Overview
Lobbying Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
12
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Bundesverband Digitalpublisher und Zeitungsverleger (BDZV)
EU Transparency Register
201132116888-24 First registered on 09 Apr 2015
Goals / Remit
Der Bundesverband Digitalpublisher und Zeitungsverleger (BDZV) vertritt als Spitzenorganisation die Interessen der Zeitungsverlage und digitalen Publisher in Deutschland und auf EU-Ebene. Im BDZV sind 318 Medienmarken mit rund 2800 digitalen journalistischen Angeboten organisiert. Gegründet wurde der Verband 1954 als Bundesverband Deutscher Zeitungsverleger. Zu seinen Aufgaben gehören insbesondere:
Die Wahrung der Unabhängigkeit der deutschen Zeitungen und Digitalpublisher.
Die Wahrung und Förderung des Ansehens der Zeitungsverlage und Digitalpublisher in der Öffentlichkeit und deren Vertretung gegenüber Bundesregierung, Bundestag, Behörden und Organisationen.
Die Förderung der Ausbildung des Nachwuchses in den Mitgliedsunternehmen.
Die Führung von Verhandlungen in sozialrechtlichen Angelegenheiten und der Abschluss von Tarifverträgen.
Der BDZV hat die Rechtsform eines eingetragenen Vereins (e.V.), Organe sind der Vorstand und die Delegiertenversammlung.Main EU files targeted
Aufgabenfelder: Pressefreiheit, Pressevielfalt und Pluralismus, Kultur und Medien, digitaler Binnenmarkt, Wettbewerb, Datenschutz, Urheberrecht und geistiges Eigentum, Mehrwertsteuer, Werbeverbote und Werbebeschränkungen, Netzneutralität.
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation)
Proposal for a Regulation concerning the respect for private life and the protection of personal data in electronic communications and repealing Directive 2002/58/EC (Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications) (COM/2017/010 final - 2017/03 (COD))
2018 Code of Practice on Disinformation
Directive (EU) 2018/1808 amending Directive 2010/13/EU on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) in view of changing market realities
Proposal for a Regulation on European Production and Preservation Orders for electronic evidence in criminal matters (COM/2018/225 final - 2018/0108 (COD))
Council Directive (EU) 2018/1713 of 6 November 2018 amending Directive 2006/112/EC as regards rates of value added tax applied to books, newspapers and periodicals
Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC
Communication - Europe’s Media in the Digital Decade: An Action Plan to Support Recovery and Transformation (COM/2020/784 final)
Communication - On the European Democracy Action Plan (COM/2020/790 final)
Commission Recommendation (EU) 2021/1534 of 16 September 2021 on ensuring the protection, safety and empowerment of journalists and other media professionals in the European Union (C/2021/6650)
Proposal for a Regulation laying down harmonised rules on Artificial Intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act) and amending certain Union legislative acts (COM/2021/206 final)
Proposal for a Regulation on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (Data Act) (COM/2022/68 final)
Proposal for a Directive amending Directives 2005/29/EC and 2011/83/EU as regards empowering consumers for the green transition through better protection against unfair practices and better information (COM/2022/143 final)
Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of 5 April 2022 amending Directives 2006/112/EC and (EU) 2020/285 as regards rates of value added tax
Regulation (EU) 2022/868 on European data governance and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 (Data Governance Act)
Proposal for a Reguation on the transparency and targeting of political advertising (COM/2021/731 final)
The Strengthened Code of Practice on Disinformation 2022
Proposal for a Directive on protecting persons who engage in public participation from manifestly unfounded or abusive court proceedings (“Strategic lawsuits against public participation”) (COM/2022/177 final)
Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector and amending Directives (EU) 2019/1937 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Digital Markets Act)
Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act)
Proposal for a Regulation establishing a common framework for media services in the internal market (European Media Freedom Act) and amending Directive 2010/13/EU (COM/2022/457 final)
Commission Recommendation (EU) 2022/1634 of 16 September 2022 on internal safeguards for editorial independence and ownership transparency in the media sector (C/2022/6536)
Public Consultation - Fitness Check of EU Consumer Law on Digital Fairness (2023)
Exploratory Consultation - The future of the electronic communications sector and its infrastructure (2023)Address
Head Office
Markgrafenstraße 15
Berlin 10969
GERMANYEU Office
Rue de Namur 73Ac/o ENPA
Bruxelles 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 50% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Marie-Claire Gerwert 05 Sep 2024 05 Sep 2025 Philippe MEISTERMANN 31 May 2023 31 May 2024 Mr Valdo LEHARI JR. 07 May 2022 06 May 2023 Philippe MEISTERMANN 06 May 2022 06 May 2023 Mr Valdo LEHARI JR. 16 Jul 2019 16 Jul 2020 Philippe MEISTERMANN 12 Mar 2019 01 Apr 2020 Mr Helmut VERDENHALVEN 14 Jul 2018 13 Jul 2019 Mr Valdo LEHARI JR. 14 Jul 2018 13 Jul 2019 Philippe MEISTERMANN 07 Mar 2018 07 Mar 2019 Mr Valdo LEHARI JR. 27 Jul 2017 14 Jul 2018 Mr Helmut VERDENHALVEN 04 Apr 2017 01 Apr 2018 Philippe MEISTERMANN 25 Feb 2017 24 Feb 2018 Carolin WEHRHAHN 12 May 2016 12 May 2017 Carolin WEHRHAHN 16 Apr 2015 14 Apr 2016 Complementary Information
Frau Marie-Claire Gerwert (Angestellte), in Vollzeit mit beschriebenen Interessenvertretungstätigkeiten beschäftigt.
Herr Helmut Verdenhalven, Leiter Medienpolitik / Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung, BDZV (Angestellter), teilweise mit beschriebenen Interessenvertretungstätigkeiten beschäftigt.
Herr Valdo Lehari jr., Ehrenmitglied des Vorstands (Ehrenamt), Verleger und Geschäftsführer "Reutlinger General-Anzeiger", teilweise mit beschriebenen Interessenvertretungstätigkeiten beschäftigt.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
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
Dachverbände (Quelle: https://www.bdzv.de/der-bdzv)
ENPA - European Newspaper Publishers' Association (www.enpa.eu)
WAN-IFRA - World Association of News Publishers (http://www.wan-ifra.org/)
INMA - International News Media Association (https://www.inma.org/)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
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Kampagne "Empower Democracy" (#SaveYourPress) (http://www.empower-democracy.eu/) (Abgeschlossen 2019)
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
12 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 12 May 2023 Location Berlin Subject European Media Freedom act Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 23 Jun 2022 Location Videoconférence Subject Media Freedom Act Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Nov 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Media Action Plan and DMA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Oct 2020 Location Videoconference Subject DSA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 31 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject The VAT for digital publications Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Antoine Kasel (Cabinet member)
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Date 31 Aug 2016 Location Brussels Subject copyright reform Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject copyright, AVMSD DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
- Marlene Holzner (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Jan 2016 Location BXL Subject copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Dec 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
- Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
- Eric Mamer (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject Speech on free and independent press in Europe Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Jean-Claude Juncker (President)
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Date 06 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject President Juncker's speech on free and independent press in Europe Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Martin Selmayr (Cabinet member)