EUROCHAMBRES – Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry
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(1) The main purpose of the association is on the one hand to promote the European integration and on the other hand to identify related actions in favour Chambers of Commerce, their member companies and their national organisations.
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Piotr Serafin (Commissioner) and
10 Nov 2025 · Implementation and Simplification Dialogue on the Review of the EU Anti-Fraud Architecture
Response to Circular Economy Act
6 Nov 2025
Meeting with Victor Negrescu (Member of the European Parliament)
5 Nov 2025 · Meeting with Romanian Chamber of Commerce
Meeting with Victor Negrescu (Member of the European Parliament)
4 Nov 2025 · European Parliament of Enterprises Event
Meeting with Dóra Dávid (Member of the European Parliament)
4 Nov 2025 · Speech on occasion of the European Parliament of Entreprises
Meeting with Wopke Hoekstra (Commissioner) and
28 Oct 2025 · High Level Dialogue with Industry executives on the implementation of CBAM
Meeting with Aleksandra Kordecka (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)
24 Oct 2025 · Input on the upcoming Industrial Accelerator Act
Response to Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Military Mobility
23 Oct 2025
Meeting with Leopoldo Rubinacci (Deputy Director-General Trade)
16 Oct 2025 · Exchange of views on recent global economic developments
Meeting with Dóra Dávid (Member of the European Parliament)
16 Oct 2025 · SME priorities in IMCO, 28th regime, Single Market Strategy
Meeting with Sofia Munoz Albarran (Director Trade) and
15 Oct 2025 · Interplay between the trade anti-dumping and anti-subsidies regulations and the EU Regulation on Foreign Subsidies (FSR) to ensure that the two regimes combined deliver their maximal effect, complementing each other, while remaining accessible.
Response to Digital Omnibus revising several legislative acts in view of regulatory simplification
14 Oct 2025
Meeting with Anna Banczyk (Head of Unit Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)
29 Sept 2025 · Exchange of views on the main new initiatives of the unit EMPL.B3: EU VET strategy, EU VET diploma/label and Skills Portability Initiative
Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament)
24 Sept 2025 · General exchange
Meeting with Victor Negrescu (Member of the European Parliament)
22 Sept 2025 · Exchange of views with Eurochambers
Meeting with Victor Negrescu (Member of the European Parliament) and
3 Sept 2025 · LinkedIn/OECD session on skills-first hiring
Meeting with Michael McGrath (Commissioner) and
15 Jul 2025 · Exchange of views on simplification, CSDDD, GDPR, the forthcoming Digital Fairness Act and third party litigation funding
Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Commissioner) and
11 Jul 2025 · Implementation dialogue on customs legislation - Rules of origin
Response to Cloud and AI Development Act
30 Jun 2025
Meeting with Sofia Munoz Albarran (Director Trade) and American Chamber of Commerce in Belgium
18 Jun 2025 · Debate on "trade and the geopolitical situation" organised by the The Employers' Group of the EESC
Meeting with Eric Ducoulombier (Acting Director Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)
17 Jun 2025 · Exchange of views on difficulties to open bank accounts in other EU Member States.
Response to Apply AI Strategy: strengthening the AI continent
4 Jun 2025
Meeting with Marta Kos (Commissioner) and
19 May 2025 · Eurochambres in the context of our business engagement, especially with MS
Meeting with Henna Virkkunen (Executive Vice-President) and
19 May 2025 · Exchange of views on the Commission’s priorities under the current mandate, with an emphasis on simplification and competitiveness.
Meeting with Dóra Dávid (Member of the European Parliament)
15 May 2025 · Simplification, SMEs, EU digital policies
Meeting with Maria Luís Albuquerque (Commissioner) and
13 May 2025 · SIU and Sustainability Omnibus
Meeting with Andreas Schwab (Member of the European Parliament)
7 May 2025 · eCommerce
Meeting with Dan Jørgensen (Commissioner) and
30 Apr 2025 · Competitiveness
Meeting with Michael Mcnamara (Member of the European Parliament)
24 Apr 2025 · SMEs & the AI Act
Meeting with Piotr Serafin (Commissioner) and
24 Apr 2025 · Exchange of views on access to EU Funding
Meeting with Idoia Mendia (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
23 Apr 2025 · Meeting with Eurochambers
Meeting with Niels Flemming Hansen (Member of the European Parliament)
22 Apr 2025 · Late Payment Regulation
Meeting with Mario Nava (Director-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)
3 Apr 2025 · Eurochambres to present their activities with the Commission and discuss better contribution to the Union of Skills with DG EMPL
Meeting with Felix Fernandez-Shaw (Director Directorate-General for International Partnerships) and
1 Apr 2025 · Plenary Feedback round on previously held GGIA Working Group sessions of 9 different thematical groups regarding Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Meeting with Felix Fernandez-Shaw (Director Directorate-General for International Partnerships) and
1 Apr 2025 · In the context of the EU-LAC Global Gateway Investment Agenda, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) launches an initiative with a view to develop circular economy value chains in Latin America
Meeting with Anna Athanasopoulou (Director Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and
31 Mar 2025 · Ongoing initiatives on Simplification and Better regulation
Meeting with Jessika Roswall (Commissioner) and
27 Mar 2025 · Roundtable “Water, Agriculture, and the Food Supply Chain”
Meeting with Henrik Dahl (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
26 Mar 2025 · Simplification
Meeting with Jörgen Warborn (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
25 Mar 2025 · Omnibus
Meeting with Anna Cavazzini (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)
25 Mar 2025 · Priorities for the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection for the coming year related in particular to consumer and digital policy.
