Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
| Name/company name: |
Vorwerk & Co. KG |
| Acronym: |
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| Legal status: |
Limited Partnership under German Law
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| Website address: |
http://www.vorwerk.de
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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
Pierre CHALANÇON
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| Position: |
Vice President Regulatory Affairs Vorwerk, Representation to the EU |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Mr
Pierre CHALANÇON
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| Position: |
Vice President Regulatory Affairs Vorwerk, Representation to the EU |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
17 - 37 Mühlenweg
Wuppertal D-42270
GERMANY
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| Telephone number: |
(+49) 2 02 5 64 12 66 |
| Fax number: |
(+) |
| Other contact information: |
Brussels office address:
Vorwerk & Co. KG
Representation to the EU
Rue Montoyer,47
1000 Brussels
Belgium
+32 2 512 32 38
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
Established in Germany in 1883 and being a family-owned business, Vorwerk today represents a global company. Its business activities encompass Europe, Asia, North and Central America. The area of products and services is diverse and ranges from high quality carpeting through household appliances and cosmetics to facility services and loans for company investments. Headquartered in Wuppertal (Germany), Vorwerk does business in Europe, inter alia, through own subsidiaries in 11 European Union Member States (Austria, Czech Rep., France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Hungary). The companies belonging to the Vorwerk group generate an annual business volume totalling 2.367 billion euros in 2011.
Highly innovative and firmly established in the superior quality segment, all Vorwerk products are developed and produced within the group. The core of Vorwerk’s production lies in the European Union: specifically, in Wuppertal and Hamlin (Germany), Cloyes-sur-le-Loir (France) and Arcore (Italy).
In Europe, the Vorwerk group employs approximately 16,000 people in its production and administration units as well as in the services segment. Vorwerk’s core business is direct sales: The products are sold on the occasion of personal demonstrations in the customer’s home by some 28,000 independent sales advisers in Europe.
In the sector of sales away from business premises, Vorwerk is the largest company headquartered in the EU.
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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: |
2
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Complementary information:
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Currently 2 full-time staff based in the Brussels office.
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Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises
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Surname
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Start Date |
End Date |
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Jethro
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Schiansky
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27/09/12
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08/08/13
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Pierre
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Chalancon
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18/12/12
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08/08/13
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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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In 2011 we monitored the developments related to consumer affairs (review of the consumer acquis), labour law, environmental issues (WEEE Directive), unfair commercial practices and legislation having an impact on household appliances (New Legislative Framework) as well as standardisation.
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Competition
- Consumer Affairs
- Employment and Social Affairs
- Enterprise
- Environment
- Internal Market
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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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Vorwerk & Co. KG is an affiliated member of Eurocommerce;
Vorwerk is a member of Direct Selling Europe (DSE);
Vorwerk is a member of the European Committee of Domestic Equipment Manufacturers (CECED);
Vorwerk is a member of the Association Professionelle de la Vente Directe in Comeos, the Belgian Commerce Association
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
01/2011
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12/2011
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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150000
€ - 200000
€
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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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