Deutscher Anwaltverein (German Bar Association)
DAV
The German Bar Association represents the legal profession and promotes the development of law.
Lobbying Activity
German Bar Association calls for alignment of GDPR with e-Privacy and AI Act
Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)
1 Oct 2025 · LIBE relevant files
Meeting with Lukas Sieper (Member of the European Parliament)
23 Sept 2025 · Event
German Bar Association warns EU against overstepping on civil society
German Bar Association warns against vague EU crime definitions
Meeting with Marion Walsmann (Member of the European Parliament)
25 Jun 2025 · Rechtsstaatlichkeit
German Bar Association urges EU to reject blanket data retention
Meeting with Dirk Staudenmayer (Head of Unit Justice and Consumers)
30 Apr 2025 · Presentation of Commission plans regarding digitalisation of justice and exchange of views
Meeting with Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament)
29 Apr 2025 · Exchange of view
Meeting with Nils Behrndt (Deputy Director-General Justice and Consumers)
29 Apr 2025 · Exchange of views with newly elected President of the German Bar Association on EU justice and consumer policies.
Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)
23 Apr 2025 · Horizontal equal treatment directive; EU-US e-evidence; UN Convention cybercrime
Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Amnesty International Limited and
14 Apr 2025 · Facilitation Directive Rapporteur's Draft (staff-level)
Meeting with Daniel Freund (Member of the European Parliament)
10 Apr 2025 · Hungary
Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament)
24 Mar 2025 · Legal affairs
German lawyers demand fundamental rights safeguards in security strategy
German Bar Association urges simpler EU procurement rules
German Bar Association warns against deregulating legal services access
Meeting with Andreas Schwab (Member of the European Parliament)
21 Nov 2024 · Draghi report and Services Directive
German Bar Association warns EPPO structural flaws harm defendants' rights
Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament)
4 Oct 2024 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
Response to Evaluation of Administrative Cooperation in Direct Taxation
30 Jul 2024
Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament)
20 Jun 2024 · Workshop on Insolvency III: Status of the project and the discussions – where do we really need harmonization? Shadow Rapporteur in JURI for Harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law
German Bar Association warns against criminalizing legal advice and rescue
Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament) and BUSINESSEUROPE and
21 Feb 2024 · Stakeholder Roundtable on Late Payment Regulation
Meeting with Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders)
16 Jan 2024 · CSDDD
Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament)
16 Nov 2023 · Austausch mit den Europavertreter*innen des Deutschen Anwaltvereines
Meeting with Pascal Arimont (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
10 Oct 2023 · Harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law
Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)
19 Sept 2023 · COMMON EU MINIMUMSTANDARDS FOR EVIDENCE
Meeting with Tiemo Wölken (Member of the European Parliament)
5 Sept 2023 · Allgemeiner Austausch zu EU-Digitalpolitik (staff level)
German Bar Association demands stronger defense rights in criminal transfers
Meeting with Tiemo Wölken (Member of the European Parliament)
2 Jun 2023 · Präsentation zu EU Klima- und Umweltrecht
Meeting with Pascal Arimont (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
3 May 2023 · Harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law in the EU
Meeting with Luc De Lobel (Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders)
13 Apr 2023 · Videocall with the expert Hans-Jürgen Hellwig, member of the German Bar Association’s Commitee on European Law, regarding the envisaged SAFE directive.
Meeting with Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General Taxation and Customs Union)
30 Mar 2023 · Videoconference - Meeting on planned SAFE-Directive on the regulation of enablers of aggressive tax planning
Response to Facilitating small and medium sized enterprises’ access to capital
29 Mar 2023
Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
15 Mar 2023 · eEvidence (Staff-level)
Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and BUSINESSEUROPE and
8 Mar 2023 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
Meeting with Katarina Barley (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Bundesverband Digitalpublisher und Zeitungsverleger and
16 Feb 2023 · Austausch zum Vorhaben
Meeting with Katarina Barley (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
2 Feb 2023 · Austausch zu Vorhaben (staff level)
German Bar Association calls for clearer EU sanction laws
German Bar Association seeks improved clarity in Cyber Resilience Act
German lawyers warn new liability rules threaten procedural fairness
Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
17 Nov 2022 · LIBE ongoing files
German Bar Association Urges Reform of Drug Sentencing Alternatives
German Bar Association demands exclusive health data rules
German Bar Association opposes centralized EU patent licensing system
Meeting with Ralf Seekatz (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
29 Mar 2022 · Geldwäschebekämpfung
German Bar Association warns against excessive anti-money laundering rules
German Bar Association Opposes Indiscriminate Scanning of Private Communications
Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner) and
14 Oct 2020 · Rule of law, artificial intelligence and digitalisation of justice, Human rights in the supply chain
Meeting with Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)
22 Sept 2020 · White paper on Artificial Intelligence
Meeting with Geneviève Tuts (Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders), Joachim Herrmann (Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders)
3 Feb 2020 · Polish Justice reform
Meeting with Thomas Zerdick (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
20 Feb 2018 · Rule of Law issues
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
23 Nov 2017 · DSM
Response to A NEW START TO SUPPORT WORK-LIFE BALANCE FOR PARENTS AND CARERS
27 Jun 2017
Meeting with Tiina Astola (Director-General Justice and Consumers)
7 Sept 2016 · Better Regulation, EPPO, Insolvency
Meeting with Renate Nikolay (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)
19 Nov 2015 · Digital single market
Meeting with Isabelle Perignon (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)
12 Nov 2015 · EPPO, Procedural Rights, directive on procedural safeguards for children
Meeting with Renate Nikolay (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)
13 Oct 2015 · EPPO, Data protection
Meeting with Bodo Lehmann (Digital Economy)
10 Sept 2015 · DP & DSM
Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner) and
2 Sept 2015 · Legal profession (lawyers) aspects under justice files
Meeting with Bernd Martenczuk (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
12 Mar 2015 · Justice and Home affairs, better regulation, transparency
Meeting with Paraskevi Michou (Acting Director-General Justice and Consumers)
27 Feb 2015 · EPPO, Data Protection, Legal Aid in criminal procedures, Small Claims