Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V.
VCI
Der VCI und seine Fachverbände vertreten die Interessen von rund 3.200 Unternehmen aus der chemisch-pharmazeutischen Industrie und chemienaher Wirtschaftszweige gegenüber Politik, Behörden, anderen Bereichen der Wirtschaft, der Wissenschaft und den Medien.
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Nils Behrndt (Deputy Secretary-General Secretariat-General)
26 Nov 2025 · Simplification and competitiveness
Meeting with Martin Lukas (Director Trade)
6 Nov 2025 · Meeting between DG TRADE- Directorate G and the German chemical industry association (VCI)
Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)
29 Oct 2025 · Exchange on Industrial Accelerator Act
Meeting with Aleksandra Baranska (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez), Anna Vernet (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez)
20 Oct 2025 · EU Emission Trading System (ETS) State aid Guidelines and the German chemical industry
Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)
14 Oct 2025 · Climate and Energy Policy
Meeting with Jan Ceyssens (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall), Vita Jukne (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)
2 Oct 2025 · 1. Environment & industry concerning the upcoming environmental omnibus proposal: IED, permitting procedures, AAQD, urban wastewater (UWWTD), EUDR, waste/batteries, OSOA 2. Circularity: ESPR and PPWR 3. REACH revision
Meeting with Astrid Van Mierlo (Head of Unit Taxation and Customs Union)
22 Sept 2025 · CBAM
Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament)
16 Sept 2025 · Austausch
Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament)
27 Aug 2025 · 2040 climate target
Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament)
1 Jul 2025 · Exchange on Trade Policies
Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action)
26 Jun 2025 · ETS reform
Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament) and Europe Calling e.V.
25 Jun 2025 · Austausch
Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament) and
2 Jun 2025 · EU Energy and industry policy
Meeting with Ingeborg Ter Laak (Member of the European Parliament)
21 May 2025 · Green claims directive
Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
19 May 2025 · Exchange of views on challenges for the sector.
Meeting with Markus Ferber (Member of the European Parliament)
9 Apr 2025 · Clean Industrial Deal
Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Commissioner) and
8 Apr 2025 · Overcapacity and state of play on EU-US trade relations
Meeting with Dan Jørgensen (Commissioner) and
8 Apr 2025 · chemical industry
Meeting with Jessika Roswall (Commissioner) and
8 Apr 2025 · Revision of the REACH Regulation, chemical recycling, PFAS
Meeting with Ekaterina Zaharieva (Commissioner) and
8 Apr 2025 · Exchange on the on the challenges and opportunities of the German Chemical Sector
Response to Amendments to Taxonomy Delegated Acts
26 Mar 2025
Meeting with Moritz Körner (Member of the European Parliament)
19 Mar 2025 · Introductory Meeting
Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
27 Feb 2025 · Biotech
Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)
13 Feb 2025 · Climate and Energy Policy
Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Von Beust & Coll. Beratungsges. mbH & Co KG
6 Feb 2025 · Surface water and groundwater pollutants
Meeting with Christine Schneider (Member of the European Parliament)
15 Jan 2025 · De-bureaucratisation
Meeting with Oliver Schenk (Member of the European Parliament)
15 Jan 2025 · Chemical industry in the EU
Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament)
13 Jan 2025 · Chemical Policy
Meeting with Alexandra Mehnert (Member of the European Parliament)
4 Dec 2024 · Deregulation, Debureaucratization and Competitiveness of Chemical Industries
Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)
21 Nov 2024 · Climate and Energy Policy
Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)
20 Nov 2024 · Competitiveness Green deal
Meeting with Jutta Paulus (Member of the European Parliament)
16 Oct 2024 · Verband der Chemischen Industrie
Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and European Chemical Industry Council
14 Oct 2024 · Surface water and groundwater pollutants
Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament) and The Smoke Free Partnership
8 Oct 2024 · Health
Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)
26 Sept 2024 · Exchange on current EU policies on chemicals
Meeting with Christine Singer (Member of the European Parliament) and EPIA SolarPower Europe
5 Sept 2024 · Austausch neue Legislaturperiode
Meeting with Stefan Köhler (Member of the European Parliament)
29 Aug 2024 · Politischer Austausch
Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)
22 Jul 2024 · Exchange on Expectations on the new European Parliament and EU Commission (EU Industry Policy, Global Trade, Green Deal, Energy Policy, chemical policy)
Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)
11 Jul 2024 · Competitiveness, energy
Meeting with Jens Gieseke (Member of the European Parliament)
10 Jul 2024 · Austausch zu Umweltpolitik
Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament) and BASF SE
9 Jul 2024 · Industrial policy
Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)
9 Jul 2024 · Exchange on Expectations on the new European Parliament and EU Commission ( EU Industry Policy, Global Trade, Green Deal, Chemical Policy)
Response to WHITE PAPER on Export Controls
30 Apr 2024
Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)
23 Apr 2024 · Exchange on chemical recycling
Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)
23 Apr 2024 · European Green Deal and competitiveness
Response to WHITE PAPER on Outbound Investments
17 Apr 2024
Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament) and
16 Apr 2024 · Various
Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)
15 Apr 2024 · Chemical Recycling
Meeting with Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament) and
5 Mar 2024 · Exchange with economic associations
Meeting with Rasmus Andresen (Member of the European Parliament) and
5 Mar 2024 · socio economic situation
Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament)
22 Feb 2024 · Austausch zu verschiedenen Themen
Meeting with Tiemo Wölken (Member of the European Parliament) and Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Energie
14 Feb 2024 · Allgemeiner Austausch
Meeting with Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President) and
14 Feb 2024 · EU competitiveness in particular chemical industry
Meeting with Petra Kammerevert (Member of the European Parliament)
14 Feb 2024 · Austausch zu allgemeinen Themen
Meeting with Karsten Lucke (Member of the European Parliament) and Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Energie
14 Feb 2024 · Chemische Industrie
Meeting with Christine Schneider (Member of the European Parliament)
31 Jan 2024 · NGT
Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament) and
29 Nov 2023 · REACH, NZIA
Response to Administrative burden
27 Nov 2023
Meeting with Maria Noichl (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion) and Industrieverband Agrar e.V.
