Overview
Lobbying Costs
600,000€ - 699,999€
Financial year: Oct 2022 - Sep 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.25 Fte (14)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
5
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
METRO AG
EU Transparency Register
479994110538-77 First registered on 29 Jan 2013
Goals / Remit
METRO AG is a leading international player in wholesale and food service distribution. With its sales lines METRO Cash & Carry as well as its other associated companies, METRO AG is present in over 30 countries and employs more than 91,000 people around the world. In 2022/23, METRO AG achieved sales of around €30.5 billion (Adjusted EBITDA €1.1 billion). The company provides solutions to meet the regional and international needs of its customers, mainly independent businesses in the hospitality sector and small traders. In line with METRO AG’s self-image as a company which acts in a responsible manner, it is a natural step for the group to involve itself in political and social debates and take a clear stand on various issues. Ongoing dialogue with all stakeholders is firmly anchored in the company’s strategy.
Main EU files targeted
The below-mentioned issues are followed in order to contribute to the single market with e-commerce and omni-channel retail and bringing a high level of food safety as well as respecting sustainabilty in retail. Contribution to EU discussions is given mainly via associations, as well as via direct input to the work of the European Parliament's Committees, Commission's consultations, etc.
Food policy:
• Following issues on food safety and food information and labelling
• Knowledge sharing on food safety risks, and ensure aproprietness of EU measures at different national markets.
• Animal welfare and organics
• Alternative protein sources
• Health and nutrition
• Sustainable sourcing
• Traceability systems
Digital single market:
• Rules on consumer/customers guarantees, online and digital purchases which facilitates cross-border trade; platform regulation
• Accesibility requirements for traders
• E-privacy and data protection; consent for cookies as well as profiling and transparency issues
• Data exchange, digital information
• Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence
Circular economy:
• (Food) waste prevention measures
• Improving the environmental impact of packaging, especially packaging (waste) and fight against marine litter
• Alternative mobility solutions (electric cars and delivery bans)
• F-Gas exit program
• Energy efficiency
Supply chain
• Trustful supplier and retailer/wholesaler relationships along the supply chain
• Prevent trade barriers within the Single Market and unjustified Territorial Supply Constraints
• Responsible Supply Chains
SMEs and independent business
• Advocate in favour of our customers, mainly small companies and independent businesses, by promoting a better business environment for SMEs and help them to profit form the Digital Single Market and business opportunities offered by increasing digitalisation of the economy.Address
Head Office
Schlüterstr. 1
Düsseldorf 40235
GERMANYEU Office
Avenue des Nerviens 852nd Floor
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
14
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 50% 2 25% 1 10% 10 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Basak BABAOGLU DE BRUYNE 17 Oct 2024 17 Oct 2025 Illa Brockmeyer 16 Sep 2024 15 Sep 2025 Basak BABAOGLU DE BRUYNE 15 Feb 2024 04 Oct 2024 Ms Illa BROCKMEYER 08 Mar 2023 11 Mar 2024 Basak BABAOGLU DE BRUYNE 07 Feb 2023 07 Feb 2024 Ms Clara SALARICH ORTEGA 23 Sep 2022 17 Mar 2023 Basak BABAOGLU DE BRUYNE 04 Jan 2022 04 Jan 2023 Ms Basak Babaoglu 04 Jan 2022 07 Jan 2022 Ms Clara SALARICH ORTEGA 22 Oct 2021 23 Sep 2022 Ms Clara SALARICH ORTEGA 04 Oct 2019 03 Oct 2020 Ms Maria Heider 12 Jun 2019 01 Jul 2020 Ms Basak Babaoglu 23 Jan 2019 23 Jan 2020 Ms Clara SALARICH ORTEGA 25 Sep 2018 01 Oct 2019 Ms Maria Heider 08 Jun 2018 08 Jun 2019 Ms Basak Babaoglu 29 Nov 2017 28 Nov 2018 Mr Jan WERNER 05 Oct 2017 29 Sep 2018 Ms Clara SALARICH ORTEGA 05 Oct 2017 25 Sep 2018 Ms Maria Heider 09 Jun 2017 05 Jun 2018 Mr Bernd Wagner 05 May 2017 22 Sep 2017 Ms Basak Babaoglu 06 Dec 2016 29 Nov 2017 Ms Maria Heider 20 Jun 2016 10 Jun 2017 Mr Bernd Wagner 26 Apr 2016 26 Apr 2017 Ms Julia Münch 16 Jan 2016 15 Jan 2017 Ms Maria Heider 27 May 2015 22 May 2016 Mr Bernd Wagner 30 Apr 2015 26 Apr 2016 Ms Julia Münch 19 Dec 2014 17 Dec 2015 Mrs Julia Münch 19 Dec 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mr Bernd Wagner 02 Apr 2014 01 Apr 2015 Mr Michael Wiedmann 02 Apr 2014 01 Apr 2015 Mr Michael Wedell 02 Apr 2014 01 Apr 2015 Mr Michael Wedell 27 Feb 2013 26 Feb 2014 Mr Bernd Wagner 23 Feb 2013 21 Feb 2014 Mr Michael Wiedmann 23 Feb 2013 21 Feb 2014 Complementary Information
METRO AG has one permanent position in its Brussels office. Moreover, within the Corporate Public Policy Department, 3 colleagues are suporting EU concrete dossiers or activities. Several experts from different teams such as Legal & Competition, Sustainability and Quality Assurance support the EU public policy team in its daily activities, e.g. by providing expert input into position papers, consultation or activities within the framework of associations. The Senior Vice President for Corporate Responsibility and Public Policy is also member of EuroCommerce's Board of Directors (10%).
