Response to Regulation (EU) 202X/XXXX of the European Parliament and of the Council of XXXX establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1781 (Chips Act 2) (Text with EEA relevance)

28 Nov 2025

Meeting with Angelika Winzig (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Nov 2025 · Meeting with representative of DIHK

Meeting with Nils Behrndt (Deputy Secretary-General Secretariat-General)

20 Nov 2025 · EU industrial policy

Meeting with Matjaž Malgaj (Head of Unit Environment) and Wirtschaftskammer Österreich

18 Nov 2025 · Ecodesign for Sustainable Product Regulation (ESPR)

Meeting with Markus Ferber (Member of the European Parliament) and 2 other interest representatives

13 Nov 2025 · Competitiveness

Meeting with Hubert Gambs (Deputy Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and 2 other interest representatives

13 Nov 2025 · Discussion on European affairs, in particular on SME policies, simplification and burden reduction and global trade.

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the 'AgoraEU' programme for the period 2028-2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/692 and (EU) 2021/818

5 Nov 2025

Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Nov 2025 · Industrial Accelerator Act & Trade

Meeting with Michael Bloss (Member of the European Parliament) and Zentralverband des Deutschen Handwerks e.V.

4 Nov 2025 · EU Wirtschaftspolitik

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Nov 2025 · Exchange on US-EU Trade measures

Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Nov 2025 · Industry challenges

Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament) and BASF SE

28 Oct 2025 · Environment Policy

Meeting with Jan Hendrik Dopheide (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič)

22 Oct 2025 · Short follow-up meeting on EU-US trade

Meeting with Leopoldo Rubinacci (Deputy Director-General Trade)

22 Oct 2025 · Future of the Transatlantic relationship

Meeting with Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

22 Oct 2025 · Circular Economy Act, Environmental Omnibus

Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis)

22 Oct 2025 · Simplification & Omnibus; state of German businesses and competitiveness

Meeting with Fabien Gehl (Head of Unit Trade)

22 Oct 2025 · Exchange of views on the current state of WTO and multilateral trading system

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

15 Oct 2025 · 28th Regime

Response to Digital Omnibus revising several legislative acts in view of regulatory simplification

14 Oct 2025

Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

14 Oct 2025 · Global Gateway

Response to Heating and cooling strategy: advancing decarbonisation and energy system integration

9 Oct 2025

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

2 Oct 2025 · EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)

Response to Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on medical devices and Regulation (EU) 2017/746 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices as regards simplification and burden reduction

26 Sept 2025

Response to Proposal for a legislative act on an EU corporate legal framework and other initiatives to assist innovative companies in particular.

23 Sept 2025

Response to Communication from the Commission – “A world in transition: Recharging European climate and energy diplomacy”

11 Sept 2025

Response to Legislative initiative enabling the development of competitive CO2 markets and CO2 transportation infrastructure.

10 Sept 2025

Response to Communication from the Commission amending the Guidelines on certain State aid measures in the context of the system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading post-2021 (2020/C 317/04)

5 Sept 2025

Meeting with Angelika Winzig (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Sept 2025 · Meeting with a representative of the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce

Response to COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Consumer Agenda 2025-2030 and Action Plan on Consumers in the Single Market

29 Aug 2025

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulations (EU) 2016/679, (EU) 2016/1036, (EU) 2016/1037, (EU) 2017/1129, (EU) 2023/1542 and (EU) 2024/573 as regards the extension of certain mitigating measures available for small and medium sized enterprises to small mid-cap enterprises and further simplification measures

25 Aug 2025

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council by setting out derogations from the prohibition of destruction of unsold consumer products

5 Aug 2025

Response to Communication of the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – Towards a comprehensive European Ports Strategy

28 Jul 2025

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Jul 2025 · Exchange on the clean industrial deal

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament) and 4 other interest representatives

14 Jul 2025 · Treffen der Spitzenverbände der deutschen Wirtschaft

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the details and format for the disclosure of information on discarded unsold consumer products

9 Jul 2025

Response to Legislative proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act

