Bayer AG

Bayer is on the EU level directly member of the following associations:

Business Europe
European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC)
FPP4EU
European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries Association (EFPIA)
the Association of the European Self-Medication Industry (AESGP)
CropLife Europe (CLE)
Euroseeds
Cosmetics Europe
DIGITALEUROPE
European Justice Forum
Food Supplements Europe
MedTech Europe
COCIR
Nuclear Medicines Europe (NME)
The Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM)
Conseil de Coopération Economique (CCE)

The company is also supporting a network of stakeholders in the area of innovation, health, trade, agricultural and chemical policy, which includes:

Farm Europe
Plant ETP: Plants for the Future
Friends of the Countryside
The Glyphosate Renewal Group
Chemleg
European Notification Panel (ENP)

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Transparency is a top priority for Bayer. We are committed to strengthen trust by making information accessible from a whole range of areas including our political engagement. We have established our own code of conduct for responsible lobbying (publicly available on our website) many years ago and declare our lobbying costs in our annual report. We furthermore publish an annual global Political Advocacy Transparency Report. Bayer in addition to the costs of its EU Public Affairs Office included the expenses of its business divisions providing e.g. background research, position papers, political work within European associations and visits to Brussels related to activities falling under the scope of the register. Following the rules of the Transparency Register, Bayer included all relevant costs for intermediary contracts falling under the scope and definition of the register. Relevant shares of communication activities as described under heading 9 are included in the total annual costs declared. Bayer is a member of various trade associations, independently reporting in the transparency register. Membership fees to these trade associations are used for a wide array of activities, including the independent representation of industry interests. The 2023 estimates are in some limited cases not yet available and will be provided in due time. It should be noted that these fees are being also reported in the budgets of the trade associations, thus effectively resulting in a double reporting.

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Land Use and Food Policy Intergroup
Knowledge for Innovation (Member)

Bayer accompanies, to a varying degree, all of its political initiatives and aims as well as their implementation with activities in the field of communication and public relations. In the last year this included engagement with media on innovation and science, as well as events in cooperation with other organizations. Bayer has set for itself highest ethical standards on engagement with media and makes its positions transparent to the public.

Concerning regular series of communication activities Bayer is sponsoring content and events organised by Politico in the framework of the "Drive sustainable progress" campaign. Further information can be found here:
https://www.politico.eu/sponsored-content/drive-sustainable-progress/

Another event series Bayer is organising in cooperation with Forum Europe is the "Bayer Life Talks". Further information can be found here: https://bayer-lifetalks.com/

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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.

• Date	10 Oct 2024	Location	Brussels
  Subject	EB Summit
  Cabinet	Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
  Attending	Peter van Kemseke (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	GlaxoSmithKline

• Date	17 Feb 2024	Location	Munich
  Subject	Latest developments on EU climate policy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra
  Attending	Wopke Hoekstra (Commissioner)

• Date	04 Sep 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
  Portfolio	An Economy that Works for People
  Attending	Kevin Keary (Cabinet member) Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member)

• Date	26 May 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Food security. Sustainable food system transformation.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
  Portfolio	International Partnerships
  Attending	Suvi Leinonen (Cabinet member)

• Date	21 Mar 2023	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Sustainable use of pesticides and new genomic techniques
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)

• Date	02 Dec 2022	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Workshop on the transition towards sustainable food systems
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	SYSTEMIQ LIMITED

• Date	28 Nov 2022	Location	Brussels
  Subject	General agriculture of the future
  DG	Agriculture and Rural Development
  Attending	Wolfgang Burtscher (Director-General)

• Date	27 Oct 2022	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Sustainable food systems
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)

• Date	27 Oct 2022	Location	Brussels
  Subject	HoCs meeting with Senior VP Bayer AG
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski
  Portfolio	Agriculture
  Attending	Maciej Golubiewski (Cabinet member)

• Date	11 Oct 2022	Location	Brussels
  Subject	To discuss the contribution of innovative plant breeding to food security and sustainability to achieve the green deal objectives
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski
  Portfolio	Agriculture
  Attending	Joanna Stawowy (Cabinet member) Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Euroseeds KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA

• Date	26 Aug 2022	Location	Turku, Finland
  Subject	Factory visit as part of mission; SDGs
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen
  Portfolio	International Partnerships
  Attending	Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)

• Date	03 Dec 2021	Location	video-call
  Subject	Discussion on investments into carbon removals with business representatives
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
  Other Lobbyists	Nestlé S.A.

