APELL The European Open Source Software Business Association and its members represent hundreds of Open Source businesses with a collective turnover in the order of several tens of billions of euros each year, as well as public administrations, research institutions, and individuals throughout Europe.
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APELL - Association Professionnelle Européenne du Logiciel Libre
Industry association · Belgium · EU Transparency Register 765379449482-59
5
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
5
legislative files
of 326 tracked
5
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 326 consultation files tracked so far (29,503 submissions, mostly 2025–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 1205 trade and business associations on this site, they rank #312 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
1.1
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€50K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
1
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2023
in the register since
Declares membership of
- https://apell.info/partners/
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026).
- Register category
- Trade and business associations
- Registered as
- L'Association Professionnelle Européenne du Logiciel Libre (APELL)
- Head office
- Bruxelles, Belgium
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
APELL - Association Professionnelle Européenne du Logiciel Libre filed 5 positions between 20 Feb 2025 and 3 Feb 2026, across 5 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 5 times.
2025 · 3 filed2026 · 2 filed
What they argued
APELL welcomes the revision of public procurement rules and recommends that the Commission make use of the framework to shift investments in ICT procurement to Open Source. Only Open Source guarantees independent control over and insight into our digital infrastructure, including the possibility to modify and adapt it, without being locked in to a single vendor. Please find our detailed feedback attached.
APELL The European Open Source Software Business Association and its members represent hundreds of Open Source businesses with a collective turnover in the order of several tens of billions of euros each year, as well as public administrations, research institutions, and individuals throughout Europe.
Open Source contributes uniquely to the broader policy objectives of the European Union across sectors, by increasing control, reducing dependencies, and providing long-term sustainability of public and private investment.
APELL The European Open Source Software Business Association and its members represent hundreds of Open Source businesses with a collective turnover in the order of several tens of billions of euros each year, among them mostly SMEs, some large companies, as well as public administrations, research institutions, and individuals throughout Europe.
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Turns up on the same files
Organizations that also filed on at least two of the same consultations. A shared interest in the same dossiers — not evidence of coordination, and we do not suggest any.
- Confartigianato Imprese · 5 files in common
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- Eurocities · 4 files in common
- NOKIA · 4 files in common
- Bundeskammer der Ziviltechniker:innen · 4 files in common
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