8 Jul 2025

Response to Cloud and AI Development Act

3 Jul 2025

Meeting with Vita Jukne (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

30 Jun 2025 · To discuss the DIHK position on the REACH revision.

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on revision of the Cybersecurity Act, streamlining and supplementing cybersecurity legislation and repealing Regulation (EU) 2019/881 of the European Parliament and the Council of 17 April 2019 on ENISA (the European Agency for Cybersecurity) and on information and communications technology cybersecurity certification and repealing Regulation (EU) No 526/2013 (Cybersecurity Act) (Text with EEA relevance)

20 Jun 2025

Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Jun 2025 · Environment Policy

Response to Apply AI Strategy: strengthening the AI continent

4 Jun 2025

Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis)

4 Jun 2025 · Simplification

Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

3 Jun 2025 · Austausch zu rechtspolitischen Themen (Bürokratieabbau, Insolvenzrecht, 28. Regime)

Meeting with Patrick Child (Acting Director-General Environment)

22 May 2025 · Exchange of views on chemicals legislation and the circular economy.

Meeting with Tobias Cremer (Member of the European Parliament)

21 May 2025 · Europäische Wirtschaft

Response to Communication on the EU Stockpiling Strategy

9 May 2025

Response to Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on Connecting Europe through high-speed rail

8 May 2025

Meeting with Philippe Lamberts (Principal Adviser Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action)

24 Apr 2025 · Pursuing the EGD while simplifying legislation

Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Apr 2025 · Global Gateway Strategy

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Apr 2025 · Exchange on AI and Digitalization with regional Chapter of DIHK

Meeting with Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament) and IHK NRW - Die Industrie- und Handelskammern in Nordrhein-Westfalen e. V.

8 Apr 2025 · IHK NRW Panel - Round-Table mit MdEPs

Meeting with Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General Taxation and Customs Union)

4 Apr 2025 · Physical meeting - Presentation and discussion on corporate taxation, VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) and implications of the current geopolitical context

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1735 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the rules on the identification of authorised oil and gas producers who are required to contribute to the objective of reaching the Union-target for available CO2 injection capacity by 2030, on the calculation of their respective contributions, and on their reporting obligations

26 Mar 2025

Response to Targeted evaluation of Regulation (EU)2017/745 on Medical Devices and Regulation (EU)2017/746 on In Vitro Diagnostics

21 Mar 2025

Meeting with Angelika Winzig (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Mar 2025 · Meeting with a representitive of Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer

Meeting with Marie-Hélène Pradines (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

6 Mar 2025 · Proposal Regulation on Late Payments

Meeting with Terry Reintke (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Mar 2025 · European Economic Policies, Green Transformation, Women in Economic & Political Leadership

Meeting with Sabine Weyand (Director-General Trade)

5 Mar 2025 · Current trade policy agenda (US tariffs, EU-China trade relations, bilateral trade agenda, in particular USA, China, Mercosur, India)

Response to Evaluation of Directive 2014/23/EU on the award of concessions contracts, Directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement, and Directive 2014/25/EU on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors

4 Mar 2025

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... specifying the pre-qualification and award criteria for auctions for the deployment of energy from renewable sources

21 Feb 2025

Meeting with Koen Van De Casteele (Director Competition)

18 Feb 2025 · IPCEI process simplification; feedback of German companies (LE and SMEs) about their IPCEI experience

Meeting with Jan Hendrik Dopheide (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič)

5 Feb 2025 · Introductory meeting / EU-UK, EU–Switzerland, EU-US trade

Meeting with Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

4 Feb 2025 · PFAS, permitting procedures, circular economy

Meeting with Max Uebe (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu)

4 Feb 2025 · Meeting with DIHK

Response to Single Market Strategy 2025

31 Jan 2025

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on a public interface connected to the Internal Market Information System for the declaration of posting of workers and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012

30 Jan 2025

Meeting with Christof Lessenich (Head of Unit Energy)

30 Jan 2025 · The meeting focused on the impact of the ECJ judgement about self-consumption facilities, the not yet published bidding zone review and the assessment of capacity markets.

