The DRV (Deutscher Raiffeisenverband e.V.) is the political umbrella organisation of all cooperatives and cooperative-oriented companies in the German agricultural and food industry. As an important link in the food value chain, the 1,656 member companies in the production, trade and processing of plant and animal products with 114,000 employees and 6,000 people in training achieve a turnover of 82.6 billion euros.
DRV
Deutscher Raiffeisenverband e.V.
Industry association · Germany · EU Transparency Register 17144181426-26
5
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
4
legislative files
of 326 tracked
2
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 #357 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
2.2
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€100K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
2
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2009
in the register since
Declares membership of
- COGECA (Coopératives agricoles européennes) https:/copa-cogeca.eu
- EDA (European Dairy Association) https://eda.euromilk.org
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026).
- Register category
- Trade and business associations
- Head office
- Berlin, Germany
- EU office
- Brüssel
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
Deutscher Raiffeisenverband e.V. filed 5 positions between 24 Oct 2024 and 4 Feb 2026, across 4 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 2 times.
2024 · 1 filed2025 · 3 filed2026 · 1 filed
What they argued
The Interest Community Cooperative Dairy Industry (IGM) represents voluntary representatives of cooperative dairy companies in Germany, who are themselves farmers. The cooperative dairy industry is responsible for around two thirds of the milk produced in Germany.
Filed in German · English published by the European Commission
The German Raiffeisen Association (DRV) welcomes the Commission’s intention to fill legal uncertainties and gaps in the introduction of a Union Biofuels Database (UDB) by means of a delegated regulation. However, the DRV doubts whether the introduction of such a database will prevent fraud caused by the import of incorrectly declared goods from countries of non-European origin.
Filed in German · English published by the European Commission
The German Raiffeisen Association (DRV) first notes that the Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair trading practices in the agricultural and food supply chain (UTP Directive) has proven effective in practice and thanks the EU commission for the opportunity to provide further details and assessment.
The German Raiffeisen Association (DRV) is the political umbrella association of all cooperatives and cooperative enterprises in the German agri-food sector. As an important part of the food value chain, the 1656 member companies have a turnover of EUR 82.6 billion in the production, trade and processing of plant and animal products, with 114.000 employees and 6000 people trained.
Filed in German · English published by the European Commission
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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.
- Copa · 3 files in common
- DER AGRARHANDEL - Bundesverband Agrarhandel und Verein der Getreidehändler der Hamburger Börse e.V. · 3 files in common
- EuroCommerce · 2 files in common
- Independent Retail Europe · 2 files in common
- Deutscher Bauernverband e.V. · 2 files in common
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