Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband
vzbv
Der Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (vzbv) vertritt die Interessen der Verbraucher gegenüber Politik, Wirtschaft und Öffentlichkeit.
Lobbying Activity
Response to Digital Omnibus revising several legislative acts in view of regulatory simplification
14 Oct 2025
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
Response to WHITE PAPER How to master Europe's digital infrastructure needs?
28 Jun 2024
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
Response to Initiative on virtual worlds, such as metaverse
26 Apr 2023
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
Response to Measures to reduce the release of microplastics in the environment
28 Dec 2021
Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on consumer credits
1 Sept 2021
Response to Commission proposal for a revision of the EU legislation on the welfare of animals
24 Aug 2021
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
Response to Proposal for legislation fostering more sustainable corporate governance in companies
8 Oct 2020
Response to Legislative framework for the governance of common European data spaces
29 Jul 2020
Meeting with Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
11 Jun 2020 · The new consumer agenda and the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on consumers
Response to Proposal for a Carbon Border Adjustment mechanism (CBAM)
31 Mar 2020
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