Meeting with Bernd Biervert (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič), Jan Hendrik Dopheide (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič)

29 Jan 2025 · Trade agenda

Meeting with Valentina Schaumburger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

29 Jan 2025 · Latest initiatives in the area of EU industrial policy (Competitiveness Compass, Clean Industrial Deal, Simplification)

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament) and 16 other interest representatives

24 Jan 2025 · Exchange on Green Claims

Meeting with Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Jan 2025 · Exchange on EU Talent Pool

Meeting with Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Jan 2025 · Austausch zu Global Gateway / EU-Außenwirtschaftsförderung

Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament) and Dow Europe GmbH

14 Jan 2025 · European Industrial Policy

Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Jan 2025 · Climate Policy

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion) and 7 other interest representatives

11 Dec 2024 · Revision of the EUs Foreign Direct Investment Screening mechanism

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2023/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the CBAM registry

28 Nov 2024

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Nov 2024 · Exchange on Expectations on the new European Parliament and EU Commission (EU Industry Policy, Global Trade, Green Deal, Energy Policy)

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2023/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the conditions and procedures related to the status of authorised CBAM declarant

27 Nov 2024

Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Nov 2024 · Critical Raw Materials

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... on supplementing Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, by further extending the scope of the data to be included in the Union database to cover relevant data from the point of production or collection of the raw material used for the fuel production

7 Nov 2024

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Directive (EU) 2024/1788 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying a methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emissions savings from low- carbon fuels

25 Oct 2024

Meeting with Sabine Verheyen (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Oct 2024 · Competiveness

Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

17 Oct 2024 · administrative burden and competitiveness issues

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... establishing, pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2024/573 of the European Parliament and of the Council, minimum requirements for training attestations of natural persons and the conditions for the mutual recognition of such training attestations as regards certain mobile equipment containing fluorinated greenhouse gases and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 307/2008

15 Oct 2024

Meeting with Oliver Schenk (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Sept 2024 · Industrie- und Handelspolitik in Europa

Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Sept 2024 · Policy Agenda of the Legal Affairs Committee for 10th mandate

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

26 Jul 2024 · GDPR

Meeting with Thomas Woolfson (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

3 Jul 2024 · Exchange on EU and German competitiveness

Response to WHITE PAPER How to master Europe's digital infrastructure needs?

28 Jun 2024

Meeting with Kevin Keary (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

22 May 2024 · East Asia, Indonesia, Trade, Free trade agreement

Response to WHITE PAPER on Export Controls

30 Apr 2024

Response to WHITE PAPER On options for enhancing support for research and development involving technologies with dual-use potential

30 Apr 2024

Meeting with Bernd Lange (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Apr 2024 · General exchange of views on trade policy

Meeting with Daniel Caspary (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Apr 2024 · Austausch

Meeting with Florika Fink-Hooijer (Director-General Environment) and Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V.

17 Apr 2024 · European Green Deal - bilan and continuation, the next mandate.

Meeting with Daniel Caspary (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Mar 2024 · Austausch

Meeting with Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament) and 6 other interest representatives

5 Mar 2024 · Exchange with economic associations

Meeting with Rasmus Andresen (Member of the European Parliament) and 8 other interest representatives

5 Mar 2024 · socio economic situation

Response to Commission Recommendation and guidance to Member States on design elements of renewable energy auctions

1 Mar 2024

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament) and 29 other interest representatives

21 Feb 2024 · Stakeholder Roundtable on Late Payment Regulation

Response to Report on the application of the General Data Protection Regulation to the European Parliament and the Council

8 Feb 2024

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Council Directive 92/106/EEC as regards a support framework for intermodal transport of goods and Regulation (EU) 2020/1056 of the European Parliament and the Council as regards calculation of external costs savings and generation of aggregated data

1 Feb 2024

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL ESTABLISHING AN EU TALENT POOL

29 Jan 2024

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on preventing plastic pellet losses to reduce microplastic pollution

17 Jan 2024

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

10 Jan 2024 · Presentation of DIHK papers on Critical Minerals Agreement (CMA) and Global Arrangement on Steel and Aluminum (GSA)

Meeting with Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General Taxation and Customs Union)

9 Jan 2024 · Physical meeting - Discussion on CBAM transitional period and implications for SMEs

Response to Commission proposal for a Council Recommendation on Research Security

3 Jan 2024

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/331 as regards transitional Union-wide rules for harmonised free allocation of emission allowances

21 Dec 2023

Response to Administrative burden

1 Dec 2023

Meeting with Florika Fink-Hooijer (Director-General Environment)

17 Nov 2023 · brief presentation on environmental policies

Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament)

13 Nov 2023 · Economic policy issues

Meeting with Thomas Rudner (Member of the European Parliament) and Zentralverband des Deutschen Handwerks e.V.

