Association Française des Entreprises Privées / French Association of Large Companies
AFEP
L’Afep a pour objectif de contribuer à l’élaboration d’un environnement favorable au développement de l’activité économique et de porter la vision des entreprises qui la composent auprès des pouvoirs publics français, des institutions européennes et des organisations internationales.
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament)
20 Nov 2025 · CBCR; OECD Pillar 2; ATAD.
Response to Digital Omnibus revising several legislative acts in view of regulatory simplification
14 Oct 2025
Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and
5 Sept 2025 · - Compétitivité des entreprises - Marché intérieur - Protection de la souveraineté et du pouvoir d’achat - Relation US/EU
Meeting with Manuel Mateo Goyet (Acting Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)
3 Sept 2025 · Positions de l’AFEP sur la régulation européenne du cloud et de l’IA.
Meeting with Wopke Hoekstra (Commissioner) and
22 Jul 2025 · Meeting the climate action targets.
Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and
26 Jun 2025 · Compétitivité; relations USE-UE, CSRD/CS3D, Simplification
Meeting with Pietro Fiocchi (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Association des Constructeurs Européens de Motocycles
20 May 2025 · Tematiche ambientali
Meeting with Olivier Guersent (Director-General Competition)
19 May 2025 · - EU competitiveness - Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI) - Mergers in the telecom sector
Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament)
12 May 2025 · Simplification Omnibus
Meeting with Arthur Corbin (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)
15 Apr 2025 · Simplification
Meeting with Luis Planas Herrera (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)
10 Apr 2025 · Green claims
Meeting with Martin Merlin (Director Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) and
8 Apr 2025 · Commission Communication on the Savings and Investments Union (SIU) and Commission Omnibus Simplification package proposals concerning the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)
Meeting with Daniele Calisti (Head of Unit Competition)
28 Mar 2025 · Upcoming revision of the merger guidelines and ongoing discussions on the introduction of call-in provisions in France in the aftermath of the Court of Justice decision in the Illumina case.
Response to Amendments to Taxonomy Delegated Acts
26 Mar 2025
Meeting with Valérie Hayer (Member of the European Parliament) and Fédération bancaire française
19 Mar 2025 · Omnibus Simplification
Meeting with Massimiliano Kadar (Head of Unit Competition)
18 Mar 2025 · Exchange of views on the Commission’s Draft Guidelines on the application of Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to abusive exclusionary conduct by dominant undertakings (Draft 102 Guidelines).
Response to Savings and Investments Union
7 Mar 2025
Meeting with Gabriele Bischoff (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
6 Mar 2025 · Austausch
Meeting with Cristina Dias (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque), Elena Arveras (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque), Larisa Dragomir (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque) and
6 Feb 2025 · Introductory meeting to present the organisations and their work
Meeting with Arthur Corbin (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)
6 Feb 2025 · Simplification and Clean Industrial Deal
Meeting with Marcel Haag (Director Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) and
6 Feb 2025 · Omnibus Proposal
Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament) and
5 Feb 2025 · Omnibus simplification
Meeting with Valérie Hayer (Member of the European Parliament) and
5 Feb 2025 · Simplification
Response to Single Market Strategy 2025
31 Jan 2025
Meeting with Martin Merlin (Director Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)
20 Jan 2025 · Priorités du début de mandat et positions suite aux récentes consultations de la Commission européenne sur la qualité du reporting et la titrisation.
Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Head of Unit Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)
15 Jan 2025 · Capital Markets Union (CMU) and the Savings and Investments Union (SIU)
Meeting with Aurore Lalucq (Member of the European Parliament)
9 Jan 2025 · Union des marchés de capitaux, financement de la double transition numérique et écologique
Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and
13 Dec 2024 · Simplification & SMEs
Meeting with Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Member of the European Parliament)
12 Dec 2024 · Savings and Investments Union
Meeting with Christophe Grudler (Member of the European Parliament)
12 Dec 2024 · Compétitivité européenne
Meeting with Arthur Corbin (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)
12 Dec 2024 · Simplification package - Omnibus
Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament)
9 Dec 2024 · EU Energy and industry policy
Meeting with Valérie Hayer (Member of the European Parliament)
9 Dec 2024 · Compétitivité européenne
Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament)
23 Oct 2024 · CMU + Sustainable Finance
Meeting with Christophe Grudler (Member of the European Parliament)
25 Sept 2024 · Echange autour des priorités européennes de l'AFEP
Meeting with Laurent Castillo (Member of the European Parliament)
25 Sept 2024 · Compétitivité, santé, environnement, transports
Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
24 Jun 2024 · Priorities and challenges of Large Companies in France
Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament) and
21 Feb 2024 · Stakeholder Roundtable on Late Payment Regulation
Meeting with Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Member of the European Parliament) and French Publishers Association (Syndicat National de l'Edition)
