Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
16.5 Fte (39)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
4
High-level Commission meetings
19
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (vzbv)
EU Transparency Register
2893800753-48 First registered on 09 Dec 2008
Goals / Remit
Der Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (vzbv) vertritt die Interessen der Verbraucher gegenüber Politik, Wirtschaft und Öffentlichkeit.
Der vzbv ist die Dachorganisation von 45 Verbraucherverbänden – 16 Verbraucherzentralen und 29 weiteren Verbänden. Ein Netzwerk für Verbraucherpolitik mit mehr als acht Millionen Einzelmitgliedern. Wichtige Organisationen der Zivilgesellschaft unterstützen den vzbv als Fördermitglieder.
Wir tragen die Anliegen der Verbraucher in die Öffentlichkeit und wirken auf die Politik ein, Spielregeln für einen fairen und transparenten Markt zu schaffen.
Wir weisen auf Missstände hin und setzen Verbraucherrechte notfalls vor Gericht durch.
Wir schaffen die Grundlagen, damit unsere Mitglieder seriöse und unabhängige Verbraucherberatung leisten können.
Als Dachorganisation bündeln und koordinieren wir die verbraucherpolitische Arbeit unserer Mitgliedsverbände. Und wir unterstützen unsere Mitglieder dabei, eine qualitativ hochwertige Beratung durchzuführen.Main EU files targeted
Der vzbv arbeitet vorwiegend zu folgenden Themen:
- Mobilität und Transport
- Energie und Umwelt
- Telekommunikation, Digitales und Urheberrecht
- Nachhaltigkeit
- Gesundheit
- Lebensmittel und Ernährung
- Verbraucherrecht
- Internationaler Handel
- Finanzmarkt und Finanzdienstleistungen
- Durchsetzung von Verbraucherrechten
- Rechtsetzung (Better Regulation / REFIT)Address
Head Office
Rudi-Dutschke-Straße 17
Berlin 10969
GERMANYEU Office
Rue d'Arlon 80
Brüssel 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
39
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 6 50% 9 25% 24 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
16.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 24 Dec 2024
Name Start date End Date Martina FRANTIK 03 Sep 2024 03 Sep 2025 Michaela SCHRÖDER 03 Sep 2024 03 Sep 2025 Thomas Bobinger 03 Sep 2024 03 Sep 2025 Isabelle BUSCKE 03 Sep 2024 03 Sep 2025 Ramona POP 23 May 2023 23 May 2024 Martina FRANTIK 08 Jul 2023 05 Jul 2024 Ann Katrin HAMACHER 04 Oct 2023 04 Oct 2024 Thomas Martin Bobinger 08 Jun 2023 08 Jun 2024 Michaela SCHRÖDER 08 Jun 2023 08 Jun 2024 Dorothea MOHN 18 Oct 2023 04 Oct 2024 Jutta Wiete GURKMANN 31 Oct 2023 04 Oct 2024 Isabelle BUSCKE 07 Jun 2023 07 Jun 2024 Ms Christiane Seidel 25 Jan 2023 25 Jan 2024 Martina FRANTIK 17 Jun 2022 17 Jun 2023 Thomas Martin Bobinger 04 Jun 2022 03 Jun 2023 Michaela SCHRÖDER 04 Jun 2022 03 Jun 2023 Isabelle BUSCKE 04 Jun 2022 03 Jun 2023 Ms Lina Marie Ehrig 07 Mar 2020 06 Mar 2021 Mr Lars Gatschke 07 Mar 2020 06 Mar 2021 Dorothea MOHN 07 Mar 2020 06 Mar 2021 Mr Florian Ulrich Glatzner 07 Mar 2020 06 Mar 2021 Mr Miika Daniel Blinn 07 Mar 2020 06 Mar 2021 Mr Martin Peter Madej 07 Mar 2020 06 Mar 2021 Mr Christian Ahlers 07 Mar 2020 06 Mar 2021 Ms Susanne Blohm 07 Mar 2020 06 Mar 2021 Jutta Wiete GURKMANN 13 Feb 2020 01 Mar 2021 Thomas Martin Bobinger 13 Feb 2020 01 Mar 2021 Mr Philipp VON BREMEN 11 Feb 2020 01 Mar 2021 Ms Marion JUNGBLUTH 15 Nov 2019 14 Nov 2020 Ms Anne MARKWARDT 31 Aug 2019 01 Sep 2020 Mr Klaus Müller 20 Jul 2019 21 Jul 2020 Isabelle BUSCKE 16 Jul 2019 16 Jul 2020 Ms Christiane Seidel 30 Apr 2019 30 Apr 2020 Mr Florian Christopher Stößel 08 Feb 2019 08 Feb 2020 Ms Stephanie WELLER 01 Feb 2019 01 Feb 2020 Mr Jonathan Till Maier 01 Feb 2019 01 Feb 2020 Mr Otmar Albert Lell 29 Jan 2019 01 Feb 2020 Mr Roland