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Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen (VDV)

Industry association · Germany · EU Transparency Register 50254292140-86

11
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
10
legislative files
of 665 tracked
3
with a full position paper
attached to a submission

Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 665 consultation files tracked so far (57,774 submissions, mostly 2021–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.

Who they are

Among the 1518 trade and business associations on this site, they rank #360 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.

2
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€200K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
1
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2009
in the register since

Declares membership of

  • UITP - Internationaler Verband für Öffentliches Verkehrswesen
  • CER - Gemeinschaft Europäischer Bahnen
  • SGI Europe - Verband der öffentlichen Dienstleistungen
  • Allianz pro Schiene

Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026).

Register category
Trade and business associations
Registered as
Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen (VDV)
Head office
Köln, Germany
EU office
Brüssel

Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Their record over time

Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen (VDV) filed 11 positions between 4 Feb 2020 and 8 Jun 2026, across 10 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 3 times.

2020 · 3 filed2021 · 2 filed2022 · 3 filed2025 · 2 filed2026 · 1 filed

What they argued

Right to Stay Strategy: Your Region, Your Futurefiled 8 Jun 2026PDFsource

European fundamental freedoms, in particular the free movement of persons, are one of the key achievements of the European Union and a key promise to its citizens. The ability to live and work across borders is at the heart of the idea of European integration. At the same time, there are many people who are not eligible for cross-border activities. For them, Europe must be tangible on the ground and bring benefits.

Filed in German · English published by the European Commission

European Climate Lawfiled 4 Feb 2020PDFsource

The Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) welcomes the European Commission’s plan to make Europe a climate neutral continent. This also means that by 2050 greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector must be reduced by 90 %. As a first measure, the European Commission announced a Climate Change Act to be presented in March 2020. The VDV has the following comments: Ö 1.

Filed in German · English published by the European Commission

Clean corporate vehiclesfiled 8 Sept 2025source

The Association of German Transport Undertakings (VDV) supports the EU’s objectives to further electrify land transport. As an interbranch organisation of public passenger transport, we support our members in the technical implementation and financing of the drive transition. With regard to the announced EU initiative to regulate corporate fleets, we would like to make the following points: 1.

Filed in German · English published by the European Commission

Revision of the Energy Tax Directivefiled 31 Mar 2020source

The Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) supports the Commission’s initiative to revise the Energy Taxation Directive 2003/96 (ETD), which is very timely now that climate and environmental policies are a top priority, and considering that strong efforts to stop climate change are needed.

Data Actfiled 25 Jun 2021source

The German transport association (Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen, VDV) welcomes the Commission’s initiative to increase good governance and fairness in the data economy by fostering in particular business to government (B2G) data sharing.

Road vehicles: maximum weights and dimensionsfiled 18 Feb 2022source

A review of the Weights and Dimensions Directive risks affecting the competitiveness between different modes of transport, especially in freight transport. The revision must not lead to more road freight transport, but instead be mindful of the competitiveness of rail freight transport, which is already largely electric and low in emissions.

Implementing act on a list of High-Value Datasetsfiled 21 Jun 2022source

The Association of German Transport companies (VDV) has read the proposed implementing regulation of the Commission related to high-value datasets. We welcome in particular that point 6.1 of the Annex related to the scope of the “mobility” datasets mentions data related to the transport networks as established in the INSPIRE Directive 2007/2/EC as well as river information data stemming from the RIS Directive…

Implementing act on a list of High-Value Datasetsfiled 24 Aug 2020source

The German Transport Association (Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen, VDV), representing 600 members offering public passenger transport and rail freight, appreciates the possibility to provide feedback on the impact assessment of the Implementing Act on high-value datasets.

Combined transport: support framework for intermodal transport of goods; calculation of external costs savings and generation of aggregated datafiled 16 Sept 2021source

The Verband deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen e.V. (VDV) welcomes the planned revision of the Combined Transport Directive. Combined transport (CT) is a success model. Its share of the German rail freight market has increased to almost 40 % over the past 30 years.

Filed in German · English published by the European Commission

Protection of rail passengers with single ticketsfiled 22 Sept 2025PDFsource

The railway undertakings organised in the VDV work on a daily basis to ensure that railways in Germany are as attractive and reliable as possible. Mutual distribution between railway undertakings in regional public transport services was decided several years ago and has been implemented since then.

Filed in German · English published by the European Commission

Regulation on train drivers’ certificationfiled 8 Feb 2022source

The Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen e.V. (VDV), as the professional association of railway undertakings and infrastructure managers in Germany, welcomes the planned revision of Directive 2007/59/EC on the certification of train drivers (Tf).

Filed in German · English published by the European Commission

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