1 Feb 2024 · Late Payments
Meeting with Laurence Sailliet (Member of the European Parliament)
25 Jan 2024 · Green claims
Meeting with Geoffroy Didier (Member of the European Parliament)
22 Jan 2024 · Directive européenne sur les délais de paiement et justification et communication relatives aux allégations environnementales explicites
Meeting with Geoffroy Didier (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
10 Jan 2024 · Compulsory licensing
Meeting with Nils Torvalds (Member of the European Parliament)
9 Jan 2024 · Green Claims Directive
Meeting with Cyrus Engerer (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
8 Jan 2024 · Green Claims Directive
Meeting with Fabienne Keller (Member of the European Parliament)
7 Dec 2023 · Impact de la proposition de règlement sur les pratiques administratives françaises
Meeting with Christophe Grudler (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and France Industrie
7 Dec 2023 · Règlement pour une industrie à zéro émission
Meeting with Laurence Sailliet (Member of the European Parliament)
6 Dec 2023 · Echanges avec l'AFEP - Règlement sur les retards de paiement
Meeting with Nathalie Colin-Oesterlé (Member of the European Parliament)
5 Dec 2023 · Proposition de règlement du Parlement européen et du Conseil établissant des règles de procédure supplémentaires relatives à l’application du règlement (UE) 2016/679
Meeting with Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (Member of the European Parliament) and Confédération des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises
5 Dec 2023 · Late Payments
Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament)
27 Nov 2023 · ESG ratings
Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament)
19 Oct 2023 · ESG ratings
Meeting with Pernille Weiss-Ehler (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Landbrug Fødevarer - Danish Agriculture and Food Council
13 Oct 2023 · Directive on substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive)
Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament)
9 Oct 2023 · ESG ratings
Meeting with Antoine Colombani (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
11 Jul 2023 · European Sustainability Reporting Standards; Corporate Sustainability due diligence Directive
Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)
4 Jul 2023 · Sustainable Finance
Meeting with Florian Denis (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness), Katherine Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)
4 Jul 2023 · Sustainable Finance
Meeting with Krzysztof Hetman (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
3 May 2023 · Exchange of views on Forced Labour Regulation (meeting delegated to parliamentary assistant)
Meeting with Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
13 Apr 2023 · Forced Labour ban
Meeting with Raphaël Glucksmann (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Mouvement des Entreprises de France
13 Apr 2023 · APA - Forced labour
Response to Revision of the Directive 2011/7/EU on combating Late Payments in commercial transactions
17 Mar 2023
Meeting with Eva-Maria Alexandrova Poptcheva (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Association Française des Marchés Financiers
10 Mar 2023 · Listing Act
Meeting with Florian Denis (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness), Katherine Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness) and Deutsches Aktieninstitut
9 Mar 2023 · Sustainable Finance
Meeting with Olivier Guersent (Director-General Competition)
15 Feb 2023 · IRA, HBER, revision market definition notice, Temporary Crisis Framework
Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament) and
8 Feb 2023 · Green Deal
Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
29 Nov 2022 · CRR3 (staff)
Response to European Critical Raw Materials Act
25 Nov 2022
Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
26 Oct 2022 · CRR3, EUGB (staff)
Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
14 Oct 2022 · ETS
Meeting with Alin Mituța (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
11 Oct 2022 · Data Act
Meeting with Ibán García Del Blanco (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
11 Oct 2022 · Exchange of views on the Data Act
Meeting with Pascal Durand (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)
28 Sept 2022 · European Single Access Point (ESAP) (APA only)
Meeting with Antoine Colombani (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
22 Sept 2022 · Energy prices; Fit for 55; sustainable finance
Meeting with Christophe Grudler (Member of the European Parliament)
21 Sept 2022 · Marché européen des données
Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
5 Sept 2022 · ETS and CBAM
Meeting with Pascal Durand (Member of the European Parliament)
13 Jul 2022 · due diligence + ESAP (APA only)
Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament)
12 Jul 2022 · Actualité ECON-FISC
Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
21 Jun 2022 · EUGB (staff), CSRD (staff)
Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
23 May 2022 · ETS
Meeting with Olivier Guersent (Director-General Competition)
28 Apr 2022 · politique des aides d’état, HBER, VBER, article 22
Meeting with Gilles Boyer (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and European Banking Federation
9 Mar 2022 · EUGB (staff)
Response to EU Toolbox against counterfeiting
3 Mar 2022
Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
28 Oct 2021 · Industrial strategy update
Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)
20 Oct 2021 · Réunion préparatoire pour diner avec les Présidents membres de l’Afep le 28/10
Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
18 Oct 2021 · Discuss specific issues of the Industrial Strategy, such as the reform of competition policy and the level playing field at global level.
Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament)
13 Oct 2021 · Fit for 55
Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and
12 Oct 2021 · Sustainable Corporate Governance Initiative
Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and
28 Sept 2021 · Investment protection and facilitation
Meeting with Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness) and
28 Sept 2021 · Investment protection and facilitation.
Response to Directive on an allowance to neutralize the tax-debt-equity bias
8 Jul 2021
Meeting with Antoine Colombani (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
8 Jun 2021 · Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, Sustainable Corporate Governance, Taxonomy
Meeting with Florian Denis (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness) and
7 May 2021 · sustainable corporate governance
Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and
7 May 2021 · Sustainable corporate governance
Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Gints Freimanis (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)
29 Apr 2021 · Carbon border adjustment mechanism, sustainable corporate governance and due diligence, sustainable finance
Meeting with Florian Denis (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)
25 Mar 2021 · country by country reporting and non-financial reporting
Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and
18 Dec 2020 · Sustainable finance
Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
11 Dec 2020 · Sustainabl Finance, NFRD, Country-by country reporting.
Meeting with Veronica Gaffey (the Chair of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board Regulatory Scrutiny Board)
26 Nov 2020 · IIA of the Commission on sustainable corporate governance and the consultation on the relevant subject. The Chair of the RSB did not discuss this proposal but provided a general presentation on the work of the Board in the EU regulatory process
Meeting with Olivier Guersent (Director-General Competition)
25 Nov 2020 · General discussion on SA, Digital and Green Deal
Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
22 Jul 2020 · Discuss Covid-19 Crisis and recovery plan; Digital Services Act and Industrial Strategy
Meeting with Antoine Colombani (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
24 Apr 2020 · Green deal and recovery; sustainable finance; carbon border adjustment
Response to Commission proposal for the revision of Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions
21 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
Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President) and
5 Feb 2020 · Sustainable finance; Future of Capital Markets Union; Protection of intra-EU investments; Competitiveness of European businesses
Meeting with Timo Pesonen (Acting Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
15 Jul 2019 · Courtesy meeting to present themselves and their interest in Business growth, SMIT and IPR protection
Meeting with Olivier Guersent (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)
12 Jun 2019 · Finance durable, notamment la taxonomie des activités durables d’un point de vue environnemental. Révision des lignes directrices sur la Directive sur le reporting non financier, encadrement des agences de notation extra-financières, les suites du Fitness check on corporate public reporting framework, poursuite de l’Union des marchés de capitaux and Mise en œuvre des règlements Prospectus et EMIR.
Meeting with Isabelle Magne (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)
25 Jul 2018 · overview of trade policy
Meeting with David Boublil (Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici)
5 Jun 2018 · La Réforme fiscale US, CCCTB et fiscalité de brevet
Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President) and
16 Feb 2018 · Structural reforms in France; macroeconomic and fiscal issues; corporate taxation
Meeting with Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)
27 Nov 2017 · whistleblowers' protection
Meeting with Jean-Luc Demarty (Director-General Trade)
16 Nov 2017 · Overview on trade related issues of relevance to French multinational companies
Meeting with David Boublil (Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici)
16 Nov 2017 · AFEP representatives presented their point of view on the tax proposals, French patent box regime and public CBCR.
Meeting with Robert Schröder (Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas)
11 May 2017 · meeting on Circular Economy
Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President) and
13 Oct 2016 · The Vice-President presented the priorities of the European Commission and answered the questions from attendees
Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy) and France Industrie
21 Sept 2016 · Energy policy
Meeting with Sebastian Kuck (Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill) and
1 Jun 2016 · Transparency Directive & European Single Electronic Format (ESEF)
Meeting with Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner)
17 May 2016 · discussion sur situation économique européenne
Meeting with Stephen Quest (Director-General Taxation and Customs Union)
18 Mar 2016 · Exchange of views on the Anti-tax Avoidance package
Meeting with Pierre Moscovici (Commissioner)
25 Nov 2015 · questions fiscales
Meeting with Maria Elena Scoppio (Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici)
17 Nov 2015 · New initiatives in coorporate taxation
Meeting with Sebastian Kuck (Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill)
9 Nov 2015 · Country by Country reporting
Meeting with Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
12 Oct 2015 · Current Regulatory Agenda in Financial Services
Meeting with Simona Constantin (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)
24 Sept 2015 · Corporate governance files
Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President) and
23 Jul 2015 · Corporate taxation: Commission Action Plan, CBCR, BEPS; Situation of public finances and reforms in France; Euro and Eurozone issues
Meeting with Nathalie De Basaldua Lemarchand (Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill)
1 Jul 2015 · Introductory Meeting
Meeting with Renate Nikolay (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová), Simona Constantin (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)
4 Jun 2015 · Shareholder Rights Directive, Data Portection
Meeting with Manuel Szapiro (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič) and France Industrie
27 Apr 2015 · Energy Union Strategy
Meeting with Tomasz Husak (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)
24 Mar 2015 · Key Enabling Technologies; Energy Union
Meeting with Fabien Dell (Cabinet of Commissioner Pierre Moscovici)
17 Mar 2015 · Fiscalité des entreprises
Meeting with Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska) and France Industrie
22 Jan 2015 · ETS Directive and the COP 21 in 2015