Overview
Lobbying Costs
450,000€
Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Opel Automobile GmbH (Opel)
EU Transparency Register
6781451805-03 First registered on 17 Dec 2008
Goals / Remit
Opel was founded by Adam Opel in Rüsselsheim, Germany in 1862 and is one of Europe’s largest automakers. Opel and its British sister brand Vauxhall sell over one million vehicles annually.
Opel is headquartered in Rüsselsheim. The company operates ten plants and three development and test centers in seven European countries. Opel/Vauxhall employs around 35,000 people in Europe. Opel and Vauxhall are present in over 50 countries.
Opel is since 2017 part of Groupe PSA (Peugeot S.A.) with following identification number in the Transparency Register: 39900807417-87.Main EU files targeted
- Light Duty Vehicle CO2 Emissions Reduction
- Adaptations to Euro 6 emissions standards
- Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS, C-ITS)
- Light Duty Vehicle General Safety Regulation
- Trade bilateral and multilateral negotiations
- BrexitAddress
Head Office
Bahnhofsplatz
Ruesselsheim 65423
GERMANYEU Office
Opel
Rue d'Idalie 11-13
Brussels 1050
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 27 Dec 2024
Name Start date End Date Mr Jean Wibaut 22 Jun 2018 16 Apr 2019 Mr Jean Wibaut 15 Jun 2017 15 Jun 2018 Mr Jean Wibaut 04 May 2016 03 May 2017 Holger Krahmer 09 May 2015 07 May 2016 Mr Jean Wibaut 24 Mar 2015 20 Mar 2016 Ms Mary Stanek 11 Feb 2015 04 Feb 2016 Mr Jean Wibaut 29 Mar 2014 24 Mar 2015 Mr Ulrich Schulz 19 Dec 2013 18 Dec 2014 Ms Mary Stanek 26 Oct 2013 22 Oct 2014 Mr Jean Wibaut 20 Mar 2013 19 Mar 2014 Mr Ulrich Schulz 30 Jan 2013 19 Dec 2013 Complementary Information
Declared number of persons relate to 2017 Calendar year.
OPEL activities covered by the Register are currently (2018) being merged with Activities of Groupe PSA (Peugeot S.A.)
New situation will be fully reflected at next update.Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Jean Wibaut (Director EU Affairs)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Michael Lohscheller (Speaker of the Management Board and CEO)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
2017 memberships :
* European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA)
* American Chamber of Commerce EU (AmCham EU)
* British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium (BritCham)
* Verband der Automobilindustrie (VDA)
* BusinessEurope A&SG Group
Since Jan 1, 2018 Opel is not a Member anymore of ACEA and Amcham EU, but Opel's new parent company Groupe PSA is a member of ACEA.Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
450,000€
Other financial info
The estimate of costs is based on the cost of the Brussels EU Affairs Office rebilled in 2016 to the European HQ of Opel. It includes staff cost related to the Brussels office, office rent and all other operational expenditures. This estimate includes "pro rata" membership fees as per guidelines.
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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#Evaporative Emissions#Real Driving Emissions - Light Duty Vehicles#EU-World Harmonized Light-duty Vehicles Testing Procedure
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
4 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 26 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject steel safeguard 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 14 Jul 2017 Location Brussels Subject Presentation and discusson about decarbonisation of transport as well as Europe on the Move and Clean Energy for All Europeans - packages Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Christian Linder (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 19 Jan 2017 Location Davos, Switzerland Subject Education and training of refugees Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner)
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Date 09 Dec 2014 Location BERL 11/334 Subject TTIP Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Jon Nyman (Cabinet member)
- Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)