• Date	12 Oct 2021	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Health data & health data space
  DG	Communications Networks, Content and Technology
  Attending	Roberto Viola (Director-General)

• Date	28 May 2021	Location	video-conference
  Subject	Sustainable corporate governance and due diligence
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
  Portfolio	An Economy that Works for People
  Attending	Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member) Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	Bundesarbeitgeberverband Chemie e.V.

• Date	09 Mar 2021	Location	Brussels - video conference
  Subject	Carbon farming
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)

• Date	08 Feb 2021	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Task Force on vaccine production
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
  Portfolio	Internal Market
  Attending	Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member) Thierry Breton (Commissioner)

• Date	25 Jan 2021	Location	Brussels - video conference
  Subject	Preparation of a panel discussion at the Davos summit
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	European Green Deal
  Attending	Estela Pineiro-Kruik (Cabinet member) Lukas Visek (Cabinet member)

• Date	23 Jul 2020	Location	videoconference
  Subject	Bayer to share their perspectives on the Green Deal and the measures already launched at the end of May.
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski
  Portfolio	Agriculture
  Attending	Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member) Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle (Cabinet member)

• Date	24 Jun 2020	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Green deal
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
  Portfolio	Agriculture & Rural Development
  Attending	Dermot Ryan (Cabinet member)

• Date	24 Jun 2020	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	Green deal
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
  Attending	Dermot Ryan (Cabinet member)

• Date	07 Apr 2020	Location	Videoconference
  Subject	The impact of COVID-19 on the built environment ecosystem
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
  Portfolio	Internal Market
  Attending	Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	Compagnie de SAINT-GOBAIN

• Date	25 Jun 2019	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Innovation in agriculture, new breding techniques
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis
  Portfolio	Health & Food Safety
  Attending	Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)

• Date	28 Mar 2019	Location	Brussels
  Subject	MRLs for pesticides
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis
  Portfolio	Health & Food Safety
  Attending	Arunas Vinciunas (Cabinet member) Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)

• Date	09 Jan 2019	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	New breeding techniques
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis
  Portfolio	Health & Food Safety
  Attending	Arunas Vinciunas (Cabinet member)

• Date	21 Nov 2018	Location	Brussels
  Subject	The role of transparency in scientific assessment
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis
  Portfolio	Health & Food Safety
  Attending	Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member) Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner)

• Date	06 Nov 2018	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Preparation of Commissioner's intervention at November Bayer's event
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis
  Portfolio	Health & Food Safety
  Attending	Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)

• Date	25 Sep 2018	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Sustainable farming
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis
  Portfolio	Health & Food Safety
  Attending	Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)

• Date	02 Mar 2018	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Crop protection industry and the Regulation 1107/2009 on the approval of active substances in the field of crop protection
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
  Portfolio	Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
  Attending	Marika Lautso-Mousnier (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	EPPA SA

• Date	21 Nov 2017	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Internal Market's industrial property legal framework relating to supplementary protection certificates (SPC) and patent research exemptions; innovation in the pharmaceutical industry
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
  Portfolio	Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
  Attending	Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
  Other Lobbyists	Pfizer Inc.

