OpenLobby.EU

Uber

Uber is a global mobility platform connecting riders with drivers and delivery services through a digital app.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Reinis Pozņaks (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Nov 2025 · Introductory meeting

Meeting with Pierfrancesco Maran (Member of the European Parliament)

30 Oct 2025 · Autonomous Vehicles

Uber urges focus on enforcement over new digital rules

24 Oct 2025
Feedback on — Consultation on strengthening consumer protection in digital environments including dark patterns and addictive design.
Their ask — Uber requests the Commission focus on harmonizing and enforcing existing laws rather than creating new rules that could duplicate or contradict recent regulations like the DSA, AI Act, and GDPR. They want to avoid blanket prohibitions on features like infinite scrolling and prescriptive rules on app design that could disrupt functionality.1234
How it helps them — This would preserve their business-critical dynamic pricing model and personalization features that drive platform efficiency.56
Who loses — Consumers lose stronger protections against manipulative design practices and problematic personalization that the consultation aims to address.7
Response to: Proposal for a Directive/Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on strengthening consumer protection in the digital environment (Digital Fairness Act)

Uber seeks streamlined EU digital rules to cut compliance burden

10 Oct 2025
Feedback on — Digital Omnibus proposal aims to simplify EU digital legislation and reduce business compliance costs.
Their ask — Uber requests alignment of overlapping cybersecurity incident reporting requirements across GDPR, NIS2, PSD2, and DORA, and streamlining of AI-related definitions and reporting obligations across GDPR, AI Act, and Platform Work Directive. They propose creating a one-stop shop under the European Agency for Cybersecurity and merging complaint-handling requirements between Platform-to-Business Regulation and Digital Services Act.123
How it helps them — This would reduce duplicative compliance costs and free up resources during cybersecurity incidents.45
Who loses — Workers and consumers may lose transparency protections if reporting requirements are weakened or consolidated.6
Response to: Digital Omnibus revising several legislative acts in view of regulatory simplification

Meeting with Wojciech Saryusz-Wolski (Head of Unit (Ad interim) Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and

2 Oct 2025 · Exchange of views on the upcoming Digital Omnibus Package, with an emphasis on simplification and harmonisation of digital legislation.

Meeting with Victor Negrescu (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Sept 2025 · Anniversary Reception celebrating 10 Years of Uber in Romania

Uber urges EU to integrate ride-hailing in tourism strategy

11 Sept 2025
Feedback on — EU strategy aims to promote sustainable tourism and boost competitiveness through 2050.
Their ask — Uber requests the EU recognize ride-hailing and food delivery as critical tourism infrastructure. They want harmonized rules across the single market to remove regulatory barriers like exclusive taxi access to airports, fixed pricing mandates, and return-to-garage requirements.123
How it helps them — This would eliminate operational restrictions that limit their market access and competitiveness.456
Who loses — Traditional taxi operators lose their privileged access to transport hubs and pricing protections.7
Response to: European Strategy for Sustainable Tourism 2050 - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the EU Tourism Strategy

Meeting with Rita Wezenbeek (Director Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and

10 Sept 2025 · Discussion on the interplay of EU pieces of legislation applicable to online platforms.

Meeting with Ioan-Dragos Tudorache (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

10 Sept 2025 · Exchange of views on the forthcoming Delivery Act and other initiatives

Uber urges 100% electric corporate fleet mandate by 2035

5 Sept 2025
Feedback on — EU proposal to accelerate zero-emission vehicle uptake in corporate fleets.
Their ask — Uber supports an EU regulation setting a 100% electric vehicle binding target for corporate fleets by 2035, with a ban on new ICE cars from 2030. The definition should capture large companies owning, purchasing, or managing over 200 cars, including ride-hailing. This must be accompanied by incentives for professional drivers, including €5-6k subsidies, charging infrastructure, and streamlined licensing.1234
How it helps them — This would create predictable demand for their electric ride-hailing expansion plans.56
Who loses — Traditional car manufacturers lose flexibility to continue selling combustion engines to fleets.7
Response to: Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and the Council on clean corporate vehicles

Meeting with Apostolos Tzitzikostas (Commissioner) and

17 Jul 2025 · Corporate Fleets strategic dialogue

Meeting with Jens Gieseke (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Jul 2025 · Austausch zu EU Politik

Meeting with François Kalfon (Member of the European Parliament) and

24 Jun 2025 · Priorités TRAN 2024-2029

Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen)

6 Jun 2025 · Algorithmic transparency

Meeting with Kilian Gross (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

5 Jun 2025 · Exchange of views on AI at the workplace and AI Act implementation

Meeting with Matthieu Moulonguet (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra) and

23 Apr 2025 · Greening Corporate Fleet

Meeting with Marc Angel (Member of the European Parliament) and

22 Apr 2025 · Single Market and Ride-hailing Services

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

10 Mar 2025 · Ride Hailing, Single Market for Sevices

Response to Single Market Strategy 2025

31 Jan 2025

Meeting with Magda Kopczynska (Director-General Mobility and Transport) and

29 Jan 2025 · Exchange about ride-hailing and Private Hire Vehicles with driver (PHV) – national rules and Commission approach in the new mandate

