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Overview

Lobbying Costs

1,250,000€ - 1,499,999€

Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

10.75 Fte (13)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

6

High-level Commission meetings

163

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    SMEunited aisbl   (SMEunited)

    EU Transparency Register

    55820581197-35 First registered on 20 Feb 2009

    Goals / Remit

    SMEunited is the employer’s organisation representing the interests of European crafts, trades and SMEs at EU level. As the European SME umbrella organisation, SMEunited incorporates more than 65 member organisations consisting of national cross-sectorial SME federations, European branch federations and other associate members, which support the SME family. Across the whole of Europe, SMEunited represents over 12 million enterprises with nearly 55 million employees.

    The main objectives of SMEunited include:

    - Monitoring the EU policy and legislative process and keeping its members informed on all matters of European Union policy of relevance to crafts, trades and SMEs
    - Representing and promoting the interests, needs and opinions of its member organisations to the EU institutions and other international organisations
    - Supporting its members academically, technically and legally on all areas of EU policy
    - Supporting the idea of European integration and contributing to (...)

    Main EU files targeted

    In principle all policies and all legislative files that can have an influence on SMEs.
    To have an update on these please consult our website: www.smeunited.eu
    SMEunited endeavours to ensure that the interests of crafts and SMEs are taken into account in all legislation that has an impact on them. The key legislative areas in which SMEunited is active include:- Economic and fiscal policy ;- Education and vocational training (lifelong learning, recognition and transparency of qualifications, EIT);- Employment and social affairs (European Social Dialogue, labour law, social protection, social inclusion);- Enterprise policy (standardisation);- Environmental policy (sustainable development, chemicals, waste policy, energy policy, climate change);- Internal market and legal affairs (better regulation, consumer protection, IPR, company law, );- Regional policy and structural funds;- Sectoral policies (construction, healthcare, foodstuffs, retail, tourism, transport);

    Address

    Head Office
    Rue Jacques de Lalaingstraat 4
    Brussels 1040
    BELGIUM
    EU Office
    Rue Jacques de Lalaingstraat 4
    Brussels 1040
    BELGIUM

    Website

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    13

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%10
    25%3

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    10.75

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    6 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 23 Feb 2025

