Overview
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
37
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
eBay EU liaison office (eBay)
EU Transparency Register
40386322300-77 First registered on 21 Sep 2009
Goals / Remit
Over the past ten years, the Internet has become increasingly important as an additional channel for consumers and companies within the overall retail market. In short, it can make a major contribution to the twin aims of market integration and making the EU the most competitive economy in the world.
eBay is now a worldwide community of more than 90 million active users connecting through commerce on a local, national or international basis. Users can be both consumers and/or sellers.
eBay recognizes the need to boost entrepreneurship and the enterprise culture in Europe as an essential aspect of the drive to make Europe the world’s most competitive and dynamic economy. eBay does not only fully support this goal; it is using the Internet to help make it a reality.
The Government Relations’ Team in Brussels works with other eBay employees and external consultants and lawyers on a broad range of issues related to e-commerce.
The mission of eBay’s EU liaison office in Brussels is two-fold:
• Monitoring the regulatory debate at EU level which can directly or indirectly impact our Business.
• Engaging with policymakers and other stakeholders on various issues to further online commerce and the Information Society, by presenting our position on specific topics and ensuring that the Information Society remains high on the political agenda and that consumers’ are empowered by an improved access to online markets.Main EU files targeted
e-Commerce and payments-related legislation and policy initiatives, such as Digital Agenda Strategy, PSD2, AML, Market Surveillance & Product Safety, e-Commerce Directive, Data Protection Regulation, NIS, IP Enforcement Directive, TTIP, competition policy, and consumer / consumer information legislation.
Address
Head Office
Helvetiastrasse, 15-17
Bern 3005
SWITZERLANDEU Office
Avenue des Arts 44
Brussels 1040
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 50% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 02 Apr 2015
Name Start date End Date Siada EL RAMLY 16 Jan 2024 15 Jan 2025 Stefan KRAWCZYK 16 Nov 2023 15 Nov 2024 Charlotte CHEYNARD 17 Nov 2023 15 Nov 2024 Georgiana DORNÉ 16 Nov 2023 15 Nov 2024 Francesco Gabriele Bondi 10 Apr 2024 10 Apr 2026 Charlotte CHEYNARD 24 Nov 2022 17 Nov 2023 Ms Gabriela CASTILLO 24 Nov 2022 08 Nov 2023 Georgiana DORNÉ 24 Nov 2022 16 Nov 2023 Stefan KRAWCZYK 24 Nov 2022 16 Nov 2023 Charlotte CHEYNARD 30 Oct 2021 29 Oct 2022 Ms Gabriela CASTILLO 30 Oct 2021 29 Oct 2022 Georgiana DORNÉ 30 Oct 2021 29 Oct 2022 Stefan KRAWCZYK 30 Oct 2021 29 Oct 2022 Denisa Elena AVRAM 27 Nov 2019 27 Nov 2020 Stefan KRAWCZYK 07 Sep 2019 05 Sep 2020 Mr Samuel Laurinkari 07 Sep 2019 24 Apr 2020 Georgiana DORNÉ 07 Sep 2019 05 Sep 2020 Matej ZEZLIN 09 Aug 2018 01 Sep 2019 Georgiana DORNÉ 07 Sep 2018 07 Sep 2019 Mr Samuel Laurinkari 09 Aug 2018 01 Sep 2019 Mr Zezlin MATEJ 09 Aug 2018 11 Sep 2018 Stefan KRAWCZYK 24 Jan 2018 20 Jan 2019 Georgiana DORNÉ 10 Oct 2017 07 Sep 2018 Mr Zezlin MATEJ 14 Sep 2017 09 Aug 2018 Mr Samuel Laurinkari 31 Aug 2017 09 Aug 2018 Ms Chantal MALFEYT 28 Apr 2017 27 Apr 2018 Stefan KRAWCZYK 21 Dec 2016 16 Dec 2017 Mr Samuel Laurinkari 22 Aug 2016 02 Aug 2017 Stefan KRAWCZYK 08 Jan 2016 21 Dec 2016 Ms Detesan Georgiana 08 Jan 2016 07 Jan 2017 Mr Samuel Laurinkari 14 Aug 2015 11 Aug 2016 Ms Detesan Georgiana 23 Jan 2015 08 Jan 2016 Stefan KRAWCZYK 13 Jan 2015 08 Jan 2016 Mr Samuel Laurinkari 03 Sep 2014 14 Aug 2015 Stefan KRAWCZYK 17 Jan 2014 13 Jan 2015 Mr Jan BARNES 14 Jan 2014 10 Jan 2015 Mr Samuel Laurinkari 13 Sep 2013 03 Sep 2014 Mr Jan BARNES 07 Feb 2013 09 Jan 2014 Stefan KRAWCZYK 16 Jan 2013 08 Jan 2014 Mr Jan BARNES 22 Nov 2012 08 Feb 2013 Mrs Claire VASILE 17 Nov 2012 08 Feb 2013 Mrs Claire VASILE 16 Nov 2011 01 Nov 2012 Mr Jan BARNES 16 Nov 2011 01 Nov 2012 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Stefan Krawczyk (Senior Director and Counsel Government Relations Europe)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Stefan Krawczyk (Senior Director and Counsel Government Relations Europe)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
European Digital Media Association - EDIMA
European Internet Service Providers’ Association - EuroISPA
European Internet Foundation - EIF
Interactive Advertising Bureau - IAB
International Trademark Association - INTAMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
None declared
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
E-Commerce
Cross-border trade
Consumer Affairs
Competition
Cybercrime
Intellectual Property
Data Protection
Future of the Internet
Corporate Social Responsibility
Energy Efficiency
Logistics- Meetings
Meetings
37 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.
