AmCham EU is a unique organisation comprised of over 160 companies from a broad range of sectors. It is membership-led and membership driven. The secretariat is comprised of about 20 professionals.  The members work through a network of committees, four management groups and an Executive Council, and offer expertise from over 750 professionals. The organisation has long been valued as an independent source of quality information and analysis. This reputation has helped to build close ties with EU officials.

EMOTA represents online and omni channel sellers. The mission of EMOTA is to help policy makers remove all barriers to the EU Digital Single Market and enable online sellers across the EU to take advantage of the huge potential of a seamless EU internal market for cross-border eCommerce.

The present legal environment with 28 different rules on consumer protection, respect of privacy, delivery and payments result in high costs for distance sellers with international ambitions. Policy makers are keen to help and EMOTA provides information to them where improvements are needed.

Since 1994, the Government Relations Institute of Canada (GRIC) has been the national, non-profit association, representing both government relations and public affairs professionals from all sectors. GRIC is widely recognized by governments and other stakeholders as the authoritative voice for the government relations and public affairs community in Canada and is dedicated to advancing the interests of our profession and to working to maintain the highest ethical standards.

Engaging with Public Policy Advocates is vital in many respects, since it is the job of most Public Policy Advocates to promote the interests of their organisations, clients and corporations in a way that builds positive working relationships with government, and it is important for government to consult with representatives of key stakeholders.

Government Relations or GR is an educational process mixed in with a liberal amount of advocacy. Simply put, it is an essential component of any business that is subject to government regulations.

At its core, government relations is an educational process: educating business and industry leaders about the governmental process; educating officials about the issues important to business or other constituencies; and educating governmental and business leaders and the public, about the potential consequences of legislation.

Lobbying is absolutely essential to the success of representative government. Without information, perspectives and proposals flowing from those who are governed, elected and appointed officials can often only dimly guess at what policies will advance the interests of those whom they are duty-bound to serve. Protection and facilitation of lobbying is, therefore, a matter of vast significance, achieved in varying ways in different legal systems.

1. ABB
2. ABENGOA
3. AREVA
4. ATIEL (EUROPEAN LUBRICANTS INDUSTRY)
5. BDEW (GERMAN ASSOCIATION OF ENERGY AND WATER INDUSTRIES
6. BP
7. CEA (COMMISSARIAT ENERGIE ATOMIQUE)
8. CEEP (CENTRAL EUROPE ENERGY PARTNERS)
9. CEFIC (EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY COUNCIL)
10. CENTRICA
11. CEWEP (CONFEDERATION OF EUROPEAN WASTE TO ENERGY PLANTS)
12. CEZ GROUP
13. CHEVRON
14. COGEN EUROPE
15. CONSORZIO RFX
16. DANISHENERGYASSOCIATION
17. E-ON
18. EASE (EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR STORAGE OF ENERGY)

In spite of sanctions against Russia, it’s back to business again.

Under sanctions, the U.S. Treasury definition of ‘U.S. persons’ does not include ‘foreign incorporated subsidiaries of U.S. companies’. This leaves open the possibility of American business links with SSS (Sectoral Sanctions Identifications-listed firms) through foreign subsidiaries. In the EU, EU sanctions prohibit EU entities from direct provision of oil and gas services but do not specifically address technology transfer.

So there you have it:

Organized by Business Bridge Europe, European Business Summit with the participation of the EU Institutions and in cooperation with the key industries, the 2nd edition of the Energy Policy Summit was held in Brussels on 23 February 2016

Russian lobbying takes different forms in the EU. In Brussels, lobbying is undertaken by Russian entities through their GR representative offices and work via different government advisory boards.