Overview
Lobbying Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.1 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
2
High-level Commission meetings
9
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
ACT | The App Association (The App Association)
EU Transparency Register
72029513877-54 First registered on 16 Jul 2010
Goals / Remit
App Association members are located around the world, including the UK, all 27 member countries of the European Union, and all 435 congressional districts of the United States, showing that with coding skills and an internet connection, an app maker can succeed from anywhere.
Main EU files targeted
The App Association has an interest in the activities in all European institutions – commission, parliament and council – and their impact on the EU-based, and global, small- and medium-sized entity (SME) innovator community and the digital economy.
Interests include:
Artificial Intelligence
Digital Single Market Strategy
EU Communications Regulatory Framework
Cross-border Data Flows
Preventing Online Piracy & Cybercrime
eHealth
Data Protection
Data Security
Intellectual Property Rights
Internet of Things
Network Security & Interoperability
TaxationAddress
Head Office
Boulevard Saint-Michel 65 box 6
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMEU Office
Boulevard Saint-Michel 65 box 6
Brussels 1040
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 2 10% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
2 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 20 Apr 2024
Name Start date End Date Borbala SZÜCS-BÁRTFAI 07 Oct 2023 04 Oct 2024 Mike SAX 21 Oct 2023 18 Oct 2024 Mr Mike SAX 21 Oct 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Borbala SZÜCS-BÁRTFAI 07 Oct 2023 15 Apr 2024 Ms Morgane Taylor 09 Mar 2022 09 Mar 2023 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
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
European Internet Foundation (EIF)
ICC - Chambre de Commerce Internationale
ICANN GNSO Intellectual Prop Constituency
ICANN GNSO Business Constituency
ICAC Internet Education Foundation (IEF)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
100,000€ - 199,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount lighthouse europe 50,000€ - 99,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name lighthouse europe Closed year Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
- information sharing and dialogue, and publications on legislative developments affecting the SME innovator and technology sector and digital economy
- involvement in European Commission projects
- publication of App Association submissions to European Commission consultations on relevant initiativesOther activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
9 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.
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Date 08 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject Regulation for Mobile Phones, Cordless Phones and Tablets Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Alejandro Cainzos (Cabinet member)
- Alina-Stefania Ujupan (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Sep 2022 Location Brussels Subject Digital policies. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Alejandro Cainzos (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Apr 2022 Location Webex Subject WTO Matters Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Kevin Keary (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 06 Oct 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject To discuss the Digital Markets 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 12 Jun 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Digital services Act Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Feb 2020 Location Brussels Subject 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 26 Oct 2018 Location Brussels Subject Standard Essential Patents Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Nov 2017 Location BERL Subject Standard Essential Patents Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Feb 2015 Location BERL Subject IPR Task Force DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)