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International Road Transport Union (IRU)

Industry association · Belgium · EU Transparency Register 41802525291-86

15
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
10
legislative files
of 326 tracked
12
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 #118 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.

12
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€1M+
declared costs / yr (floor)
11
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2011
in the register since

Declares membership of

  • MPE
  • FIA
  • ELP

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

Register category
Trade and business associations
Registered as
International Road Transport Union Permanent Delegation to the EU (IRU)
Head office
GENEVA, Switzerland
EU office
Brussels

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

International Road Transport Union (IRU) filed 15 positions between 13 Jan 2022 and 13 Jul 2026, across 10 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 12 times.

2022 · 1 filed2024 · 1 filed2025 · 7 filed2026 · 6 filed

What they argued

Acceleration of industrial capacity and decarbonisation in strategic sectors (Industrial Accelerator Act)filed 18 Jun 2026PDFsource

IRU acknowledges the objective of the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) to strengthen EU industrial capacity, competitiveness, and decarbonisation. However, the proposed Made in Europe requirements for electric vehicles acquired under public procurement procedures and through public support schemes will lead to higher costs (for operators and public budgets), longer lead times and investment uncertainty for transport…

Revision of EU rules on public procurementfiled 26 Jan 2026PDFsource

IRU, representing the commercial road transport industry, strongly supports a more efficient and fair procurement framework that ensures open competition, enhanced quality, and sustainable contracts. Road transport companies are involved in delivering a range of public services, including public transport, school bus operations and (medical) care transport, among others.

Clean corporate vehiclesfiled 7 Sept 2025PDFsource

AD/BR10126/SMR Brussels, 5 September 2025 IRU CONTRIBUTION TO THE EC CALL FOR EVIDENCE ON CLEAN CORPORATE VEHICLES Click here to enter comments International Road Transport Union (IRU) contribution to the European Commission's call for evidence on Clean Corporate Vehicles The International Road Transport Union (IRU) is the world road transport organisation, representing the interests of more than 3.5 million truck…

Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)

Clean corporate vehiclesfiled 7 Sept 2025PDFsource

AD/BR10126/SMR Brussels, 5 September 2025 IRU CONTRIBUTION TO THE EC CALL FOR EVIDENCE ON CLEAN CORPORATE VEHICLES Click here to enter comments International Road Transport Union (IRU) contribution to the European Commission's call for evidence on Clean Corporate Vehicles The International Road Transport Union (IRU) is the world road transport organisation, representing the interests of more than 3.5 million truck…

Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)

Clean corporate vehiclesfiled 7 Sept 2025PDFsource

AD/BR10126/SMR Brussels, 5 September 2025 IRU CONTRIBUTION TO THE EC CALL FOR EVIDENCE ON CLEAN CORPORATE VEHICLES Click here to enter comments International Road Transport Union (IRU) contribution to the European Commission's call for evidence on Clean Corporate Vehicles The International Road Transport Union (IRU) is the world road transport organisation, representing the interests of more than 3.5 million truck…

Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)

Fair labour mobility package: Skills portability 1: digitalised cross-border portability of qualifications and skillsfiled 27 Feb 2026PDFsource

CAS/BR10379/SMR Brussels, 26 February 2026 IRU CONTRIBUTION TO THE CALLS FOR EVIDENCE AND CONSULTATIONS ON THE FAIR LABOUR MOBILITY PACKAGE Click here to enter comments IRU contribution to the open calls for evidence and consultations on the Fair Labour Mobility Package initiatives I.

Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)

Fair labour mobility package: Skills portability 1: digitalised cross-border portability of qualifications and skillsfiled 27 Feb 2026PDFsource

CAS/BR10379/SMR Brussels, 26 February 2026 IRU CONTRIBUTION TO THE CALLS FOR EVIDENCE AND CONSULTATIONS ON THE FAIR LABOUR MOBILITY PACKAGE Click here to enter comments IRU contribution to the open calls for evidence and consultations on the Fair Labour Mobility Package initiatives I.

Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)

Fair labour mobility package: Skills portability 1: digitalised cross-border portability of qualifications and skillsfiled 27 Feb 2026PDFsource

CAS/BR10379/SMR Brussels, 26 February 2026 IRU CONTRIBUTION TO THE CALLS FOR EVIDENCE AND CONSULTATIONS ON THE FAIR LABOUR MOBILITY PACKAGE Click here to enter comments IRU contribution to the open calls for evidence and consultations on the Fair Labour Mobility Package initiatives I.

Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)

Trans-European energy infrastructure: guidelinesfiled 1 Aug 2025source

The International Road Transport Union (IRU), representing over one million commercial road goods and passenger transport operators across Europe, strongly supports the European Commissions initiative to modernise and expand the EUs energy grid infrastructure through the European Grid Package.

CO2 emission performance standards for new light duty vehicles and vehicle labellingfiled 10 Oct 2025PDFsource

CLTM/BR10105/CWH Brussels, 10 October 2025 IRU CONTRIBUTION TO THE EC CALL FOR EVIDENCE ON CO2 STANDARDS FOR LIGHT-DUTY VEHICLES ... IRU contribution to the EC Call for Evidence on the revision of the CO2 standards for light-duty vehicles The International Road Transport Union (IRU), representing over 3.5 million mobility and logistics road transport operators worldwide, including 1 million in the EU, the majority…

Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)

Passenger rights in the context of multimodal journeysfiled 6 Mar 2024PDFsource

The IRU Position Paper on Passenger Mobility is attached to this consultation. IRU welcomes the efforts of the European Commission to improve the travel experience of passengers by strengthening their rights across all modes of transport, including multimodal journeys and tourism packages.

Passenger rights in the context of multimodal journeysfiled 13 Jan 2022PDFsource

IRU considers that the current provisions under Regulation (EU) No 181/2011 concerning the rights of passengers in bus and coach transport are proportionate and sufficient to ensure that the rights of passengers are protected.

VAT package on travel and tourismfiled 16 Oct 2025source

The VAT system within the European coach sector is deeply fragmented, with huge variations in the way Member States treat these services applying a zero percent VAT rate, a low rate or, in some cases even a high rate (e.g. 0% in Estonia, 8% in Poland and 25% in Croatia).

EU’s next long-term budget (MFF) – performance of the EU budgetfiled 12 Nov 2025source

IRU welcomes one of the specific objectives of the proposal which aims at reducing the administrative burden and costs by at least 25% for all parties involved in the implementation of the EU budget. In the Commission's planning, it will be made possible thanks to the consistent provisions for supporting horizontal principles across the EU budget, streamlining and harmonising the system for monitoring EU spending…

Provisions on Union standard mobile driving licencesfiled 13 Jul 2026PDFsource

IRU supports the digitalisation of mobile driving licences and other documents used in road transport operations The International Road Transport Union (IRU) represents more than one million commercial road transport companies across the EU, including truck, bus, coach and taxi operators, and is the recognised social partner at EU level for road transport and urban public transport employers.

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