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Lobby organisation

Bundesverband Musikindustrie e.V.

Business / industry · Media & publishing also Technology & digital · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Bundesverband Musikindustrie e.V. appears in 19 declared MEP meetings (10 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

19
declared meetings
with current MEPs
10
MEPs met
€10,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Der Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) vertritt die Interessen von rund 150 Tonträgerherstellern und Musikunternehmen, die gut 80 Prozent des deutschen Musikmarkts repräsentieren. Der Verband setzt sich für die Anliegen der Musikindustrie in der deutschen und europäischen Politik ein und dient der Öffentlichkeit als zentraler Ansprechpartner zur Musikbranche. Neben der Ermittlung und Veröffentlichung von Marktstatistiken gehören branchennahe Dienstleistungen zum Portfolio des BVMI.…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 19 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party1684%
Greens/EFA211%
Socialists & Democrats15%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (7 in 2025).

2019
1
2020
0
2021
0
2022
2
2023
6
2024
3
2025
7

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

Markus Ferber
4 meetings · EPP
Sabine Verheyen
4 meetings · EPP
Christian Ehler
3 meetings · EPP
Axel Voss
2 meetings · EPP
Tiemo Wölken
1 meeting · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
9 Oct 2025Nela RiehlIPFI
8 Oct 2025Markus FerberAI and other challenges facing the music industry
7 Oct 2025Axel VossCopyright and generative AI
7 Oct 2025Sabine VerheyenCultural Policy
26 Feb 2025Andrea WechslerEU Industry policy
28 Jan 2025Markus FerberCurrent developments in the context of AI and impacts on Cultural and Creative Industries
28 Jan 2025Christian EhlerCultural and Creative Industries
8 Oct 2024Marion WalsmannEntwicklungen im Kontext zu KI und damit verbundenen regulativen Rahmenbedingungen
8 Oct 2024Erik MarquardtIntroductory meeting
8 Oct 2024Markus FerberChallenges of artificial intelligence
28 Nov 2023Tiemo WölkenAI Act (staff level)
28 Nov 2023Axel VossDigital policy
28 Nov 2023Andreas SchwabDigitalpolitik
28 Nov 2023Markus FerberArtificial Intelligence Act
28 Nov 2023Christian EhlerAllgemeiner Austausch

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