Association Française des Entreprises Privées / French Association of Large Companies

AFEP

L’Afep a pour objectif de contribuer à l’élaboration d’un environnement favorable au développement de l’activité économique et de porter la vision des entreprises qui la composent auprès des pouvoirs publics français, des institutions européennes et des organisations internationales.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Nov 2025 · CBCR; OECD Pillar 2; ATAD.

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and

5 Sept 2025 · - Compétitivité des entreprises - Marché intérieur - Protection de la souveraineté et du pouvoir d’achat - Relation US/EU

Meeting with Manuel Mateo Goyet (Acting Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

3 Sept 2025 · Positions de l’AFEP sur la régulation européenne du cloud et de l’IA.

Meeting with Wopke Hoekstra (Commissioner) and

22 Jul 2025 · Meeting the climate action targets.

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and

26 Jun 2025 · Compétitivité; relations USE-UE, CSRD/CS3D, Simplification

Meeting with Pietro Fiocchi (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Association des Constructeurs Européens de Motocycles

20 May 2025 · Tematiche ambientali

Meeting with Olivier Guersent (Director-General Competition)

19 May 2025 · - EU competitiveness - Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI) - Mergers in the telecom sector

Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament)

12 May 2025 · Simplification Omnibus

Meeting with Arthur Corbin (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

15 Apr 2025 · Simplification

Meeting with Luis Planas Herrera (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

10 Apr 2025 · Green claims

Meeting with Martin Merlin (Director Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) and

8 Apr 2025 · Commission Communication on the Savings and Investments Union (SIU) and Commission Omnibus Simplification package proposals concerning the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)

Meeting with Daniele Calisti (Head of Unit Competition)

28 Mar 2025 · Upcoming revision of the merger guidelines and ongoing discussions on the introduction of call-in provisions in France in the aftermath of the Court of Justice decision in the Illumina case.

Meeting with Valérie Hayer (Member of the European Parliament) and Fédération bancaire française

19 Mar 2025 · Omnibus Simplification

Meeting with Massimiliano Kadar (Head of Unit Competition)

18 Mar 2025 · Exchange of views on the Commission’s Draft Guidelines on the application of Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to abusive exclusionary conduct by dominant undertakings (Draft 102 Guidelines).

Response to Savings and Investments Union

7 Mar 2025

Meeting with Gabriele Bischoff (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

6 Mar 2025 · Austausch

Meeting with Cristina Dias (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque), Elena Arveras (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque), Larisa Dragomir (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque) and

6 Feb 2025 · Introductory meeting to present the organisations and their work

Meeting with Arthur Corbin (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

6 Feb 2025 · Simplification and Clean Industrial Deal

Meeting with Marcel Haag (Director Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) and

6 Feb 2025 · Omnibus Proposal

Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament) and

5 Feb 2025 · Omnibus simplification

Meeting with Valérie Hayer (Member of the European Parliament) and

5 Feb 2025 · Simplification

Response to Single Market Strategy 2025

31 Jan 2025

Meeting with Martin Merlin (Director Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

20 Jan 2025 · Priorités du début de mandat et positions suite aux récentes consultations de la Commission européenne sur la qualité du reporting et la titrisation.

Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Head of Unit Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

15 Jan 2025 · Capital Markets Union (CMU) and the Savings and Investments Union (SIU)

Meeting with Aurore Lalucq (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Jan 2025 · Union des marchés de capitaux, financement de la double transition numérique et écologique

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and

13 Dec 2024 · Simplification & SMEs

Meeting with Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Dec 2024 · Savings and Investments Union

Meeting with Christophe Grudler (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Dec 2024 · Compétitivité européenne

Meeting with Arthur Corbin (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

12 Dec 2024 · Simplification package - Omnibus

Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Dec 2024 · EU Energy and industry policy

Meeting with Valérie Hayer (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Dec 2024 · Compétitivité européenne

Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament)

23 Oct 2024 · CMU + Sustainable Finance

Meeting with Christophe Grudler (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Sept 2024 · Echange autour des priorités européennes de l'AFEP

Meeting with Laurent Castillo (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Sept 2024 · Compétitivité, santé, environnement, transports

Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

24 Jun 2024 · Priorities and challenges of Large Companies in France

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament) and

21 Feb 2024 · Stakeholder Roundtable on Late Payment Regulation

Meeting with Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Member of the European Parliament) and French Publishers Association (Syndicat National de l'Edition)

1 Feb 2024 · Late Payments

Meeting with Laurence Sailliet (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Jan 2024 · Green claims