24 Oct 2023 · Soil health
Meeting with Norbert Lins (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)
11 Oct 2023 · SUR
Meeting with Tiemo Wölken (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Bundesverband der Pharmazeutischen Industrie e.V.
13 Sept 2023 · SPC and Compulsory Licensing
Meeting with Tiemo Wölken (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
7 Sept 2023 · Revision of the Pharmaceutical Legislation (staff level)
Meeting with Christine Schneider (Member of the European Parliament)
3 Jul 2023 · CLP
Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)
15 Jun 2023 · Exchange on packaging and packaging waste (staff level)
Response to Product priorities under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)
12 May 2023
Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
4 May 2023 · Exchange on energy costs and RM supply chains in the context of Green Deal
Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
3 May 2023 · NZIA
Meeting with Christine Schneider (Member of the European Parliament)
25 Apr 2023 · CLP
Meeting with Matthias Ecke (Member of the European Parliament)
18 Apr 2023 · Kennenlernen und Meinungsaustausch
Meeting with Anne Funch Jensen (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager), Michele Piergiovanni (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)
22 Nov 2022 · State Aid and Energy.
Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
8 Nov 2022 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
Response to A European Union Regulatory Framework for the Certification of Carbon Removals
2 May 2022
Meeting with Carsten Schierenbeck (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)
29 Apr 2022 · Discussion on Better regulation
Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
3 Mar 2022 · Exchange on the gas market directive
Response to Measures to reduce the release of microplastics in the environment
17 Jan 2022
Meeting with Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit) and Industriegewerkschaft Bergbau, Chemie, Energie
20 Dec 2021 · labour market aspects of the green transition
Meeting with Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean), Rachel Smit (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean), Walter Goetz (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)
27 Oct 2021 · ReFuelEU Aviation
Meeting with Anne Funch Jensen (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)
24 Sept 2021 · Draft State aid Guidelines on Climate, environmental protection and Energy
Response to Ecodesign and energy labelling working plan 2020-2024
31 May 2021
Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and
28 May 2021 · Sustainable corporate governance and due diligence
Meeting with Laure Chapuis (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson)
28 Jan 2021 · - the status of the Climate Law; - the ongoing preparation of the Fit for 55% package.
Meeting with Anouk Faber (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit), Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit)
25 Jan 2021 · employment situation in the chemical sector, including skills
Response to Revision of the Ambient Air Quality Directives 2008/50/EC and 2004/107/EC
13 Jan 2021
Response to Revision of the Framework for State aid for Research, Development and Innovation
12 Jan 2021
Response to New EU Soil Strategy - healthy soil for a healthy life
4 Dec 2020
Response to Sustainable Products Policy Legislative Initiative
16 Nov 2020
Response to EU Action Plan Towards a Zero Pollution Ambition for air, water and soil
28 Oct 2020
Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
16 Sept 2020 · Having an introductory discussion on Green Deal
Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Bundesarbeitgeberverband Chemie e.V.
31 Aug 2020 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
Response to Evaluation of the Sewage Sludge Directive 86/278/EEC
12 Aug 2020
Response to Measures to enhance the protection and resilience of critical infrastructure
29 Jul 2020
Response to Chemicals strategy for sustainability
19 Jun 2020
Response to Communication on a EU hydrogen strategy
8 Jun 2020
Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)
4 Jun 2020 · European Green Deal and the recovery
Meeting with Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)
25 May 2020 · To discuss 5 point plan of the German chemistry- and pharma-industry.
Response to Commission proposal for the revision of Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions
17 Apr 2020
Response to Commission Communication outlining a comprehensive plan to increase the EU 2030 climate target
15 Apr 2020
Response to Proposal for a Carbon Border Adjustment mechanism (CBAM)
31 Mar 2020
Response to Climate Law (Legislative proposal)
6 Feb 2020
Response to EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy
20 Jan 2020
Response to Communication on a new Circular Economy Action Plan
20 Jan 2020
Response to Fitness Check on the relevant EU legislation on endocrine disruptors
2 Jul 2019
Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger)
20 Nov 2018 · current EU policies
Meeting with Renate Nikolay (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)
7 Jun 2018 · Several legislation files
Response to Revision of the EU SME Definition
6 Jul 2017
Meeting with Christian Linder (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič) and
11 Sept 2015 · Energy Union Strategy with a forward-looking climate policy
Meeting with Christian Linder (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)
26 Feb 2015 · Framework Strategy Energy Union