Overview
Lobbying Costs
100,000€ - 199,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.6 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
25
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
WACKER CHEMIE AG (WACKER)
EU Transparency Register
036915715533-64 First registered on 12 Jan 2015
Goals / Remit
WACKER, as an innovative chemical company, makes a vital contribution to improving the quality of life around the world. In the future, we want to continue developing and supplying solutions that meet our rigorous demands: creating added value for our customers and shareholders, and growing sustainably.
Main EU files targeted
We are following Energy & Climate Policy, in particular relating to the European Green Deal, as well as Trade Policy & Competitiveness, Chemicals Policy, Environmental Policy, Industrial Policy and Innovation and Research.
Policies targeted:
Fit for 55 - The EU´s platform for a green transistion
EU Emission Trading System
Renewables Directive Review
Electricity Market Design Directive Review
Energy Energy efficiency Directive Review
Ecodesign and Energy Label Directive review
Hydrogen and Gas Decarbonisation Directive and Regulation Review
Emergency regulation for accelerating renewables and renewables permittingl
Communication on the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment
Communication on Zero Pollution
REACH Regulation Revision
CLP Regulation Revision
F-Gas Regulation Revision
Trade policy including trade defence, agreements with third countries, customs duties and antidumping
Industrial policy including new approach legislation, strategic value chains, research and innovation policy and funding, single market legislation and enforcement
Competition policy e.g. Temporary Crisis FrameworkAddress
Head Office
Hanns-Seidel-Platz, 4
München 81737
GERMANYEU Office
Hanns-Seidel-Platz, 4
München 81737
GERMANYWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 25% 2 10% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.6
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 26 Apr 2024
Name Start date End Date Mr Heiko KOLF 05 Jan 2023 01 Jan 2024 Ms Sanni KUNNAS 07 Jan 2020 07 Jan 2021 Complementary Information
WACKER has one employee at the Brussels office dedicated to EU Governmental Relations. Nearly all WACKER employees engaged in activities falling under the scope of the transparency register are not professional full time lobbyists but interact with the EU institutions project as part of their broader responsibilities (general management, sales, legal department, etc.) or when their expert knowledge is requested.To some extend WACKER gets support from external professional consultancies or law firms for above mentioned activities.
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
WACKER is member of VCI (German Chemical Industry Association), BWE (German Association of Wind Energy), CEFIC, Silicones Europe (Sector Group of Cefic), European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC), SolarPower Europe (SPE), German Business Federation (BDI), Renewable Hydrogen Coalition, Renewable Carbon Initiative, and a few others less related to activities falling under the transparency register.
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 brunswick 50,000€ - 99,999€ Intermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed 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
We contribute to activities/discussions/policies which are targeting the re-built of an PV industry in Europe. We are member of the European Solar Industry Alliance which is focusing on facilitating investments in new PV manufacturing capacities.
Other fields of our activities refer to providing our input to discussions/policies around the energy market design, electricity prices, carbon border adjustment mechanisms and CO2-pricing mechanisms.
We are also involved in the discussions/policies around chemicals and their usage (REACH, F-Gas regulation).
With regard to trade we are interested party to the Si-Metal Trade case.
For all these topics we are exchanging informations and views with EU COM officials and providing additional background information to the EU COM on demand to support their activities.Other activities
External trade
- Meetings
Meetings
25 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 15 Jan 2024 Location Brussels Subject International trade; solar energy. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
- Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Sep 2023 Location video conference Subject Restriction proposal on silicon Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Dimitri Lorenzani (Cabinet member)
- Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Sep 2023 Location video conference Subject Restriction proposal on silicon Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
- Dimitri Lorenzani (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Jul 2023 Location Brussels Subject Present their concerns on POP nomination DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kerstin Jorna (Director-General)
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Date 04 Apr 2023 Location Brussels Subject Net Zero Industry Act Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Antoine Colombani (Cabinet member)
- Diederik Samsom (Cabinet member)
- Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Mar 2023 Location Brussels Subject Exchange on the needed regulatory support to promote the deployment and manufacturing of the solar power in the EU and the EU’s support for the solar energy so far. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Barbara GLOWACKA (Cabinet member)
- Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
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Date 23 Jun 2022 Location Video Conference Subject To discuss the urgent actions needed to secure a resilient industrial base for solar manufacturing in Europe. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Barbara GLOWACKA (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Jun 2022 Location Videoconference Subject Solar strategy ; raw materials Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Mar 2022 Location Brussels Subject Discussion on Solar Power Europe views on how to boost the manufacturing and deployment of solar PVs in the EU. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Barbara GLOWACKA (Cabinet member)
- Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
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Date 10 Jun 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Roundtable of the Clean Hydrogen Alliance: 3rd meeting of the co-chairs Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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- Neste Oyj
- Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen S.A.
- Paul Wurth S.A.
- Siemens Energy AG
- Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
- Dow Europe GmbH
- Nouryon
- St1 Nordic Oy
- Climate Action Network Europe
- Agora Energiewende
- TotalEnergies SE
- YARA BELGIUM S.A.
- International Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers
- SSAB AB
- TotalEnergies Electricité et Gaz France
- Sandbag Climate Campaign
- Fertiberia, S.A.
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Date 15 Nov 2017 Location Mûnchen Subject solar energy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger Portfolio Budget & Human Resources Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 19 Jan 2017 Location Brussels Subject D4 Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Dec 2016 Location Brussels Subject EU Policy on Renevables Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete Portfolio Climate Action & Energy Attending - Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner)
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Date 07 Dec 2016 Location Brussels Subject trade policy DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Kilian Gross (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject EU-China solar issues DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Kilian Gross (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject trade issues DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Kilian Gross (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Jun 2016 Location Brussels Subject trade defence proceedings on silicon Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Mar 2016 Location Brussels Subject Trade in Environmental Goods Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella Portfolio Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Attending - Juergen Mueller (Cabinet member)
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Date 04 Mar 2016 Location Brussels Subject EU-China trade relations DG Trade Attending - Jean-Luc Demarty (Director-General)
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Date 07 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject silicon metal Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject anti-dumping duties DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Kilian Gross (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Jan 2016 Location Brussels/Belgium Subject anti-dumping duties against Chinese silicon metal imports DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Kilian Gross (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject trade policy DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 26 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject Polysilicon in China Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Miguel Ceballos Baron (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Jan 2015 Location Brussels Subject Status Update on Price Undertaking Agreement with MOFCOM on Polysilicon DG Trade Attending - Jean-Luc Demarty (Director-General)
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