Response to Digital Omnibus revising several legislative acts in view of regulatory simplification

14 Oct 2025

Response to Report to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee. Review of Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 of the European Parliament and of the Council on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector and amending Directives (EU) 2019/1937 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Digital Markets Act) pursuant to article 53 of this regulation

23 Sept 2025

Meeting with Christine Singer (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Sept 2025 · UTP

Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Sept 2025 · EU Industry Policy

Meeting with Stefan Köhler (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Sept 2025 · Politischer Austausch zu UTPs

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... on the design and content of the harmonised notice of the legal guarantee of conformity and of the harmonised label for the commercial guarantee of durability

28 Jul 2025

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament) and 4 other interest representatives

14 Jul 2025 · Treffen der Spitzenverbände der deutschen Wirtschaft

Meeting with Philippe Chauve (Head of Unit Competition)

7 Jul 2025 · Exchange of views on (i) a potential regulatory approach towards Territorial Supply Constraints as part of the Single Market Strategy and (ii) the evaluation of the UTP Directive

Response to Apply AI Strategy: strengthening the AI continent

4 Jun 2025

Meeting with Marco Giorello (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and 39 other interest representatives

19 Mar 2025 · Code of Conduct on Online Advertising – Workshop 4

Meeting with Markus Ferber (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Mar 2025 · Payment Services Regulation

Meeting with Marco Giorello (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and 45 other interest representatives

6 Mar 2025 · Code of Conduct on Online Advertising – Workshop 2

Meeting with Marco Giorello (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and 53 other interest representatives

4 Mar 2025 · Code of Conduct on Online Advertising – Workshop 1

Meeting with Jessika Roswall (Commissioner) and 1 other attendee

6 Feb 2025 · Ecommerce and extended producer responsibility for textiles

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Feb 2025 · Sustainability Omnibus

Meeting with Esther De Lange (Cabinet of Commissioner Christophe Hansen), Maxi Espeter (Cabinet of Commissioner Christophe Hansen)

6 Feb 2025 · Mutual introduction and discussion on the role of food retail within the food supply chain

Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Feb 2025 · EU Industry policy

Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Feb 2025 · Industrial and Trade Policy

Meeting with Gabriele Bischoff (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and 13 other interest representatives

24 Jan 2025 · Austausch mit dem Wirtschaftsforum der SPD e.V. zur Revision Eurobetriebsräte

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Dec 2024 · Exchange on IMCO related topics (late payment regulation, green claims)

Response to Guidelines on the Protection of Minors online (under Article 28 of the Digital Services Act)

30 Sept 2024

Meeting with Norbert Lins (Member of the European Parliament) and 3 other interest representatives

19 Sept 2024 · Exchange on relevant topics for the new legislative period

Meeting with Christine Schneider (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Sept 2024 · Farm to Fork

Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament) and RWE AG

19 Sept 2024 · EU Energy and Industry Policy

Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament) and Hansgrohe

19 Sept 2024 · Environmental Policy

Meeting with Martin Häusling (Member of the European Parliament) and 3 other interest representatives

18 Sept 2024 · Treffen mit Bundesverband des Deutschen Lebensmittelhandels

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament) and Schwarz Corporate Affairs International GmbH

18 Sept 2024 · HDE Sommerabend

Meeting with Gabriele Bischoff (Member of the European Parliament)

13 May 2024 · Europa-Dinner des Handels

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament) and 29 other interest representatives

21 Feb 2024 · Stakeholder Roundtable on Late Payment Regulation

Response to Administrative burden

30 Nov 2023

Meeting with Daniel Caspary (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Nov 2023 · Austausch

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)

28 Nov 2023 · - Administrative burden, Corporate Social Due Diligence Directive - Late Payments Directive

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on combating late payment in commercial transactions

9 Nov 2023

Meeting with Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

14 Sept 2023 · Product Liability Directive

Meeting with Bernd Lange (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

13 Sept 2023 · General exchange of Views

Meeting with Thomas Rudner (Member of the European Parliament)

13 Sept 2023 · Sommerdinner: Allgemeiner Austausch

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Deutsches Aktieninstitut

13 Sept 2023 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Meeting with Pascal Arimont (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

13 Sept 2023 · Revision of the Product Liabiltiy Directive

Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

20 Jun 2023 · Business climate and trade policy

Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

6 Jun 2023 · Exchange of Views on the Right to Repair/ Recht auf Reparatur (R2R)

Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

5 Jun 2023 · Exchange of Views on the Right to Repair Directive/ Recht auf Reparatur Richtlinie (R2R) - Staff Level

Meeting with Martin Häusling (Member of the European Parliament) and ALDI SÜD Dienstleistungs-SE & Co. oHG

2 May 2023 · Austausch zum Thema Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

24 Apr 2023 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Meeting with Pascal Arimont (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