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Date 27 Jun 2023 Location Brussels Subject Meeting to share perspectives on circular economy and on recent legislative proposals regarding consumers protection in the green transition: ecodesign, right to repair, empowering the consumers for the green transition, as well as to discuss Ebay’s Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
- Lucie Rousselle (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jun 2023 Location Brussels Subject Artificial intelligence act, Digital Services Act, Digital Market Act. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
- Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)
- Liliane Giardino-karlinger (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Oct 2022 Location Brusseòs Subject Competition policies Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Michele Piergiovanni (Cabinet member)
- Penelope Papandropoulos (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Oct 2022 Location Brussels Subject General Product Safety Regulation empowering consumers for the green transition sustainable consumption of goods, promoting repair and reuse commitment of eBay the product safety pledge and possible participation to sustainable consumption pledge Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Geneviève Tuts (Cabinet member)
- Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
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Date 25 Oct 2022 Location Brussels Subject EU circular economy and product policy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Mar 2022 Location Virtual Subject Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Kim Jorgensen (Cabinet member)
- Penelope Papandropoulos (Cabinet member)
- Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Nov 2021 Location online Subject The product safety pledge and its future extension. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
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Date 09 Feb 2021 Location Brussels (online) Subject DMA Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Michele Piergiovanni (Cabinet member)
- Penelope Papandropoulos (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Jan 2021 Location Video conference Subject GPSD,DSA, Covid 19 Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
- Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Jan 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Platforms regulation and digitisation of smes Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Oct 2018 Location Brussels Subject Digital taxation and VAT mini one stop shop Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - David Boublil (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Jun 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Voluntary commitment on product safety Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
- Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
- Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
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Date 15 May 2018 Location Brussels Subject EU Consumer Law directives Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 May 2018 Location Brussels Subject Meeting to discuss e-Commerce and digital service tax. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - David Boublil (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Apr 2018 Location brussels Subject EU consumer law directives Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Apr 2018 Location Brussels Subject Online platforms Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Eric Peters (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Apr 2018 Location Brussels Subject Illegal content online Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject digital single market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Mar 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Online marketplaces and reselling platforms Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject Online platforms, illegal content online Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject DSM Strategy, trends in the online commerce markets, P2B and intermediary liability initiatives Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
- Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject Tackling illegal content online Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
- Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries (f/k/a Facebook Ireland Limited)
- Seznam.cz, a.s.
- Rakuten Group, Inc
- SoundCloud Global Limited & Co. KG
- Apple Inc.
- Snap, Inc.
- Microsoft Corporation
- Amazon Europe Core SARL
- LinkedIn Ireland
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited
- Allegro sp. z o.o.
- Twitter International Unlimited Company
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Date 09 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject Tackling illegal content online Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
- Eric Peters (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries (f/k/a Facebook Ireland Limited)
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited
- LinkedIn Ireland
- Allegro sp. z o.o.
- Twitter International Unlimited Company
- Microsoft Corporation
- Seznam.cz, a.s.
- Rakuten Group, Inc
- SoundCloud Global Limited & Co. KG
- Apple Inc.
- Snap, Inc.
- Amazon Europe Core SARL
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Date 11 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject EU online commerce and platform policy. Other participants: seller Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject Handover of petition by e-Bay, Juvenilis, AMFORA, Unipessoal LDA and Data Protection Ltd representatives on a "Call for a Simple, Competitive and Efficient EU VAT framework for European Small Businesses and Consumers". Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - David Boublil (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Sep 2017 Location Brussels Subject e-commerce proposal and impact on eBay Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - David Boublil (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Nov 2016 Location BXL Subject DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject platforms DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
- Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Feb 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject E-commerce sector enquiry and Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Competition Attending - Linsey Mccallum (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market & SMEs Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)
- Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Sep 2015 Location Silicon Valley Subject DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 20 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Introductory meeting Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)
- Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject e-Commerce DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
- Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject ISP liabilitiy, restrictions on platforms, parcel delivery, payment service directive Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)
- Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
- Jasmin Battista (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Feb 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)
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