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Prosus is a global technology company and one of the world's largest technology investors.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Henna Virkkunen (Executive Vice-President) and

22 Jan 2026 · Scaling European tech and AI ecosystems

Meeting with Malgorzata Nikowska (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology)

18 Dec 2025 · Recent investment activities, innovation in AI and robotics, and Digital Omnibus

Meeting with Henna Virkkunen (Executive Vice-President) and

18 Dec 2025 · Recent investment activities, innovation in AI and robotics, and Digital Omnibus

Meeting with Carlota Reyners Fontana (Director Competition)

2 Dec 2025 · Competition policy, Merger Guidelines, Digital Markets Act (DMA)

Meeting with Roberto Viola (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and

1 Dec 2025 · Introduction between the CEO of Naspers South Africa and Executive Director on the Naspers Board, and CNECT

Meeting with Xavier Coget (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen)

27 Oct 2025 · Competitiveness, startups, G20

Response to Digital package – digital omnibus

14 Oct 2025

Prosus Group very much believes that time is now to invest, scale and support the investment and development of the EU tech champions. Therefore, we very much welcome the European Commission strategy to streamline and where necessary, simplify EU Digital Regulation. As mentioned in detail in previous pertinent consultations, we would like to put forward the following overall points: 1. Be bold and cut red tape where possible, simplify and harmonize EU digital and data regulations, streamline reporting, and create a more business-friendly environment 2. Prioritize regulatory clarity and coherence to accelerate innovation and digital transformation in such areas as open-source exemptions, obligations of downstream providers and high-risk AI systems. 3. Eliminate AI-related regulatory duplications, in particular in the context of regulatory competencies, incident notifications etc and accelerate guidance and standards and enforcement coordinationmaking compliance simpler and more effective for all stakeholders. 4. Ensure access to state-of-the-art AI models through international cooperation while fostering European cloud and AI providers. 5. Invest in AI talent, education, and foundational technologies to build a strong European AI ecosystem. In more detail, we would like to reiterate the following important elements: - EU AI Act - interplay with other existing pieces of digital regulation, in particular GDPR and NIS2 (incident notification), Platform Workers Directive - Clear but not overly prescriptive rules on open source models - to enable EU companies to access open source models; - Clarity on high-risk AI use cases - to prevent the unintended consequences that EU companies will be extremely cautious and disincentivized to deploy high-risk AI or AI use cases "on the fringe" Regulatory collaboration framework - this is a critical factor for the successful implementation of the digital acquis - both at national level but also at EU level where EU tech companies will be faced with multiple regulators with interplaying competencies with regard to the same innovative business models; - Streamline incident notification requirements - since multiple pieces of EU digital regulations have introduced a matrix of notification requirements, it is necessary to introduce a streamlined approach to handling incident notifications (through unified portal at national levels and introducing an approach of single notifications).
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Meeting with Bart Groothuis (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Oct 2025 · European tech competitiveness

Meeting with Egelyn Braun (Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrath)

30 Sept 2025 · Exchange of views on digital policy

Meeting with Ekaterina Zaharieva (Commissioner) and

12 Sept 2025 · Start-ups and Scale-ups

Meeting with Ioan-Dragos Tudorache (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

1 Jul 2025 · Meeting with Prosus on the impact of financial regulation on European competitiveness

Meeting with Silvia Bartolini (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen) and Flint Europe

30 Jun 2025 · AI policies

Meeting with Elena Sancho Murillo (Member of the European Parliament) and Zabala Innovation Consulting, S.A.

