Overview
Lobbying Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5 Fte (11)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
45
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Volvo AB (Volvo Group)
EU Transparency Register
51773601133-57 First registered on 12 Feb 2009
Goals / Remit
The Volvo Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of trucks, buses, construction equipment, and marine and industrial engines. The Group also provides comprehensive financing and service solutions. The Volvo Group, headquartered in Gothenburg, employs around 100,000 people, has production sites in 18 countries and sells its products in more than 190 markets.
Main EU files targeted
The Volvo Group is impacted by a large number of EU policies and legislative initiatives, which have the potential to underpin the companies’ ambition to drive prosperity through transport and infrastructure solutions.
Key files for 2023 include the review of the CO2 emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles, the Euro 7 standards, initiatives related to making the transport sector fit for the digital age (e.g. Data Act), and the finalization of the various proposals part of the ‘Fit for 55’ package, etc.
Other areas of importance comprise sustainable finance, circularity and sustainability at large, trade relations, skills, company law, energy policy, urban mobility, etc.Address
Head Office
Gropegårdsgatan 2, Lundby
Gothenburg 40508
SWEDENEU Office
Rue du Luxembourg, 3
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
11
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 3 25% 8 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 03 Dec 2024
Name Start date End Date Karl PIHL 08 Oct 2024 08 Oct 2025 Bert D'HOOGHE 09 May 2024 08 May 2026 Bert D'HOOGHE 10 May 2023 10 May 2024 Frédériq Biston 15 Apr 2024 15 Apr 2026 Isabelle Schnell-Lortet 30 Sep 2023 28 Sep 2024 Mr Frédérique BISTON 18 Mar 2023 16 Mar 2024 Ms Amanda Gunnarsson 24 May 2022 24 May 2023 Bert D'HOOGHE 14 Apr 2022 14 Apr 2023 Mr Frédérique BISTON 09 Apr 2022 18 Mar 2023 Mr Frédérique BISTON 24 Feb 2021 24 Feb 2022 Mr Frédérique BISTON 29 Jan 2020 29 Jan 2021 Ms Krista Kelly WALSH 12 Jul 2019 11 Jul 2020 Ms Amanda Gunnarsson 14 Mar 2019 14 Mar 2020 Mr Frédérique BISTON 16 Jan 2019 16 Jan 2020 Mr Karl Johan PIHL 08 Mar 2018 08 Mar 2019 Mr Frédérique BISTON 24 Jan 2018 16 Jan 2019 Mr Karl Johan PIHL 24 Feb 2017 23 Feb 2018 Mr Frédérique BISTON 25 Jan 2017 24 Jan 2018 Mr Frédérique BISTON 28 Jan 2016 25 Jan 2017 Mr Karl Johan PIHL 27 Jan 2016 25 Jan 2017 Mr Frédérique BISTON 27 Jan 2015 23 Jan 2016 Mr Karl Johan PIHL 23 Jan 2015 20 Jan 2016 Mr Karl Johan PIHL 14 Jan 2014 11 Jan 2015 Mr Frédérique BISTON 10 Jan 2014 09 Jan 2015 Mr Karl Johan PIHL 12 Jan 2013 10 Jan 2014 Mr Frédérique BISTON 16 Jan 2013 10 Jan 2014 Mr Karl Johan PIHL 16 Jan 2012 08 Feb 2013 Mr Frédérique BISTON 09 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
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Categories
Category
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
Through its various business areas, Volvo Group is member of several associations, for example, ACEA, EUCAR, EUROMOT, CECE, AECA (American European Community Association) and involved in other industry-related associations such as the Confederation of Swedish enterprises, the European Forum for Manufacturing (EFM), and collaborates with NGOs such as Transport & Environment.
A list of Volvo Group memberships is here: https://www.volvogroup.com/content/dam/volvo-group/markets/master/investors/reports-and-presentations/annual-reports/membership-in-associations-2022.pdfMember 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
300,000€ - 399,999€
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Grant EU Commission - R&D framework program 699,047€ Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount delta h consulting ltd 0€ - 10,000€ Intermediaries for current year
Name delta h consulting ltd Closed year Costs
300,000€ - 399,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS)#E01941/3#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=101000 #OBSERVER #C#IndustryExpert Group Global Gateway Business Advisory Group#E03898#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3898 #MEMBER #C#IndustryGG BAG sub-group on Transport Sector#E03898/5#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=104597 #MEMBER #C#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
European Forum for Manufacturing
European Logistics Platform
Kangaroo GroupCommunication activities
Mobility Transformation Forum, a Volvo Group initiative to strengthen long-term collaboration between policymakers and industry to build commitment. It is a forum for leading and committed stakeholders ready to act on the mobility challenges our society is facing, and together, shape the future of transport.