Meeting with Geoffroy Didier (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Jan 2024 · Directive européenne sur les délais de paiement et justification et communication relatives aux allégations environnementales explicites

Meeting with Geoffroy Didier (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

10 Jan 2024 · Compulsory licensing

Meeting with Nils Torvalds (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Jan 2024 · Green Claims Directive

Meeting with Cyrus Engerer (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

8 Jan 2024 · Green Claims Directive

Meeting with Fabienne Keller (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Dec 2023 · Impact de la proposition de règlement sur les pratiques administratives françaises

Meeting with Christophe Grudler (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and France Industrie

7 Dec 2023 · Règlement pour une industrie à zéro émission

Meeting with Laurence Sailliet (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Dec 2023 · Echanges avec l'AFEP - Règlement sur les retards de paiement

Meeting with Nathalie Colin-Oesterlé (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Dec 2023 · Proposition de règlement du Parlement européen et du Conseil établissant des règles de procédure supplémentaires relatives à l’application du règlement (UE) 2016/679

Meeting with Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Member of the European Parliament) and Confédération des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises

5 Dec 2023 · Late Payments

Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Nov 2023 · ESG ratings

Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Oct 2023 · ESG ratings

Meeting with Pernille Weiss-Ehler (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Landbrug Fødevarer - Danish Agriculture and Food Council

13 Oct 2023 · Directive on substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive)

Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Oct 2023 · ESG ratings

Meeting with Antoine Colombani (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

11 Jul 2023 · European Sustainability Reporting Standards; Corporate Sustainability due diligence Directive

Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

4 Jul 2023 · Sustainable Finance

Meeting with Florian Denis (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness), Katherine Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

4 Jul 2023 · Sustainable Finance

Meeting with Krzysztof Hetman (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

3 May 2023 · Exchange of views on Forced Labour Regulation (meeting delegated to parliamentary assistant)

Meeting with Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

13 Apr 2023 · Forced Labour ban

Meeting with Raphaël Glucksmann (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Mouvement des Entreprises de France

13 Apr 2023 · APA - Forced labour

Meeting with Eva-Maria Alexandrova Poptcheva (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Association Française des Marchés Financiers

10 Mar 2023 · Listing Act

Meeting with Florian Denis (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness), Katherine Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness) and Deutsches Aktieninstitut

9 Mar 2023 · Sustainable Finance

Meeting with Olivier Guersent (Director-General Competition)

15 Feb 2023 · IRA, HBER, revision market definition notice, Temporary Crisis Framework

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament) and

8 Feb 2023 · Green Deal

Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

29 Nov 2022 · CRR3 (staff)

Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

26 Oct 2022 · CRR3, EUGB (staff)

Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

14 Oct 2022 · ETS

Meeting with Alin Mituța (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

11 Oct 2022 · Data Act

Meeting with Ibán García Del Blanco (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

11 Oct 2022 · Exchange of views on the Data Act

Meeting with Pascal Durand (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

28 Sept 2022 · European Single Access Point (ESAP) (APA only)

Meeting with Antoine Colombani (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

22 Sept 2022 · Energy prices; Fit for 55; sustainable finance

Meeting with Christophe Grudler (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Sept 2022 · Marché européen des données

Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

5 Sept 2022 · ETS and CBAM

Meeting with Pascal Durand (Member of the European Parliament)

13 Jul 2022 · due diligence + ESAP (APA only)

Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Jul 2022 · Actualité ECON-FISC

Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

21 Jun 2022 · EUGB (staff), CSRD (staff)

Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

23 May 2022 · ETS

Meeting with Olivier Guersent (Director-General Competition)

28 Apr 2022 · politique des aides d’état, HBER, VBER, article 22

Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and European Banking Federation

9 Mar 2022 · EUGB (staff)

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner)

28 Oct 2021 · Industrial strategy update

Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

20 Oct 2021 · Réunion préparatoire pour diner avec les Présidents membres de l’Afep le 28/10

Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

18 Oct 2021 · Discuss specific issues of the Industrial Strategy, such as the reform of competition policy and the level playing field at global level.

