Overview
Lobbying Costs
3,000,000€ - 3,499,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
19.25 Fte (46)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
28
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Bundesverband Öffentlicher Banken Deutschlands eV (VÖB)
EU Transparency Register
0767788931-41 First registered on 07 Jan 2009
Goals / Remit
Der Bundesverband Öffentlicher Banken Deutschlands, VÖB, ist ein Spitzenverband der deutschen Kreditwirtschaft. Er vertritt die Interessen von 61 Mitgliedern, darunter die Landesbanken sowie die Förderbanken des Bundes und der Länder. Die Mitgliedsinstitute des VÖB haben eine Bilanzsumme von rund 3.029 Milliarden Euro und bilden damit etwa ein Drittel des deutschen Bankenmarktes ab. Die öffentlichen Banken nehmen ihre Verantwortung für Mittelstand, Unternehmen, die öffentliche Hand und Privatkunden wahr und sind in allen Teilen Deutschlands fest in ihren Heimatregionen verwurzelt. Mit 59 Prozent sind die ordentlichen VÖB-Mitgliedsbanken Marktführer bei der Kommunalfinanzierung und stellen zudem rund 22 Prozent aller Unternehmenskredite in Deutschland zur Verfügung. Die Förderbanken des Bundes und der Länder haben im Jahr 2023 Förderdarlehen in Höhe von 72 Milliarden Euro bereitgestellt. Der VÖB ist teil der Deutschen Kreditwirtschaft (DK).
Main EU files targeted
Alle für den Finanzdienstleistungsbereich und die Wirtschaftsförderung und Förderpolitik relevanten Themen. Dazu gehören insbesondere das Bank- und Bankaufsichtsrecht, Kapitalmarkt- und Wertpapierrecht, Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht, Verbraucherschutz, Steuerrecht, Zahlungsverkehr, Geldwäschebekämpfung und Finanzsanktionen, Wettbewerb & Beihilfe sowie Zivil- und Verfahrensrecht. Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt des Bundesverbandes Öffentlicher Banken liegt auf der Förderfinanzierung, gemäß dem öffentlichen Förderauftrag vieler seiner Mitgliedsbanken. Zu den beobachteten Tätigkeiten zählen darunter Legislativvorschläge der EU-Kommission (alle Arten von Sekundärrechtsakten sowie delegierte und Durchführungsrechtsakte), Grün- und Weißbücher sowie Aktionspläne. Die Arbeit an den Gesetzgebungsverfahren wird ferner beobachtet in den Zuständigkeitsbereichen des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates, bis zu ihrem jeweiligen Abschluss. Der Verband beteiligt sich außerdem an Konsultationen der Institutionen und der Agenturen. Außerdem wird die Arbeit in technischen Expertengruppen beobachtet, in welche auch immer wieder Mitarbeiter von Mitgliedsinstituten des Verbandes berufen werden.
Address
Head Office
Lennéstraße, 11
Berlin 10785
GERMANYEU Office
Avenue de la Joyeuse Entrée 1-56. Stock
Brüssel 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
46
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 6 75% 4 50% 5 25% 31 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
19.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 23 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Germaine KLEIN 14 Sep 2024 14 Sep 2025 Simon KESSEL 15 Sep 2023 14 Sep 2024 Richard Maximilian FUNKE 05 Jan 2024 04 Oct 2024 Dan ESSER 14 Sep 2023 14 Sep 2024 Germaine KLEIN 14 Sep 2023 14 Sep 2024 Mr Luca NEUMANN 04 Feb 2023 21 Apr 2023 Sebastian WOLPERS 19 Oct 2022 19 Oct 2023 Dan ESSER 15 Oct 2022 14 Sep 2023 Mr Christoph Wengler 15 Oct 2022 14 Oct 2023 Germaine KLEIN 07 Jul 2022 07 Jul 2023 Mr Luca NEUMANN 09 Feb 2022 04 Feb 2023 Sebastian WOLPERS 18 Dec 2021 19 Oct 2022 Mr Christoph Wengler 06 Nov 2021 15 Oct 2022 Dan ESSER 14 Oct 2021 14 Oct 2022 Sebastian WOLPERS 28 Jan 2020 28 Jan 2021 Ms Irina POBER 21 Nov 2019 21 May 2020 Dan ESSER 02 Oct 2019 02 Oct 2020 Thorsten GUTHKE 07 Sep 2019 26 Jan 2020 Mr Christoph Wengler 06 Sep 2019 05 Sep 2020 Germaine KLEIN 01 May 2019 01 May 2020 Ms Elke NASS TØNNESSEN 14 Mar 2019 01 Apr 2020 Sebastian WOLPERS 15 Dec 2018 14 Dec 2019 Mr Christoph Wengler 27 Jul 2018 01 Aug 2019 Thorsten GUTHKE 25 Jul 2018 01 Aug 2019 Ms Elke NASS TØNNESSEN 23 Feb 2018 23 Feb 2019 Mr Roman HAMETNER 30 Jan 2018 09 Sep 2018 Germaine KLEIN 11 Jan 2018 10 Jan 2019 Mr Christoph Wengler 01 Aug 2017 27 Jul 2018 Thorsten GUTHKE 01 Aug 2017 25 Jul 2018 Ms Elke NASS TØNNESSEN 25 Feb 2017 23 Feb 2018 Mr Roman HAMETNER 02 Feb 2017 30 Jan 2018 Germaine KLEIN 16 Dec 2016 16 Dec 2017 Ms Verena HANNA 27 Oct 2016 26 Oct 2017 Mr Christoph Wengler 19 Jul 2016 07 Jul 2017 Thorsten GUTHKE 03 Jun 2016 03 Jun 2017 Mr Roman HAMETNER 09 Feb 2016 03 Feb 2017 Ms Elke NASS TØNNESSEN 12 Jan 2016 11 Jan 2017 Germaine KLEIN 27 Aug 2015 26 Aug 2016 Mr Christoph Wengler 14 Jul 2015 10 Jul 2016 Thorsten GUTHKE 22 May 2015 20 May 2016 Mr Pascal Friedrich 21 May 2015 19 Nov 2015 Germaine KLEIN 03 Sep 2014 27 Aug 2015 Mr Christoph Wengler 03 Jul 2014 27 Jun 2015 Ms Sandra Hafner 03 Jul 2014 20 May 2015 Mr Christoph Wengler 18 Jun 2013 15 Jun 2014 Germaine KLEIN 18 Jun 2013 15 Jun 2014 Mrs Inci METIN 23 Mar 2013 17 Jun 2013 Mrs Melanie WULFF 08 Mar 2013 07 Mar 2014 Ms Sandra Hafner 26 Feb 2013 21 Feb 2014 Mr Ole Weigmann 19 Sep 2012 17 Jun 2013 Mr Christoph Wengler 24 Jul 2012 19 Jun 2013 Mr Boris Bartels 05 Jun 2012 01 Mar 2013 Mrs Melanie WULFF 07 Feb 2012 01 Mar 2013 Mrs Inci METIN 16 Feb 2012 01 Mar 2013 Complementary Information
8 of our colleagues are based in Brussels, working 75% or 100% on matters falling under the scope of the Transparency Register.
In our main office in Berlin, we employ another 70 colleagues.
