European Boating Industry

EBI

European Boating Industry (EBI) represents the recreational boating industry in Europe.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Eero Heinäluoma (Member of the European Parliament) and Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club e.V.

12 Nov 2025 · Water-based tourism

Meeting with Jeannette Baljeu (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Nov 2025 · Industrial maritime strategy and tourism

Meeting with Dirk Gotink (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Nov 2025 · Fourth Omnibus Package

Meeting with Ana Xavier (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

9 Oct 2025 · European boating industry: introduction and state of art of the EBI activities

Meeting with Daniel Attard (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

25 Sept 2025 · Sustainable Tourism Report, maritime and boating

Meeting with Chiara Galiffa (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič)

24 Sept 2025 · EU – US relations

Meeting with Raluca Trasca (Head of Unit Taxation and Customs Union)

4 Sept 2025 · Exchange in the context of the ongoing public consultation on a VAT package for travel and tourism

Meeting with Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

12 Jun 2025 · Recreational Boating and Tourism

Meeting with Eero Heinäluoma (Member of the European Parliament)

22 May 2025 · Boating Industry

Meeting with Ana Vasconcelos (Member of the European Parliament)

20 May 2025 · European Oceans Pact and Water Resilience Strategy

Meeting with Bruno Gonçalves (Member of the European Parliament)

20 May 2025 · ITRE policies

Meeting with Fotini Ioannidou (Director Mobility and Transport) and

30 Apr 2025 · Exchange of views on initiates potentially affecting the European Boating Industry

Meeting with Matthieu Moulonguet (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)

29 Apr 2025 · Decarbonisation of the boating industry

Meeting with Fleur Breuillin (Cabinet of Commissioner Costas Kadis)

29 Apr 2025 · European Ocean Pact

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and

10 Apr 2025 · Impact of US tariffs

Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and

10 Apr 2025 · Impact of US tariffs

Meeting with Željana Zovko (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Apr 2025 · EU-US trade

Meeting with Jörgen Warborn (Member of the European Parliament) and American Chamber of Commerce in Belgium

27 Mar 2025 · US Trade

Meeting with Brando Benifei (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Mar 2025 · US Tariffs and international trade implications

Meeting with Raphaël Glucksmann (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Mar 2025 · Trump tariffs

Meeting with Francesco Torselli (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Mar 2025 · Incontro conoscitivo

Meeting with Kris Van Dijck (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Mar 2025 · EU -US tariffs

Meeting with Magdalena Andreea Strachinescu Olteanu (Head of Unit Maritime Affairs and Fisheries)

19 Mar 2025 · The EBI enquired about the future work together, after the publication of their report last year.

Meeting with Nikolina Brnjac (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Mar 2025 · Introducing the work of EBI and its priorities

Response to European Water Resilience Strategy

26 Feb 2025

Meeting with Christophe Clergeau (Member of the European Parliament) and

14 Jan 2025 · SEARICA

Meeting with Arash Saeidi (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs

11 Dec 2024 · Echange de point de vue

Meeting with Rosa Serrano Sierra (Member of the European Parliament) and

11 Dec 2024 · Priorities for European Commission 2024-2029

Meeting with Daniel Attard (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Dec 2024 · European Boating Industry

Meeting with Denis Nesci (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Dec 2024 · Consumers positions

Meeting with Alicia Homs Ginel (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Dec 2024 · Presentación de prioridades en materia de transporte

Meeting with Jens Gieseke (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Dec 2024 · Austausch zu EU Politik

Meeting with Borja Giménez Larraz (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Dec 2024 · Boating industry priorities

Meeting with Kris Van Dijck (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Nov 2024 · Decarbonisation of the EU boating industry & Inland waterways

Meeting with Daniel Attard (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Jul 2024 · Introduction to EBI

Meeting with Johannes Hahn (Commissioner)

26 Jan 2024 · Keynote speech for European Boating Industry – “The blue economy: for a sustainable coastal and maritime tourism industry”

Meeting with Ismail Ertug (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

24 Jan 2023 · Putting in place charging and alternative fuel infrastructure

Meeting with Johannes Hahn (Commissioner)

23 Jan 2023 · Public speech on blue economy support for innovation from the EU budget at the Blue Innovation Dock, preceded by an informal lunch with the Boot fair management and the European Boating Industry.

Meeting with Jens Gieseke (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Dec 2022 · Austausch zur EU-Verkehrspolitik

Meeting with Niclas Herbst (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Dec 2022 · Wassersport auf Nord- und Ostsee

Meeting with Ismail Ertug (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

30 Nov 2022 · AFIR

Meeting with Ruben Alexander Schuster (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius)

16 Sept 2020 · The Blue Economy; the impact of COVID-19 and the implementation of the Recovery Plan

Meeting with Carlos Morais Pires (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

14 Sept 2020 · The Horizon Mission on healthy oceans

Meeting with Simeona Manova (Cabinet of Commissioner Elisa Ferreira)

10 Jul 2020 · VC on EBI position paper and COVID-19 Impact in Europe

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

28 May 2020 · Impacts of COVID-19

Meeting with Roxana Lesovici (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)

22 Apr 2020 · Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the boating sector

Meeting with Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius)

25 Feb 2020 · Blue Economy, Circular Economy Action Plan, Green Deal

Meeting with Cristina Rueda Catry (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan), Tom Tynan (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

27 Nov 2019 · Trade

Meeting with Alicja Magda Herbowska (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

2 Jun 2016 · Cultural Heritage and Tourism

Meeting with Andras Inotai (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella)

25 Jun 2015 · Blue growth, nautical tourism