Miele Cie. KG

Miele is a leading global manufacturer of premium domestic and commercial appliances.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament) and European Digital Rights and

4 Dec 2025 · Digital Omnibus & Privacy: From Simplification to Smart Regulation Policy Breakfast

Meeting with Anna Stürgkh (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Nov 2025 · Introductory Meeting

Meeting with Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Oct 2025 · Exchange of Views

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

21 Oct 2025 · EU Energy and industry policy

Miele urges EU to extend carbon tax to home appliances

26 Aug 2025
Message — Miele requests including home appliances in the carbon tax scope to prevent unfair competition. They suggest three flexible methods for calculating emissions and focusing on the most heavy raw materials.12
Why — Including downstream products would protect Miele's market share from cheaper, carbon-intensive imports.3
Impact — Foreign appliance manufacturers would lose their competitive advantage of avoiding EU carbon costs.4

Meeting with Hanna Anttilainen (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

23 Apr 2025 · Current challenges in the Single Market, simplification initiatives

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Apr 2025 · Sustainability Omnibus proposal, IMCO legislation

Meeting with Markus Ferber (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Apr 2025 · Omnibus

Meeting with Verena Mertens (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Apr 2025 · Omnibus and cutting red tape

Meeting with Gabriela Tschirkova (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis)

19 Feb 2025 · Simplification

Miele urges EU to block national rules fragmenting single market

27 Jan 2025
Message — Miele calls for prioritizing the prevention of new barriers over retroactive harmonization. They propose reviving notification procedures to ensure national rules are checked before implementation.123
Why — Preventing national rules reduces costs by limiting the need for country-specific product variants.45
Impact — Member states lose flexibility to introduce national laws serving specific domestic interests.678

Meeting with Verena Mertens (Member of the European Parliament)

23 Oct 2024 · Introductory Meeting

Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament) and FuelsEurope and thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG

22 Oct 2024 · EU Energy and Industry Policy

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

22 Oct 2024 · Green Claims

Meeting with Pascal Arimont (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Oct 2024 · Green Claims Directive

Meeting with Dennis Radtke (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Nov 2023 · Verpackungsrichtlinie

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Nov 2023 · Exchange on Industrial Policy

Meeting with Moritz Körner (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Nov 2023 · Introductory Meeting

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

31 Aug 2023 · Exchange of Views on the Right to Repair/Recht auf Reparatur

Miele calls for simpler reporting and group-level data consolidation

10 Jul 2023
Message — Miele requests group-level reporting and the full use of default values. They also seek recognition for equivalent international monitoring and verification systems.12
Why — These changes would reduce administrative burdens and lower compliance costs for the company.34
Impact — Non-EU manufacturers of complex goods currently excluded from the mechanism's initial scope.5

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

28 Jun 2023 · Exchange on AI and product liability

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

8 Mar 2023 · Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

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

8 Feb 2023 · Revision of the Product Liability Directive

Meeting with Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Oct 2022 · Artificial Intelligence Act, Data Act, Corporate Sustainability Directive

Response to Commission Regulation on applications for authorisation procedure for uses in legacy spare parts

11 Jan 2021

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Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

22 Dec 2015 · Digitisation

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

17 Dec 2015 · digitisation