24 Jun 2025 · Relevant issues to the ITRE Committee

Meeting with Bernardus Zuijdendorp (Head of Unit Taxation and Customs Union) and IBERDROLA and

26 May 2025 · Exchange of views on the need and prospects for simplification in Pillar 2, in particular in light of the current situation with the US

Meeting with Katarina Koszeghy (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra) and ENEL SpA and

26 May 2025 · Exchange of views on the need and prospects for simplification in Pillar 2, in particular in light of the current situation with the US

Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen)

8 May 2025 · Presentation of Company

Meeting with Henna Virkkunen (Executive Vice-President) and

27 Mar 2025 · Artificial Inteligence

Response to Savings and Investments Union

7 Mar 2025

The proposed European Savings and Investments Union (SIU) offers a critical opportunity to address fundamental challenges in the European financial ecosystem. Key Priorities for Successful Implementation: 1. Preventing Business Exodus: European companies often seek capital outside the EU due to institutional barriers, leading to a significant funding gap compared to the US and China. The SIU should prioritize building competitive financing pathways to retain businesses within Europe. 2. Enhancing Market Liquidity: European equity markets face liquidity constraints, partly due to regulatory complexities. The SIU should focus on regulatory recalibration to enhance liquidity and reduce unnecessary constraints. 3. Harmonizing Regulations: The EU's financial landscape is fragmented by divergent national regulations, particularly in insolvency laws and taxation. Harmonization is essential to reduce uncertainty and costs for cross-border investors. 4. Establishing Pan-European Infrastructure: Developing a "28th regime" a parallel European regulatory framework could facilitate market integration without requiring complete harmonization of national systems. This would enable seamless cross-border operations under consistent rules. The SIU represents a pivotal moment for Europe to create a globally competitive financial system. Bold, coordinated action is necessary to unlock Europe's potential and ensure its economic future through robust capital markets.
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Meeting with Maria Elena Scoppio (Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni)

28 Apr 2021 · taxing the digital economy

Prosus urges EU to exclude local businesses from digital levy

9 Feb 2021
Topic — The EU is developing a modern tax framework to address the digital economy.
Message — Prosus advocates for a profit-based global tax solution rather than revenue-based levies. They request that companies operating only in local markets be excluded from the new tax.12
Why — The organization avoids redundant taxation and higher administrative expenses on its existing local operations.34
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Response to Commission Implementing Decision on standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to third countries

10 Dec 2020

Prosus is thankful for the opportunity to provide feedback on the revision of the standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to third countries. In summary, we would like to raise the following points. For more details, please see our attached comments. 1. The Commission should take the opportunity to confirm that the SCCs can be used as an intra-group transfer mechanism to support personal data transfers among affiliates and subsidiaries of multinational companies. > Recommendation: Add a recital to the Commission’s document clarifying the applicability of the SCCs among affiliates and subsidiaries in a common group of undertakings, as an available approach to intra-group transfers for EU multinationals. 2. The Commission should more explicitly transpose the risk-assessment language of the GDPR into the SCCs, to align to the new operational approach already implemented by European businesses since 2018. > Recommendation: The Commission should consistently transpose the full risk-assessment criteria set forth in the GDPR into the SCCs, deriving the nature and scope of obligations from “the risks of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of natural persons.” 3. Avoiding departures from the language of the GDPR is crucial to maintaining a consistent set of rules for European companies. > Recommendation: Systematically review the opportunity to better align the language of the draft SCCs to the text of the GDPR, in particular in the context of security requirements and breach notifications. 4. Given that accountability and documentation obligations already exist within the GDPR, the SCCs need not add cumulative administrative accountability requirements for European businesses. > Recommendation: Rather than enumerate mandatory additional assessments, the SCCs should rely on the duty to ensure accountability and maintain documentation already specified in the law for those businesses subject to GDPR.
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Meeting with Anthony Whelan (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Bjoern Seibert (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Fernando Sampedro Marcos (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Maria Luisa Cabral (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Mary Veronica Tovsak Pleterski (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Nicole Dewandre (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Olivier Smith (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Per Haugaard (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen), Valeria Miceli (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen) and

31 Jul 2020 · The State of the Union in 2020 - The Digital Transition at the core of Europe's Recovery - [Via Webex]

Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

29 Jun 2020 · To discuss White Paper on Artificial Intelligence

Meeting with Maria Elena Scoppio (Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni)

5 Jun 2020 · Taxing the Digital Economy

Meeting with Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President) and

10 Feb 2020 · Digital policy

Meeting with Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

13 Jan 2020 · Digital services act

Meeting with Ann Mettler (Director-General Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action)

14 Jun 2018 · Artificial Intelligence