Lobbying by The Walt Disney Company Benelux BVBA

The Walt Disney Company Benelux BVBA

The Walt Disney Company creates entertainment experiences across Europe, Middle East and Africa through brands including Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and streaming service Disney+.

Focus Areas

2024-2025

2015-2023

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ID: 256463315409-35

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Zoltán Tarr (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Dec 2025 · AI and copyright

Meeting with Adrián Vázquez Lázara (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Oct 2025 · Omnibus

Meeting with Elena Kountoura (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Oct 2025 · Meeting with "The Walt Disney Company" representative

Meeting with Marjan Šarec (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

22 Oct 2025 · Sustainable tourism

Meeting with Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Oct 2025 · AI& copyright

Meeting with Ilhan Kyuchyuk (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Oct 2025 · Omnibus 1 package & copyright

Meeting with Marcos Ros Sempere (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Oct 2025 · Meeting with Disney

Meeting with Michael Mcnamara (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Oct 2025 · AI Act implementation

Meeting with Nela Riehl (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

17 Sept 2025 · Discussion on European regulation of audiovisual services

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

15 Jul 2025 · AI Act, AI & Copyright and the state of play in the US on related topics

Meeting with Glenn Micallef (Commissioner) and

15 Jul 2025 · Introductory meeting

Meeting with Sérgio Humberto (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Jul 2025 · Presenting the organization to the office.

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

8 Jul 2025 · Maritime Industry and Tourism

Meeting with Filippo Terruso (Cabinet of Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas)

26 Jun 2025 · presentation of the sustainability of the Park in Paris and cruise line. presentation of the forthcoming EU Strategy on sustainable tourism end the ongoing open stakeholders' consultation.

Meeting with Sérgio Gonçalves (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Jun 2025 · EU Tourism Policies

Meeting with Nikolina Brnjac (Member of the European Parliament)

7 May 2025 · Overview of Disney's operations and strategic interests in the EU, Discussion on TRAN committee priorities and the Tourism Taskforce, Exploration of potential cooperation opportunities

Meeting with José Cepeda (Member of the European Parliament)

6 May 2025 · Omnibus package

Meeting with Daniel Attard (Member of the European Parliament)

6 May 2025 · Film Industry in Europe

Meeting with Maravillas Abadía Jover (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Apr 2025 · Simplification

Meeting with Tobiasz Bocheński (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and TotalEnergies SE and TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE

2 Apr 2025 · Omnibus package

Meeting with Adrián Vázquez Lázara (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Apr 2025 · Omnibus

Meeting with Dóra Dávid (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Apr 2025 · Future priorities in the IMCO Committee and EU’s competitiveness agenda

Meeting with Kosma Złotowski (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Apr 2025 · Omnibus I proposal - simplificaiton and deregulation

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

1 Apr 2025 · Omnibus I

Meeting with Ilhan Kyuchyuk (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Feb 2025 · General presentation of activities

Meeting with Nicola Zingaretti (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Feb 2025 · Audiovisual industry

Meeting with Pablo Arias Echeverría (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Feb 2025 · IMCO priorities and EU’s competitiveness agenda

Meeting with Jörgen Warborn (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Feb 2025 · Omnibus

Meeting with Giusi Princi (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Feb 2025 · Presentation of the Company and its priorities

Meeting with Laurence Farreng (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Dec 2024 · Politique audiovisuelle européenne

Meeting with Emil Radev (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Dec 2024 · CS3D; European Competitiveness; AI; Simplification

Meeting with Emma Rafowicz (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Dec 2024 · Audiovisuel et cinéma

Meeting with Zala Tomašič (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Nov 2024 · Online video platforms

Meeting with Hannes Heide (Member of the European Parliament) and Sky Group

27 Nov 2024 · Exchange of views on audiovisual and media policy

Meeting with Marco Squarta (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Nov 2024 · Introduction meeting and discussion about main dossiers of interest in Europe

Meeting with Mario Furore (Member of the European Parliament) and Association of Commercial Television and Video on Demand Services in Europe

27 Nov 2024 · Incontro conoscitivo

Meeting with Pascal Arimont (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Oct 2024 · Geoblocking of audiovisual content

Meeting with Geoffroy Didier (Member of the European Parliament) and Mazagan

22 Feb 2024 · Régulation du secteur de l'audiovisuel et des médias

Meeting with Marc Angel (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Mar 2023 · European Media Freedom Act

