Overview
Lobbying Costs
2,250,000€ - 2,499,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.1 Fte (11)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
8
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI)
EU Transparency Register
51925911965-76 First registered on 07 Jul 2009
Goals / Remit
Philip Morris International (PMI) is a leading international tobacco company, actively delivering a smoke-free future and evolving its portfolio for the long term to include products outside of the tobacco and nicotine sector. The company’s current product portfolio primarily consists of cigarettes and smoke-free products. As of December 31, 2023, PMI's smoke-free products were available for sale in 84 markets. In the EU, PMI's subsidiaries and affiliates sell conventional tobacco products as well as smoke-free products in the majority of the Member States. The data contained herein cover PMI’s activities in the EU conducted for the full calendar year 2023. The data do not incorporate PMI’s Vectura Fertin Pharma subsidiary nor Swedish Match AB.
Main EU files targeted
Philip Morris International follows a large area of EU policies, and engages in areas such as, taxation (direct and indirect), movement of excisable products (customs and excise), public health aspects of tobacco and smoking, including the development of potentially reduced risk products, product regulation, growing of tobacco leaf, fighting illicit trade, preserving intellectual property rights, and any other upcoming legislation of relevance to the operations of the company in the European Union. In particular, we followed the following policy items in 2023:
- Directive 2014/40/EU on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products and repealing Directive 2001/37/EC, and its related Implementing and Delegated Acts;
- Directive 2011/64/EC on the structure and rates of excise duty applied to manufactured tobacco (codification) and Directive 2008/118/EC concerning the general arrangements for excise duty and repealing Directive 92/12/EEC;
- Revision of Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax;
- Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment;
- EU Beating Cancer Plan;
- EU Position on International Conferences relating to Tobacco Regulation.
Irrespective of where in the world we do business, we apply the same principles to our conduct. This includes not marketing or selling our products to minors. We engage with all stakeholders in support of legislation that applies to all tobacco/nicotine products.
- Packaging and packaging waste Regulation (PPRW)
- Green claims Directive
- Corporate sustainability Reporting Standards Directive (CSRD)
- Ecodesign for sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)
- 2023/2075(INI), Non-communicable diseasesAddress
Head Office
Avenue de Rhodanie, 50
Lausanne CH-1007
SWITZERLANDEU Office
Rue Montoyer 51
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
11
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 2 25% 8 10% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
3.1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Maximilian Dr. Aracena 03 Oct 2024 02 Oct 2025 Mario MUELLER 03 Sep 2024 03 Sep 2025 Ioannis KORKOVELOS 22 Aug 2024 22 Aug 2025 Pierre Edouard ALTIERI 14 Jun 2023 14 Jun 2024 Paul FOURNIER 24 Jun 2023 27 Jun 2024 Maximilian JELL 23 Aug 2023 23 Aug 2024 Mario Vanella 24 Aug 2023 24 Aug 2024 Ioannis KORKOVELOS 23 Aug 2023 23 Aug 2024 Tomas Korkos 23 Aug 2023 23 Aug 2024 Mario MUELLER 23 Aug 2023 23 Aug 2024 Bert VAN GOSSUM 24 Aug 2023 24 Aug 2024 Stefano SANTI 23 Aug 2023 23 Aug 2024 Maximilian Marcello Horst ARACENA 22 Mar 2024 04 Oct 2024 Ignacio GONZALEZ SUAREZ 21 Sep 2023 21 Sep 2024 Mr Anastasios SYKAKIS 11 Mar 2023 11 Mar 2024 