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Lobby organisation

Back Market

Business / industry · Consumer & retail also Technology & digital · HQ: France · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Back Market appears in 23 declared MEP meetings (17 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

23
declared meetings
with current MEPs
17
MEPs met
€50,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Back Market is the first marketplace that provides consumers with access to thousands of electrical and electronic products, refurbished by professionals. Our mission : Empower humanity to save machines through circularity and repair. Our North star : There should no longer be any factual reason to prefer a new product over a refurbished one. In order to achieve it, we…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 23 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats939%
Greens/EFA730%
Renew Europe417%
European People's Party29%
European Conservatives & Reformists14%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (8 in 2025).

2020
1
2021
0
2022
6
2023
4
2024
3
2025
8
2026
1

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

David Cormand
4 meetings · Greens/EFA
Sara Matthieu
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
René Repasi
2 meetings · S&D
Pascal Canfin
2 meetings · Renew
Biljana Borzan
1 meeting · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
25 Jun 2026Bruno TobbackRefurbished electronics & CEA
12 Nov 2025Aurore LalucqVAT - Investments
8 Oct 2025David CormandNew legislative framework
7 Oct 2025Pascal CanfinCircular Economy
17 Sep 2025Pascal CanfinDigital policies & Savings & Investment Union & 28th Regime
28 Apr 2025Denis NesciPosition discussion
24 Mar 2025Elisabeth Grossmannexchange of views on NLF
29 Jan 2025David CormandNew legislative framework
29 Jan 2025Saskia BricmontE-commerce
30 Sep 2024Pierre Jouvetenjeux de l'économie circulaire
9 Jul 2024Thomas Pellerin-Carlinindustrial policies
28 Feb 2024Christophe GrudlerEconomie circulaire et écoconception
5 Jul 2023Arba KokalariRight to Repair
30 May 2023René RepasiExchange of Views on the Right to Repair Directive/ Recht auf Reparatur Richtlinie (R2R)
30 Mar 2023René RepasiExchange of views on the Product Liability Directive/ Produkthaftungsrichtlinie (PLD) - Staff Level

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