Stuhr 29 Jan 2019 01 Feb 2020 Ms Lina Marie Ehrig 26 Jan 2019 25 Jan 2020 Jutta Wiete GURKMANN 26 Jan 2019 25 Jan 2020 Mr Florian Ulrich Glatzner 26 Jan 2019 25 Jan 2020 Mr Miika Daniel Blinn 26 Jan 2019 25 Jan 2020 Mr Martin Peter Madej 26 Jan 2019 25 Jan 2020 Ms Susanne Blohm 26 Jan 2019 25 Jan 2020 Mr Felix Methmann 26 Jan 2019 25 Jan 2020 Mr Thomas Engelke 26 Jan 2019 25 Jan 2020 Mr Lars Gatschke 25 Jan 2019 25 Jan 2020 Dorothea MOHN 24 Jan 2019 24 Jan 2020 Mr Frank-Christian Pauli 24 Jan 2019 24 Jan 2020 Michaela SCHRÖDER 24 Jan 2019 24 Jan 2020 Thomas Martin Bobinger 24 Jan 2019 24 Jan 2020 Mr Christian Ahlers 24 Jan 2019 24 Jan 2020 Mr Gregor Kolbe 24 Jan 2019 24 Jan 2020 Ms Marion JUNGBLUTH 30 Aug 2018 01 Sep 2019 Isabelle BUSCKE 18 Aug 2018 16 Jul 2019 Ms Sophie Katrin Herr 18 Aug 2018 01 Aug 2019 Mr Klaus Müller 12 Jul 2018 12 Jul 2019 Ms Christiane Seidel 21 Apr 2018 20 Apr 2019 Mr Thomas Engelke 17 Feb 2018 26 Jan 2019 Ms Lina Marie Ehrig 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Mr Lars Gatschke 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Jutta Wiete GURKMANN 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Dorothea MOHN 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Mr Frank-Christian Pauli 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Mr Florian Ulrich Glatzner 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Mr Ingmar Streese 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Mr Miika Daniel Blinn 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Mr Martin Peter Madej 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Ms Linn Selle 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Mr Christian Ahlers 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Ms Susanne Blohm 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Mr Felix Methmann 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Mr Gregor Kolbe 20 Jan 2018 19 Jan 2019 Mr Otmar Albert Lell 15 Jan 2018 12 Jan 2019 Mr Roland Stuhr 15 Jan 2018 12 Jan 2019 Thomas Martin Bobinger 12 Jan 2018 11 Jan 2019 Mr Thorsten Claus Gerhard KASPER 12 Jan 2018 11 Jan 2019 Mr Julian David GALLASCH 12 Jan 2018 11 Jan 2019 Ms Anett Christiane LUDWIG 30 Oct 2017 27 Oct 2018 Isabelle BUSCKE 31 Aug 2017 18 Aug 2018 Mr Klaus Müller 27 Jul 2017 12 Jul 2018 Ms Christiane Seidel 12 May 2017 21 Apr 2018 Mr Roland Stuhr 23 Jan 2017 12 Jan 2018 Thomas Martin Bobinger 23 Jan 2017 10 Jan 2018 Mr Gregor Kolbe 23 Jan 2017 10 Jan 2018 Mr Thomas Engelke 23 Jan 2017 12 Jan 2018 Ms Lina Marie Ehrig 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Mr Lars Gatschke 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Jutta Wiete GURKMANN 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Dorothea MOHN 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Mr Frank-Christian Pauli 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Mr Florian Ulrich Glatzner 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Mr Ingmar Streese 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Mr Miika Daniel Blinn 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Mr Martin Peter Madej 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Ms Linn Selle 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Mr Christian Ahlers 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Ms Susanne Blohm 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Ms Johanna Kardel 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Mr Felix Methmann 07 Jan 2017 06 Jan 2018 Isabelle BUSCKE 30 Sep 2016 31 Aug 2017 Mr Klaus Müller 19 Jul 2016 09 Jul 2017 Mr Otmar Albert Lell 10 Jun 2016 03 Jun 2017 Ms Heike Schulze 08 Jun 2016 08 Jun 2017 Thomas Martin Bobinger 