BASF SE

EU lobbying footprint — who they meet, and on what.

Register no.
7410939793-88
Disclosed meetings
151 (44 Commission · 107 MEP)
Period
2024-07-162026-05-19

Declared fields of interest: Agriculture and rural development · Banking and financial services · Budget · Business and industry · Climate action · Competition · Consumers · Customs · Digital economy and society · Economy, finance and the euro · Education and training · Employment and social affairs

Lobbying profile

as declared 2026-03-04
Category
Companies & groups
Legal status
SE
Declared lobbying cost
€4,500,000
Lobbying FTEs
22.95
Members
11
LobbyFacts / Transparency Register source ↗

At a glance

Most-met policy areas
  • Climate7
  • Industry6
  • Trade2
  • Finance1
  • Energy1
Commission officials
  • Kurt Vandenberghe4
  • Olivia Gippner2
  • Vita Jukne2
  • Michael Hager2
  • Stéphane Séjourné2
MEPs met
  • GIESEKE Jens6
  • GEIER Jens5
  • WECHSLER Andrea5
  • LIESE Peter4
  • BERNHUBER Alexander4

Disclosed meetings

Newest first, showing the most recent 60 of 151. EC = European Commission, EP = Member of the European Parliament.

  • 2026-05-19EPSCHWAB Andreas
    Industrial Accelerator Actsource ↗
  • 2026-05-07EPCASSART Benoit
    Omnibus Food and Feedsource ↗
  • 2026-04-24EPLIESE Peter
    Austauschsource ↗
  • 2026-04-23ECHans Ingels · Head of Unit
    EU Feed Ingredients: Discussion on vitamins A and E as possible critical moleculessource ↗
  • 2026-04-22EPDE LA HOZ QUINTANO Raúl
  • 2026-04-21EPGEIER Jens
    Exchange on CBAM and ETSsource ↗
  • 2026-04-14ECTerhi Lehtonen · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez
    Competitiveness of the chemical sectorsource ↗
  • 2026-04-14ECChristiane Kirketerp De Viron · Acting Director
    Implementation of CRA and simplificationsource ↗
  • 2026-03-31ECOlivia Gippner · Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra
    Decarbonisation in the chemicals sectorsource ↗
  • 2026-03-27ECOlivia Gippner · Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra
    ETS, industrial competitiveness and decarbonisation in the chemicals sectorsource ↗
  • 2026-03-25ECVita Jukne · Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall
    REACH review; PFAS dossiersource ↗
  • 2026-03-19EPSOLÍS PÉREZ Susana
    ETS and CBAMsource ↗
  • 2026-02-26ECAstrid Dentler · Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra
  • 2026-02-24ECAlmut Bitterhof · Head of Unit
    BASF asked SANTE E4 for a meeting to exchange on several topics, in particular on matters related to BASF active substancessource ↗
  • 2026-02-12ECKurt Vandenberghe · Director-General
    Decarbonisation of the chemical sector with CCSsource ↗
  • 2026-02-12ECBeatriz Yordi · Director
    Chemical Industry trends and ETS Reviewsource ↗
  • 2026-02-11ECArthur Corbin · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné
    Investment conditions and future of chemical production in Europe.source ↗
  • 2026-02-04EPSCHNEIDER Christine
    Chemical Industrysource ↗
  • 2026-02-02EPGEIER Jens
    Exchange on ETS and CBAMsource ↗
  • 2026-01-29ECPhilippe Lamberts · Principal Adviser
    Plant visit to BASF Antwerp Main points of discussion were - major survivability concerns for the EU chemical industry - energy prices - carbon pricing (ETS) - REACH See attachment for details of BASF positionssource ↗
  • 2026-01-21ECEric Mamer · Director-General
    General discussion on DG ENV prioritiessource ↗
  • 2026-01-15EPGOERENS Charles
    Topical things on chemicals and food and feed omnibussource ↗
  • 2026-01-15EPKATAINEN Elsi
    Topical things on chemicals and food and feed omnibussource ↗
  • 2026-01-14EPBURKHARDT Delara
    circular economysource ↗
  • 2026-01-13EPWALSMANN Marion
    Climate goals in the european industrial policysource ↗
  • 2026-01-13EPBERNHUBER Alexander
    Umweltausschuss Ausblick 2026source ↗
  • 2026-01-13EPLIESE Peter
    Austauschsource ↗
  • 2026-01-13EPSCHENK Oliver
    Chemie- und Pharmasektor in der EUsource ↗
  • 2026-01-13EPFERBER Markus
    Competitiveness in the European industrysource ↗
  • 2026-01-13EPHERBST Niclas