• Date	19 Jul 2017	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Industry 4.0
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger
  Portfolio	Budget & Human Resources
  Attending	Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

• Date	11 Jul 2017	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	Endocrine disruption, neonicotinoids and sustainable use of pesticides
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella
  Portfolio	Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
  Attending	Aurore Maillet (Cabinet member)

• Date	10 Jul 2017	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Plant protection products
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis
  Portfolio	Health & Food Safety
  Attending	Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member) Vytenis Andriukaitis (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	Syngenta Crop Protection AG

• Date	30 May 2017	Location	Brussels
  Subject	innovative agriculture
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas
  Portfolio	Research, Science and Innovation
  Attending	Robert Schröder (Cabinet member)

• Date	25 Apr 2017	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Challenges for the agricultural sector
  Cabinet	Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker
  Portfolio	President
  Attending	Leon Delvaux (Cabinet member)

• Date	06 Apr 2017	Location	Brussels
  Subject	current political priorities
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska
  Portfolio	Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
  Attending	Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)

• Date	29 Mar 2017	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Endocrine disruptors, approval of plant protection products
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis
  Portfolio	Health & Food Safety
  Attending	Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet member)

• Date	15 Nov 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Attend Reception
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
  Portfolio	Agriculture & Rural Development
  Attending	Phil Hogan (Commissioner)

• Date	27 Sep 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Competitiveness
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
  Portfolio	Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
  Attending	Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)

• Date	27 Sep 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	e-Health
  DG	Günther Oettinger
  Attending	Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

• Date	21 Sep 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Access to Medicines, HTA
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis
  Portfolio	Health & Food Safety
  Attending	Annika Nowak (Cabinet member)

• Date	18 Apr 2016	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Open innovation & Innovative Medicine Initiative 2 (IMI2)
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas
  Portfolio	Research, Science and Innovation
  Attending	Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)

• Date	03 Dec 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Business Europe CEO day
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
  Portfolio	Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
  Attending	Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member) Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
  Other Lobbyists	TIM S.p.A. Equinor ASA

• Date	03 Dec 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Business Europe CEO day
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas
  Portfolio	Research, Science and Innovation
  Attending	Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	Procter & Gamble

• Date	03 Dec 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Business Europe CEO day
  Cabinet	Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
  Portfolio	Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
  Attending	Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
  Other Lobbyists	Google

• Date	03 Dec 2015	Location	Brussels - Belgium
  Subject	Business Europe CEO day
  DG	Secretariat-General
  Attending	Alexander Italianer (Secretary-General)
  Other Lobbyists	Hitachi Europe Ltd.

• Date	27 Aug 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Circular Economy
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
  Portfolio	Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
  Attending	Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet member) Heidi Jern (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	European Federation of National Associations of Water Services

• Date	09 Jun 2015	Location	Strasbourg
  Subject	Agri Issues
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
  Portfolio	Agriculture & Rural Development
  Attending	Phil Hogan (Commissioner)

• Date	06 May 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Digitalisierung der Industrie
  DG	Günther Oettinger
  Attending	Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln e.V.

• Date	06 May 2015	Location	Brussels, Director-General's office
  Subject	Innovation in Europe
  DG	Research and Innovation
  Attending	Robert-Jan Smits (Director-General)

• Date	02 Mar 2015	Location	Brussels, Belgium
  Subject	Presentation of Bayer's activities in data science ("big data on the fields"), presentation of relevant Horizon 2020 R&D&I support areas
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
  Portfolio	Agriculture & Rural Development
  Attending	Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet member)

• Date	12 Feb 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Core fields of activity of Bayer CropScience, Key regulatory framework, concerns regarding the implementation of the Plant Protection Products Regulation 1107/2009 and the Maximum Residues Level Regulation 396/2005, impact of EU regulations on trade in agricultural products and product availability for farmers, impact of the hazard-based approach and regulatory cut offs for Endocrine Disruptors, Neonicotinoids and bee health
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan
  Portfolio	Agriculture & Rural Development
  Attending	Tom Tynan (Cabinet member)

• Date	12 Feb 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Digital Single Market, Innovation
  DG	Communications Networks, Content and Technology
  Attending	Robert Madelin (Director-General)
  Other Lobbyists	Henkel AG & Co. KGaA