Mr Sykakis Anastasios 11 Mar 2023 16 Mar 2023 Ignacio GONZALEZ SUAREZ 04 Oct 2022 21 Sep 2023 Gonzalez Suarez Ignacio 04 Oct 2022 12 Oct 2022 Maximilian JELL 07 Sep 2022 23 Aug 2023 Mario MUELLER 02 Sep 2022 23 Aug 2023 Mario Vanella 01 Sep 2022 24 Aug 2023 Ioannis KORKOVELOS 01 Sep 2022 23 Aug 2023 Tomas Korkos 01 Sep 2022 23 Aug 2023 Bert VAN GOSSUM 01 Sep 2022 24 Aug 2023 Stefano SANTI 01 Sep 2022 23 Aug 2023 Mr Sykakis Anastasios 25 Mar 2022 11 Mar 2023 Stefano SANTI 28 Sep 2021 01 Sep 2022 Tomas Korkos 24 Sep 2021 01 Sep 2022 Bert VAN GOSSUM 24 Sep 2021 01 Sep 2022 Mr Mauro SCOTTO D'ABUSCO 24 Sep 2021 24 Sep 2022 Ioannis KORKOVELOS 23 Sep 2021 01 Sep 2022 Mario MUELLER 23 Sep 2021 02 Sep 2022 Mario Vanella 21 Sep 2021 01 Sep 2022 Tomas Korkos 18 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Ioannis KORKOVELOS 17 Jan 2020 16 Jan 2021 Mr Kristof DOMS 21 Jun 2019 01 Jul 2020 Kacper CHMIELEWSKI 20 Jun 2019 27 Nov 2019 Mr Mauro SCOTTO D'ABUSCO 20 Jun 2019 01 Jul 2020 Bert VAN GOSSUM 20 Jun 2019 01 Jul 2020 Mario MUELLER 20 Jun 2019 01 Jul 2020 Mr Robert WASSENAAR 20 Jun 2019 20 Feb 2020 Stefano SANTI 19 Jun 2019 01 Jul 2020 Mr Mauro SCOTTO D'ABUSCO 19 Jul 2018 20 Jun 2019 Stefano SANTI 29 Jun 2018 19 Jun 2019 Mario MUELLER 23 Jun 2018 20 Jun 2019 Mr Kristof DOMS 28 Mar 2018 28 Mar 2019 Kacper CHMIELEWSKI 27 Mar 2018 27 Mar 2019 Ms Eleonora SANTI 27 Mar 2018 27 Mar 2019 Mr Robert WASSENAAR 27 Mar 2018 27 Mar 2019 Mario MUELLER 20 Jul 2017 23 Jun 2018 Bert VAN GOSSUM 05 May 2017 14 Apr 2018 Kacper CHMIELEWSKI 25 Apr 2017 27 Mar 2018 Mr Kristof DOMS 25 Apr 2017 28 Mar 2018 Ms Eleonora SANTI 25 Apr 2017 27 Mar 2018 Mr Roberto Picchizzolu 25 Apr 2017 14 Apr 2018 Mr Maximilian Alfred JELL 28 Apr 2016 23 Mar 2017 Ms Eleonora SANTI 16 Apr 2016 15 Apr 2017 Ms SANTI Eleonora 16 Apr 2016 26 Apr 2016 Kacper CHMIELEWSKI 13 Apr 2016 13 Apr 2017 Mr Kristof DOMS 13 Apr 2016 12 Apr 2017 Mr Maximilian Alfred JELL 20 May 2015 28 Apr 2016 Ms SANTI Eleonora 08 Apr 2015 01 Apr 2016 Kacper CHMIELEWSKI 31 Mar 2015 27 Mar 2016 Mr Kristof DOMS 28 Mar 2015 26 Mar 2016 Mr Jose Vicente Fonseca Lavado 09 Sep 2014 04 Sep 2015 Mr Andreas GIANNOPOULOS 06 Sep 2014 04 Sep 2015 Kacper CHMIELEWSKI 05 Mar 2014 05 Mar 2015 Mr Kristof DOMS 05 Mar 2014 05 Mar 2015 Mr Jose Vicente Fonseca Lavado 06 Jul 2013 05 Jul 2014 Ms Anne-Laure COVIN 29 Jun 2013 27 Jun 2014 Mr Andreas GIANNOPOULOS 29 Jun 2013 27 Jun 2014 Mr Peter PETERS 29 Jun 2013 27 Jun 2014 Kacper CHMIELEWSKI 13 Mar 2013 05 Mar 2014 Mr Kristof DOMS 07 Mar 2013 05 Mar 2014 Mr Jose Fonseca 07 Dec 2012 29 Jun 2013 Mr Alastair Little 07 Dec 2012 05 Jul 2013 Ms Anne-Laure COVIN 07 Dec 2012 29 Jun 2013 Mr Peter PETERS 24 Nov 2012 29 Jun 2013 Mr Andreas GIANNOPOULOS 16 Nov 2012 29 Jun 2013 Mr Alessandro Maria POGGIALI 16 Nov 2012 05 Jul 2013 Mr Jose Fonseca 11 Apr 2012 01 Dec 2012 Mr Alastair Little 11 Apr 2012 01 Dec 2012 Ms Anne-Laure COVIN 11 Apr 2012 01 Dec 2012 Mr Alessandro Maria POGGIALI 16 Nov 2011 01 Nov 2012 Mr Antoine LEFRANC 14 Nov 2011 01 Nov 2012 Mr Kristof DOMS 09 Dec 2011 01 Dec 2012 Complementary Information
In line with the EU Transparency Register Guidelines, the numbers in section 10 includes 10 (ten) employees working in PMI’s Brussels office on EU Affairs plus one person advising on Scientific matters (PMI employee). Consistent with our previous years’ reporting, the financial data under point 13 also includes an estimate of the costs attributable to employees outside the Brussels Office partially working on activities covered by the Register.
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
Philip Morris is member of several business associations at Member State Level and in the EU/Brussels including: BusinessEurope, AmCham EU, American-Central European Business Association, Kangaroo Group, Trans-Atlantic Policy Network, European Business Summit (EBS), The European House Ambrosetti