Meeting with Teresa Ribera Rodríguez (Executive Vice-President) and
24 Mar 2025 · To hear interest representatives’ perspectives on European Commission priorities and their impact on businesses, in particular SMEs.
Meeting with Anna-Maja Henriksson (Member of the European Parliament)
20 Mar 2025 · Industry
Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament) and
19 Mar 2025 · SME intergroup breakfast
Meeting with Piotr Serafin (Commissioner) and
17 Mar 2025 · Exchange of views on the future Multiannual Financial Framework and other EU priorities
Meeting with Wopke Hoekstra (Commissioner) and
17 Mar 2025 · Discussion on the future of Europe’s competitiveness and the implementation of the Clean Industrial Deal
Meeting with Alvydas Stancikas (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
12 Mar 2025 · Opening Bank Accounts for Business
Meeting with Michael Wimmer (Director Secretariat-General) and
10 Mar 2025 · To discuss the Commission’s Better Regulation agenda with a specific focus on the SME test.
Meeting with Brando Benifei (Member of the European Parliament)
6 Mar 2025 · Digitalisaton and AI Act implementation
Response to Savings and Investments Union
3 Mar 2025
Meeting with Marie-Hélène Pradines (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
19 Feb 2025 · SME policy, Competitiveness Compass, Commission work programme 2025, Simplification
Response to Single Market Strategy 2025
31 Jan 2025
Meeting with Julien Mousnier (Director Justice and Consumers) and
30 Jan 2025 · Annual Rule of Law Cycle – single market dimension
Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament) and
29 Jan 2025 · Renew Europe Stakeholder Roundtable: “Elevator Pitch for Better Single Market Rules”
Meeting with Adrián Vázquez Lázara (Member of the European Parliament)
28 Jan 2025 · Problems of SMEs and regulatory burdden
Meeting with Jessika Roswall (Commissioner) and
16 Jan 2025 · Commission Priorities
Meeting with Jessika Roswall (Commissioner) and
16 Jan 2025 · Commission Priorities
Meeting with Ekaterina Zaharieva (Commissioner) and
15 Jan 2025 · - Priorities of Commissioner's mandate - Presentation of the upcoming Eurochambres strategy (4S: Simplification, Scale, Security, Skills) - Simplification
Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and
15 Jan 2025 · European Single Market and industrial policy
Meeting with Idoia Mendia (Member of the European Parliament)
15 Jan 2025 · Meeting with Eurochambres
Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion) and
11 Dec 2024 · Revision of the EUs Foreign Direct Investment Screening mechanism
Meeting with Ivars Ijabs (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
15 Nov 2024 · Late payments regulation
Meeting with Iuliu Winkler (Member of the European Parliament)
5 Nov 2024 · European SMEs and their internationalisation processes
Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)
8 Apr 2024 · - EU's support to Ukraine - Business environment in Latvia, administrative burden - EU-China relations
Meeting with Wopke Hoekstra (Commissioner)
19 Mar 2024 · 2040 target plan
Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament) and
21 Feb 2024 · Stakeholder Roundtable on Late Payment Regulation
Meeting with Martina Dlabajová (Member of the European Parliament) and
13 Feb 2024 · SME Intergroup event
Meeting with Martina Dlabajová (Member of the European Parliament) and BUSINESSEUROPE
23 Jan 2024 · SME Intergroup breakfast
Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
11 Jan 2024 · Panelist at Eurochambres launch event: "Report on Single Market Obstacles and Solutions 2024"
Meeting with Martina Dlabajová (Member of the European Parliament)
28 Nov 2023 · SME IG Breakfast
Meeting with Alexandr Vondra (Member of the European Parliament)
20 Nov 2023 · SME
Meeting with Kyriacos Charalambous (Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn), Martina Krobath (Cabinet of Commissioner Johannes Hahn)
11 Jul 2023 · MFF revision
Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and
4 May 2023 · Electricity market design, European Hydrogen Bank, Net-Zero Industry Act.
Meeting with Věra Jourová (Vice-President)
4 May 2023 · Corporate sustainability, due diligence, consumer law and better regulation
Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
8 Mar 2023 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and
19 Dec 2022 · The European Partnership for Integration to support the labour market integration of third-country nationals and people fleeing Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.