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament)

13 Oct 2021 · Fit for 55

Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and

12 Oct 2021 · Sustainable Corporate Governance Initiative

Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and

28 Sept 2021 · Investment protection and facilitation

Meeting with Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness) and

28 Sept 2021 · Investment protection and facilitation.

Meeting with Antoine Colombani (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

8 Jun 2021 · Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, Sustainable Corporate Governance, Taxonomy

Meeting with Florian Denis (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness) and

7 May 2021 · sustainable corporate governance

Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and

7 May 2021 · Sustainable corporate governance

Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Gints Freimanis (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

29 Apr 2021 · Carbon border adjustment mechanism, sustainable corporate governance and due diligence, sustainable finance

Meeting with Florian Denis (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

25 Mar 2021 · country by country reporting and non-financial reporting

Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and

18 Dec 2020 · Sustainable finance

Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)

11 Dec 2020 · Sustainabl Finance, NFRD, Country-by country reporting.

Meeting with Veronica Gaffey (the Chair of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board Regulatory Scrutiny Board)

26 Nov 2020 · IIA of the Commission on sustainable corporate governance and the consultation on the relevant subject. The Chair of the RSB did not discuss this proposal but provided a general presentation on the work of the Board in the EU regulatory process

Meeting with Olivier Guersent (Director-General Competition)

25 Nov 2020 · General discussion on SA, Digital and Green Deal

Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

22 Jul 2020 · Discuss Covid-19 Crisis and recovery plan; Digital Services Act and Industrial Strategy

Meeting with Antoine Colombani (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

24 Apr 2020 · Green deal and recovery; sustainable finance; carbon border adjustment

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President) and

5 Feb 2020 · Sustainable finance; Future of Capital Markets Union; Protection of intra-EU investments; Competitiveness of European businesses

Meeting with Timo Pesonen (Acting Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

15 Jul 2019 · Courtesy meeting to present themselves and their interest in Business growth, SMIT and IPR protection

Meeting with Olivier Guersent (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

12 Jun 2019 · Finance durable, notamment la taxonomie des activités durables d’un point de vue environnemental. Révision des lignes directrices sur la Directive sur le reporting non financier, encadrement des agences de notation extra-financières, les suites du Fitness check on corporate public reporting framework, poursuite de l’Union des marchés de capitaux and Mise en œuvre des règlements Prospectus et EMIR.

Meeting with Isabelle Magne (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)

25 Jul 2018 · overview of trade policy

Meeting with David Boublil (Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici)

5 Jun 2018 · La Réforme fiscale US, CCCTB et fiscalité de brevet

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President) and

16 Feb 2018 · Structural reforms in France; macroeconomic and fiscal issues; corporate taxation

Meeting with Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

27 Nov 2017 · whistleblowers' protection

Meeting with Jean-Luc Demarty (Director-General Trade)

16 Nov 2017 · Overview on trade related issues of relevance to French multinational companies

Meeting with David Boublil (Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici)

16 Nov 2017 · AFEP representatives presented their point of view on the tax proposals, French patent box regime and public CBCR.

Meeting with Robert Schröder (Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas)

11 May 2017 · meeting on Circular Economy

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President) and

13 Oct 2016 · The Vice-President presented the priorities of the European Commission and answered the questions from attendees

Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy) and France Industrie

21 Sept 2016 · Energy policy

Meeting with Sebastian Kuck (Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill) and

1 Jun 2016 · Transparency Directive & European Single Electronic Format (ESEF)

Meeting with Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner)

17 May 2016 · discussion sur situation économique européenne

Meeting with Stephen Quest (Director-General Taxation and Customs Union)

18 Mar 2016 · Exchange of views on the Anti-tax Avoidance package

Meeting with Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner)

25 Nov 2015 · questions fiscales

Meeting with Maria Elena Scoppio (Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici)

17 Nov 2015 · New initiatives in coorporate taxation

Meeting with Sebastian Kuck (Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill)

9 Nov 2015 · Country by Country reporting

Meeting with Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)

12 Oct 2015 · Current Regulatory Agenda in Financial Services

Meeting with Simona Constantin (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

24 Sept 2015 · Corporate governance files

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President) and

23 Jul 2015 · Corporate taxation: Commission Action Plan, CBCR, BEPS; Situation of public finances and reforms in France; Euro and Eurozone issues

Meeting with Nathalie De Basaldua Lemarchand (Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill)

1 Jul 2015 · Introductory Meeting

Meeting with Renate Nikolay (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová), Simona Constantin (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

4 Jun 2015 · Shareholder Rights Directive, Data Portection

Meeting with Manuel Szapiro (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič) and France Industrie

27 Apr 2015 · Energy Union Strategy

Meeting with Tomasz Husak (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

24 Mar 2015 · Key Enabling Technologies; Energy Union

Meeting with Fabien Dell (Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici)

17 Mar 2015 · Fiscalité des entreprises

Meeting with Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska) and France Industrie

22 Jan 2015 · ETS Directive and the COP 21 in 2015