Dec 2021 Location virtual meeting Subject Semiconductors DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 03 Nov 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Prepare visit by the Commissioner Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Jun 2021 Location Videoconference Subject CO2 standards for cars and vans; Euro 7 Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Apr 2021 Location Brussels Subject Decarbonizing road transport sector DG Climate Action Attending - Mauro Raffaele Petriccione (Director-General)
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Date 03 Mar 2021 Location conference call Subject Transformation of the automotive value chain in the context of green recovery Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Mar 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Roundtable with transport value chain alliance - Transformation of the automotive value chain in the context of green recovery. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Mar 2021 Location video call Subject Roundtable with transport value chain alliance - Transformation of the automotive value chain in the context of green recovery Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Feb 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Meeting to prepare for the roundtable with transport value chain alliance - Transformation of the automotive value chain in the context of green recovery on 3 March. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
- Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Oct 2020 Location Brussels (video conference) Subject Data & AI in future mobility (e.g. AI in crash avoidance, robocabs as individualised public transport). Tier 1 suppliers become software sellers. New traffic legislation needed, recovery funding to modernising urban transport, secure data spaces. Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Jun 2020 Location Brussels-videoconference Subject Recovery and green transition in the automotive supply chain Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
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