Meeting with Henna Virkkunen (Executive Vice-President) and

23 Jan 2025 · EU tech agenda

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

14 Jan 2025 · Greening corporate fleets

Meeting with Magda Kopczynska (Director-General Mobility and Transport) and

7 Nov 2024 · Ambrosetti Club Europe - Transport and mobility priorities

Meeting with Eva Maydell (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Nov 2024 · EU Competitiveness Agenda

Meeting with Andreas Schwab (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Oct 2024 · Priorities in the digital sector for the new legislative mandate

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Sept 2024 · LIBE priorities 2024-2029

Meeting with Ruth Reichstein (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen) and

29 Aug 2024 · transport policy

Uber urges EU to streamline cybersecurity incident reporting requirements

24 Jul 2024
Feedback on — EU rules on cybersecurity risk management and incident reporting obligations for digital providers.
Their ask — Uber requests that the EU harmonize cybersecurity incident reporting requirements across different regulations (GDPR, NIS2, DORA) and raise financial thresholds for what qualifies as a 'significant' incident. They want the same incident report to comply with all EU reporting requirements and propose raising the threshold from €100,000 to 5% of annual turnover.12
How it helps them — This would dramatically reduce their compliance burden by allowing one report for multiple regulations.34
Who loses — Regulators lose visibility into smaller incidents that could still harm consumers or workers.5
Response to: COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... laying down rules for the application of Directive (EU) 2022/2555 as regards technical and methodological requirements of cybersecurity risk-management measures and further specification of the cases in which an incident is considered to be significant with regard to DNS service providers, TLD name registries, cloud computing service providers, data centre service providers, content delivery network providers, managed service providers, managed security service providers, providers of online market places, of online search engines and of social networking services platforms, and trust service providers

Meeting with Isidro Laso Ballesteros (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)

18 Apr 2024 · Transport, mobility

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President)

18 Jan 2024 · Clean transition for professional drivers

Meeting with Aleksandra Baranska (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič), Dino Toljan (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

15 Dec 2023 · Electrification of the transport sector

Meeting with Pablo Fabregas Martinez (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)

29 Nov 2023 · EU transport policies

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

16 Nov 2023 · Data Act

Meeting with Alin Mituța (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Xiaomi Technology Netherlands B.V.

16 May 2023 · Data Act

Uber Urges Tailored VAT Rules for Platform Economy

3 Apr 2023
Feedback on — EU proposal to harmonize VAT application and reporting for digital platforms.
Their ask — Uber requests a sector-specific approach rather than uniform rules, stronger safeguards against platform liability for driver VAT status, and broadened deemed supplier rules to cover all platform transactions. They warn the proposal could force them to operate two incompatible business models simultaneously.1234
How it helps them — This would let them operate a single business model and avoid complicated compliance processes.56
Who loses — Tax authorities lose visibility as fewer, larger taxpayers replace many small ones.7
Response to: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 as regards the VAT administrative cooperation arrangements needed for the digital age

Meeting with Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders)

21 Mar 2023 · data protection, AI

Meeting with Mette Dyrskjot (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager), Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

21 Mar 2023 · Platform work

Meeting with Ana Carla Pereira (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit), Antoine Kasel (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit), Ivana McDowell (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit)

21 Mar 2023 · Platform Work Directive

Meeting with Karlo Ressler (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

23 Feb 2023 · Chips Act

Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and

18 Jan 2023 · The Commission initiative about platform workers

Meeting with Pablo Fabregas Martinez (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)

29 Sept 2022 · Uber's recent initiatives to support women drivers

Meeting with Dragoş Tudorache (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

29 Sept 2022 · Artificial Intelligence

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

6 Sept 2022 · meeting with the Green Digital Coalition - Main topic : state of play on sustainable digitalization

Meeting with Elisabetta Gualmini (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

29 Mar 2022 · Roundtable on platform work directive

Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and

23 Nov 2021 · Platform work

Meeting with Francisco Barros Castro (Cabinet of Commissioner Elisa Ferreira) and

4 Nov 2021 · Discussion on platform workers

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Oct 2021 · Artificial Intelligence

Meeting with Ana Carla Pereira (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit), Fabien Dell (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit) and

24 Sept 2021 · conditions of people working through platforms

Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and

20 Sept 2021 · Consultation hearing with digital labour platforms on the Initiative on improving working conditions in platform work. (to be completed)

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

24 Jun 2021 · Presentation of Uber's ongoing activities, Platform Workers legislation

Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and

26 Apr 2021 · Meeting on platform work.

Meeting with Dennis Radtke (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

4 Mar 2021 · Platform work

Meeting with Anouk Faber (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit), Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit) and The Open University

27 Jan 2021 · Meeting on adult learning programmes.

Meeting with Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders)

25 Nov 2020 · Data protection

Meeting with Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner)

30 Sept 2020 · Covid and the sustainability pledge

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

10 Jul 2020 · Meeting on upskilling and reskilling.

Meeting with Anouk Faber (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit), Fabien Dell (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit)

14 May 2020 · Videoconference on the economic and social effects of the Covid-19 crisis.

Meeting with Anouk Faber (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit)

