Overview
Lobbying Costs
900,000€ - 999,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.75 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
79
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Spotify
EU Transparency Register
365747616583-15 First registered on 15 Mar 2015
Goals / Remit
Spotify is a global audio streaming subscription service, providing on-demand access to over 100 million music tracks and over 5 million podcasts to more than 602 million users, including 236 million subscribers in more than 180 markets.
Main EU files targeted
Digital Single Market strategy, platform regulation, data/artificial intelligence policy, content and copyright, competition, DMA, DSA, consumer protection, cultural and creative sector
Address
Head Office
Spotify ABRegeringsgatan 19
Stockholm 111 53
SWEDENEU Office
Square de Meeûs 37
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 3 75% 1 10% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.75
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 Philippe MEISTERMANN 24 Sep 2024 23 Sep 2025 Francesco Versace 04 Jul 2024 03 Jul 2025 Eleanor Kate FLANAGAN 03 Apr 2024 04 Oct 2024 Olivia REGNIER 03 Apr 2024 04 Oct 2024 Mr Francesco Versace 24 Mar 2023 23 Mar 2024 Eleanor Kate FLANAGAN 11 Nov 2022 11 Nov 2023 Olivia REGNIER 25 Oct 2022 25 Oct 2023 Mr Francesco Versace 15 Mar 2022 15 Mar 2023 Hendrik NAHR 21 Feb 2020 01 Feb 2021 Eleanor Kate FLANAGAN 21 Feb 2019 01 Mar 2020 Hendrik NAHR 07 Sep 2019 21 Feb 2020 Olivia REGNIER 27 Jun 2019 27 Jun 2020 Hendrik NAHR 16 Feb 2019 15 Aug 2019 Olivia REGNIER 19 Jun 2018 19 Jun 2019 Mr Manuel FERREIRA DOS SANTOS FRAGOSO MENDES 08 Jun 2018 22 Dec 2018 Eleanor Kate FLANAGAN 03 Jan 2018 20 Dec 2018 Olivia REGNIER 27 Jun 2017 17 Jun 2018 Ms Marine Elgrichi 04 Nov 2016 03 Nov 2017 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
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
European Tech Alliance (EUTA)
Digital Music Europe (DME)
DOT Europe
Amcham International
Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE)
Nordic Network
Informal Marketplace Group (IMG) (V@T Policy)
Coalition for App Fairness (CAF)
Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)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
900,000€ - 999,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount hill+knowlton strategies 100,000€ - 199,999€ mazagan 25,000€ - 49,999€ eu strategy 0€ - 10,000€ burson cohn & wolfe 100,000€ - 199,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name mazagan nove burson cohn & wolfe eu strategy Closed year Costs
900,000€ - 999,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None declared
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
79 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 02 Jul 2024 Location Brussels Subject European Media Freedom act Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Attending - Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Jun 2024 Location Brussels Subject EU streaming market, transparency and remuneration to the music industry Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 May 2024 Location Brussels Subject Platforms regulation; copyright Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Attending - Eleonora Ocello (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Mar 2024 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Music streaming Renumeration of creators Visibility of European content Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Iliana Ivanova Attending - Sophie Alexandrova (Cabinet member)
- Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 Jan 2024 Location Brussels Subject consumers Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Attending - Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Jan 2024 Location Brussels Subject Remuneration of artists and discoverability of content Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Iliana Ivanova Attending - Sonya Gospodinova (Cabinet member)
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Date 24 May 2023 Location Brussels Subject Digital Services Act, Artificial Intelligence 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 16 Mar 2023 Location Virtual Subject AI Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Feb 2023 Location Brussels Subject Introductory meeting, DMA, copyright and media policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Eleonora Ocello (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject Digital Services Act and EMFA Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
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Date 07 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject Compliance with DSA and DMA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
- Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject Issues within competition portfolio. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Michele Piergiovanni (Cabinet member)
- Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 29 Jul 2022 Location conference call Subject European Media Freedom Act Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Jul 2022 Location Brussels Subject Preparation of the September meeting with CEO Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Nov 2021 Location Videoconference Subject DSA/DMA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Sep 2021 Location Online Subject Data 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 16 Jun 2021 Location Virtual Subject Digital levy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Gints Freimanis (Cabinet member)
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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 - Penelope Papandropoulos (Cabinet member)
- Michele Piergiovanni (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Jan 2021 Location Brussels Subject Commission’s priorities for digital and industrial policy in 2021 Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Michele Piergiovanni (Cabinet member)
- Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Nov 2020 Location videoconference Subject Digital agenda Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Renate Nikolay (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Oct 2020 Location Virtual Subject DSA and DMA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Adrienn Kiraly (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Oct 2020 Location Virtual Subject DSA and DMA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Innovation and Youth Attending - Adrienn Kiraly (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Oct 2020 Location Videoconference Subject DSA Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Sep 2020 Location Brussels (WEBEX) Subject Digital Services Act, gatekeeper platforms regulation Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Jul 2020 Location Videoconference Subject DSA, gatekeepers regulation, content moderation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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Date 17 Apr 2020 Location Videoconference Subject General presentation of the activities of the organisation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jan 2020 Location Brusssels Subject Digital services act; platform policy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Apr 2019 Location BERL Subject brief you on developments, our priorities for the next Commission, and inform you of an initiative that we are taking in view of the European elections Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Adrienn Kiraly (Cabinet member)
- Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 02 Apr 2019 Location Brussels Subject dossiers numériques et priorités Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Eric Peters (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Feb 2019 Location Brussels Subject Women in Digital Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Andrea Almeida Cordero (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Feb 2019 Location Brussels Subject private lunch with Katarina Berg, Spotify's Chief Human Resources Officer Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Jan 2019 Location Brussels Subject Copyright Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
- Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Dec 2018 Location Brussels Subject DSM Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Jul 2018 Location Brussels Subject Digital single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Jul 2018 Location Brussels Subject current EU policies / HR policy - diversity and inclusion Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Mar 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject Platforms Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject plateform-to-business et taxation du numérique Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Eric Peters (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Mar 2018 Location Brussels Subject Meeting to discuss digital taxation (also with representatives from Deezer and Volumental) Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici Portfolio Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Attending - Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner)
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Date 07 Mar 2018 Location Brussels/Belgium Subject Meeting to discuss digital taxation DG Taxation and Customs Union Attending - Stephen Quest (Director-General)
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Date 09 Feb 2018 Location Brussels/Belgium Subject Exchange of views on digital taxation DG Taxation and Customs Union Attending - Stephen Quest (Director-General)
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Date 02 Feb 2018 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Jan 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Regulation of digital markets and new deal for consumers Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
- Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject Platforms, startups, taxation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
- Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject Meeting to discuss Commission's digital taxation proposal 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 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject Taxation in the Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 09 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject DSM; platforms; European culture Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 09 Jan 2018 Location Brussels/Belgium Subject Exchange of views on digital taxation DG Taxation and Customs Union Attending - Stephen Quest (Director-General)
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Date 21 Nov 2017 Location Brussels Subject B2B relations with Platforms Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Nov 2017 Location Brussels Subject Online platforms Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Oct 2017 Location BXL Subject DSM Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject Platform to Business Initiative Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
- Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject Platforms Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
- Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject platforms Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Eric Peters (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Sep 2017 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Jul 2017 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Jun 2017 Location Brussels Subject platforms, copyright, geoblocking Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Apr 2017 Location Brussels Subject online platforms and geoblocking Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject Music streaming business model and obstacles to growth Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Jan 2017 Location Brussels Subject Online platforms Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Jan 2017 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Adrienn Kiraly (Cabinet member)
- Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Jul 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Copyright reform Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Renate Nikolay (Cabinet member)
- Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Jul 2016 Location BXL Subject DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject Platforms, geoblocking Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)
- Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject Platforms Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
- Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 26 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject 16:30 Ms Kristalina Georgieva receives Ms Ana Palacio, former Foreign Affairs Minister of Spain, and Mr Martin Lorentzon, Chairman of the Board & Co-Founder of Spotify. Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Kristalina Georgieva (Vice-President)
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Date 09 Dec 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Dec 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
- Eric Mamer (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Jun 2015 Location Riga Subject DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 17 Jun 2015 Location Riga Subject DSM DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Robert Madelin (Director-General)
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Date 21 Apr 2015 Location Brussels Subject Copyright Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Mar 2015 Location BERL Subject DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Music industry in the EU and US Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Miguel Ceballos Baron (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Mar 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Digital Single Market and Consumer Protection files Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Simona Constantin (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Mar 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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