Meeting with Jan Huitema (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
16 Dec 2022 · Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation
Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
8 Nov 2022 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
Meeting with Ilana Cicurel (Member of the European Parliament)
27 Oct 2022 · The Eurochambres Competitiveness Compass : a route to a business-friendly Europe
Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
17 Oct 2022 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
5 Oct 2022 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
Meeting with Eva Maydell (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
30 Jun 2022 · Chips Act & Chips Joint Undertaking
Meeting with Pierre-Arnaud Proux (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager), Pierre-Arnaud Proux (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)
2 Jun 2022 · Single Market
Response to Single Market Emergency Instrument (SMEI)
11 May 2022
Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and
29 Mar 2022 · Situation in Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees, importance of skills for integration of refugees into the labour market.
Meeting with Josianne Cutajar (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
9 Mar 2022 · Digital Decade Policy Programme
Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
18 Feb 2022 · Discuss future implication of Eurochambres to upcoming proposals/policies and encourage their input
Meeting with Sabine Weyand (Director-General Trade)
9 Feb 2022 · Trade Policy
Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament)
16 Dec 2021 · Artificial Intelligence
Meeting with Agnieszka Skonieczna (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and BUSINESSEUROPE
18 Nov 2021 · Sustainable corporate governance
Meeting with Samira Rafaela (Member of the European Parliament)
14 Sept 2021 · Online meeting
Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
12 Jul 2021 · Fit for 55
Response to Regulation establishing a framework for the use of data in the EU
23 Jun 2021
Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and
4 May 2021 · Exchange on the upcoming update of the Industrial Strategy and its SMEs dimension
Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
22 Apr 2021 · Capital Markets Union Sustainable Finance Post Covid Recovery
Meeting with Lukas Visek (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
21 Apr 2021 · Speech on sustainable food systems
Meeting with Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
14 Apr 2021 · Education skills
Meeting with Florika Fink-Hooijer (Director-General Environment)
9 Mar 2021 · environment and sustainability agenda of the European Commission
Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
4 Nov 2020 · EU's industry strategy and Single Market Enforcement Action Plan.
Meeting with Celine Gauer (Head of Task Force Secretariat-General)
29 Sept 2020 · Recovery and Resilience Facility
Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and
9 Jun 2020 · Videoconference on skills, Vocational Education and Training (VET) and SURE.
Meeting with Olivér Várhelyi (Commissioner)
9 Jun 2020 · Enhancing cooperation with the Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership countries.
Response to Communication on a EU hydrogen strategy
8 Jun 2020
Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President) and
28 May 2020 · COVID-19 relief measures
Meeting with Paolo Gentiloni (Commissioner)
5 May 2020 · Impact of Covid19 on SMEs sector and in commercial ties EU/USA
Meeting with Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) and
5 May 2020 · Migrants’ challenges in the current COVID-19 crisis and their contribution to economic recovery
Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President) and
6 Mar 2020 · Industrial Strategy, SMEs strategy, Social Dialogue and Pillar of Social Rights, European Semester
Meeting with Ylva Johansson (Commissioner) and
3 Mar 2020 · Consultations on the New Pact on Migrations
Meeting with Sabine Weyand (Director-General Trade)
25 Feb 2020 · Global Intelligence Strategy
Meeting with Marius Vascega (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius)