05 Feb 2016 24 Jan 2017 Jutta Wiete GURKMANN 11 Dec 2015 09 Dec 2016 Ms Linn Selle 11 Dec 2015 09 Dec 2016 Ms Lina Marie Ehrig 04 Dec 2015 02 Dec 2016 Mr Lars Gatschke 04 Dec 2015 02 Dec 2016 Dorothea MOHN 04 Dec 2015 02 Dec 2016 Mr Frank-Christian Pauli 04 Dec 2015 02 Dec 2016 Mr Florian Ulrich Glatzner 04 Dec 2015 02 Dec 2016 Mr Ingmar Streese 04 Dec 2015 02 Dec 2016 Mr Matthieu Vincent Choblet 04 Dec 2015 05 Nov 2016 Mr Martin Peter Madej 04 Dec 2015 02 Dec 2016 Isabelle BUSCKE 28 Oct 2015 01 Oct 2016 Mr Klaus Müller 13 Aug 2015 20 Jul 2016 Michaela SCHRÖDER 29 Apr 2015 27 Apr 2016 Mr Miika Daniel Blinn 27 Mar 2015 25 Mar 2016 Dorothea MOHN 19 Mar 2014 18 Mar 2015 Ms Helga Springeneer 19 Mar 2014 18 Mar 2015 Ms Sophie Katrin Herr 20 Mar 2014 19 Mar 2015 Mr Ingmar Streese 04 Dec 2014 02 Dec 2015 Isabelle BUSCKE 15 Nov 2014 28 Oct 2015 Mr Lenz Ludwig Queckenstedt 04 Sep 2014 02 Sep 2015 Mr Klaus Müller 17 Jul 2014 15 Jul 2015 Mr Jürgen Ilja Marcel Braun 14 May 2014 05 Jun 2015 Mr Christian Ahlers 25 Mar 2014 22 Mar 2015 Mrs Annett Esterl 22 Mar 2014 03 Dec 2014 Mrs Sophie Katrin Herr 20 Mar 2014 27 Jan 2015 Mr Roland Stuhr 20 Mar 2014 19 Mar 2015 Mr Lars Gatschke 19 Mar 2014 18 Mar 2015 Ms Katharina Isabelle Knoll 19 Mar 2014 18 Mar 2015 Mr Otmar Albert Lell 19 Mar 2014 18 Mar 2015 Dorothea MOHN 19 Mar 2014 27 Jan 2015 Ms Maren Osterloh 19 Mar 2014 18 Mar 2015 Mr Frank-Christian Pauli 19 Mar 2014 18 Mar 2015 Mr Florian Ulrich Glatzner 19 Mar 2014 18 Mar 2015 Ms Michaela Zinke 19 Mar 2014 18 Mar 2015 Mrs Helga Springeneer 19 Mar 2014 27 Jan 2015 Isabelle BUSCKE 01 Nov 2013 31 Oct 2014 Mr Gerhard Billen 26 Mar 2013 23 Mar 2014 Ms Lina Marie Ehrig 26 Mar 2013 23 Mar 2014 Mr Lars Gatschke 26 Mar 2013 19 Mar 2014 Jutta Wiete GURKMANN 26 Mar 2013 23 Mar 2014 Ms Katharina Isabelle Knoll 26 Mar 2013 19 Mar 2014 Mr Otmar Albert Lell 26 Mar 2013 19 Mar 2014 Dorothea MOHN 26 Mar 2013 19 Mar 2014 Ms Maren Osterloh 26 Mar 2013 19 Mar 2014 Mr Frank-Christian Pauli 26 Mar 2013 19 Mar 2014 Ms Frauke Rogalla 26 Mar 2013 23 Mar 2014 Mr Florian Ulrich Glatzner 26 Mar 2013 19 Mar 2014 Ms Michaela Zinke 26 Mar 2013 19 Mar 2014 Isabelle BUSCKE 19 Oct 2012 16 Oct 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
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
- Consumers International
- BEUC
- Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD)
- Finance WatchMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
25,100,000€
Major funding types in closed year
Public funding
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, nukleare Sicherheit und Verbraucherschutz 21,284,598€ Contribution Mitgliedsbeiträge 23,450€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Multistakeholder expert group to support the application of Regulation (EU) 2016/679#E03537#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3537 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyPayment Systems Market Expert Group#E02287#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2287 #MEMBER #B#Civil societyConsumer Policy Advisory Group#E03750#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3750 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyStakeholder expert group to support the application of the Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Directive (2015/2302)#E03617#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3617 #MEMBER #C#Civil society
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None declared
Other activities
None declared
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Meetings
