Overview
Lobbying Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.55 Fte (9)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
4
High-level Commission meetings
18
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Video Games Europe
EU Transparency Register
20586492362-11 First registered on 28 Sep 2009
Goals / Remit
To provide the European video game sector with a central point of contact and dialogue with the Government of the European Union and its institutions and with other organisations and institutions thoughout the world which may relevant with respect to International Agreements and Treaties. To study any legal issue and business affair related to the development, production, marketing and distribution of videogames, reference and educational works distributed on digital storage or any other medium including the internet. To promote and stress the economic, cultural, social and scientific values of the videogame industry in a national, European and international context and to promote the recognition of this concept to legal and public authorities (...) Since 1998, Video Games Europe has ensured that the voice of a responsible games ecosystem is heard and understood, that its creative and economic potential is supported.
Main EU files targeted
Better Internet for Kids Strategy, The Data Act, The DSA, The AI Act, The EU Copyright Review, The IPRED Review, The General Data Protection Regulation, The Digital Content Directive, The ePrivacy proposal for Regulation, The New Deal for Consumers, The Digital Fairness Fitness Check, AVMS Directive Review/Classification, Terrorist Content Regulation, The Digital Education Action Plan, Empowering the consumer for the green transition, Sustainable Products Initiative.
Address
Head Office
Rue Guimard, 15
Brussels B-1040
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue Guimard, 15
Brussels B-1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
9
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 3 25% 3 10% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.55
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 07 Jan 2025
Name Start date End Date Jürgen BÄNSCH 19 Nov 2024 19 Nov 2025 Manuel FERREIRA SANTOS FRAGOSO MENDES 19 Nov 2024 19 Nov 2025 Ann Becker 18 Nov 2024 18 Nov 2025 Sergi Mesonero Burgos 19 Nov 2024 19 Nov 2025 Manuel FRAGOSO MENDES 07 Mar 2024 04 Oct 2024 Jürgen BÄNSCH 05 Jul 2023 04 Jul 2024 Mr Benjamin SEIGNOVERT 25 Jan 2023 25 Jan 2024 Ms Ann BECKER 05 Oct 2022 29 Sep 2023 Manuel FRAGOSO MENDES 27 Sep 2022 27 Sep 2023 Jürgen BÄNSCH 26 May 2022 26 May 2023 Mr Benjamin SEIGNOVERT 13 Mar 2020 13 Mar 2021 Ms Ann BECKER 20 Feb 2020 01 Feb 2021 Jürgen BÄNSCH 21 Nov 2019 21 Nov 2020 Mr David Sweeney 27 Jul 2018 01 Aug 2019 Mr Simon Little 23 Jun 2018 22 Jun 2019 Jürgen BÄNSCH 24 May 2018 24 May 2019 Mr David Sweeney 20 Jul 2017 14 Jul 2018 Jürgen BÄNSCH 09 Jun 2017 24 May 2018 Mr Dirk Bosmans 30 Mar 2017 29 Sep 2017 Mr Simon Little 23 Mar 2017 22 Mar 2018 Mr David Sweeney 23 Jun 2016 22 Jun 2017 Jürgen BÄNSCH 25 May 2016 25 May 2017 Jürgen BÄNSCH 18 Jul 2012 17 Jul 2013 Complementary Information
None declared
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
European Internet Forum: https://www.internetforum.eu/
Creativity Works! https://www.creativityworks.eu
Playing for the Planet: https://playing4theplanet.org/
Women in Games: https://www.womeningames.org/
Global Video Game Coalition: https://www.thegvgc.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 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
400,000€ - 499,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
400,000€ - 499,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
European Internet ForumCommunication activities
Annual event (Brussels)
gamescom (Cologne)
#seizethecontrols.euOther activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
18 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 15 May 2024 Location Brussels Subject AI application in video games Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Oct 2022 Location Videoconference Subject EU video games ecosystem; EU policy in support of gaming Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Jun 2022 Location Brussels Subject The participant’s and the EU efforts to prevent and tackle child sexual abuse. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Ylva Johansson Portfolio Home Affairs Attending - Monika Maglione (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 May 2022 Location Online Subject Digital Services Act Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Dec 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Tour d’horizon of the legislative proposals on digital matters and better internet for Kids Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet member)
- Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Oct 2021 Location Brussels Subject DSA Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Oct 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Green and digital transition Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Sep 2020 Location video conference Subject Data protection and international data transfers Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Feb 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject PEGI age guidelines, copyright directive implementation, ePrivacy, data portability,, digital services act Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Mar 2019 Location Brussels Subject safer internet for children Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Eric Peters (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Feb 2019 Location Brussels Subject Copyright, AI Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Nov 2018 Location Brussels Subject Industry's position Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Oct 2018 Location Brussels Subject Gaming disorders Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Portfolio Health & Food Safety Attending - Arunas Vinciunas (Cabinet member)
- Alina Timofte (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Jun 2018 Location Brussels Subject P2B, copyright, data Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
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Date 20 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Copyright Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Manuel Mateo-Goyet (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject DSM general, data Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject Geoblocking Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Eric Peters (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject Copyright Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)