Meeting with Irena Joveva (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Jul 2022 · Geo blocking and multilingualism on platforms

Meeting with Ibán García Del Blanco (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

5 Jul 2022 · Exchange of views on Data Act and AI

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

20 Mar 2020 · Preserving the smooth functioning of the internet

Response to Review of ecodesign requirements for lighting products

9 Nov 2018

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries, is a diversified worldwide entertainment company with operations in multiple business segments including Studio Entertainment. This response to the public consultation focuses on our Studio Entertainment business segment. This segment includes both our Disney Theatrical business comprising of theatrical stage shows such as ‘The Lion King’ and ‘Aladdin’, and also the extensive motion picture feature and television production actively implemented by Walt Disney Studios under its various studio brands, including Walt Disney Pictures, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm and The Disney Channel. All of our production work, be it stage, film or television, makes extensive use of specialist entertainment lighting equipment. We strongly support the European Commission’s objective to reduce the energy consumption of lighting. As a Company we are already taking steps to adopt new high-efficiency luminaries where they match or exceed the functionality and performance of traditional entertainment luminaries. The final viewing experience of an audiovisual or stage production can be significantly influenced by lighting design. Consequently, access to suitable lighting products is of paramount importance for our productions. We are grateful that the Commission has previously recognized these specific technical needs, granting an exemption for “studio lighting, show effect lighting, theatre lighting” in Regulation 1194/2012 and we commend the efforts made to this aim also in the context of the current revision. We notably welcome the inclusion of a number of essential entertainment lighting products in the exemptions list annexed to the Draft Regulation. However, we note with concern that this equates only to a partial exemption of business critical lighting products; as a consequence, we would be left with products that are significantly less functional than those currently in use, meaning that the Draft Regulation would fail to meet the criteria for implementing measures set out by Article 15(5) of the 2009 Ecodesign Directive. We caution that if implemented as currently written a damaging effect on stage, film and television production across Europe will ensue from the Draft Regulation. We respectfully urge the European Commission to analyze further and take into account the suggestions which have already been developed by a wide industry coalition across different sectors which will be deeply impacted by the Draft Regulation as it currently stands. In particular, this Joint Position document (attached hereto) identifies four key concerns for our Studio Entertainment business segment as requiring urgent attention: • Standby power requirements for film, TV and theatrical lights; • White light sources for specific needs of the film, TV and entertainment sectors; • Colour-tuneable light and the definition of Green; • Additional lamp bases for exemption when used in professional entertainment lighting products A fuller examination of all these issues can be found in the Joint Position document. We stand by the Commission’s goals of greater sustainability and energy efficiency. Our ambition is to improve the efficiency and reduce the power use of the production lighting systems on our shows and in our film and television productions, without reducing the artistic quality of the lighting. However, to allow us to do this, suitable equipment has to be available. We therefore ask the Commission to please consider our above comments, all of which reflect our ongoing concerns to ensure that entertainment lighting equipment that is both energy efficient and also able to meet our current production requirements remains generally available after September 2021. Thank you for your consideration of the above and attached document.

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Meeting with Adrienn Kiraly (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

20 Jun 2017 · Culture

Meeting with Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

30 May 2017 · Alliance to better protect minors online

Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

28 Apr 2017 · DSM general, copyright

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

14 Dec 2016 · introductory meeting

Meeting with Adrienn Kiraly (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics), Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

6 Dec 2016 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Pauline Rouch (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

29 Apr 2016 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Adrienn Kiraly (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics), Szabolcs Horvath (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

29 Apr 2016 · Digital Single Market and Copyright

Meeting with Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner) and

16 Jul 2015 · Creative Industries, Digital Single Market

Meeting with Anna Herold (Digital Economy)

15 Jul 2015 · DSM

Meeting with Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip), Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

14 Jul 2015 · Copyright

Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

23 Jun 2015 · Copyright

Meeting with Robert Madelin (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union and

3 Jun 2015 · New College and Better Regulation

Meeting with Pauline Rouch (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

17 Mar 2015 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Juho Romakkaniemi (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

17 Mar 2015 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

16 Mar 2015 · Copyright and cross-border digital sales in context of DSM

Meeting with Adrienn Kiraly (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics), Jonathan Michael Hill (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

16 Mar 2015 · Walt Disney's investement in Europe; Digital Single Market

Meeting with Eric Mamer (Digital Economy)

16 Mar 2015 · DSM

Meeting with Pauline Rouch (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker)

27 Jan 2015 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)