19 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 09 Nov 2023 Location Brussels Subject 1) In-vehicle data 2) MDMS 3) Upcoming COM proposals DG Mobility and Transport Attending - Magdalena Kopczynska (Director-General)
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Date 23 May 2023 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with Ramona Pop, Executive Director of VZBV, to discuss ongoing consumer policy files (Right to repair, Empowering consumers for the green transition, DMFS, initiative on cookies). Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
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Date 17 May 2022 Location Brussels Subject Empowering consumers ; Sustainable Corporate due diligence Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
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Date 07 Jun 2021 Location Online Subject Intersection between AI Regulation and trade commitments Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Iwona Piorko Bermig (Cabinet member)
- Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Dec 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Roundtable with NGOs on 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 11 Jun 2020 Location Video-conference Subject The new consumer agenda and the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on consumers Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
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Date 05 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Data strategy, artificial intelligence, 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 05 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject Exchange of views on the approach on AI and the work of the German Data Ethics Commission DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 05 Dec 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Competition Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Competition Attending - Soren Schonberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 May 2018 Location Berlin Germany Subject Consumer protection Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Renate Nikolay (Cabinet member)
- Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
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Date 06 Apr 2017 Location Brussels Subject Market Design Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Nov 2016 Location Brussels Subject EU rail and air pasenger rights Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Alisa Tiganj (Cabinet member)
- Matej Zakonjsek (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Nov 2016 Location Brussels Subject renewable energy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Nov 2016 Location Brussels Subject Reform of the Energy Market Design and the Renewable Energy Directive Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Joachim Balke (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 May 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Introductory meeting DG Justice and Consumers Attending - Tiina Astola (Director-General)
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Date 08 Jun 2015 Location Berlin Subject copyright DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 26 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject Energy Union / consumer protection Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Bernd Biervert (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Feb 2015 Location Berlin Subject Consumer policy issues DG Justice and Consumers Attending - Paraskevi Michou (Acting Director-General)
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Date 04 Feb 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
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