Inge Bernaerts
Commission official with focus on employment, social policy, and competition matters.
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with European Materials Handling Federation
15 Jan 2026 · FEM represents the producers of material handling equipment such as cranes, lifting equipment, industrial trucks, etc. FEM wanted to discuss the competitiveness challenges currently facing its member companies and to discuss potential remedies.
Meeting with FEPORT
13 Nov 2025 · The possibilities of financing of ports under EU State aid rules
Meeting with BUSINESSEUROPE
23 Oct 2025 · Exchange of views on developments in EU competition policy
Meeting with European Competition Lawyers Forum
19 Jun 2025 · The meeting took place in order to discuss a paper submitted by ECLF on 14 April 2025 on “Potential improvements to procedural aspects of the European Commission’s Investigations under Regulation 1/2003”
Meeting with International Bar Association
7 Apr 2025 · Forthcoming activities of the IBA
Meeting with Industriegewerkschaft Metall
26 Mar 2025 · Exchange of views on State aid policy matters, in particular the State aid framework accompanying the Clean Industrial Deal
Meeting with Association of in-house competition lawyers
13 Mar 2025 · Exchange of views on the current competition policy topics
Meeting with Deutsche Telekom
4 Feb 2025 · Competition policy
Meeting with BUSINESSEUROPE
12 Jul 2019 · Labour Mobility
Meeting with Airbus
19 Jun 2019 · European Skills Policy
Meeting with Brussels Airlines SA/NV
18 Jun 2019 · Social aspects of European aviation
Meeting with ArcelorMittal
7 Jun 2019 · EU Steel Industry
Meeting with Asociación Española de Movilidad Laboral Internacional
26 Apr 2019 · Fair Labour Mobility
Meeting with IPC International, Inc.
20 Mar 2019 · EU Skills agenda
Meeting with EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION
6 Mar 2019 · Future MFF
Meeting with Anheuser-Busch InBev nv/sa
8 Feb 2019 · Competition case; trends in the labour market
Meeting with Association of European Performers’ Organisations and PlayRight
24 Jan 2019 · Copyright Directive
Meeting with EuroCommerce
9 Jan 2019 · Social and employment priorities
Meeting with Ryanair Holdings
26 Sept 2018 · Working conditions in aviation
Meeting with Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro and
13 Sept 2018 · Working conditions in aviation
Meeting with McDonald’s Global Franchising Limited
6 Sept 2018 · Youth unemployment in Europe
Meeting with Microsoft Corporation
25 May 2018 · High-level roundtable lunch discussion on AI and the Future of Work
Meeting with Danish Trade Union Confederation EU Office
23 May 2018 · Employment and social priorities
Meeting with Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists
28 Feb 2018 · Social and employment priorities
Meeting with Uber
16 Jan 2018 · Work and social protection in Europe
Meeting with European Federation of National Organisations working with the Homeless
16 Jan 2018 · Homelessness and housing exclusion
Meeting with European Anti Poverty Network
4 Oct 2017 · Social policy
Meeting with European Banking Federation and
27 Sept 2017 · Revision of the Written Statement Directive
Meeting with Brussels Airlines SA/NV
6 Sept 2017 · Social issues in air transport
Meeting with Alcogroup
13 Jul 2017 · Antitrust procedure
Meeting with EuroCommerce and
27 Jun 2017 · Changing world of work, social dialogue
Meeting with BUSINESSEUROPE
8 Jun 2017 · Social and employment policy in Europe
Meeting with EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION
1 Jun 2017 · Social and employment policy in Europe
Meeting with Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists
23 May 2017 · Current socio-economic topics
Meeting with Bundesverband Öffentliche Dienstleistungen - Deutsche Sektion des CEEP e.V.
3 May 2017 · Employment and social priorities
Meeting with EUROCHAMBRES – Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry
9 Mar 2017 · Posting of Workers
Meeting with Boerenbond vzw
20 Feb 2017 · Social security of seasonal workers
Meeting with Euroclear SA/NV
15 Dec 2016 · LSE/DBAG merger
Meeting with Uber
6 Dec 2016 · Employment and social protection in the new world of work
Meeting with Magyar Közúti Fuvarozók Egyesülete (The Hungarian Road Transport Association)
29 Nov 2016 · Employment conditions in the transport sector
Meeting with Centrum Werk Gezondheid
29 Nov 2016 · Health and Safety at work
Meeting with European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology
29 Nov 2016 · Health and Safety at work
Meeting with Confédération des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises
9 Nov 2016 · Work-life balance, health and safety at work and posting of workers
Meeting with Confederation of Danish Employers
8 Nov 2016 · European Pillar of Social Rights and the Mobility Package
Meeting with European Chemical Industry Council
29 Sept 2016 · Occupational Safety and Health
Meeting with Van Goethem Law
16 Sept 2016 · Fair labour mobility in the transport sector
Meeting with EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF BUILDING AND WOODWORKERS and European Construction Industry Federation
5 Sept 2016 · Services Passport
Meeting with EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION
18 Jul 2016 · Wage development
Meeting with VERBOND VAN BELGISCHE ONDERNEMINGEN / FEDERATION DES ENTREPRISES DE BELGIQUE
15 Jul 2016 · EU climate and energy policy
