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EU LOBBYING TOP 100 BIGGEST SPENDING ORGANISATIONS

Submitted by christian on Thu, 09/26/2013 - 16:12

The list here below shows the biggest spenders (above € 1 million) in the category ‘Companies & Groups' sourced from the Transparency Register on 17 March 2013 and ranked and published by Dutch news website Sargasso. The expenditures in the list are based on either the exact stated amount in an entry or where declarations give a range the lower threshold has been taken.

The Top 100 Biggest Spending Organisations spend a combined total of € 347 million for representing their interests to EU institutions. 19 organisations among the top 100 biggest spenders are from Germany, followed by France (9 organisations).

  1. Groupe IRCEM (€ 54,7 million) (France) *
  2. Ecoboard Europe (€ 40 million) (Netherlands)
  3. Tuncluer Textile Industry Inc. Co (€ 20 million) (Turkey)
  4. Enel Ingegneria e Ricerca S.p.A. (€ 10 million) (Italy)
  5. Association for Financial Markets in Europe (€ 10 million) (EU)
  6. Ericsson (€ 9 million) (Sweden)
  7. European Seed Association (€ 8, 25 million) (EU)
  8. Nokia (€ 6.75 million) (Finland)
  9. European Chemical Industry Council (€ 6,0 million) (EU)
  10. Association of Mutual Insurers and Insurance Cooperatives in Europe (AMICE) (€6,0 million) (EU)
  11. Multiponto (€ 5,5 million) (Spain)
  12. ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical (€ 4,75 million) (USA)
  13. Siemens AG (€ 4, 73 million) (Germany)
  14. Microsoft Corporation (€ 4,5 million) (USA)
  15. European Banking Federation (€  4,25 million) (EU)
  16. European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) (€ 4,25 million) (EU)
  17. CEMAFROID SNC (€ 4,0 million) (France)
  18. BUSINESS EUROPE (€ 4,0 million) (EU)
  19. Shell Companies (€ 3,75 million) (UK/Netherlands)
  20. GDF Suez (€ 3,75 million) (France)
  21. Association de l’Aviculture, de l’Industrie et du Commerce de Volailles dans les Pays de l’Union Européenne (€ 3,75 million) (EU)
  22. Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V. (€ 3,57 million) (Germany)
  23. Korea Shipowners’Association (€ 3,25 million) (Korea)
  24. EUROGAS aisbl (€ 3,11 million) (EU)
  25. Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. (€ 3,57 million) (Germany)
  26. General Electric Company (€ 3,0 million) (USA)
  27. Daimler Aktiengesellschaft (€ 2,83 million) (Germany)
  28. Bayer AG (€ 2,79 million) (Germany)
  29. Telekom Austria Group (€ 2,75 million) (Austria)
  30. European Justice Forum (€ 2,75 million) (EU)
  31. AENEAS (€ 2,75 million) (EU)
  32. Infrabel (€ 2,5 million) (Belgium)
  33. Bundesverband der Ernergie-und Wasserwirtschaft e.V. (BDEW) (€ 2,5 million) (Germany)
  34. Deutsche Industrie-und Handelskammertag e.V; (€ 2,3 million) (Germany)
  35. BASF SE (€ 2,3 million) (Germany)
  36. Total SA (€ 2,25 million) (France)
  37. Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft e.V. (€ 2,25 million) (Germany)
  38. European Federation of the Cotton and Allied Textile Industries (€ 2,25 million) (EU)
  39. Det Norske Veritas (€ 2,25 million)  (Norway)
  40. Deutsche Post DHL (€ 2,17 million) (Germany)
  41. Union Française des Semenciers (€ 2,1 million) (France)
  42. E. ON SE (€ 2,03 million) (Germany)
  43. Vitrociset SpA (€ 2,0 million) (Italy)
  44. Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry (EUROCHAMBRES) (€ 2,0 million) (EU)
  45. Electricité de France (€ 2,0 million) (France)
  46. Bundesverband deutscher Banken e.V. (€ 2,0 million) (Germany)