13 Nov 2023 · Parlamentarischer Abend: Allgemeiner Austausch

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the Union Customs Code and the European Union Customs Authority, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013

7 Nov 2023

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on combating late payment in commercial transactions

30 Oct 2023

Response to Commission Recommendation on the recognition of qualifications of third country nationals

11 Oct 2023

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED DIRECTIVE (EU) .../… amending Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the adjustments of the size criteria for micro, small, medium-sized and large undertakings or groups

6 Oct 2023

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of Regulation (EU) 2016/679

31 Aug 2023

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive)

20 Jul 2023

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards sustainability reporting standards

6 Jul 2023

Meeting with Henrike Hahn (Member of the European Parliament) and 2 other interest representatives

28 Jun 2023 · Climate-neutral Europe and competitive SMEs

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero technology products manufacturing ecosystem (Net Zero Industry Act)

27 Jun 2023

Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

23 Jun 2023 · CRMA

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directives 2009/102/EC and (EU) 2017/1132 as regards further expanding and upgrading the use of digital tools and processes in company law

8 Jun 2023

Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

8 Jun 2023 · Binnenmarktnotfallinstrument/ Single Market Emergency Instrument (SMEI) - Staff Level

Meeting with Thor-Sten Vertmann (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson)

25 May 2023 · Green Deal files and Electricity Market Design

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on common rules promoting the repair of goods and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/2394, Directives (EU) 2019/771 and (EU) 2020/1828

24 May 2023

Meeting with Matthias Ecke (Member of the European Parliament)

24 May 2023 · Parlamentarischer Abend DIHK

Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament)

24 May 2023 · General Exchange

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to the sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources, to the transition to a circular economy, to pollution prevention and control, or to the protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2178 as regards specific public disclosures for those economic activities

3 May 2023

Response to Proposal for a Council Recommendation on learning opportunities (learning mobility) abroad in Europe for everyone, updating and repealing the Council Recommendation of 28 June 2011 ‘Youth on the move’ — promoting the learning mobility of young people

2 May 2023

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on packaging and packaging waste, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and Directive (EU) 2019/904, and repealing Directive 94/62/EC

12 Apr 2023

Response to Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 2006/112/EC as regards VAT rules for the digital age

3 Apr 2023

Response to Revision of the Directive 2011/7/EU on combating Late Payments in commercial transactions

17 Mar 2023

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and 124 other interest representatives

8 Mar 2023 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Meeting with Florentine Hopmeier (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

13 Feb 2023 · • Exchange of views on the RRF state of play and the next steps for the reform of the economic governance. • On the Green Deal Industrial Plan. • Finally DHIK presented the “European Parliament of entrepreneurs”, to take place in November 2023.

Meeting with Anna Cavazzini (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Feb 2023 · Lateinamerika-Initiative der Deutschen Wirtschaft

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (recast)

23 Jan 2023

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020

23 Jan 2023

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulations (EU) 2017/745 and (EU) 2017/746 as regards the transitional provisions for certain medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices

18 Jan 2023

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 as regards decisions relating to binding information in the field of customs valuation and introducing an electronic system for binding origin and valuation information

18 Jan 2023

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 as regards decisions relating to binding information in the field of customs valuation and decisions relating to binding origin information

18 Jan 2023

Meeting with Koen Doens (Director-General Directorate-General for International Partnerships)

17 Jan 2023 · Global Gateway

Response to Proposal to amend Directive 2013/11/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes and to repeal Regulation (EU) No 524/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on online dispute resolution for consumer disputes

21 Dec 2022

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on liability for defective products

