Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
| Name/company name: |
Adam Opel |
| Acronym: |
Opel
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| Legal status: |
AG
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| Website address: |
http://www.opel.com
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Sections
| Section: |
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/professional associations |
| and more precisely: |
Companies & groups |
Person with legal responsibility
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Stephen Girsky
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| Position: |
Chairman Supervisory Board |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Jean Wibaut
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| Position: |
Director EU Affairs |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
n.a. Friedrich-Lutzmann-Ring
Ruesselsheim 65423
GERMANY
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| Telephone number: |
(+49) 61 42 770 |
| Fax number: |
(+) |
| Other contact information: |
General Motors Europe
EU Affairs Office
Rue d'Idalie 11-13, 6th Floor
1050 Brussels
Belgium
tel. + 32 2 773 6982
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
Opel, one of Europe’s largest automakers, was founded 1862 in Rüsselsheim, Germany. The company with its headquarters in Rüsselsheim operates 13 plants in eight countries and employs around 47,000 people (as of December 2009). Opel and its sister brand in the U.K., Vauxhall, sell vehicles in more than 35 markets in Europe. Opel vehicles are characterized by their outstanding design, innovative technologies and environmental friendliness.
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The organisation's fields of interests are:
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Number of persons engaged in activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register
| Number of persons: |
4
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Complementary information:
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Representation activities are performed on behalf of General Motors Company and its affiliate companies.
Legal entity selected for the Transparency Register registration is Adam Opel AG as this affiliate is the most representative and "General Motors Europe", altough it is commonly used as a name, does not exist as legal entity.
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Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises
| First name
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Surname
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Start Date |
End Date |
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Jean
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Wibaut
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20/03/13
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18/03/14
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Ulrich
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Schulz
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30/01/13
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18/12/13
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Activities
Main EU initiatives covered the year before by activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register:
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Competition Policy
Consumer Affairs
Customs and Trade Facilitation
Environment
Climate Change
Energy
Financial Services
Intellectual Property
Social Affairs
Trade & External Affairs
Transport
EU-US Relations
Innovation
Sustainable Development
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Climate Action
- Competition
- Consumer Affairs
- Employment and Social Affairs
- Energy
- Enterprise
- Environment
- Internal Market
- Taxation
- Trade
- Trans-European Networks
- Transport
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Networking
Information on (i) organisation's membership of any associations/federations/confederations or (ii) relationships to other bodies in formal or informal networks.
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Main memberships are:
* European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA)
* American Chamber of Commerce EU (AmCham EU)
* British Chamber of Commerce (BritCham)
* Verband der Automobilindustrie (VDA)
* BusinessEurope A&SG Group
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
01/2012
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12/2012
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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800000
€ - 900000
€
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Amount and source of funding received from the EU institutions in financial year n-1 of registration
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Procurement:
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0 €
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Grants:
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0 €
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Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:
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The estimate of costs represents the portion of Opel’s total public policy budget associated with the direct lobbying of EU Institutions. This number does not include membership fees to trade associations.
Funding received from the EU Institutions will be completed once guidelines are available.
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