Which EU law has the most disclosed lobbying meetings?

EUDR has the most disclosed meetings in this curated index, with 191 matched meetings and 118 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.

EUDR is the most-lobbied EU law in this curated index, with 191 disclosed meetings; Lex counts 593 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 — 593 in total across these files. Each figure counts real disclosed meetings, a record that a contact happened, not a measure of influence.

1.EUDR191 meetings · 118 orgs
Most active: National Alliance of Forest Owners, Fern, Global Witness
2.AI Act170 meetings · 116 orgs
Most active: Spotify, Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries, Black Forest Labs · vote on file
3.CBAM95 meetings · 58 orgs
Most active: The European Steel Association, European Steel Processors Association, APPLiA (Home Appliance Europe) · vote on file
4.Digital Markets Act65 meetings · 35 orgs
Most active: Apple Inc., Netflix International B.V., Amazon Europe Core SARL · vote on file
5.Digital Services Act38 meetings · 30 orgs
Most active: Metaverse EU, Apple Inc., TikTok Technology Ltd · vote on file
6.CSDDD23 meetings · 22 orgs
Most active: World Steel Association, Union Network International - Kelly Fay Rodriguez, Jacobs Douwe Egberts DE GmbH · vote on file
7.CSRD11 meetings · 11 orgs
Most active: Competence Centre for Human Rights Due Diligence, Koninklijke Vereniging van Nederlandse Reders, Teneo Brussels

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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.