The Japan Business Council in Europe (JBCE) is the European organisation representing companies of Japanese parentage operating in Europe.

The mission of JBCE is to contribute to European Public Policy. JBCE membership currently consists of around 60 multinational companies and covers a wide range of industry sectors, including air-conditioning, automotive, chemicals, consumer electronics, engineering, industrial machinery, information and communication technology, medical equipment, photo and imaging equipment.

Stakeholders concerned with data protection acknowledge the opportunity to modernize the European data protection framework. They believe it is in the interest of consumers and businesses alike to have an EU data protection framework that is robust, balanced, effective and future-proof. They believe that by fully harmonising EU data protection rules, the proposed Regulation would bring about increased legal certainty and would mark an improvement for businesses and consumers.

WFA is the only global organization representing the common interests of marketers. It brings together the biggest markets and marketers worldwide, representing roughly 90% of global marketing communications spend, almost US$ 700 billion annually. WFA champions responsible and effective marketing communications. The WFA membership is a unique, global network of around 60 National Advertiser Associations on five continents, representing the biggest ad markets around the world.

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BSA The Software Alliance is a nonprofit trade association created to advance the goals of the software industry and its hardware partners. It is the foremost organization dedicated to promoting a safe and legal digital world. Headquartered in Washington, DC, BSA is active in more than 80 countries, with dedicated staff in 11 offices around the globe: Brussels, London, Munich, Beijing, Delhi, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei, Tokyo, Singapore, and São Paulo.

EMOTA represents distance selling and e-commerce business in 16 European countries. The overall turnover in these represented countries is estimated to exceed € 300 billion, which accounts for more than 80% of total European e-commerce. EMOTA's mission is to promote, at European level, the interests of distance sellers operating via various sales channels. We are proud to serve as primary contact for the EU Commission, Members of the European Parliament and the media on e-commerce matters.

The interactive software industry, representing the publishers of video games, is the fastest growing sector of the European content industry, with consumer spending estimated at 16 billion € in 2011, out of a global market of 60 billion €.

EACA, the European Association of Communications Agencies is an organisation, which brings together the advertising, media and sales promotions agencies across Europe, enabling international experience and issues to be shared and dealt with on a pan-European basis. It provides an important link between agencies, advertisers and the advertising media in Europe and around the world and participates closely in the setting of standards in many aspects of the business across Europe.

EACA main tasks are to promote:

IAB Europe is the voice of digital business. Its mission is to protect, prove, promote and professionalise Europe's online advertising, media, research and analytics industries. Together with its members – companies and national trade associations – IAB Europe represents over 5,500 organisations.

EuroISPA is a pan European association of European Internet Services Providers Associations (ISPAs). It is the world’s largest association of Internet Services Providers (ISPs), representing over 1800 ISPs across the EU and EFTA countries – including ISPs from Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Romania and the UK. The association was established in 1997 to represent the European ISP industry on EU policy and legislative issues and to facilitate the exchange of best-practices between national ISP associations.

DIGITALEUROPE is the voice of the European digital technology industry, which includes large and small companies in the Information and Communications Technology and Consumer Electronics Industry sectors. It is composed of major multinational companies and national associations from European countries. In all, DIGITALEUROPE represents more than 10,000 companies all over Europe with more than 2 million employees and over EUR 1,000 billion in revenues.