14 Apr 2023 · Revision of the Product Liability Directive

Response to Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation (EU) No 904/2010 as regards the VAT administrative cooperation arrangements needed for the digital age

3 Apr 2023

Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

27 Mar 2023 · Packaging Waste

Meeting with Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Microsoft Corporation

1 Mar 2023 · Artificial Intelligence Act

Meeting with Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

1 Mar 2023 · AI Act

Response to Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code

18 Sept 2022

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

15 Sept 2022 · AI Act

Meeting with Ismail Ertug (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Sept 2022 · EPBD

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

14 Sept 2022 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and 9 other interest representatives

31 Aug 2022 · AI Act

Response to Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on effectively banning the making available on the Single market of products produced, extracted or harvested with forced labour

20 Jun 2022

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and 4 other interest representatives

11 May 2022 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Meeting with Stefan Berger (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Apr 2022 · Inflation

Meeting with Erik Marquardt (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Apr 2022 · Austausch zu den Auswirkungen des Ukraine-Kriegs

Response to revision of Commission Regulation (EU) No 330/2010 of 20 April 2010 on the application of Article 101(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to categories of vertical agreements and concerted practices

20 Nov 2020

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

30 Sept 2020 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Response to Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council laying down requirements for Artificial Intelligence

9 Sept 2020

Response to Proposal for a Directive on the provision of information to facilitate consumers’ active participation in the green transition

28 Aug 2020

Response to Proposal for a Regulation (or a Directive) of the European Parliament and of the Council on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 2006/66/EC

9 Jul 2020

Response to Proposal for a Regulation by the Council and the European Parliament introducing a new competition tool

30 Jun 2020

Response to Digital Services Act: deepening the Internal Market and clarifying responsibilities for digital services

30 Jun 2020

Meeting with Diana Montero Melis (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen)

27 Feb 2020 · Introductory meeting with German and Dutch retail federations; General discussion of global supply chains’ challenges

Response to COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical and scientific progress, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures and correcting Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/669

8 Feb 2019

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the marketing and use of explosives precursors, amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 98/2013 on the marketing and use of explosives precursors

10 Sept 2018

Response to Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 2006/112/EC as regards the introduction of the detailed technical measures for the operation of the definitive VAT system for the taxation of trade between Member States

24 Aug 2018

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment

23 Jul 2018

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers, and repealing Directive 2009/22/EC

21 Jun 2018

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993, Directive 98/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards better enforcement and modernisation of EU consumer protection rules

21 Jun 2018

Meeting with Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

5 Apr 2018 · food supply chain

Response to Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 2006/112/EC as regards rates of value added tax

12 Mar 2018

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

5 Dec 2017 · trade development, internal market

Meeting with Nils Behrndt (Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica)

22 Nov 2017 · Role of retail trade in promoting sustainable trade and value addition in partner countries

Meeting with Oliver Rentschler (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)

25 Oct 2017 · Introductory meeting on current EU topics

Meeting with Bernd Biervert (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

19 Oct 2017 · Clean Energy Package, energy prices, eco labelling

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... on technical standards for the establishment and operation of a traceability system for tobacco products

21 Sept 2017

Response to Commission initiative to improve the governance of the food supply chain with regard to unfair trading practices, one rule regarding producer cooperation and market transparency

22 Aug 2017

Meeting with Markus Schulte (Cabinet of Vice-President Günther Oettinger) and 6 other interest representatives

30 Jun 2017 · Reflection paper

Response to Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 98/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 on the marketing and use of explosives precursors

27 Jun 2017

Meeting with Andreas Schwarz (Cabinet of Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva) and 7 other interest representatives

16 Jun 2016 · MFF Mid-term review

Meeting with Christiane Canenbley (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

16 Jun 2016 · Agri issues

Meeting with Anna Herold (Digital Economy) and EuroCommerce

22 Feb 2016 · geoblocking

Meeting with Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

3 Feb 2016 · State of play on retail brands in the food supply chain

Meeting with Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

20 Oct 2015 · B2B relationships in food supply chain

Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

20 Oct 2015 · Issues of interest for the European Retail sector

Meeting with Carl-Christian Buhr (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

21 Sept 2015 · HDE briefing on latest developments of the Supply Chain Initiative and on retail competition issues

Meeting with Nathalie Chaze (Cabinet of Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis)

3 Sept 2015 · Food information, labelling, nutrition

Meeting with Kamila Kloc (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

2 Sept 2015 · Online trade, geo-blocking

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

17 Mar 2015 · DSM, digital economy

Meeting with Jasmin Battista (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip), Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

13 Mar 2015 · Digital Single Market - e-commerce

Meeting with Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

11 Feb 2015 · Retail Business

Meeting with Edward Bannerman (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen) and 3 other interest representatives

9 Feb 2015 · Priorities of the new Commission