Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband

vzbv

Der Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (vzbv) vertritt die Interessen der Verbraucher gegenüber Politik, Wirtschaft und Öffentlichkeit.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Oct 2025 · Digital Fairness Act

Meeting with Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

30 Sept 2025 · Air Passenger Rights

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

17 Sept 2025 · Green Claims

Meeting with Katarina Barley (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Aug 2025 · aktuelle VerbraucherInnenthemen

Response to Digital Networks Act

11 Jul 2025

Meeting with Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Member of the European Parliament)

5 May 2025 · various consumer transport issues

Meeting with Marco Giorello (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and

13 Mar 2025 · Code of Conduct on Online Advertising – Workshop 3

Meeting with Marco Giorello (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and

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

Meeting with Marco Giorello (Head of Unit Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and

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

Meeting with Sergey Lagodinsky (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Feb 2025 · Exchange of views

Meeting with Rita Wezenbeek (Director Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and

11 Feb 2025 · Opening Session: DSA roundtable discussions on online advertising (Article 46 DSA)

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament) and

29 Jan 2025 · Renew Europe Stakeholder Roundtable: “Elevator Pitch for Better Single Market Rules”

Meeting with Alice Kuhnke (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion) and

27 Jan 2025 · Passenger rights

Meeting with Katarina Barley (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Nov 2024 · Verbraucherschutzpolitik

Meeting with Matthias Ecke (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Oct 2024 · Verbrauchschutz / Telekommunikation

Meeting with Andreas Schwab (Member of the European Parliament) and

2 Oct 2024 · Priorities for the consumers agenda

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament) and

1 Oct 2024 · Discussions on the side of the Tech and Society Summit

Meeting with Tiemo Wölken (Member of the European Parliament) and Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs

26 Sept 2024 · Consumer Policy Issues in the first part of the New Mandate

Meeting with Christine Singer (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Sept 2024 · Austausch neue Legislaturperiode

Meeting with Birgit Sippel (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Sept 2024 · Priorties in the area of digital fundamental rights

Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Sept 2024 · EU consumer policy

Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Mar 2024 · Allgemeiner Austausch Verbraucherpolitik

Meeting with Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

22 Feb 2024 · Stakeholder Meetings on Passenger Mobility Package

Meeting with Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg (Member of the European Parliament) and

15 Dec 2023 · Sozial-ökologische Transformation

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament) and

15 Dec 2023 · Sozial-ökologische Transformation

Meeting with Martin Häusling (Member of the European Parliament) and

15 Dec 2023 · Verbändetreffen sozial-ökologische Transformation

Meeting with Thomas Rudner (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Nov 2023 · Fluggastrechte

Meeting with Magda Kopczynska (Director-General Mobility and Transport)

9 Nov 2023 · 1) In-vehicle data 2) MDMS 3) Upcoming COM proposals

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

8 Nov 2023 · Exchange on the gas market directive and EMD

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas

31 Oct 2023 · Exchange on the gas market directive

Meeting with Maria Grapini (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

31 Oct 2023 · Gas and Hydrogen Markets

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

26 Oct 2023 · Table ronde avec les représentants de la société civile sur la proposition de règlement sur les nouveaux OGM

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

26 Oct 2023 · Digital euro

Meeting with Rasmus Andresen (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Oct 2023 · consumer protection

Meeting with Katarína Roth Neveďalová (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Oct 2023 · New Genomic Techniques

Meeting with Ralf Seekatz (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

24 Oct 2023 · Kleinanlegerstrategie

Meeting with Marion Walsmann (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs

5 Oct 2023 · Toy Safety Regulation

Meeting with Sabine Verheyen (Member of the European Parliament)

23 May 2023 · Digital Network Fees

Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner)

23 May 2023 · Meeting with Ramona Pop, Executive Director of VZBV, to discuss ongoing consumer policy files (Right to repair, Empowering consumers for the green transition, DMFS, initiative on cookies).

Meeting with Norbert Lins (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

8 May 2023 · "Green Claims" (umweltbezogene Werbeaussagen)

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Apr 2023 · Exchange on the electricity market directive

Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Apr 2023 · Exchange of Views on the Cyber Resilience Act/ Gesetz über Cyberresilienz (CRA) - Staff Level

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

22 Mar 2023 · Austausch zur Produkthaftungsrichtlinie und zum Recht auf Reparatur/Exchange on the Product Liability Directive (PLD) and the Right to Repair (R2R)

Meeting with Tiemo Wölken (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Feb 2023 · Austausch zur Ökodesign-Verordnung

Meeting with Manuela Ripa (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Feb 2023 · NutriScore-Label, GMOs

Meeting with Norbert Lins (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

2 Feb 2023 · Neue Gentechnik

Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Nov 2022 · Ecodesign

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Jun 2022 · Fit For 55 - EPBD

Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner)

17 May 2022 · Empowering consumers ; Sustainable Corporate due diligence

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

10 Mar 2022 · Digital Services Act

Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Mar 2022 · Verbraucherschutz

Meeting with Iwona Piorko (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager), Werner Stengg (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager) and Amsterdam: AI Technology for People

7 Jun 2021 · Intersection between AI Regulation and trade commitments

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

9 Dec 2020 · Roundtable with NGOs on DSA and DMA

Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner)

11 Jun 2020 · The new consumer agenda and the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on consumers

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

5 Feb 2020 · Exchange of views on the approach on AI and the work of the German Data Ethics Commission

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

5 Feb 2020 · Data strategy, artificial intelligence, digital services act

Meeting with Soren Schonberg (Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager)

5 Dec 2018 · Competition Policy

Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner) and

14 May 2018 · Consumer protection

Meeting with Joachim Balke (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)

6 Apr 2017 · Market Design

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

18 Nov 2016 · renewable energy

Meeting with Alisa Tiganj (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc), Matej Zakonjsek (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)

18 Nov 2016 · EU rail and air pasenger rights

Meeting with Joachim Balke (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)

7 Nov 2016 · Reform of the Energy Market Design and the Renewable Energy Directive

Meeting with Tiina Astola (Director-General Justice and Consumers)

13 May 2016 · Introductory meeting

Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)

8 Jun 2015 · copyright

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

26 May 2015 · Energy Union / consumer protection

Meeting with Paraskevi Michou (Acting Director-General Justice and Consumers)

27 Feb 2015 · Consumer policy issues

Meeting with Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

4 Feb 2015 · Digital Single Market