    Name Start date End Date
    Sophia ZAKARI 23 Sep 2024 22 Sep 2025
    Katja HEINE 23 Sep 2024 30 Mar 2025
    Doris RABETGE 23 Sep 2024 22 Sep 2025
    Fabian HAYBACH 23 Sep 2024 22 Sep 2025
    Andreas BRIEGER 23 Sep 2024 22 Sep 2025
    Véronique Willems 01 Jun 2024 31 May 2026
    Mathilde CREGUT 16 Feb 2024 04 Oct 2024
    Valentina GUERRA 06 Jun 2023 06 Jun 2024
    Katja HEINE 16 Feb 2024 04 Oct 2024
    Fabian HAYBACH 10 Feb 2024 26 Sep 2024
    Petri SALMINEN 10 Feb 2024 04 Oct 2024
    Andreas BRIEGER 16 Feb 2024 26 Sep 2024
    Doris RABETGE 06 Dec 2023 27 Sep 2024
    Julien BOURGEOIS 17 Nov 2023 04 Oct 2024
    Sophia ZAKARI 23 Mar 2024 04 Oct 2024
    Boglarka KIRALY 16 Feb 2024 04 Oct 2024
    Veronique WILLEMS 21 Jun 2023 27 Jun 2024
    Mathilde CREGUT 10 Oct 2023 16 Feb 2024
    Ms Natalia RICHARDSON 22 Jun 2023 06 Dec 2023
    Sophia ZAKARI 15 Mar 2023 15 Mar 2024
    Mr Luc Hendrickx 15 Mar 2023 06 Dec 2023
    Boglarka KIRALY 23 Feb 2023 16 Feb 2024
    Andreas BRIEGER 24 Jan 2023 24 Jan 2024
    Valentina GUERRA 01 Jun 2022 01 Jun 2023
    Veronique WILLEMS 21 May 2022 20 May 2023
    Ms Natalia RICHARDSON 30 Apr 2022 29 Apr 2023
    Ms Liliane VOLOZINSKIS 06 Apr 2022 06 Apr 2023
    Sophia ZAKARI 22 Mar 2022 15 Mar 2023
    Mr Luc Hendrickx 22 Mar 2022 15 Mar 2023
    Mr Luc Hendrickx 25 Feb 2020 25 Feb 2021
    Mr Guido LENA 12 Feb 2020 01 Mar 2021
    Ms Liliane VOLOZINSKIS 10 Sep 2019 10 Sep 2020
    Ms Katarzyna Ewa KOZIOL 21 Feb 2019 09 Feb 2020
    Mr Guido LENA 21 Feb 2019 12 Feb 2020
    Mr Luc Hendrickx 07 Feb 2019 25 Feb 2020
    Ms Liliane VOLOZINSKIS 08 Sep 2018 10 Sep 2019
    Ms Katre RUGO 07 Jul 2018 08 Sep 2018
    Mr Luc Hendrickx 03 Jan 2018 16 Dec 2018
    Mr Arnold DE BOER 03 Jan 2018 09 Nov 2018
    Veronique WILLEMS 01 Oct 2017 22 Sep 2018
    Ms Liliane VOLOZINSKIS 19 Sep 2017 08 Sep 2018
    Ms Chiara Aprea 08 Sep 2017 06 Sep 2018
    Mr Luc Hendrickx 07 Jan 2017 03 Jan 2018
    Mr Arnold DE BOER 07 Jan 2017 03 Jan 2018
    Ms Liliane VOLOZINSKIS 13 Sep 2016 08 Sep 2017
    Ms Chiara Aprea 13 Sep 2016 08 Sep 2017
    Mr Arnold DE BOER 27 Jan 2016 07 Jan 2017
    Mr Luc Hendrickx 21 Jan 2016 07 Jan 2017
    Ms Chiara Aprea 12 Sep 2015 10 Sep 2016
    Ms Liliane VOLOZINSKIS 11 Sep 2015 09 Sep 2016
    Ms Liliane VOLOZINSKIS 22 Feb 2014 15 Feb 2015
    Ms Helen Anneliese HOFFMANN 19 Feb 2014 15 Feb 2015
    Ms Chiara Aprea 20 Sep 2014 12 Sep 2015
    Mrs Liliane VOLOZINSKIS 22 Feb 2014 27 Jan 2015
    Mrs Helen Anneliese HOFFMANN 19 Feb 2014 27 Jan 2015
    Mrs Sabine ERKENS 19 Feb 2014 17 Sep 2014
    Mrs Sabine ERKENS 20 Feb 2013 19 Feb 2014
    Mrs Liliane VOLOZINSKIS 15 Feb 2013 13 Feb 2014
    Mrs Helen Anneliese HOFFMANN 14 Feb 2013 13 Feb 2014
    Mrs Dora SZENTPALY 14 Feb 2013 13 Feb 2014
    Mrs Liliane VOLOZINSKIS 07 Dec 2012 08 Feb 2013
    Mrs Helen Anneliese HOFFMANN 07 Dec 2012 08 Feb 2013
    Mrs Sabine ERKENS 20 Oct 2012 08 Feb 2013
    Mrs Dora SZENTPALY 16 Oct 2012 08 Feb 2013
    Mrs Dora SZENTPALY 24 Jan 2012 16 Oct 2012
    Mrs Sabine ERKENS 24 Jan 2012 20 Oct 2012
    Mr Andrea BENASSI 01 Feb 2012 08 Feb 2013
    Mrs Liliane VOLOZINSKIS 20 Dec 2011 09 Dec 2012

    Complementary Information

    - All staff involved are in one way or the other involved in the 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

  • Categories

    Category

    Trade and business associations

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    SBS aisbl (Small Business Standards): www.sbs-sme.eu
    EWE (Early Warning Europe): https://www.earlywarningeurope.eu/
    ASMoRAlliance for Sustainable Management of Chemical Risk: https://asmor.eu/members
    CII – Cross Industry Initiative (https://www.cii-reach-osh.eu/members.html)

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • 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

    1,250,000€ - 1,499,999€

    Major contributions in closed year

    TypeNameAmount
    Grant Grant Agreement Project 101051702 - Support2SME4SD 77,129€
    Grant Grant Agreement SI2.839861 SBS/2021-01 – Workprogramme 2023 FPA/SBS/GROW/2017 140,369€

    Major contributions in current year

    TypeNameAmount
    Grant Grant Agreement SI2.839861 SBS/2021-01 – Workprogramme 2024 FPA/SBS/GROW/2017 61,211€
    Grant Grant Agreement Project 101141174- Labour INT 9,002€

    Intermediaries for closed year

    None declared

    Intermediaries for current year

    None declared

    Closed year Costs

    1,250,000€ - 1,499,999€

    Other financial info

    The declared costs are the operating charges of our organisation in 2023.They cover a full year of operations and refer to the most recent financial year closed 2023. They include staff costs, office expenditure and any other expenses related to our interest representation activities in 2023.

