EU TRANSPARENCY REGISTER STATS

The Register in Numbers

• Over 9,000 entities bound by a Common Code of Conduct
• 92% of registrants are EU-based
• 12% of registrants are Professional Consultants/Law Firms/Self-Employed Consultants
• 50% of registrants are In-House Lobbyists and Trade/Business/Professional Associations
• 26% of registrants are Non-Governmental Organisations
• 7% of registrants are Think Tanks, Research and Academic Institutions
• 4.6% of registrants are organisations representing local, regional and municipal authorities, other public or mixed entities
• 0.4% are organisations representing churches and religious communities
• 6,100 persons from registered organisations hold an access badge to the European Parliament's buildings.

Registrants by Countries

1. Belgium: 21%
2. Germany: 12%
3. U.K.: 11%
4. France: 10%
5. Italy: 7%
6. Spain: 6%
7. Netherlands: 5%
8. United States: 3.5%
9. Austria: 2%
10. Sweden: 1%

Top 10 countries account for 78.5% of all Registrants leaving 20% for all remaing EU member States (18) and outer EU

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The Register, as it functions today, is a caricature of what it should be, with everyone declaring only what they think necessary: some declare more in order to appear more important than they are. Others declare less in order to downplay their lobbying activities. And there are some who declare selectively, since anything is permitted.

The Commission has been content to put pressure on lobbyists to join up, viewing the current total of over 9,000 entities registered as a demonstration of the register’s success.

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