Overview
Lobbying Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Financial year: Jul 2023 - Jun 2024
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.6 Fte (7)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Contact Group (ECG)
EU Transparency Register
0633841538-63 First registered on 21 Oct 2008
Goals / Remit
The European Contact Group (ECG) brings together the six largest professional services networks in Europe: BDO, Deloitte, EY, Grant Thornton, KPMG and PwC.
Firms in the ECG networks collectively employ around 330.000 people in EU Member States and are present with 1.600 office locations in over 340 European cities.
The ECG's mission is to maintain confidence in the profession and large networks in Europe, and to contribute constructively in shaping EU legislation in a way that safeguards public interest.
The purpose of the ECG is to build a sustainable business environment in Europe through:
- Activities which strengthen public trust in the professional services networks' capabilities and their commitment to act in the public interest;
- Supporting effective regulation and oversight of the professional services networks as an important building block of public trust; and
- European perspectives on the development of effective international reporting and assurance standards.Main EU files targeted
In recent years the interest representational activities of the ECG have largely focused on the effective and consistent implementation of the EU legislation impacting the professional services networks, such as the EU audit legislation, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, and the European Sustainability Reporting Standards. In addition, the ECG is currently following a broad range of policies impacting the profession, including developments on the possible initiative on the three pillars of high-quality and reliable corporate reporting, the adoption of EU sustainability assurance standards, the draft ESMA Guidelines on Enforcement of Sustainability Information, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, EU Tax Policies, the Digital Services Act, and the Digital Markets Act.
The ECG has several working groups, including on Assurance, Corporate Reporting, Tax, Technology, Corporate Governance, and Regulatory Compliance and Oversight Bodies.Address
Head Office
Rue Belliard 40
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue Belliard 40
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
7
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 6 10% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.6
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 22 Dec 2024
Name Start date End Date Mr Jeremy JENNINGS 17 Dec 2011 01 Nov 2012 Complementary Information
Core activities of ECG are coordinated by a team of lead representatives (ECG Leads) from each of the six large networks. The number provided above reflects the involvement of the ECG Leads. The number provided above is not definitive and additional support from within each of the ECG member networks may be required as necessary. In addition, each ECG member network also provides details in their own firm transparency registers.
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
Each of the six accounting networks that make up the ECG will be members of a wide range of think tanks and trade and business associations.
In addition, partners and professional employees of the six accounting networks that make up the ECG membership will be members of their respective professional bodies at national level in each EU Member State. In that capacity, some of these individuals will also participate in the activities of Accountancy Europe.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
Jul 2023 - Jun 2024
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
400,000€ - 499,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount afore consulting 25,000€ - 49,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name afore consulting Closed year Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Other financial info
The ECG cost estimate is reached by calculating an approximate cash equivalent of the time spent by ECG Lead partners, as well as their support staff, into activities related to the ECG and falling under the scope of the Register. In addition, the estimate includes logistical costs, such as meeting venues, travels, dinners, as well as scientific studies and consultancy services' costs (which our providers also disclose in the Register, as per guideline 5.1.8)
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
On 5 June 2024, ECG published ECG Manifesto for the upcoming European legislative term
On 14 June 2024, ECG hosted jointly with Accountancy Europe Roundtable on CSRD readiness
On 3 July, 2024 ECG published illustrative assurance report for the Digital Services Act (DSA)
On 2 September 2024, ECG published a paper on potential impact of EC investigations on DSA audits (https://www.europeancontactgroup.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ECG-paper-on-potential-impact-of-EC-investigations-on-DSA-audits.docx-1.pdf)
Details of the publications and consultation responses can be found on the website https://www.europeancontactgroup.eu/news/Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
1 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 30 Jun 2021 Location Brussels Subject Videoconference - Discussion green taxation and the role of the audit profession DG Taxation and Customs Union Attending - Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General)