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    Network of SME Envoys#E02666#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2666 #OBSERVER #C#SMEsMultistakeholder 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#SMEsWorking Group on Vocational Education and Training and the Green Transition#E03798#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3798 #MEMBER #C#Professionals#SMEsCommission expert group on Technology Infrastructures#E03928#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3928 #MEMBER #C#SMEsCommission expert group "Industrial Forum"#E03743#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3743 #MEMBER #C#SMEsEuropass Advisory Group#E03613#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3613 #MEMBER #C#Industry#SMEsExpert Group on Land Transport Security#E02821#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2821 #OBSERVER #C#IndustryEuro Cash Advisory Group#E00261#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=261 #MEMBER #C#SMEsCompetent Authorities for Biocidal Products (Regulation (EU) No 528/2012)#E03125#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3125 #OBSERVER #C#SMEsHIGH-LEVEL FORUM ON EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION#E03874#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3874 #MEMBER #C#IndustryWorking Group on Digital Education: Learning, Teaching and Assessment (DELTA)#E03787#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3787 #MEMBER #C#SMEsWG COS - Sub-group Claims#E01302/7#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100391 #MEMBER #C#IndustryCommission expert group on climate change policy #E03590#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3590 #MEMBER #C#SMEsAnimal Health Advisory Committee#E03832/1#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103292 #MEMBER #C#SMEsHigh Level Roundtable on the implementation of the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability#E03757#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3757 #MEMBER #C#SMEsPLATFORM ON SUSTAINABLE FINANCE#X03731#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3731 #MEMBER #C#SMEsAdvisory Committee on Vocational Training#X01803#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1803 #OBSERVER #C#Industry#SMEsWorking Group on Chemical Industry#E03326/5#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103712 #MEMBER #C#SMEsWG COS - Borderlines#E01302/1#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100054 #MEMBER #C#IndustryWorking Group on Plant Health#E03832/2#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103432 #MEMBER #C#SMEsWorking Group on Cosmetic Products#E01302#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1302 #MEMBER #C#IndustryWorking group on Adult learning  -  opening up opportunities for all#E03797#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3797 #MEMBER #C#SMEsCompetent Authorities for Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of CHemicals (REACH) and Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP)#E02385#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2385 #OBSERVER #C#SMEsEnvironmental Footprint Steering Group#E00470/1#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100615 #MEMBER #C#SMEsWorking Group on Seeds and Propagating Material#E03832/3#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103433 #MEMBER #C#SMEsFIT FOR FUTURE PLATFORM#E03729#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3729 #MEMBER #B#SMEsSHERPA sub-group of the group of experts ‘High-Level Forum on European Standardisation’#E03874/1#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103332 #MEMBER #C#SMEsInnovation Fund Expert Group#E03593#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3593 #MEMBER #C#SMEsExpert Group on the Nature Restoration Regulation#E02210/18#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=104912 #OBSERVER #C#ProfessionalsCommission Expert Group on Transposition of directive 2022/2041 on adequate minimum wages#E03893#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3893 #OBSERVER #C#IndustryConsumer Safety Network #E00935#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=935 #OBSERVER #C#Industry#SMEsEuropean Qualifications Framework Advisory Group#E02107#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2107 #MEMBER #C#SMEsDialogue with CPR partners 2021-2027 - Group of experts on the funds established by Regulation (EU) No 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council#E03802#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3802 #MEMBER #C#Civil society#Professionals#SMEsCommission's Expert Group on Circular Economy and Sustainable Production and Consumption#E00470#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=470 #MEMBER #C#SMEsCommission Expert Group on implementing Directive (EU) 2019/1152 on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union#E03694#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3694 #OBSERVER #C#SMEsInformal Green Public Procurement Advisory Group #E00453#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=453 #MEMBER #C#SMEsAdvisory Committee on equal opportunities for women and men#E01238#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1238 #MEMBER #C#SMEsUsability and data #X03731/3#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=101017 #MEMBER #C#SMEsExpert Group Economic Migration #E03253#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3253 #MEMBER #C#SMEsAdvisory Group on Sustainability of Food Systems#E03832#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3832 #MEMBER #C#SMEs13 - Annex XVI #X03565/2#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100252 #OBSERVER #C#Industry#SMEsMedical Device Coordination Group#X03565#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3565 #OBSERVER #C#Industry#SMEsExpert group on European Quality assurance in Vocational Education and Training (EQAVET)#E02415#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2415 #MEMBER #C#SMEsSME Envoy Sherpas#E02666/2#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103552 #OBSERVER #C#SMEsConsumer Policy Advisory Group#E03750#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3750 #MEMBER #C#SMEs

    Groups (European Parliament)

    SME

    Communication activities

    See our website www.smeunited.eu under
    publications: https://www.smeunited.eu/publications
    events: https://www.smeunited.eu/events
    projects: https://www.smeunited.eu/projects

    Other activities

    None declared

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    163 meetings found. Download meetings

    The list below covers meetings with Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general (high-level) Commission meetings published December 2014 to December 2024, and the meetings of Commissioners/Cabinet members/Directors-general and officials holding "management functions" in the Commission published since 1 January 2025. Other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may well have taken place, but the Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. All information below comes from the Commission and not from the registrant.

    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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