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
2,250,000€ - 2,499,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount mp-public affairs s.r.l. 50,000€ - 99,999€ transatlantic public affairs 100,000€ - 199,999€ friends of the countryside services sa 50,000€ - 99,999€ must & partners s.p.r.l. 50,000€ - 99,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name friends of the countryside services sa mp-public affairs s.r.l. must & partners s.p.r.l. dannhof hoff advisors gmbh Closed year Costs
2,250,000€ - 2,499,999€
Other financial info
This estimate of the annual costs is based on the percentage of the total cost of the PMI External Affairs office in Brussels and an estimate of the annual costs of activities by other PMI affiliates and subsidiaries directly related to representing interests of the EU Institutions, as of the most recent update of the registration details.
We have taken a broad view in order to estimate the annual costs linked to activities covered by the Register, covering consultancy fees and membership fees to trade associations and other relevant organizations. Furthermore, the estimate also covers a broader set of outreach activities such as conferences, and other relevant events.
Acquis EU Law & Policy BV is listed in 2024 Intermediaries because the system doesn't allow us to delete the name.
Acquis EU Law & Policy BV is no longer an Intermediary. -
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
None declared
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
8 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.
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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Date 24 Jan 2024 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with Tabaqueira for presentation of the company’s plans. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elisa Ferreira Attending - Hugo Monteiro Brilhante Sobral (Cabinet member)
- Francisco Barros Castro (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 May 2022 Location Brussels Subject Videoconference - Stakeholder event to gather views on the upcoming revision of the tobacco taxation directive DG Taxation and Customs Union Attending - Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General)
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Date 11 Sep 2020 Location Rome Subject Breakfast with institutional and economic stakeholders organised by Rep and Comin & partners Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi Portfolio Neighbourhood and Enlargement Attending - Alessio Nardi (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jan 2020 Location Brussels Subject Working priorities of the new European Commission Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Juraj Nociar (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jan 2020 Location Brussels Subject Working priorities of the new European Commission Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight Attending - Juraj Nociar (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Nov 2017 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject new technologies diminishing harm to tobacco user Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Mar 2017 Location Brussels/Belgium Subject Update on Excise & Customs clarification of tobacco products DG Taxation and Customs Union Attending - Stephen Quest (Director-General)
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Date 26 Jan 2017 Location Brussels Subject Occasion of the Slovak New Year Concert Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Lubomira Hromkova (Cabinet member)