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
45 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 24 Sep 2024 Location BRUSSELS Subject Meeting was held at the request of VOLVO to exchange views on the latest market developments affecting the automotive industry, EU regulatory framework, EV market development trends in the EU, plans of the company. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Attending - Sofja Ribkina (Cabinet member)
- Zaneta Vegnere (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Aug 2024 Location Brussels Subject transport policy Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Attending - Ruth Reichstein (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Jun 2024 Location Brussels Subject Volvo’s electrification strategy, competitiveness of the industry, EU ongoing anti-subsidy investigation into BEVs from China Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Attending - Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 17 Jan 2024 Location Davos, Switzerland Subject EU research and innovation policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Iliana Ivanova Attending - Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
- Iliana Ivanova (Commissioner)
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Date 07 Jun 2023 Location Online meeting Subject Sustainable Finance and EU Sanctions Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Katherine Power (Cabinet member)
- Patricia Reilly (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Mar 2023 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject - Zero-emission vehicles - The recent Commission proposal on Heavy Duty Vehicles - Battery technologies Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Peter van Kemseke (Cabinet member)
- Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Jan 2023 Location Brussels Subject visit to see developments in electric mobility Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 18 Jan 2023 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with Chairman of Volvo, Chairman of Siemens and Maersk, Chairman of Vodaphone, President of IFO Institute (Topic: Competitiveness) Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Ursula von der Leyen (President)
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Date 24 Nov 2022 Location Brussels Subject Presentation of a forthcoming public event. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Jun 2022 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Data Act, preparation of access to in-vehicle data, Euro 7 Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Mar 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Meeting with Chairman of Volvo, Chairman of Siemens and Maersk, CEO of Air Liquide Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Ursula von der Leyen (President)
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Date 20 Jan 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Meeting with Chairman of Volvo, Chairman of Siemens and Maersk, CEO of Air Liquide Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Ursula von der Leyen (President)
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Date 12 Oct 2021 Location Göteborg, Sweden Subject CO2 standards, Euro 7, connectivity Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Lucia Caudet (Cabinet member)
- Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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Date 25 Aug 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Videoconference with Chairman of Volvo, Chairman of Siemens and Maersk, CEO of Air Liquide Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Ursula von der Leyen (President)
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Date 21 May 2021 Location conference call Subject cars/vans CO2 standards Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 May 2021 Location conference call Subject HDV in AFID Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Mar 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Videoconference with Chairman of Volvo, Chairman of Siemens and Maersk, CEO of Air Liquide Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Ursula von der Leyen (President)
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Date 19 Feb 2021 Location Brussels Subject Meeting President Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner)
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Date 19 Feb 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Meeting with Chairman of Volvo, Chairman of Siemens and Maersk, CEO of Air Liquide Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Ursula von der Leyen (President)
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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 - Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet member)
- Michele Piergiovanni (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Dec 2020 Location Videoconference Subject industrial, digital and defency policy Green Deal Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Lucia Caudet (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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Date 06 Nov 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Videoconference with Chairman of Volvo, Chairman of Siemens and Maersk, CEO of Air Liquide Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Ursula von der Leyen (President)
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Date 09 Oct 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Videoconference with Chairman of Volvo, Chairman of Siemens and Maersk, CEO of Air Liquide Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Ursula von der Leyen (President)
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Date 06 Oct 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Videoconference to discuss content and areas of European defence research. DG Defence Industry and Space Attending - Timo Pesonen (Director-General)
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Date 22 Jul 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Videoconference with Chairman of Volvo, Chairman of Siemens and Maersk, CEO of Air Liquide (Topic: European Economic Recovery) Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Ursula von der Leyen (President)
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Date 10 Jul 2020 Location Online Subject Green Deal in the area of heavy-duty vehicles, transport sector and environmental footprint Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Marius Vaščega (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Jul 2020 Location Video-conferencing Subject EU Green Deal, Research & Innovation and Horizon Europe Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Carlos Morais-Pires (Cabinet member)
- Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 09 Jul 2020 Location Brussels Subject Decarbonisation of transports Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elisa Ferreira Portfolio Cohesion and Reforms Attending - Wioletta Dunin-Majewska (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Jul 2020 Location Video-conferencing Subject EU Green Deal, Research & Innovation and Horizon Europe Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Innovation and Youth Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
- Carlos Morais-Pires (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Jul 2020 Location Video conference (Brussels) Subject Truck automotive industry Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Diederik Samsom (Cabinet member)
- Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 May 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Videoconference with Chairman of Volvo, Chairman of Siemens and Maersk, CEO of Air Liquide (Topic: European Economic Recovery) Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Ursula von der Leyen (President)
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Date 30 Apr 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Videoconference with Chairman of Volvo, Chairman of Siemens and Maersk, CEO of Air Liquide Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Ursula von der Leyen (President)
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Date 17 Apr 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Videoconference with Chairman of Volvo, Chairman of Siemens and Maersk, CEO of Air Liquide Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Ursula von der Leyen (President)
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Date 06 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Digital policy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)
- Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet member)
- Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Discuss the automotive industry Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean Portfolio Transport Attending - Walter Goetz (Cabinet member)
- Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner)
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Date 05 Jul 2018 Location Brussels Subject Meeting on tachographs Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Violeta Bulc (Commissioner)
- Jocelyn Fajardo (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Sep 2017 Location Brussels Subject Connected Cars Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Alina-Stefania Ujupan (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Mar 2017 Location Brussels Subject Annual EUCAR Reception Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Manuel Nobre Goncalves (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject Innovation in trucks and busses Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Christian Linder (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Jan 2017 Location Davos Subject Meeting with Mr. Håkan Agnevall, Member of the Volvo Group Executive Management Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Violeta Bulc (Commissioner)
- Alessandro Carano (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Dec 2016 Location Bruxelles, Belgium Subject Preparation for the Innovation Summit 2017 Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Manuel Nobre Goncalves (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject digitising european industry DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 07 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject CO2 emissions Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Silvia Bartolini (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Apr 2015 Location Brussels Subject Safety and environmental performance, Urban mobility DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Joao Aguiar Machado (Director-General)
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Date 09 Apr 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Decabornisation of Road Transport Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Silvia Bartolini (Cabinet member)
- Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
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