Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Dec 2025 | Gerassimos Thomas Director-General | Exchange on Customs duty de minimis removal and national handling fees | — |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Gerassimos Thomas Director-General | Exchange on Customs duty de minimis removal and national handling fees | SRC |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Vanesa Hernandez Guerrero Head of Unit | Exchange on Customs duty de minimis removal and national handling fees | SRC |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Vanesa Hernandez Guerrero Head of Unit | Exchange on Customs duty de minimis removal and national handling fees | — |
| 08 Dec 2025 | Michael McGrath Commissioner | Exchange on consumer protection | — |
| 08 Dec 2025 | Michael McGrath Commissioner | Exchange on consumer protection | SRC |
| 17 Nov 2025 | Gerassimos Thomas Director-General | Exchange of view on the challenges to the EU TK Customs Union of the measures adopted by TK (and proposed by the EU) on E-Commerce. | — |
| 17 Nov 2025 | Gerassimos Thomas Director-General | Exchange of view on the challenges to the EU TK Customs Union of the measures adopted by TK (and proposed by the EU) on E-Commerce. | SRC |
| 07 Nov 2025 | Joachim Herrmann Cabinet member | Discussion on EU consumer protection and EU-China trade. | SRC |
| 07 Nov 2025 | Michael McGrath Commissioner | Discussion on EU consumer protection and EU-China trade. | — |
| 07 Nov 2025 | Michael McGrath Commissioner | Discussion on EU consumer protection and EU-China trade. | SRC |
| 24 Sept 2025 | Lucilla Sioli Director | AI Act Compliance and general-purpose AI Code of Practice | — |
| 24 Sept 2025 | Lucilla Sioli Director | AI Act Compliance and general-purpose AI Code of Practice | SRC |
| 24 Sept 2025 | Kilian Gross Head of Unit | AI Act Compliance and general-purpose AI Code of Practice | SRC |
| 24 Sept 2025 | Kilian Gross Head of Unit | AI Act Compliance and general-purpose AI Code of Practice | — |
| 23 Sept 2025 | Thibaut Kleiner Director | Introduction of Alibaba Group | SRC |
| 23 Sept 2025 | Thibaut Kleiner Director | Introduction of Alibaba Group | — |
| 16 Jul 2025 | Charlotte Merlier Cabinet member | Customs Reform and e-commerce | SRC |
| 16 Jul 2025 | Charlotte Merlier Cabinet member | Customs Reform and e-commerce | — |
| 08 Apr 2025 | Werner Stengg Cabinet member | EU digital policy | — |
| 08 Apr 2025 | Werner Stengg Cabinet member | EU digital policy | SRC |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Renate Nikolay Deputy Director-General | Exchange of views on the EU digital legislation | — |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Renate Nikolay Deputy Director-General | Exchange of views on the EU digital legislation | SRC |
| 11 Feb 2025 | Rita Wezenbeek Director | Opening Session: DSA roundtable discussions on online advertising (Article 46 DSA) | SRC |
| 11 Feb 2025 | Rita Wezenbeek Director | Opening Session: DSA roundtable discussions on online advertising (Article 46 DSA) | — |
Mission & Goals
This registration captures the activities of Alibaba Group and its subsidiaries/affiliate entities in Europe. Currently, these business units operate in Europe: Tmall, Tmall Global, Alibaba.com, AliExpress, Trendyol, Miravia, Alibaba Cloud, Cainiao, Fliggy and Lingxi Games. Collectively, our remit is to: - Build the infrastructure of e-commerce - Enable millions of commercial and social interactions every day - Empower our customers with data and infrastructure to help them build and manage their businesses - Become central to the everyday lives of our customers - Make it easy to do business anywhere We believe the internet can level the playing field by enabling small enterprises to leverage innovation and technology to grow and compete more effectively in their domestic and global economies.
EU Legislative Interests
Reform of the EU Customs Union; New Consumer Agenda; Data Governance framework/ Data Act; Revision of the NIS Directive; Instrument on Foreign Subsidies; General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR); Digital Services Act (DSA); Digital Markets Act (DMA); AI Act; Review of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER); European Climate Law; VAT for e-commerce package; Regulation on market surveillance and compliance of products; Product Safety Pledge/ Consumer Protection Pledge; Memorandum of Understanding on the online sale of counterfeit goods; Regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online; E-Privacy Regulation; Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD); Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive; EU Cybersecurity Scheme (EUCS); Revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR); Data protection; Right to repair; Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM); Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR); Product & AI Liability Package; Toy Safety Regulation; EU SME Strategy; Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD); Digital Fairness Act; Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Regulation; General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); EU Age Verification Solution.
Communication Activities
In December 2025, Alibaba Group published and distributed to a select number of EU stakeholders the second edition of a third-party study on the economic contribution of Alibaba’s B2C platforms in China and Southeast Asia on European exports and the European economy at large: https://www.alizila.com/alibaba-contributed-38-6-billion-to-eu-economies/ Alibaba hosted an online policy event on SMEs and the Recovery and Resilience Facility in 2021: https://www.digital-policy-series.com/
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
- DOT Europe - European Internet Forum - SME Connect - Gaia-X
Organisation Members
- Bitkom (DE) - BEVH (DE) - BGA (DE) - BWA (DE) - Fevad (FR) - Numeum (FR) - Medef (FR) - Netcomm (IT) - ANITEC (IT) - Adigital (ES) - AMETIC (ES) - Multinacionales por Marca Espana (ES) - UFI (Global)
Additional Information
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Connected Legislation