American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union

AmCham EU

http://www.amchameu.eu/

II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations

Trade and business associations

Avenue des Arts, 53
Brussels B-1000
BELGIUM

(+32)2 513 68 92

Ms  Susan Danger

CEO

Mr  Roger Coelho

Policy Director

AmCham EU speaks for American business committed to Europe on trade, investment and competitiveness issues. It aims to ensure a growth-orientated business and investment climate in Europe. AmCham EU facilitates the resolution of transatlantic issues that impact business and plays a role in creating better understanding of EU and US positions on business matters.

Our aim is to ensure a growth-oriented business and investment climate in the European Union. We are committed to transparent and open communication and inclusive dialogue between our members and European policy makers.

For a full list of our members please visit our web site: http://www.amchameu.eu/about-us/members

European

• Transatlantic trade
• Trade
• Brexit
• Future of Work, Education and Skills
• Gender initiatives
• Technological revolution in the agro-food sector and the role of science
• The future of EU farming and agriculture
• Coherence of the EU food and nutrition agenda with the Single Market
• Sustainability in the agro-food supply chain
• Agriculture in trade negotiations and the EU-US relationship
• Merger control review
• Digitisation in competition
• Procedural fairness in competition law enforcement
• International relations and the EU’s competition policy
• State aid
• A new deal for EU consumers and collective redress in the EU
• Consumer product safety and market surveillance
• Consumer aspects of the Digital Single Market
• Union Customs Code
• Customs valuation
• Customs infringements
• Digital Single Market
• Data protection and e-Privacy
• Cybersecurity
• Emerging technologies
• International digital economy
• Consistent and science-based EU environment policy
• Circular Economy
• Future of EU chemicals policy
• Pre-legislative work on RoHS
• Sustainability and profiling issues
• Transatlantic convergence and extraterritoriality of financial services regulation
• Capital Markets Union
• Banking Union
• Digitisation of the financial services industry
• Sustainable finance
• Life sciences
• Safeguarding IP incentives to drive innovation
• Value-based healthcare to foster sustainable and safe health systems
• Health technologies
• Fighting against antimicrobial resistance
• Defence, industrial and procurement issues
• European space policy
• Export and transfer controls
• Transport security and security industrial policy
• Connected and sustainable mobility
• Energy and climate
• Infrastructure
• Value of IP for innovation and creativity
• Fighting counterfeiting and piracy
• Implementation of the unitary patent and standardisation policy
• IPR enforcement in third countries
• Joint EU Transparency Register
• Better regulation and better implementation of existing regulation
• Future of Europe
• EU-US regulatory convergence negotiations and standardization
• Taxation of the digitising economy
• Public Country by Country Reporting
• EU Action Plan on Tax Avoidance (including CCCTB)
• Value Added Tax (VAT)
• Responde to the Covid 19 crisis
• Economic recovery

Full details of AmCham EU's activities, including events and publications are available on our website:

http://www.amchameu.eu

• Data Act (including the review of the Directive 96/9/EC on the legal protection of databases)
• Revision of the EU legislation on medicines for children and rare diseases
• Revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2010/31/EU
• Revision of certain procedural aspects of EU merger control
• Sustainable Products Initiative
• European Health Emergency Response Authority
• Review of the VAT rules for financial and insurance services
• Digital Levy
• Revision of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation
• Sustainable corporate governance
• Review of the requirements for packaging and feasibility of measures to prevent packaging waste
• Environmental claims based on environmental footprint methods
• Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
• A New Consumer Agenda
• Revision of the NIS Directive
• Evaluation of the 2011 White Paper on Transport
• White Paper on Foreign Subsidies
• Pharmaceutical Strategy - Timely patient access to affordable medicines
• New competition tool
• Waste shipments – revision of EU rules
• 2030 Climate Target Plan
• Requirements for Artificial Intelligence
• Revision of Non-Financial Reporting Directive
• European Strategy for data
• Evaluation of EU competition rules on horizontal agreements
• Evaluation of EU competition rules on horizontal agreements
• Restriction of hazardous substances - evaluation
• Restriction of hazardous substances - evaluation
• Gender equality in the EU
• Gender equality in the EU
• Evaluation of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation
• Evaluation of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation

• Data Act (including the review of the Directive 96/9/EC on the legal protection of databases)
• Revision of EU legislation on hazard classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals
• Revision of EU legislation on registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals
• Evaluation and revision of the general pharmaceutical legislation
• Digital Levy
• A European Health Data Space
• Revision of the EU legislation on medicines for children and rare diseases
• Sustainable Products Initiative
• Action Plan on synergies and cross-fertilisation between the civil, defence and space industries
• Requirements for Artificial Intelligence
• Intellectual Property Action Plan
• Strengthening of Europol’s mandate
• Modernising the EU’s batteries legislation
• Pharmaceutical Strategy - Timely patient access to affordable medicines
• Chemicals strategy for sustainability
• Revision of Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive
• Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan
• Climate Law
• A new Circular Economy Action Plan
• European Electronic Health Record (EHR) Exchange Format
• Towards a more comprehensive EU framework on endocrine disruptors

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In line with the Implementing Guidelines, members of staff spending around 10% of working time involved in the activities falling under the scope of the register are included in the FTE calculation as 25% of their time (rounded-up).

• Agriculture and Rural Development
• Banking and financial services
• Borders and Security
• Budget
• Business and Industry
• Climate Action
• Competition
• Consumers
• Culture and media
• Customs
• Digital economy and society
• Economy, finance and the euro
• Education and training
• Employment and Social Affairs
• Energy
• Environment
• External Relations
• Food Safety
• Foreign affairs and security policy
• Fraud prevention
• Institutional affairs
• International co-operation and development
• Justice and Fundamental Rights
• Public Health
• Research and innovation
• Single market
• Taxation
• Trade
• Trans-European Networks
• Transport
• Youth

For a full list of our members please visit our web site: http://www.amchameu.eu/about-us/members

AmCham EU is member of the following associations: Center for European Policy Studies
European Policy Center
American Club of Brussels
European Center for Public Affairs
US Chamber of Commerce
AmChams in Europe
Public Affairs Council
Friends of Europe

Our member companies engage in further networking activities in their own capacity.

01/2020  -  12/2020

1,000,000 € - 1,249,999 €

No funding received from the EU institutions during the last closed financial year.

AmCham EU estimates that the amount declared above represents the proportion of the overall cost budget of the organisation falling under the scope of the register.

Further costs are dedicated to activities such as information gathering and distribution, policy monitoring, issuing of studies, preparation and editing of publications, organisation of networking opportunities among our members.