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 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 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

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 Confederation of Danish Employers

2 Dec 2015 · Posting of Workers

Meeting with World Employment Confederation-Europe

10 Nov 2015 · Posting of temporary agency workers

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 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