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German Food Retail Association (BVLH)

Industry association · Germany · EU Transparency Register 692031117961-03

3
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
3
legislative files
of 326 tracked
3
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 #554 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.

1.5
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€100K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
2
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2015
in the register since

Declares membership of

  • Wirtschaftsforum der SPD e.V. - https://www.spd-wirtschaftsforum.de
  • Wirtschaftsrat der CDU e.V. - https://www.wirtschaftsrat.de
  • Zentralstelle für Berufsbildung im Einzelhandel e.V. - www.zbb.de
  • Bundesmarktverband Fischwirtschaft e.V. - https://www.bundesmarktverband-fisch.de/
  • Lebensmittelverband Deutschland - https://www.lebensmittelverband.de/
  • European Food Forum - https://europeanfoodforum.eu/
  • Zentrale Koordination Handel-Landwirtschaft (ZKHL) - https://zkhl.de/
  • Food for Biodiversity - https://food-biodiversity.de/en/
  • Forum Nachhaltiger Kakao - https://www.kakaoforum.de/
  • Forum nachhaltiges Palmöl - https://forumpalmoel.org/

Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026).

Register category
Trade and business associations
Registered as
Bundesverband des Deutschen Lebensmittelhandels e.V. (BVLH)
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

German Food Retail Association (BVLH) filed 3 positions between 13 May 2025 and 27 Feb 2026, across 3 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 3 times.

2025 · 2 filed2026 · 1 filed

What they argued

Revision of EU rules on business-to-business unfair trading practices in the food supply chainfiled 27 Feb 2026PDFsource

The revision of the UTP Directive should at any time be evidence-based and targeted towards reaching the main goal of the directive: the improvement of the income of agricultural producers. In our view it is therefore essential to base the revision on the following key aspects: Scope: should be limited to protect small and medium-sized farmers vis-à-vis their first buyers.

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.

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