9 Dec 2022

Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

1 Dec 2022 · European Competitiveness

Meeting with Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

27 Oct 2022 · AI Act and Data Act.

Meeting with Maurits-Jan Prinz (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

27 Oct 2022 · Data Act and AI Act

Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and 58 other interest representatives

14 Oct 2022 · ETS

Meeting with Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Oct 2022 · Wirtschaftsforum Ungarn

Response to Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code

13 Sept 2022

Response to COMMISSION DIRECTIVE (EU) .../… amending Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of life vehicles

21 Jun 2022

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a framework for setting ecodesign requirements for sustainable products and repealing Directive 2009/125/EC

21 Jun 2022

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) and Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste

21 Jun 2022

Meeting with Tatiana Marquez Uriarte (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson)

21 Jun 2022 · Overview of the REPowerEU initiative

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

21 Jun 2022 · • Resilience of value chains / Strategic autonomy • Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence • EU Innovation Agenda • Current and planned IPCEI

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing a Union methodology setting out detailed rules for the production of renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin

17 Jun 2022

Meeting with Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

17 Jun 2022 · Data Act

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937

23 May 2022

Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament)

17 May 2022 · Podiumsdiskussion zur künftigen wirtschaftspolitischen Agenda der EU

Meeting with Cristina Rueda Catry (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

17 May 2022 · EU FTAs agenda, especially with Latin America and Indo-Pacific

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (Data Act)

13 May 2022

Response to Commission Communication on a new European Innovation Agenda

10 May 2022

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe's semiconductor ecosystem (Chips Act)

9 May 2022

Meeting with Renate Nikolay (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

27 Apr 2022 · Due diligence

Meeting with Renate Nikolay (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

26 Apr 2022 · Due diligence

Meeting with Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager), Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

5 Apr 2022 · Sustainable Corporate Governance.

Response to Initiative to promote sustainability of consumer goods in the Sale of Goods Directive

1 Apr 2022

Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

23 Mar 2022 · Öffentliche Diskussionsveranstaltung zur Due Diligence

Response to Review of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives

22 Feb 2022

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Amazon Europe Core SARL

16 Feb 2022 · AI Act

Meeting with Renate Nikolay (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

6 Oct 2021 · Sustainable Corporate Governance

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL LAYING DOWN HARMONISED RULES ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACT) AND AMENDING CERTAIN UNION LEGISLATIVE ACTS

5 Aug 2021

Meeting with Anthony Whelan (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

16 Jul 2021 · Practical implications for their businesses of due diligence obligations

Meeting with Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager), Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

15 Jul 2021 · Due Diligence und Sustainable Corporate Governance

Meeting with Johannes Hahn (Commissioner)

10 Jun 2021 · Keynote speech and discussion on European policy priorities and recovery.

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union, repealing Directive (EU) 2016/1148

18 Mar 2021

Response to [CWP2021] Revision of Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005

10 Mar 2021

Meeting with Sabine Weyand (Director-General Trade)

1 Dec 2020 · Trade Policy Review

Response to Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/87/EC to contribute to delivering economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions reductions as part of the European Green Deal by enhancing cost-effective emission reductions and low-carbon investments, and ensuring that other sectors, such as shipping contribute to the emissions reductions needed to move to climate neutrality

26 Nov 2020

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

16 Nov 2020 · Exchange with the SME committees of DIHK, BDI and the BDA.

Response to Proposal to amend Directive (EU) 2018/2001 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources

21 Sept 2020

Response to Commission Communication on the future of research and innovation and the European Research Area

3 Aug 2020

Response to Proposal for a Regulation (or a Directive) of the European Parliament and of the Council on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 2006/66/EC

8 Jul 2020

Response to Chemicals strategy for sustainability

19 Jun 2020

Response to Communication on ‘Building the energy system of a climate-neutral Europe: An EU Strategy for Smart Sector Integration’

26 May 2020

Response to Commission proposal for the revision of Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions

21 Apr 2020

Response to Proposal for a Carbon Border Adjustment mechanism (CBAM)

1 Apr 2020

Meeting with Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

5 Mar 2020 · Green Deal priorities

Meeting with Pauline Weinzierl (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

