Overview
Lobbying Costs
25,000€ - 49,999€
Financial year: Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
"Ányos Jedlik" Hungarian E-Mobility Cluster (JÁK)
EU Transparency Register
785355926478-57 First registered on 23 Mar 2017
Goals / Remit
The Hungarian E-Mobility Cluster “Ányos Jedlik” is the platform organisation of the relevant stakeholders that are committed to the development of electric mobility. The Cluster was established in 2014 primarily as a consultative and advisory platform for the government. It is involved in shaping the necessary development policies, exploring the economic, social and environmental potential of electric mobility and recommending actions for politicians and business.
Main EU files targeted
In the framework of the European Energy Union and the EU 2020 (reindustrialisation) strategy, the government of Hungary has declared its ambition to make the country the regional champion of a new and complex industry, namely the electric mobility.
In the recent years, this policy has been shaped by the following factors:
1. The common climate and energy framework of the European Union with special emphasis on decarbonisation
2. Sustainable urban mobility and road transport with special emphasis on developing low and zero-emission vehicles
3. The common trend toward the low-carbon European economy
4. The common EU trend of reindustrialisation and job creation
In early 2014 the work was started under the aegis of the Ministry of National Economy to provide a consistent national e-mobility strategy. The ministry focused on providing a broad framework for establishing the priorities, thus – as a consulting and agenda-setting organisation – the “Ányos Jedlik Cluster” was set up and a development programme, the “Ányos Jedlik Plan” was announced. (Both are named after an outstanding 19th century Hungarian scientist who invented an electric motor. In the further text we refer to this body using the Hungarian abbreviation “JAK”, and the plan is known in its short form as “JAT”.)
JAK, as a cluster organisation, has attracted most of the relevant stakeholders, including the electric vehicle producing OEMs, energy companies, research and academic institutions, transport organisers, interested municipal authorities and some other umbrella organisations. Its working groups have elaborated proposals for the government to launch the much anticipated “Ányos Jedlik Plan” (JAT – Hungarian E-Mobility Strategy). In order to that, the proposals of JAK were accepted by the ministry as a e-mobility action plan for the government to provide – first of all - a coherent set of incentives. The “Ányos Jedlik Action Plan” was approved by the Cabinet of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in July, 2015.
Since 2014, the JAK Hungarian E-Mobility Cluster has actively participated in the implementation of Directive 2014/94/EU (AFID), in formulating the Hungarian National Policy Framework for alternative fuel. The Cluster has recently gave an opinion for the government on the proposal of the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation.Address
Head Office
Zsolt fejedelem utca 89.
Budapest H-1029
HUNGARYEU Office
Zsolt fejedelem utca 89.
Budapest H-1029
HUNGARYWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
Two persons of the management of the "Ányos Jedlik" Hungarian E-Mobility Cluster are responsible for EU related activities, but only a part of their working time is dedicated to this activity.
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
European Battery Alliance
European Clean Hydrogen AliianceMember 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 2020 - Dec 2020
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
25,000€ - 49,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
25,000€ - 49,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
1. Activities of the Hungarian E-Mobility Cluster
1.1. Initial Incentives Programme and Legal Framework
The Hungarian E-Mobility Cluster played a crucial part in working out the first E-Mobility Action Plan of 2015 that contains both financial and non-financial incentives to establish the market. In line with this, the Cluster offered legal advice and coordinated the legislative process. The first major result in this field was the new legal definition of the “economically friendly” and “zero-emission” vehicles.
The Action Plan also included the common work of our member companies in planning the basic charging infrastructure on the hand, and the new and intelligent system of measuring the electricity used for charging and a (financial) clearing mechanism on the other.
The Action Plan contained both financial and non-financial incentives that can positively influence the growth of the market and the spread of of electrified transportation.
Other proposals of the Transport Working Group of JAK included the right of these vehicles to use bus lanes, reduced or no parking fees, reduced or no congestion fees, and possible tax exemptions or reduction, roughly in line with the practice of other EU Member States.
The Action Plan required the minister of national economy and the minister of of national development to provide the the basic charging infrastructure on the hand, and to provide a new and intelligent system of measuring the electricity used for charging and a (financial) clearing mechanism on the other.
Meanwhile, the Budapest Metropolitan Assembly has voted unanimously in favour of free parking of the “green” vehicles in the whole capital in the next two years. Most major Hungarian cities have also introduced free parking for this category of cars.
The JÁK E-Mobility Cluster has been involved, among others, in formulating the Law on E-mobility (2019), the revised Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Nationa Policy Framework (2020), the update of the National E-Mobility Strategy (2019) and National Energy and Climate Plan (2019).
1.2. Coordinating Research, Development and Innovation Activities
Since the nascent e-mobility sector is very dynamic in all the EU countries, the Cluster has faced a growing demand from its members to explore the possibilities for closer international cooperation with partner organizations. We are actively involved in this exchange process: we organize workshops, seminars and conferences. Furthermore, in concord with our members we participate in different matchmaking events and roadshows.
1.3. The Cluster was actively involved in the planning of the national battery strategy.
1.4. Offering Consultancy to Secure Financial Sources
Another area of our activity is the regular dialogue with the decision-makers on the one hand, and the actors of the e-mobility sector.
1.5. The Cluster regularly conducts workshops and conferences dedicated to the development of the energy-mobility ecosystem.Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
None declared