ZF Friedrichshafen AG

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

500,000€ - 599,999€

Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

5.5 Fte (20)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

4

High-level Commission meetings

17

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    ZF Friedrichshafen AG

    EU Transparency Register

    194094423131-36 First registered on 01 Sep 2016

    Goals / Remit

    ZF is a global leader in driveline and chassis technology as well as active and passive safety technology. The combined company reported sales of €43,8 billion in 2022 and now has a global workforce of around 165,000 with approximately 168 locations in some 32 countries. ZF annually invested €3,4 billion in 2022 in Research & Development ensuring continued success through the design and engineering of innovative technologies.

    Main EU files targeted

    Road Safety policies, Energy and Climate policies, Air Quality policies, Market Surveillance, Trade and FTA, R&D/Horizon 2020, Technical Harmonisation, Materials and Sustainability Regulations, Digitalisation and Cybersecurity

    Address

    Head Office
    Graf-von-Soden-Platz 1
    Friedrichshafen 88046
    GERMANY
    EU Office
    Graf-von-Soden-Platz 1
    Friedrichshafen 88046
    GERMANY

    Website

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    20

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%1
    75%4
    10%15

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    5.5

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    4 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 29 Mar 2024

    Name Start date End Date
    Ms Franziska Schwerdtle 09 Dec 2023 06 Dec 2024
    Ms Anastasia DONICA 23 Nov 2023 20 Nov 2024
    Mr Niklas WOLFRUM 14 Jul 2023 12 Jul 2024
    Ms Hanna BOWER-BLANKEMEYER 13 May 2023 10 May 2024
    Ms Franziska Schwerdtle 08 Sep 2022 08 Sep 2023
    Ms Anastasia DONICA 01 Jul 2022 01 Jul 2023
    Mr Niklas WOLFRUM 29 Jun 2022 27 Jun 2023
    Ms Louise FORQUENOT DE LA FORTELLE 12 Nov 2021 12 Nov 2022
    Ms Hanna BOWER-BLANKEMEYER 10 Nov 2021 27 Oct 2022
    Mr Valentin LANDMANN 10 Oct 2019 01 Nov 2020
    Ms Louise FORQUENOT DE LA FORTELLE 25 Sep 2019 25 Jul 2020
    Ms Hanna BOWER-BLANKEMEYER 08 Jun 2019 06 Jun 2020
    Ms Stefanie FEIL 08 Jun 2019 06 Jun 2020
    Mr Kai Luecke 24 Nov 2018 23 Nov 2019
    Ms Nathalie Gminder 08 Mar 2018 08 Mar 2019
    Ms Nathalie Gminder 20 Mar 2017 23 Feb 2018

    Complementary Information

    The persons reported here are partially professional public affairs staff working to varying degrees on activities covered by this Registry. There are also a number of employees with a technical background not part of the ZF Corporate Office in Brussels that support with a limited amount of their working time the activities covered by this Registry through active contributions in Trade Associations.

    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

    Companies & groups

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    www.clepa.eu
    www.vda.de
    www.vdma.org
    www.bitkom.org
    www.euroncap.com
    www.hydrogeneurope.eu
    www.businesseurope.eu
    www.efuels-alliance.eu

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • 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

    500,000€ - 599,999€

    Major contributions in closed year

    None declared

    Intermediaries for closed year

    None declared

    Intermediaries for current year

    None declared

    Closed year Costs

    500,000€ - 599,999€

    Other financial info

    None declared

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    Working Group on Motor Vehicles#E01295#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1295 #Not a member #C#Industry#Advisory Group on Vehicle Emission Standards (AGVES)

    Groups (European Parliament)

    N/A

    Communication activities

    None

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    17 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.

    • Date 31 Aug 2023 Location Brussels, Berlaymont
      Subject Virtual exchange on the European wind sector
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Peter van Kemseke (Cabinet member)
      • Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 31 Aug 2023 Location videoconference
      Subject Energy transition
      DG Energy
      Attending
      • Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 20 Mar 2023 Location Online meeting
      Subject Sustainable finance, Taxonomy
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness
      Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union
      Attending
      • Katherine Power (Cabinet member)
    • Date 16 Nov 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject IPCEI
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
    • Date 22 Mar 2022 Location Brussels
      Subject Fair transitions, Skills Agenda, reskilling and upskilling of the workforce and the impact of the war in Ukraine on business and value chains.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit
      Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights
      Attending
      • Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
      • Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 06 Dec 2021 Location virtual meeting
      Subject Semiconductors
      DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology
      Attending
      • Roberto Viola (Director-General)
    • Date 06 Dec 2021 Location Online
      Subject semiconductors
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager
      Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age
      Attending
      • Pierre-Arnaud Proux (Cabinet member)
    • Date 06 Dec 2021 Location virtual meeting
      Subject Semiconductors
      DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology
      Attending
      • Roberto Viola (Director-General)
    • Date 03 Nov 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject Prepare visit by the Commissioner
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
    • Date 21 Jun 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject CO2 standards for cars and vans; Euro 7
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton
      Portfolio Internal Market
      Attending
      • Joan Canton (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 13 Apr 2021 Location Brussels
      Subject Decarbonizing road transport sector
      DG Climate Action
      Attending
      • Mauro Raffaele Petriccione (Director-General)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 03 Mar 2021 Location conference call
      Subject Transformation of the automotive value chain in the context of green recovery
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean
      Portfolio Transport
      Attending
      • Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 03 Mar 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject Roundtable with transport value chain alliance - Transformation of the automotive value chain in the context of green recovery.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit
      Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights
      Attending
      • Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
      • Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 03 Mar 2021 Location video call
      Subject Roundtable with transport value chain alliance - Transformation of the automotive value chain in the context of green recovery
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
    • Date 25 Feb 2021 Location Videoconference
      Subject Meeting to prepare for the roundtable with transport value chain alliance - Transformation of the automotive value chain in the context of green recovery on 3 March.
      Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit
      Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights
      Attending
      • Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
      • Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
    • Date 01 Oct 2020 Location Brussels (video conference)
      Subject Data & AI in future mobility (e.g. AI in crash avoidance, robocabs as individualised public transport). Tier 1 suppliers become software sellers. New traffic legislation needed, recovery funding to modernising urban transport, secure data spaces.
      Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen
      Portfolio President
      Attending
      • Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
    • Date 02 Jun 2020 Location Brussels-videoconference
      Subject Recovery and green transition in the automotive supply chain
      Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
      Portfolio European Green Deal
      Attending
      • Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
      Other Lobbyists
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