    Industriepolitischen Weichenstellungen für Europa: Clean Industrial Dealsource ↗
  • 2026-01-13EPSCHNEIDER Christine
    Parliamentary Dinnersource ↗
  • 2026-01-13EPEHLER Christian
    Industriepolitiksource ↗
  • 2025-12-05EPGLUCKSMANN Raphaël
    US tariffssource ↗
  • 2025-12-04EPCORRADO Annalisa
    chemicals and sustainabilitysource ↗
  • 2025-11-25EPGIESEKE Jens
    End of Life Vehiclessource ↗
  • 2025-11-20EPCRISTEA Andi
    Legislative developments in trade policy and the implementation of the EU-US Agreementsource ↗
  • 2025-11-17EPHOJSÍK Martin
    Pesticides, biocontrol, omnibussource ↗
  • 2025-11-14EPPAULUS Jutta
    Visit of BASF plantsource ↗
  • 2025-11-14EPHOJSÍK Martin
    CLP, Cosmetics Regulation, Chemicals omnibussource ↗
  • 2025-11-14EPTOBBACK Bruno
    Chemical Omnibussource ↗
  • 2025-11-07ECMichael McGrath · Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrath
    Discussion on the challenges faced by EU companies in China.source ↗
  • 2025-11-06ECFlorina-Andreea Pantazi · Head of Unit
    Challenges and needs across the value chain for advancing safer and more sustainable chemistrysource ↗
  • 2025-11-06ECKristin Schreiber · Director
    Challenges and needs across the value chain for advancing safer and more sustainable chemistrysource ↗
  • 2025-11-06EPSINGER Christine
    Pflanzenschutzsource ↗
  • 2025-11-05ECAleksandra Baranska · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez
    Competition policysource ↗
  • 2025-10-28ECDorota Denning · Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis
    Roundtable on Simplification for Agricultural Innovationsource ↗
  • 2025-10-28EPGLÜCK Andreas
    Environment Policysource ↗
  • 2025-10-21EPCANFIN Pascal
  • 2025-10-09EPHAHN Svenja
    Recent legislative developments in trade policy and the implementation of the EU–US agreementsource ↗
  • 2025-10-08EPWARBORN Jörgen
    EU tradesource ↗
  • 2025-10-07EPOETJEN Jan-Christoph
    Exchange on agriculture sectoral challenges and innovative solutionssource ↗
  • 2025-10-03EPGLUCKSMANN Raphaël
    Chemical industrysource ↗
  • 2025-10-01ECMichael Hager · Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis
    Simplificationsource ↗
  • 2025-09-16EPMARAN Pierfrancesco
    End-Of-Life Vehicles Regulationsource ↗
  • 2025-09-05ECStéphane Séjourné · Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné
    - Compétitivité des entreprises - Marché intérieur - Protection de la souveraineté et du pouvoir d’achat - Relation US/EUsource ↗
  • 2025-09-01EPGIESEKE Jens
    End of Life Vehiclessource ↗
  • 2025-07-17EPHAYER Valérie
    weed controlsource ↗
  • 2025-07-16EPLINS Norbert
    Herbizide / Pflanzenschutzsource ↗
  • 2025-07-15ECGijs Schilthuis · Director
    Sustainability, including digital farming solutions, carbon farming, nature credits, biocontrol, bioeconomysource ↗
  • 2025-07-15EPCAVEDAGNA Stefano
    Presentation of the activities of BASF and discussion on REACHsource ↗

Lobbying in these areas

Frequently asked

How many EU lobbying meetings has BASF SE disclosed?

BASF SE (EU Transparency Register no. 7410939793-88) appears in 151 disclosed meetings with EU officials and MEPs between 2024-07-16 and 2026-05-19: 44 with the European Commission and 107 with Members of the European Parliament.

What does BASF SE lobby on?

BASF SE's disclosed EU meetings most often concern Climate, Industry, Trade, Finance. Every meeting and its topic is listed with its official source on this page.

Who does BASF SE meet in Brussels?

Across its disclosed meetings, BASF SE has met Commission officials including Kurt Vandenberghe, Olivia Gippner, Vita Jukne, and MEPs including GIESEKE Jens, GEIER Jens, WECHSLER Andrea. These are counts of officially disclosed meetings, not a measure of influence.

Primary sources

Every meeting above is a public disclosure by the European Commission or a Member of the European Parliament; counts are of disclosed meetings only and are not a measure of influence. Data © European Union (Decision 2011/833/EU) & the European Parliament.

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