4 Feb 2020 · Gender Equality

Meeting with Paolo Gentiloni (Commissioner)

23 Jan 2020 · Sustainable mobility

Meeting with Neil Kerr (Cabinet of Commissioner Helena Dalli)

22 Jan 2020 · Uber's actions in diversity and safety

Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and

22 Jan 2020 · Skills agenda/Platform workers

Meeting with Pablo Fabregas Martinez (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)

22 Jan 2020 · Transports

Meeting with Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders)

13 Jan 2020 · Presentation of the company's activities & issues relevant for JUST portofolio

Meeting with Wojtek Talko (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

2 Oct 2019 · Data protection

Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport)

23 Jul 2019 · Uber's latest developments; particular plans in the EU

Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport)

21 Sept 2018 · mobility

Meeting with Silke Obst (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)

5 Jun 2018 · Mobility topics

Meeting with Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)

25 Jan 2018 · Future of mobility

Meeting with Inge Bernaerts (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen), Vasiliki Kokkori (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)

16 Jan 2018 · Work and social protection in Europe

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)

20 Sept 2017 · Uber, taxation of the digital economy, cybersecurity, free flow of data

Meeting with Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

7 Jul 2017 · collaborative economy

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

31 May 2017 · Meeting with Adam Gromis, Uber Global Sustainable Mobility Manager

Meeting with Silvia Bartolini (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)

31 May 2017 · Sustainable urban mobility

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

4 May 2017 · Presentation of the company

Meeting with Mathieu Fichter (Cabinet of Commissioner Corina Crețu)

17 Mar 2017 · Future of Urban mobility

Meeting with Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

7 Mar 2017 · Shared urban mobility services

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

1 Mar 2017 · UBER representatives briefly introduced their business model and highlighted the pilot projects on self-driving cars in the US

Meeting with Kilian Gross (Digital Economy)

20 Dec 2016 · platforms

Meeting with Inge Bernaerts (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen), Stefaan Hermans (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)

6 Dec 2016 · Employment and social protection in the new world of work

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

15 Nov 2016 · Collaborative economy, mobility services, startups

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

15 Nov 2016 · technology in mobility services

Meeting with Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President) and

15 Nov 2016 · Uber and competitiveness within the Single Market

Meeting with Michael Karnitschnig (Cabinet of Vice-President Johannes Hahn)

15 Nov 2016 · Economic reforms and mobility in the Neighbourhood countries

Meeting with Alisa Tiganj (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)

10 Nov 2016 · Uber, Affaires publiques en Europe centrale et orientale.

Meeting with William Neale (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella)

9 Nov 2016 · Sustainable mobility

Meeting with Martin Selmayr (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker), Michael Shotter (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

8 Nov 2016 · Collaborative Economy

Meeting with Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner) and

20 Sept 2016 · innovation, start-ups, collaborative economy

Meeting with Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

8 Jul 2016 · collaborative economy

Meeting with Telmo Baltazar (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

7 Jul 2016 · Transport policy

Meeting with Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

30 Jun 2016 · meeting the new Head of public policy and government relations in the EU

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

24 May 2016 · Platforms, collaborative economy, e-commerce, startups

Meeting with Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

23 May 2016 · collaborative economy

Meeting with Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner) and

23 May 2016 · Collaborative economy

Meeting with Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)

23 May 2016 · European Innovation Council / Boost disruptive innovation

Meeting with Violeta Bulc (Commissioner) and

23 May 2016 · Meeting with Uber CEO

Meeting with Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner)

20 May 2016 · Collaborative economy

Meeting with Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

18 May 2016 · Collaborative economy

Meeting with Robert Schröder (Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas)

29 Mar 2016 · Innovation and regulation

Meeting with Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)

23 Jan 2016 · Open Innovation

Meeting with Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President) and

22 Jan 2016 · Sharing economy

Meeting with Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner)

21 Jan 2016 · Uber in Europe, EU law, EU legal framework and regulatory framework in relation to the collaborative economy.

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)

21 Jan 2016 · DSM, platforms, innovation

Meeting with Jasmin Battista (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip), Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

11 Dec 2015 · collaborative economy within the Single Market

Meeting with Michael Hager (Digital Economy)

30 Oct 2015 · platforms and DSM

Meeting with Inge Bernaerts (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)

18 Sept 2015 · social aspects of collaborative economy

Meeting with Ann Mettler (Director-General Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action)

11 Sept 2015 · Collaborative economy

Meeting with Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)

10 Sept 2015 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová), Simona Constantin (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

15 Jul 2015 · Sharing economy and new business models opportunities

Meeting with Heidi Jern (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

13 Jul 2015 · Sharing Economy

Meeting with Alfredo Sousa De Jesus (Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas)

1 Jul 2015 · Opportunities and challenges in the field of transport, & work in the field of research.

Meeting with Liene Balta (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

13 Apr 2015 · Exchange of views on Commission Work Programme in coming years

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

22 Jan 2015 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner) and

22 Jan 2015 · Introductory meeting

Meeting with Violeta Bulc (Commissioner)

22 Jan 2015 · Meeting with Uber