Around 46 colleagues in Germany work between 25% and 50% of their working hours on EU related subjects.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
1. https://buj-verband.de/
2. https://www.bdkom.de/
3. https://www.vku.de/
4. https://wirtschaftsrat.de/de/
5. https://www.europeanpaymentscouncil.eu/
6. https://www.drsc.de/
7. https://www.eapb.eu/
8. https://www.ebf.eu/
9. https://die-dk.de/
10. https://www.spd-wirtschaftsforum.de/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 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
3,000,000€ - 3,499,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
3,000,000€ - 3,499,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
Podiumsdiskussionen, Informationsveranstaltungen, Expertengespräche, Versand von Positionspapieren sowie Informationsmaterial.
Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
28 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 27 Sep 2023 Location Brussels Subject Sustainable finance regulation, RIS DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - John Berrigan (Director-General)
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Date 21 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject CMDI, Digital Euro DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - John Berrigan (Director-General)
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Date 18 Jan 2023 Location videoconference Subject Retail investment strategy. ETFs. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Jan 2023 Location Virtual Meeting Subject Retail Investment Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Nov 2022 Location Online meeting Subject Article 8 Disclosures 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 10 Mar 2022 Location Virtual meeting Subject COVID-crisis, Banking Package, Sustainable Finance. DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - John Berrigan (Director-General)
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Date 07 Apr 2021 Location video-conference Subject Basel III Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Jan 2021 Location Virtual call Subject Basel III Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Tommy De Temmerman (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Nov 2018 Location Brussels Subject MFF Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 16 Oct 2018 Location Brussels Subject InvestEU Programme Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Florentine Hopmeier (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject Panel discussion on Banking Union Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject Banking Union - Basel III - Green Finance Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
- Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Feb 2018 Location Berlin Subject MFF Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 20 Nov 2017 Location Brussels Subject Introductory meeting Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Florentine Hopmeier (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Sep 2017 Location Brussels Subject Banking Union; ESA review; CRR/CRD; PSD2 Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Kai Wynands (Cabinet member)
- Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Apr 2017 Location Malta Subject priorities / programme of new VÖB-President, Finalisation of Basel III, CRD-Review. DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Olivier Guersent (Director-General)
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Date 07 Nov 2016 Location Brussels Subject Digitisation in area of finance services DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Oct 2016 Location Brussels Subject CRR/CRD; promotional banks Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
- Kai Wynands (Cabinet member)
- Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President)
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Date 12 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject Banking Union, EDIS, CMU Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Mar 2016 Location Brussels Subject Financial regulation and banking issues Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject EMU DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 21 Oct 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Deposit insurance Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject European Deposit Insurance Guarantee Scheme Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Mette Toftdal Grolleman (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Sep 2015 Location Luxembourg Subject Capital Markets Union & Banking Regulation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
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Date 19 Jun 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Capital Markets Union Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Jun 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Capital Markets Union Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Mar 2015 Location European Commission –Brussels (Berlaymont) Subject Capital Markets Union- European Semester Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Feb 2015 Location Belgium, Brussels, BERL 10th Subject Public Banking Sector Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Sebastian Kuck (Cabinet member)
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