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American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union

Acronym: AmCham EU

General Information

Identification Code: 5265780509-97
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Entity Form: Association sans but lucratif (a.s.b.l.) – Non-profit association
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 10/14/2008
Last Update: 3/12/2024
EP Accredited Number: 10

Mission & Interests

Goals: 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
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
  • 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
  • Enlargement
  • 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
Levels of Interest:
  • european

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: • Regulation for Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) • Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability: o Includes the Regulation on the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP Regulation) • Proposal for a Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation • Proposal for Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation • Critical Raw Materials Act • Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes • Initiative on substantiating green claims • F-gas Regulation • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) • Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS) Directive • Proposal for a regulation establishing a European single access point providing centralised access to publicly available information of relevance to financial services, capital markets and sustainability • Proposal for a regulation amending Regulations (EU) No 648/2012, (EU) No 575/2013 and (EU) 2017/1131 as regards measures to mitigate excessive exposures to third-country central counterparties and improve the efficiency of Union clearing markets (Review of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation) • Proposal for a directive amending Directive 2014/65/EU to make public capital markets in the Union more attractive for companies and to facilitate access to capital for small and medium-sized enterprises and repealing Directive 2001/34/EC (Listing Act proposal) • Proposal for a regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 as regards settlement discipline, cross-border provision of services, supervisory cooperation, provision of banking-type ancillary services and requirements for third-country central securities depositories (Review of the Central Securities Depositories Regulation) • Proposal for a directive amending Directives 2011/61/EU and 2009/65/EC as regards delegation arrangements, liquidity risk management, supervisory reporting, provision of depositary and custody services and loan origination by alternative investment funds (Review of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive) • Proposal for a directive amending Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments (Review of the Directive on markets in financial instruments) • Proposal for a directive amending Directive 2013/36/EU as regards supervisory powers, sanctions, third-country branches, and environmental, social and governance risks (Review of the Capital Requirements Directive) • Proposal for a regulation amending Regulations (EU) No 260/2012 and (EU) 2021/1230 as regards instant credit transfers in euro (Instant Payments Regulation) • Regulation on digital operational resilience for the financial sector and amending Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009, (EU) No 648/2012, (EU) No 600/2014 and (EU) No 909/2014 (Digital Operational Resilience Act) • Proposal for a directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 • Cyber Resilience Act • European Cloud Certification Scheme • Artificial Intelligence Act • Chips Act • ePrivacy • Proposal for a regulation on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (Data Act) • EU Cloud Rulebook & Marketplace • Commission’s guidelines for public procurement of cloud services • Communication from the Commission on Digitalising the energy systems: EU Action plan • Council Recommendation on Antimicrobial Resistance • Revision of the general pharmaceutical legislation • Proposal for a Regulation on a European Health Data Space • Revised framework for the compulsory licensing of patents (I believe HCC supported the IP committee’s work on this) • Draft Report of the European Parliament on Competition Policy – Annual Report 2022 • Foreign Subsidies Regulation (and the Implementing Regulation of the aforesaid regulation) • Evaluation of Regulations (EC) No 1/2003 and 773/2004 (Antitrust procedural framework) • Review of the Market Definition Notice ....
Communication Activities: Full details of AmCham EU's activities, including events and publications are available on our website: http://www.amchameu.eu
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Trade Contact Group#E02134#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2134 #MEMBER #C#IndustryConsultation Forum according to Art. 23 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases#X03338#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3338 #MEMBER #C#IndustryCommission expert group accompanying future substance reviews under Directive 2011/65/EU (Restriction of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment; Recast Directive = RoHS 2)#E03063#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3063 #MEMBER #C#Finance#Industry#Professionals#SMEsPlatform for Tax Good Governance, Aggressive Tax Planning and Double Taxation#E02897#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2897 #MEMBER #C#Industry
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Avenue des Arts, 56
Post Code: B-1000
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office

Address: Avenue des Arts, 56
Post Code: B-1000
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data

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Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 16
Members50 Percent: 12
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 28
Members F T E: 10
Info Members: We are an advocacy association and majority of our work is spent on representing the interests of our members. We have a team fully dedicated on advocacy matters and majority of our colleagues are working on other areas (ie, communications, events, outreach) but not necessarily fully investing their time in interacting with EU civil servants.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: For a full list of our members please visit our web site: http://www.amchameu.eu/about-us/members
Organisation Members: AmCham EU is member of the following associations: Center for European Policy Studies European Policy Center European Center for Public Affairs US Chamber of Commerce AmChams in Europe Public Affairs Council Friends of Europe European Society of Association Executives Our member companies engage in further networking activities in their own capacity. We also participate in different informal collaboration fora - ie, the Alliance for Sustainable Management of Chemical Risk ASMoR (https://asmor.eu/members) and additionally, we also participate in other projects and partner with other associations – ie, EmpowerHer (https://amchameu.eu/news/empower-her-advancing-female-empowerment-across-atlantic), JA Europe (http://www.jaeurope.org/education/initiatives/2518-amcham-eu-youth-entrepreneurship-award-2023.html, FPP4EU, …). And also contribute to other CSR activities (ie, Relay for life https://www.amchameu.eu/RelayForLife). However, we do not pay any fees nor contributions for these activities. Finally, we also cooperate with other associations in Brussels when we want to set our position on different policy matters – nevertheless, we do not formally belong to any other business network or think tank.