Amazon Europe Core SARL
Budget
€9 — €0
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
55
8.9 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
Since its inception as an online retailer in 1995, Amazon has been relentlessly focused on being Earth’s most customer-centric company, where people can find and discover anything they want to buy online. Amazon also enables other retailers to sell through the Amazon Marketplace platform. Description of Activities: Develops, maintains, and protects intellectual property rights and utilizes such intellectual property rights to provide e-commerce services, features, and/or technologies including, but not limited to, (a) ecommerce technology solutions, (b) listing services for merchants, (c) third-party business offerings, and (d) administrative services, to direct and indirect affiliates and third parties. https://www.aboutamazon.eu/
EU Legislative Interests
5GHz frequency bands, ADR Directive, AI Act, AI Liability Directive, Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR), Anti-SLAPP Directive, Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS D), Aviation Policy, Basel Convention, Batteries Regulation, Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT), Business Taxation Communication Mechanism, Cable Security Toolbox, Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming Regulation, Chemicals Omnibus, Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) Regulation, Circular Economy Action Plan, CLP Regulation, Cloud Policy, CO2 emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles, Combined Transport Directive, Connectivity Policy, Consumer Protection Cooperation, Consumer Rights, Corporate Governance, Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)/European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), Cosmetic Products Regulation, Critical Raw Materials Act, Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), Cyber Solidarity Act, Cybersecurity Act (CSA), Cybersecurity Policy, Data Act, Data Center Energy Efficiency Package, Data Governance, Data Privacy, Data Protection, Detergents Regulation, Digital Decade Policy Programme, Digital Economy, Digital Fairness, Digital Markets Act (DMA), Digital Networks Act (DNA), Digital Omnibus, Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), Digital Product Passport, Digital Services Act (DSA), Digital Services Tax, Digitalisation of Energy Systems Action Plan, Driving License Directive, E-commerce Policy, E-evidence Regulation, Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), eIDAS Regulation, Electricity Market Design Reform, Employment Policy, Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition Directive, Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, Energy Policy, Environmental Omnibus, Environmental Policy, ePrivacy, EU Action Plan on Cable Security, EU Customs Reform/Customs Single Window/eCustoms, EU Cybersecurity Certification Scheme for Cloud Services (EUCS), EU Merger Regulation, EU Pharmaceutical Strategy, EU Space Act (EUSA), EU Standardisation Strategy, EU-US CLOUD Act Executive Agreement, EU-US Data Privacy Framework, European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), Explosive Precursors Regulation, Export Controls, F-Gases, Fit for 55, Foreign Investment Screening Regulation, Foreign Subsidies Regulation, General Data Protection Regulation, General Pharmaceutical Law, General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR), Green Claims Directive, Intellectual Property Action Plan, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Labour Policy, Lot9 Ecodesign Review, Machinery Regulation, Mobility Package, NIS2 Directive, Omnibus, Own Resources, Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, PFAS Restriction Proposal, Platform Workers Directive, Plastics Strategy, Policy framework for biobased, biodegradable, and compostable plastics, Postal Services Directive, Product Liability Directive (PLD), Public Country by Country Reporting (PCBCR), Quality Jobs Act (Algorithmic Management), REACH Regulation, Renewable Energy Directive, Renewable Hydrogen, Repairability Index, Resilience of Critical Entities Directive, Retail Policy, RoHS Directive, Shell Companies Regulation, Single Market, Small Modular Reactors, SME Policy, SME Yearly Report, Standards Essential Patents (SEPs), Sustainable Consumption of Goods, Sustainable Finance, Taxation, Textile Labelling Regulation, The Farm to Fork Strategy, The Green Deal, Toy Safety Regulation, Transport Policy, UK Data Adequacy Decision, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), VAT in the Digital Age, VAT Rates Proposal, VAT Relief on Charity, Waste Framework Directive, Waste Shipment Regulation, Water Resilience Strategy, Withholding Tax
Communication Activities
Amazon and Amazon-Sponsored Communication Activities Related to EU Policies: Analysys Mason Report - ‘LEO satellite broadband: a cost-effective option for rural areas of Europe’ Analysys Mason Report - ‘The European telecoms regulatory framework: not a good fit for the public cloud’ Amazon Academy 2025 Baden-Württemberg Summer Reception Clifford Chance Report - ‘Unlocking Growth: Exploring the Economic Impact of GDPR for Tomorrow's Europe' ComoLake Digital Innovation Forum Compass Lexecon Report - ‘Market design to support a timely development of flexibility in European power systems’ CSU Party Conference EBS Digital Summit 2025 EBS Summit 2025 EPP European Evening (Berlin) EU Space Forum 2025 EU Spectrum Management Conference 2025 Euractiv Op-ed on the Single Market European Economic Congress 2025 European Forum of New Ideas FDP Party Conference Focus on Europe Conference Global Check-In Conference Green Party Conference Hamburg Summer Reception Impact 2025 Lower Saxony Summer Reception New Mobility Congress Oxera Report - 'The Economic Impacts of Digital Product Passports in the EU' Oxford Economics Report - ‘The Economic Impact of Project Kuiper's Launch Partnerships in the EU' Parliament Magazine Op-ed on the Single Market Politico AI & Tech Summit SME Connect Breakfast in the European Parliament SPD Party Conference Stati Generali della Space Economy Strand Partners Report - ‘Unlocking Europe's AI Potential in the Digital Decade 2025' TEHA Group Report - ‘Global Attractiveness Index 2025’ TEHA Group Report - ‘Investing in the Mediterranean’ TEHA Group Report - ‘The disinflationary effect of e-commerce. An analysis for Europe’