3 Mar 2020 · Discussion on the priorities of the new Commission and Commissioner Breton in the area of industrial policy, SMEs and single market. DIHK presented their position papers on the Industry Strategy and SME strategy as well as the results of a study conducted in 2019 on barrires in the single market

Meeting with Anouk Faber (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit), Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit)

28 Feb 2020 · Vocational training

Response to Communication on a new Circular Economy Action Plan

20 Jan 2020

Response to EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy

17 Jan 2020

Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and 2 other attendees

17 Jan 2020 · Skilling

Meeting with Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom) and 2 other interest representatives

23 Sept 2019 · Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures as regards information relating to emergency health response

16 Aug 2019

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

18 Jun 2019 · Europe after elections

Meeting with Kai Wynands (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

4 Apr 2019 · EMU

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President) and 2 other attendees

19 Mar 2019 · The European Semester and findings of the German country report, Investment priorities for Germany, Labour market developments, Strengthening of Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union, Trade tensions and Brexit.

Response to Prolongation of the Commission Regulation (EU) N°651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty

7 Mar 2019

Response to Prolongation of the state aid rules reformed under the state aid modernisation (SAM) package and expiring by the end of 2020: Guidelines on regional State aid for 2014-2020; Guidelines on risk finance aid for 2014-2020; Communication from the Commission — Criteria for the analysis of the compatibility with the internal market of State aid to promote the execution of important projects of common European interest; Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020; Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring non-financial undertakings in difficulty

7 Mar 2019

Response to Prolongation of the Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to de minimis aid

7 Mar 2019

Response to Fitness check of the 2012 State Aid Modernisation package*, the Guidelines on State aid for railway undertakings and of the Communication on State aid for Short term export credit insurance (*General Block Exemption Regulation no 651/2014, De minimis Regulation no 1407/2013 , Regional aid guidelines, Risk finance aid guidelines, Communication on state aid for important projects of common European interest, Energy and environmental aid guidelines, Rescue and restructuring aid guidelines, Airports and aviation aid guidelines, RDI aid framework)

7 Mar 2019

Response to Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 as regards national funding combined with InvestEU instruments, aid for research, development and innovation and aid for European Territorial Cooperation

27 Feb 2019

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

22 Jan 2019 · Medicine Directive

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

21 Nov 2018 · MFF and EU elections

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

9 Oct 2018 · Aktuelle Herausforderungen der EU-Politik, Future of Europe

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment

24 Jul 2018

Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

11 Jul 2018 · Presentation of the Juncker Commission's work on jobs, growth, investments, sustainability and SMEs

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

3 Jul 2018 · Rules of origin and Union Customs Code

Response to Stocktaking of the Commission's better regulation policy and practices

30 May 2018

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the quality of water intended for human consumption (recast)

2 Apr 2018

Response to Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards the special scheme for small enterprises

14 Mar 2018

Meeting with Anna-Lena Zademach-Schwierz (Cabinet of Commissioner Corina Crețu)

14 Feb 2018 · Post 2020

Meeting with Lowri Evans (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

30 Jan 2018 · Exchange of views on the industrial policy strategy and industrial competitiveness

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... amending the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code, regarding procedural rules to facilitate the establishment in the Union of the preferential origin of goods

10 Jan 2018

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

28 Dec 2017 · Exchange of views and expectations on the WTO

Meeting with Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom) and Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V.

29 Nov 2017 · Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU

Meeting with Luc Tholoniat (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker), Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

28 Nov 2017 · EFSI

Response to Fair taxation of the digital economy

20 Nov 2017

Response to Fitness Check (evaluation) of the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) and the Floods Directive (2007/60/EC)

17 Nov 2017

Meeting with Léon Delvaux (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

12 Oct 2017 · State of play of ongoing trade negotiations

Response to Evaluation of Directive 2010/45/EU of 13 July 2010 amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards the rules on invoicing.

