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Fédération des Entreprises du Commerce et de la Distribution

Business / industry · Consumer & retail also Labour & trade unions · HQ: France · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Fédération des Entreprises du Commerce et de la Distribution appears in 5 declared MEP meetings (2 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

5
declared meetings
with current MEPs
2
MEPs met
€200,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.4
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“La Fédération du Commerce et de la Distribution est une organisation professionnelle qui regroupe la plupart des enseignes de la grande distribution, qu’il s’agisse de distribution alimentaire ou distribution spécialisée. Celles-ci sont résolument engagées dans la défense des intérêts quotidiens des Français.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 5 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe360%
Socialists & Democrats240%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2024–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2025).

2024
1
2025
2
2026
2

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

Valérie Hayer
3 meetings · Renew
François Kalfon
2 meetings · S&D

The 5 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
8 Sep 2026François KalfonEU Product Act
7 Jul 2026François KalfonApprofondissement du Marché unique, révision de la Directive sur les pratiques commerciales déloyales
15 Oct 2025Valérie HayerUTP
18 Sep 2025Valérie HayerUTP
3 Dec 2024Valérie HayerDivers

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