Overview
Lobbying Costs
250,000€
Financial year: Feb 2017 - Jan 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.75 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (WMT70)
EU Transparency Register
116598617622-90 First registered on 01 Jun 2015
Goals / Remit
We are mindful of the EU's influence in many of our markets and as such we hope to be able to provide comments and real world experience on how certain of the EU's policies impact our customers and business.
Main EU files targeted
Data privacy, Digital Single Market, Climate Change, Trade, Brexit, platform regulation, competition policy
Address
Head Office
702 Southwest 8th Street
Bentonville, Arkansas
UNITED STATES -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.75
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Sarah Thorn (Senior Director Global Government Affairs)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Scott Hardin (Senior Associate Counsel)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
US Council on International Business
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Feb 2017 - Jan 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
250,000€
Other financial info
Walmart has held limited meetings with the Commission on Brexit as part of the US-UK Business Council.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
We are watching the initiatives and work the commission on issues such as Brexit, the Digital Single Market strategy, data privacy legislation and climate change.
Communication activities
Brexit, Data privacy, Digital Single Market, Climate Change, Trade, Competition Policy, Platform Regulation
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
3 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 Oct 2019 Location Brussels Subject Sustainability and circular economy DG Environment Attending - Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General)
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Date 18 Jun 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Data protection reform Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject eCommerce data protection and privacy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)