Which EU law has the most disclosed lobbying meetings?

AI Act has the most disclosed meetings in this curated index, with 291 matched meetings and 186 organisations.

How are the most-lobbied EU laws ranked?

Lex counts distinct disclosed meetings from European Parliament MEP meeting declarations and European Commission meeting disclosures whose disclosed subject or topic precisely matches each legislative file. The count is a disclosure count, not a measure of influence.

AI Act is the most-lobbied EU law in this curated index, with 291 disclosed meetings; Lex counts 1,134 matched meetings across all listed files. Source: EU Transparency Register, European Commission meeting disclosures and European Parliament MEP meeting declarations. Methodology

The most-lobbied EU laws

Which EU legislative files draw the most lobbying? Ranked by disclosed EU Transparency-Register meetings with MEPs and the European Commission — 1,134 in total across these files. Each figure counts real disclosed meetings, a record that a contact happened, not a measure of influence.

1.AI Act291 meetings · 186 orgs
Most active: OpenAI OpCo, LLC, Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries, Google Ireland Limited and its affiliates · vote on file
2.EUDR286 meetings · 148 orgs
Most active: Fern, Greenpeace European Unit, WWF European Policy Programme
3.Digital Services Act192 meetings · 124 orgs
Most active: Google Ireland Limited and its affiliates, Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs, Apple Inc. · vote on file
4.CBAM158 meetings · 89 orgs
Most active: The European Steel Association, ArcelorMittal, Cement Europe (legal entity CEMBUREAU) · vote on file
5.Digital Markets Act135 meetings · 58 orgs
Most active: Apple Inc., Google Ireland Limited and its affiliates, Netflix International B.V. · vote on file
6.CSDDD48 meetings · 45 orgs
Most active: ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical, World Steel Association, BUSINESSEUROPE · vote on file
7.CSRD24 meetings · 23 orgs
Most active: PepsiCo, Competence Centre for Human Rights Due Diligence, Koninklijke Vereniging van Nederlandse Reders

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Disclosed meetings from the EU Transparency Register (European Parliament + European Commission). A disclosed meeting is a recorded contact, not evidence of influence or of a position taken. Meetings are matched to each act by the disclosed subject. Methodology. Data © European Union.