Verband Kommunaler Unternehmen e.V.

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

200,000€ - 299,999€

Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

5.75 Fte (6)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

7

High-level Commission meetings

12

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    Verband Kommunaler Unternehmen e.V.   (VKU)

    EU Transparency Register

    1420587986-32 First registered on 21 Jan 2009

    Goals / Remit

    Der VKU ist die Interessenvertretung der kommunalen Ver- und Entsorgungswirtschaft in Deutschland. Die im VKU organisierten rund 1.550 Mitgliedunternehmen sind v.a. in der Energieversorgung, der Wasser- und Abwasserwirtschaft, der Telekommunikation sowie der Abfallwirtschaft und Stadtreinigung tätig.

    VKU represents the interests of the local public utility sector in Germany, which includes both supply and disposal services. The approximately 1,550 member companies organised within VKU are primarily active in the fields of energy supply, water supply and sewage, telecommunications, waste management and municipal cleaning.

    VKU à pour mission de défendre les intérêts des entreprises communales de réseaux et des entreprises du secteur des déchets en Allemagne. La plupart des quelque 1.550 entreprises affiliées au VKU exercent leurs activités dans les domaines de la distribution de l`énergie et de l`eau, de l`assainissement, la télécommunication, des déchets et du nettoyage urbain.

    Main EU files targeted

    Europäische Energie- und Klimapolitik, europäische Umweltpolitik mit besonderem Schwerpunkt auf der Novelle des Abfallrechts u. dem Wasserrecht, sowie europäische Ordnungs- und Wettbewerbspolitik.

    Address

    Head Office
    Invalidenstraße, 91
    Berlin 10115
    GERMANY
    EU Office
    9-31 av. des Nerviens
    Brussels 1040
    BELGIUM

    Website

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    6

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%5
    75%1

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    5.75

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    7 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 04 Dec 2024

    Name Start date End Date
    Kai Roger Lobo 21 Oct 2024 20 Oct 2025
    Christiane BARTH 16 Oct 2024 15 Oct 2025
    Ingbert Liebing 01 Sep 2024 31 Aug 2025
    Lisanne Schenker 25 Sep 2024 25 Sep 2025
    Anna Sophie KIRCHMAYR 01 Sep 2024 31 Aug 2025
    Kai PITTELKOW 01 Jun 2024 31 May 2026
    Anna Leena WACKER 01 Jun 2024 31 May 2026
    Kai LOBO 06 Sep 2023 06 Sep 2024
    Kai PITTELKOW 01 Jun 2023 01 Jun 2024
    Anna Sophie KIRCHMAYR 02 Sep 2023 01 Sep 2024
    Anna Leena WACKER 01 Jun 2023 01 Jun 2024
    Christiane BARTH 10 Nov 2023 04 Oct 2024
    Christiane BARTH 18 Nov 2022 10 Nov 2023
    Kai PITTELKOW 25 May 2022 25 May 2023
    Mr Ingbert LIEBING 28 Apr 2022 28 Apr 2023
    Anna Leena WACKER 22 Apr 2022 22 Apr 2023
    Mr Simon Julius KESSEL 22 Apr 2022 22 Apr 2023
    Christiane BARTH 04 Nov 2021 04 Nov 2022
    Mr Florian GRASSLER 18 Apr 2020 19 Aug 2020
    Mr Florian GRASSLER 26 Apr 2019 18 Apr 2020
    Mr Simon Julius KESSEL 07 Mar 2020 06 Mar 2021
    Vanessa BAUSCH 11 Jan 2020 09 Jan 2021
    Christiane BARTH 14 Nov 2019 14 Nov 2020
    Mr Florian GRÄSSLER 26 Apr 2019 17 Apr 2020
    Ms Christina OVERMEYER 21 Mar 2019 23 Aug 2019
    Ms Katherina REICHE 21 Mar 2019 08 Jan 2020
    Christiane BARTH 24 Nov 2018 14 Nov 2019
    Mr Florian GRÄSSLER 01 May 2018 26 Apr 2019
    Ms Katherina REICHE 27 Mar 2018 21 Mar 2019
    Ms Christina OVERMEYER 09 Jan 2018 09 Jan 2019
    Christiane BARTH 25 Nov 2017 24 Nov 2018
    Ms Sonja WITTE 10 Nov 2017 17 Mar 2018
    Mr Florian GRÄSSLER 12 May 2017 28 Apr 2018
    Ms Katherina REICHE 01 Apr 2017 27 Mar 2018
    Ms Christina OVERMEYER 23 Jan 2017 09 Jan 2018
    Ms Bianca Drogosch 23 Jan 2017 15 Nov 2017
    Ms Overmeyer CHRISTINA 23 Jan 2017 26 Jan 2017
    Mr Christian Dubois 29 Nov 2016 07 Apr 2017
    Ms Sonja WITTE 09 Nov 2016 09 Nov 2017
    Ms Katherina REICHE 13 Apr 2016 01 Apr 2017
    Ms Bianca Drogosch 28 Jan 2016 24 Jan 2017
    Ms Overmeyer CHRISTINA 28 Jan 2016 24 Jan 2017
    Ms Leila CEDIDI 13 Jan 2016 18 Mar 2016
    Ms Sonja WITTE 04 Dec 2015 09 Nov 2016
    Mr Christian Dubois 04 Dec 2015 29 Nov 2016
    Ms Bianca Drogosch 11 Feb 2015 28 Jan 2016
    Ms Sonja WITTE 08 Jan 2015 04 Dec 2015
    Ms Linda Wagner 16 Sep 2014 12 Sep 2015
    Mr Christian Dubois 13 Jan 2015 04 Dec 2015
    Mrs Sonja WITTE 08 Jan 2015 27 Jan 2015
    Mrs Linda Wagner 16 Sep 2014 27 Jan 2015
    Mrs Sonja WITTE 14 Jan 2014 08 Jan 2015
    Mr Ulrich HAARMANN 14 Jan 2014 27 Nov 2014
    Mr Arndt Thomas FREUDENBERG 14 Jan 2014 14 Sep 2014
    Mrs Linda Wagner 03 Oct 2013 16 Sep 2014
    Mrs Sonja WITTE 10 Jan 2013 09 Jan 2014
    Mr Ulrich HAARMANN 10 Jan 2013 09 Jan 2014
    Mr Arndt Thomas FREUDENBERG 11 Jan 2013 09 Jan 2014
    Mrs Linda Wagner 21 Jul 2012 17 Jul 2013
    Mrs Sonja WITTE 31 Jan 2012 08 Feb 2013
    Mr Ulrich HAARMANN 31 Jan 2012 08 Feb 2013
    Mr Arndt Thomas FREUDENBERG 03 Feb 2012 08 Feb 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