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
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
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Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Betriebliche Altersversorgung e.V. (aba)
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für wirtschaftliche Verwaltung e.V. (AWV)
Baden-Badener Unternehmer Gespräche e.V. (BBUG)
Bitkom e.V.
Business Social Compliance Initiative c/o amfori (BSCI)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Personalführung e.V. (DGFP)
Deutsche Schutzvereinigung für Wertpapierbesitz e.V. (DSW)
Deutscher Investor Relations Verband e.V. (DIRK)
Deutsches Aktieninstitut e.V.
Deutsches Institut für interne Revision e.V. (DIIR)
Deutsches Rechnungslegungs Standards Committee e.V. (DRSC)
Deutsch-Indische Handelskammer
Deutschsprachige SAP Anwendergruppe e.V. (DSAG)
Deutsch-Ukrainisches Forum e.V.
Destination Düsseldorf e.V.
EHI Retail Institute
EuroCommerce
Europäische Bewegung Deutschland e.V.
European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD)
European Food Forum
Fördererkreis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V. (DGAP)
Foundation for the Global Compact
GS1 Germany GmbH
Gesellschaft zur Förderung des Instituts für Handelsforschung an der Universität zu Köln e.V. (IfH)
Lebensmittelverband Deutschland e.V.
Industrie- und Handelskammer Düsseldorf
Institut Finanzen und Steuern e.V.
Interessengemeinschaft Königsallee (IG Kö), Düsseldorf
Internationaler Controller Verein e.V.
LEAD Network
Nah- und Mittelost-Verein e.V. (NUMOV)
Ostasiatischer Verein e.V. (OAV)
Ost-Ausschuss – Osteuropaverein der Deutschen Wirtschaft e.V.
Prout at Work Foundation
Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft e.V.
Stiftung WHU: Otto Beisheim School of Management
The Consumer Goods Forum
UmsatzsteuerForum e.V.
Unternehmervereinigung für Arbeitsbedingungen im Handel und Dienstleistungsgewerbe e. V. (AHD)
Wirtschaftsjunioren Düsseldorf im Bereich der IHK e.V.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
Oct 2022 - Sep 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
600,000€ - 699,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
600,000€ - 699,999€
Other financial info
Please see the Annual report 2022 / 2023 here:
https://reports.metroag.de/annual-report/2022-2023/
For results of Q3 2023 - 2024 please see here https://newsroom.metroag.de/en/news/metro-continues-to-grow-in-all-channels-in-q3-2023-24?dt=20240814 -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
- Publications and informative leaflets on several topics such as own studies, policy positions and METRO's initiatives.
- METRO Corporate Public Policy Website -https://politics.metroag.eu/ complemented by our X and Instagram's accounts METRO_Politics.
- Several events formats to discuss specific issues relevant to our business.
- Campaigns mit online media to highlight and promote debate around topics such as the gastronomy and hospitality in Europe and the importance of city centres.Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
5 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 16 Apr 2020 Location Video Conference Subject COVID crisis: exit and recovery of the agro-food ecosystem Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Gaelle Garnier (Cabinet member)
- Pauline Weinzierl (Cabinet member)
- Valere Moutarlier (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Jan 2019 Location BERL Subject Commissioner Bienkowska Meeting with COO METRO AG Philippe Palazzi Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Andrzej Celinski (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject preparation of e-commerce event DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Kilian Gross (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jan 2016 Location Belgium, Brussels, BERL Subject Application of transitional periods in the Audit Regulation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Sebastian Kuck (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject preparation VP speech 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)