9 Oct 2017

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

28 Sept 2017 · budget

Response to Fitness check of the EU Ambient Air Quality Directives (Directive 2004/107/EC and 2008/50/EC)

23 Aug 2017

Response to Interpretative Communication of the European Commission on Union law applicable to intra-EU investments

22 Aug 2017

Response to Legislative or non-legislative proposal on prevention and amicable resolution of Intra-EU investment disputes

22 Aug 2017

Meeting with Marc Lemaitre (Director-General Regional and Urban Policy) and Zentralverband des Deutschen Handwerks e.V.

5 Jul 2017 · Regionalpolitischer Dialog 2017

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger) and 6 other interest representatives

30 Jun 2017 · Reflection paper

Meeting with Friedrich-Nikolaus von Peter (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)

21 Jun 2017 · DIHK Seminar

Meeting with Kai Wynands (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

4 May 2017 · Social and EMU reflection paper

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger) and Handwerkskammer Niederbayern-Oberpfalz

2 May 2017 · MFF

Meeting with Marc Lemaitre (Director-General Regional and Urban Policy) and Zentralverband des Deutschen Handwerks e.V.

1 Dec 2016 · Arbeiten der High-Level Gruppe zur Vereinfachung; Ausblick auf die Diskussionen um die neue Strukturfondsperiode; Auswirkungen des Brexit

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

10 Nov 2016 · Discussion on Anti-BEPS measures

Meeting with Andreas Schwarz (Cabinet of Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva)

19 Oct 2016 · MFF Mid-term review

Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

24 Jun 2016 · Speech at High-Level conference on investment

Meeting with Michael Hager (Digital Economy)

20 Jun 2016 · DSM

Meeting with Andreas Schwarz (Cabinet of Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva) and 7 other interest representatives

16 Jun 2016 · MFF Mid-term review

Meeting with Kai Wynands (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

2 Jun 2016 · CSR

Meeting with Christian Linder (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

1 Jun 2016 · State of Play Energy Union

Meeting with Johannes Laitenberger (Director-General Competition)

31 May 2016 · To review current competition trends

Meeting with Michael Hager (Digital Economy)

3 Mar 2016 · introductory meeting

Meeting with Friedrich-Nikolaus von Peter (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)

2 Mar 2016 · exchange about pending files

Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)

1 Mar 2016 · Migration Crisis, Integration of Refugees into the Labour Market

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

29 Feb 2016 · Digitisation of industry

Meeting with Raquel Lucas (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Tuure Taneli Lahti (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

29 Feb 2016 · Discussion focused on the main findings of the Country Report for Germany, follow-up of Five Presidents Report and next steps in completing EMU. DIHK reported on their role in the German economic system and their views concerning the integration of refugees into the labour market

Meeting with Keith Sequeira (Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas), Robert Schröder (Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas)

18 Feb 2016 · Feedback on Horizon 2020

Meeting with Walter Deffaa (Director-General Regional and Urban Policy)

18 Nov 2015 · Regionalpolitischer Dialog

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Digital Economy)

12 Nov 2015 · Digitalisierung der Industrie

Meeting with Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner) and 2 other attendees

5 Nov 2015 · Single Market Strategy, Competitiveness, Volkswagen

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

14 Jul 2015 · Industry 4.0

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

14 Jul 2015 · Industy 4.0

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

9 Jul 2015 · Main projects of the European Commission as regards taxation

Meeting with Friedrich-Nikolaus von Peter (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)

22 Jun 2015 · Meeting with DIHK

Meeting with Renate Nikolay (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

18 Mar 2015 · Work Programme 2015

Meeting with Bernd Martenczuk (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

17 Feb 2015 · Better regulation, position of teh First Vice-President Timmermans within the Commission

Meeting with Karolina Leib (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

5 Feb 2015 · EU topical issues

Meeting with Valérie Herzberg (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen) and 2 other interest representatives

28 Jan 2015 · Capital Markets Union

Meeting with Lee Foulger (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

22 Jan 2015 · Capital Markets Union

Meeting with Luc Tholoniat (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

22 Jan 2015 · Situation et priorités économiques

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

22 Jan 2015 · EU2020-Strategy & European Semester

Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)

14 Jan 2015 · Legal Migration, Labour/Economic Migration

Meeting with Léon Delvaux (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

2 Dec 2014 · Trade and Enterprise (Meeting with Volker Treier, Deputy CEO)