20 Feb 2020 · Circular Economy Action plan, Decarbonisation of industry, Climate law.
Meeting with Hugo Sobral (Cabinet of Commissioner Elisa Ferreira)
7 Feb 2020 · Green Deal
Response to Communication on a new Circular Economy Action Plan
17 Jan 2020
Meeting with Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner) and
10 Apr 2019 · education, youth, Erasmus+
Meeting with Timo Pesonen (Acting Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
9 Apr 2019 · Priorities of the next European Commission SM+ discussion on remaining obstacles on free movement if services
Meeting with Stefano Manservisi (Director-General Directorate-General for International Partnerships)
8 Apr 2019 · Meeting With Dir. A. Abruzzini - Exchange about circular migration and education
Meeting with Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
6 Mar 2019 · Current trade issues, skills & Erasmus+
Meeting with Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner)
6 Dec 2018 · State of play of EU trade policy
Meeting with Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner)
28 Jun 2018 · Declaration of Entrepreneurial Rights
Meeting with Maria Luisa Llano Cardenal (Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)
22 Jun 2018 · Discussion on the Eurochambres' declaration of Entrepreneurial Rights
Meeting with Ruth Paserman (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)
22 Jun 2018 · Declaration of Entrepreneurial Rights
Meeting with Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President) and Wirtschaftskammer Österreich
23 May 2018 · Future of Europe and EU trade policy
Meeting with Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen), Risto Artjoki (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)
16 Apr 2018 · SMEs and MFF
Meeting with Stefano Manservisi (Director-General Directorate-General for International Partnerships)
19 Jan 2018 · TVET programme in Sub-Saharan Africa
Meeting with Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen), Marlene Madsen (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)
5 Dec 2017 · Multiannual Financial Framework
Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
8 Nov 2017 · Discussion on the initiative on the integration of refugees in the European labour market
Response to Revision of the EU SME Definition
3 Jul 2017
Meeting with Jocelyn Fajardo (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)
9 Mar 2017 · 'Solid Internal Market' paper
Meeting with Inge Bernaerts (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)
9 Mar 2017 · Posting of Workers
Meeting with Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner)
9 Mar 2017 · EU-Singapore FTA
Meeting with Pauline Rouch (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)
1 Feb 2017 · European Solidarity Corps
Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)
24 Jan 2017 · Prep. Discussion with Social Partners (2nd European Dialogue on Skills and Migration)
Meeting with Julie Fionda (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)
13 Dec 2016 · Skills Agenda
Meeting with Paolo Berizzi (Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica)
30 Jun 2016 · Involvement of private sector in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda
Meeting with Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner) and
23 May 2016 · Erasmus for young Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs MEP Ambassadors Network launch event
Meeting with Matthias Ruete (Director-General Migration and Home Affairs)
4 Apr 2016 · Discussion on the EUROCHAMBRES ERIAS Action Plan
Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President) and
16 Mar 2016 · Discussion focused on the cooperation with EuroChambres on issues like skills and work-based learning and the role of the Chambres in structural reforms at national level. EuroChambres presented its initiative on a
Meeting with Tomasz Husak (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)
10 Feb 2016 · Current issues
Meeting with Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General Environment)
14 Dec 2015 · EBTC and Circular Economy
Meeting with Julie Fionda (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)
12 Nov 2015 · Skills, Apprenticeships
Meeting with Edward Bannerman (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)
2 Oct 2015 · European Economic Diplomacy
Meeting with Yvon Slingenberg (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)
16 Sept 2015 · Transposition of the EED among other general energy policy issues
Meeting with Edward Bannerman (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)
28 Jul 2015 · Economic Diplomacy
Meeting with Stefano Manservisi (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)
30 Jun 2015 · Economic diplomacy
Meeting with Julie Fionda (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)
28 May 2015 · Skills forecasting
Meeting with Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska), Tomasz Husak (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)
8 Apr 2015 · The future of SBA, SME policy & test, Enterprise Europe Network & Easme, Internationalisation, Comp Council
Meeting with Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
19 Mar 2015 · Investment Package and SMEs
Meeting with Simona Constantin (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)
18 Mar 2015 · Civil law and consumer protection files
Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President), Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
18 Mar 2015 · Better regulation and TTIP
Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President)
18 Mar 2015 · Energy Union, general EU issues
Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
18 Mar 2015 · Discussion on long-term priorities
Meeting with Patricia Reilly (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)
18 Feb 2015 · Skills
Meeting with Aurore Maillet (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella)
11 Feb 2015 · Green Economy
Meeting with Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner) and
5 Feb 2015 · TTIP and SME's, European Economic Diplomacy
Meeting with Marianne Thyssen (Commissioner) and
5 Feb 2015 · Eurochambres meeting: 'Skills and Apprenticeships'
Meeting with Simona Constantin (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)
5 Feb 2015 · Presentation of civil justice priorities
Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and
5 Feb 2015 · Digital Single Market, e-commerce, eIDAS regulation, eGovernment
Meeting with Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner) and
5 Feb 2015 · Priorities for Commissioner Bieńkowska's term
Meeting with Cecilia Malmström (Commissioner) and
2 Feb 2015 · Speech at Business Alliance for TTIP's Welcome Reception
Meeting with Jakub Cebula (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)
9 Jan 2015 · Exchange of views on current topics
Meeting with Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
8 Dec 2014 · SME Policy
Meeting with Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
4 Dec 2014 · Financial and capital markets policy
Meeting with Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner)
4 Dec 2014 · Education
Meeting with Hanna Jahns (Cabinet of Vice-President Johannes Hahn)
21 Nov 2014 · Economic development issues