Meeting with DLA Piper UK LLP - Belgium
13 Jul 2016 · Organisation of port labour in Belgium
Meeting with Association des Constructeurs Européens d'Automobiles
7 Jul 2016 · Occupational health and safety
Meeting with Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment)
7 Jul 2016 · Transport decarbonisation
Meeting with European Chemical Employers Group
6 Jul 2016 · Occupational Health and Safety
23 Jun 2016 · Labour mobility
Meeting with European Builders Confederation
2 Jun 2016 · Occupational Health and Safety
Meeting with Industrial Minerals Association - Europe and European Association of Industrial Silica Producers
2 May 2016 · Revision of the carcinogens Directive
Meeting with UNI Europa
25 Jan 2016 · EU sectorial social dialogue
Meeting with Fédération Française du Bâtiment
22 Jan 2016 · mobility package
Meeting with INTERNATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CONSTRUCTION CO-ORDINATORS ORGANISATION
14 Jan 2016 · occupational health and safety in construction
Meeting with Union Européenne des Médecins Specialistes Ocuupational Medecine Section
12 Jan 2016 · Occupational Health and Safety
Meeting with IBM Corporation
11 Jan 2016 · Skills, employment and social conditions
Meeting with Anheuser-Busch InBev nv/sa
7 Jan 2016 · Corporate taxation
Meeting with VERBOND VAN BELGISCHE ONDERNEMINGEN / FEDERATION DES ENTREPRISES DE BELGIQUE
11 Dec 2015 · Labour mobility
Meeting with Confederation of Danish Employers
2 Dec 2015 · Posting of Workers
26 Nov 2015 · Labour mobility
Meeting with World Employment Confederation-Europe
10 Nov 2015 · Posting of temporary agency workers
Meeting with Council of European Employers of the Metal, Engineering and Technology-based Industries and Gesamtverband der Arbeitgeberverbände der Metall- und Elektro-Industrie e.V.
3 Nov 2015 · Labour mobility
Meeting with European Association of Industrial Silica Producers
8 Oct 2015 · Revision of OHS Legislation
Meeting with European Cabin Crew Association
22 Sept 2015 · Employment conditions in civil aviation
Meeting with Uber
18 Sept 2015 · social aspects of collaborative economy
Meeting with Samsung Electronics Europe
17 Sept 2015 · Employment and social initiatives in Europe
Meeting with European Transport Workers' Federation and International Road Transport Union Permanent Delegation to the EU
16 Sept 2015 · Fair competition in the European taxi sector
Meeting with BUSINESSEUROPE and
14 Jul 2015 · Social policy in transport; fair mobility
Meeting with The Premier League
8 Jul 2015 · Free movement of workers
Meeting with Fagbevægelsens Hovedorganisation
7 Jul 2015 · EU social policy
Meeting with ITD – association for the Danish road transport of goods
26 Jun 2015 · Fair labour mobility
Meeting with DLA Piper UK LLP - Belgium
22 Jun 2015 · Jobs and investment
Meeting with Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund
16 Jun 2015 · Fair mobility network
Meeting with European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions
12 Jun 2015 · Fair working conditions
Meeting with Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung e.V. and
19 May 2015 · Health and Safety 2020
Meeting with International Federation of Actors
18 May 2015 · Collective agreements
Meeting with Association Internationale de la Mutualité
11 May 2015 · Social enterpreneurship; the role of mutuals
Meeting with VERBOND VAN BELGISCHE ONDERNEMINGEN / FEDERATION DES ENTREPRISES DE BELGIQUE
8 May 2015 · Free movement of workers
Meeting with Protection sociale française
5 May 2015 · Current topics of EU employment and social policy
Meeting with European Transport Workers' Federation
4 May 2015 · Social aspects of transport policy
Meeting with EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF BUILDING AND WOODWORKERS and European Construction Industry Federation
17 Apr 2015 · Labour mobility and social protection in the EU construction sector
Meeting with Bertelsmann Stiftung
14 Apr 2015 · EU employment and social policy
Meeting with European Association of Industrial Silica Producers
19 Mar 2015 · EU OHS legislation
Meeting with CEMBUREAU - The European Cement Association
19 Mar 2015 · Employment and labour law issues
Meeting with European Biosafety Network
17 Mar 2015 · Implementation of the Sharps Directive
Meeting with Machiels
16 Mar 2015 · Closing the Circle project
Meeting with Fédération Nationale des Transports Routiers and CONFTRASPORTO
26 Feb 2015 · Social aspects of road haulage sector
Meeting with European Chemical Industry Council and European Chemical Employers Group
25 Feb 2015 · Employment related issues in the chemical sector
Meeting with World Employment Confederation-Europe
10 Feb 2015 · Trends in EU labour markets
Meeting with European Road Hauliers Association and Koninklijke Federatie van Belgische Transporteurs en Logistieke Dienstverleners - Fédération Royale Belge des Transporteurs et des Prestataires de Services Logistiques
2 Feb 2015 · Labour conditions in the transport section
Meeting with EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF BUILDING AND WOODWORKERS and European Construction Industry Federation
8 Jan 2015 · Labour mobility
Meeting with World Employment Confederation-Europe
9 Dec 2014 · Introductory meeting
Meeting with BUSINESSEUROPE
9 Dec 2014 · EU social and employment policy
Meeting with Havenbedrijf Antwerpen - Brugge NV van publiek recht
9 Dec 2014 · EU Policy and its impact on harbours