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
4evergreen, ACT | The App Association, Aerospace Industries Association, Agoria, Alliance Digitale, Alliance Française des Industries du Numérique (AFNUM), Allied For Startups, American Chamber of Commerce to the EU (AmCham EU) and National AmChams, AMETIC, Anitec-Assinform, ASPEN Institute Germany, ASPEN Institute Italia, Asociación Española de Economia Digital (Adigital), Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), Associazione Logistica Intermodalità Sostenibile (ALIS), Associazione Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche Audiovisive Digitali (Anica), Assolombarda, ASSONIME, Atlantic Council, Atlantik-Brücke, Beltug, Bitkom, British Chamber of Commerce to the EU, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Bruegel, Bundesverband Deutsche Startups, Bundesverband Digitale Wirtschaft (BVDW), Bundesverband E-Commerce und Versandhandel Deutschland (BEVH), Bundesverband Gesundheits-IT (bvitg), Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), Cámara de Comercio de España, Cascale, CEFLEX, Center for European Policy Analysis, Centre for European Policy Network (CEP), Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Centre for European Reform (CER), Centre for Information Policy Leadership (CIPL), Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE), Centrum ekonomických a tržních analýz (CETA), CEPYME, Chamber of Progress, Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact, Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers in Europe (CISPE), Coalition for Trusted Reviews, Coalition of Services Industries, Comeos, Commercial Spaceflight Federation, Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA), Confederação Empresarial de Portugal (CIP), Confederación Española de Organizaciones Empresariales (CEOE), Confederation of British Industry, Confederation of Organisations in Road Transport Enforcement (CORTE), Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, Conftrasporto, Cross Border Data Forum, Danish Entrepreneurs, Data Transfer Initiative, Deutsches Verkehrsforum, DIGITALEUROPE, DOT Europe, Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA), E-Mobility Europe, Ecommerce Europe, Eesti Infotehnoloogia ja Telekommunikatsiooni Liit (ITL), Electronic Money Association, Encompass Europe, Eurelectric, EuroCommerce, EUROFI, European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE), European Cyber Security Organisation, European Data Centre Association, European Internet Forum (EIF), European Internet Services Providers Association (EuroISPA), European Payment Institutions Federation (EPIF), European Policy Centre (EPC), European Services Forum (ESF), European University Institute (EUI), Fair Standards Alliance (FSA), Federacja Przedsiębiorców Polskich (FPP), Fédération du e-commerce et de la vente à distance (FEVAD), FEDIL, Foment del Treball Nacional, Foundation for the Global Compact, France Datacenter, French American Foundation, Fundacja Global Compact Poland, Future of Privacy Forum, Global Satellite Operators Association (GSOA), GLOBSEC, Green Industrial Grids Association (GIGA), Handelsverband Deutschland (HDE), Human Technology Institute France, Ibec, Impact Europe, Industriellenvereinigung, Informal Marketplace Group (IMG) (V@T Policy), Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), InnovUp - Italian Innovation & Startup Ecosystem, Institut Montaigne, Instytut Kościuszki, Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe (IAB Europe), Interactive Advertising Bureau Sverige (IAB Sverige), International Association of Privacy Professionals, International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE), International Connectivity Coalition (ICC), International Road Transport Union (IRU), International Trademark Association, Internet Service Providers Austria, IP2Innovate, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), Jacques Delors Centre, Konfederacja Lewiatan, Krajowa Izba Gospodarcza (Polish Chamber of Commerce), Logistics UK, Motion Picture Association (MPA), Motus-E, Mouvement des Entreprises de France,... [Continued below]
Organisation Members
This entry covers Amazon Europe Core SARL and all of its subsidiaries, including AWS EMEA SARL. Continuation of list above: National Foreign Trade Council, National Retail Federation (NRF), NetChoice, Numeum, Orgalim, Polish Association of New Mobility, Polska Izba Handlu (PIH), Pracodawcy Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, Progressive Policy Institute (PPI), Real Instituto Elcano, RE-Source Platform, RE-Source Poland, RECHARGE, SEMI, Slovak Electric Vehicle Association (SEVA), SME Connect, Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), SolarPower Europe, Stowarzyszenie Ochrony Konsumentów Aquila (Aquila Consumer Association), Svaz průmyslu a dopravy ČR (Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic), Swedish Data Center Industry Association, Tax Foundation, Technology Industries of Finland (TIF), techUK, The Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies in the EU (ASOP EU), The American European Community Association (AECA), The Casimir Pulaski Foundation, The Consumer Goods Forum, The European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment (EUROPEN), The Lisbon Council, The Payments Association EU, Think Tank Sp. z o.o., Thuiswinkel, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Transatlantic Policy Network, Transports et Logistique de France, UK Finance, US Chamber of Commerce, US Council for International Business, Vlaams Netwerk van Ondernemingen (Voka), VNO-NCW, WindEurope, Wirtschaftsforum der SPD e.V., Wirtschaftsrat der CDU e.V., Zentralverband der Elektro- und Digitalindustrie (ZVEI), Zmena k lepsimu, Związek Cyfrowa Polska (ZIPSEE Digital Poland), Związek Pracodawców Branży Internetowej Interactive Advertising Bureau Polska (IAB Polska), Związek Przedsiębiorców i Pracodawców (ZPP)
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.