  • Categories

    Category

    Trade and business associations

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    Der VKU ist aktives Mitglied im Europäischen Verband der öffentlichen Arbeitgeber und Unternehmen (SGI Europe, ehemalig CEEP), welcher gleichzeitig als Sozialpartner der Europäischen Institutionen agiert.

    Weiter ist der VKU Mitglied der CEDEC (Condédération Européenne des Distributeurs d`Energie Publics Communaux), die europäische Interessenvertretung der lokalen und regionalen Energieversorger.

    Zusätzlich ist der VKU Mitglied bei Municipal Waste Europe, MWE. Der Verband setzt sich für die Interessen der kommunalen Entsorgungswirtschaft ein.

    Member organisations

    https://www.vku.de/verband/struktur/vorstand/

  • Financial Data

    Interests represented

    Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

    Closed financial year

    Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

    Lobbying costs for closed financial year

    200,000€ - 299,999€

    Major contributions in closed year

    None declared

    Intermediaries for closed year

    None declared

    Intermediaries for current year

    None declared

    Closed year Costs

    200,000€ - 299,999€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    None declared

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A

    Communication activities

    Über die für die VKU-Mitglieder wesentlichen europäischen Entwicklungen wird regelmäßig auf unserer speziell eingerichteten Europa Webseite berichtet, siehe http://www.vku.de/bruessel.html

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    12 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.

    • Date 18 Nov 2024 Location Brussels
      Subject priorities for the municipal economy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis
      Attending
      • Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
    • Date 22 Apr 2024 Location Brussels
      Subject Fit for 55, 2040 target, financing the energy transition, district heating.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra
      Attending
      • Astrid Dentler (Cabinet member)
      • Olivia Gippner (Cabinet member)
    • Date 12 Jan 2022 Location video-call
      Subject Circular economy implementation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
      • Stefanie Hiesinger (Cabinet member)
    • Date 10 Feb 2020 Location Brussels
      Subject Grean deal, smart sector integration, renovation wave
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 04 Dec 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Future of the Rule of Law in Europe
      Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
      Attending
      • Thomas Zerdick (Cabinet member)
    • Date 04 Dec 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject DSM Presentation
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip
      Portfolio Digital Single Market
      Attending
      • Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
    • Date 04 Dec 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject MFF and European elections
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger
      Portfolio Budget &amp; Human Resources
      Attending
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
    • Date 01 Jun 2018 Location Brussels
      Subject Market Design
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete
      Portfolio Climate Action &amp; Energy
      Attending
      • Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
    • Date 21 Mar 2017 Location Brussels
      Subject Whitepaper
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger
      Portfolio Budget &amp; Human Resources
      Attending
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
    • Date 05 Apr 2016 Location Brussels
      Subject Market Design
      Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete
      Portfolio Climate Action &amp; Energy
      Attending
      • Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
    • Date 14 Mar 2016 Location Berlin
      Subject Digitalisation of local Industries
      DG Günther Oettinger
      Attending
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
    • Date 24 Feb 2015 Location Brussels
      Subject Broadband
      DG Günther Oettinger
      Attending
      • Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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