  47. Association des Constructeurs Européens d’Automobiles (€ 2,0 million) (EU)
  48. European Atomic Forum (€ 1,97 million) (EU)
  49. Telefonica SA (€ 1,92 million) (Spain)
  50. RWE AG (€ 1,91 million) (Germany)
  51. Union Européenne de l’Artisanat et des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises AISBL (€ 1,9 million) (UE)
  52. Intel Corporation (€ 1,75 million) (USA)
  53. Gruppo Alcuni SRL (€ 1,75 million) (Italy)
  54. Evonik Industries AG (€ 1,75 million) (Germany)
  55. European Fund and Asset Management Association (€ 1,75 million) (EU)
  56. Greek National Syndicate of Inland Freight Transport (€ 1,5 million) (Greece)
  57. Verband Deutscher Maschinen-und Anlagenbau e.V. (€ 1,5 million) (Germany)
  58. EVOLO S. COOP (€ 1,5 million) (Spain)
  59. APT Associazione Produttori Televisivi (€ 1, 5 million) (Italy)
  60. Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (€ 1,5 million) (EU)
  61. Deustche Telekom (€ 1,35 million) (Germany)
  62. Colegio Vasco de Economistas/Ekonomisten Euskal Elkargoa (€ 1,28 million) (Spain)
  63. Rolls Royce plc (€ 1,25 million) (United Kingdom)
  64. International Swaps and Derivatives Association (€ 1,25 million) (EU)
  65. Federation of European Securities Exchanges (€ 1,25 million) (EU)
  66. European Ferrous Recovery and Recycling Federation (€ 1,25 million) (EU)
  67. Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (e 1,25 million) (EU)
  68. British Airways (€ 1,25 million) (United Kingdom)
  69. Associazione Nazionale degli Industriali del Veneto (€ 1,25 million) (Italy)
  70. Anheuser-Busch InBev NV/SA (€ 1,25 million) (Belgium)
  71. European Community Shipowners’ Association (€ 1,09 million) (EU)
  72. Zentralverband des Deustchen Handwerks e.V. (€ 1,0 million) (Germany)
  73. Vodafone Belgium SA (€ 1,0 million) (United KIngdom)
  74. Syndicat National de l’Industrie de la Nutrition Animale (€ 1,0 million) (France)
  75. SpiritsEUROPE (€ 1,0 million) (EU)
  76. Philip Morris International Inc. (€ 1,0 million) (USA)
  77. Liberty Global, Inc. (€ 1,0 million) (USA)
  78. Insurance Europe (€ 1,0 million) (EU)
  79. IFPI representing recording industry worldwide (€ 1,0 million) (USA)
  80. ICMP, the global voice of music publishing (€ 1,0 million) (USA)
  81. IBM Corporation (€ 1,0 million) (USA)
  82. Gas Infrastructure Europe (€ 1,0 million) (EU)
  83. European Trade Union Committee for Education (€ 1,0 million) (EU)
  84. European Farmers (€ 1,0 million) (EU)
  85. European Association Automotive Suppliers (€ 1,0) (EU)
  86. European Agri-Cooperatives (€ 1,0 million) (EU)
  87. European Culture & Citoyenneté (€ 1,0 million) (EU)
  88. EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG (€ 1,0 million) (Germany)
  89. Cable Europe (€ 1,0 million) (EU)
  90. Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände e.V. (€ 1,0 million) (Germany)
  91. BNP Paribas Securities Services (€ 1,0 million) (France)
  92. Astrium Space Transportation (€ 1,0 million) (EU)
  93. Alcatel-Lucent(€ 1,0 million) (France)

Note: This list should be considered with a great deal of caution.

* According to the register, the medium-size French insurance company IRCEM tops the lobbying budget but IRCEM has no office in Brussels. Its declared spending exceeds apprently the combined lobbying expenditures of BNP Paribas, Google, GlaxoSmithKline, Ford, Unilever, Coca Cola, Exxon Mobil, Shell, GDF Suez, British Airways, Microsoft, Bayer, IBM, Statoil Syngenta, Ericsson and Nokia.

 

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