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Bundesverband Digitalpublisher und Zeitungsverleger

🇪🇺 GERMANYRegistered 09/03 staff
Disclosed budget
€300,000 — €399,999
Meetings 12mo
10
Policy files
3
Accredited passes
1

Recent meetings

DateCommissioner / CabinetTopicFile
31 Mar 2026
Anna Herold
Head of Unit
Exchange of views on AVMSDSRC
31 Mar 2026
Anna Herold
Head of Unit
Exchange of views on AVMSD
22 Jan 2026
Giuseppe Abbamonte
Director
Exchange of views on priorities of the EU press media sector
22 Jan 2026
Giuseppe Abbamonte
Director
Exchange of views on priorities of the EU press media sectorSRC
22 Jan 2026
Emmanuelle Du Chalard
Head of Unit
Exchange of views on priorities of the EU press media sectorSRC
22 Jan 2026
Emmanuelle Du Chalard
Head of Unit
Exchange of views on priorities of the EU press media sector
21 Jan 2026
Simona Constantin
Cabinet member
Democracy, media freedom and pluralism, Digital Fairness Act
21 Jan 2026
Simona Constantin
Cabinet member
Democracy, media freedom and pluralism, Digital Fairness ActSRC
22 Sept 2025
Henna Virkkunen
Executive Vice-President
Digital Markets Act enforcementSRC
22 Sept 2025
Henna Virkkunen
Executive Vice-President
Digital Markets Act enforcement
22 May 2025
Marie-Helene Boulanger
Head of Unit
Consultation of media representatives and associations in the context of the preparation of the upcoming European Democracy Shield (“focus group”).SRC
22 May 2025
Marie-Helene Boulanger
Head of Unit
Consultation of media representatives and associations in the context of the preparation of the upcoming European Democracy Shield (“focus group”).
03 Apr 2025
Maria Zafra Saura
Cabinet member
Data protection, ‘consent or pay’ models, simplification
03 Apr 2025
Maria Zafra Saura
Cabinet member
Data protection, ‘consent or pay’ models, simplificationSRC
17 Mar 2025
Benjamin Boegel
Cabinet member
Data protection policy
17 Mar 2025
Benjamin Boegel
Cabinet member
Data protection policySRC
06 Mar 2025
Marco Giorello
Head of Unit
Code of Conduct on Online Advertising – Workshop 2
06 Mar 2025
Marco Giorello
Head of Unit
Code of Conduct on Online Advertising – Workshop 2SRC
04 Mar 2025
Marco Giorello
Head of Unit
Code of Conduct on Online Advertising – Workshop 1SRC
04 Mar 2025
Marco Giorello
Head of Unit
Code of Conduct on Online Advertising – Workshop 1
12 May 2023
Věra Jourová
Vice-President
European Media Freedom act
12 May 2023
Věra Jourová
Vice-President
European Media Freedom actSRC
23 Jun 2022
Agnieszka Skonieczna
Cabinet member
Media Freedom ActSRC
23 Jun 2022
Agnieszka Skonieczna
Cabinet member
Media Freedom Act
25 Nov 2020
Filomena Chirico
Cabinet member
Media Action Plan and DMASRC

Mission & Goals

Der Bundesverband Digitalpublisher und Zeitungsverleger (BDZV) vertritt als Spitzenorganisation die Interessen der Zeitungsverlage und digitalen Publisher in Deutschland und auf EU-Ebene. Im BDZV sind 318 Medienmarken mit rund 2800 digitalen journalistischen Angeboten organisiert. Gegründet wurde der Verband 1954 als Bundesverband Deutscher Zeitungsverleger. Zu seinen Aufgaben gehören insbesondere: Die Wahrung der Unabhängigkeit der deutschen Zeitungen und Digitalpublisher. Die Wahrung und Förderung des Ansehens der Zeitungsverlage und Digitalpublisher in der Öffentlichkeit und deren Vertretung gegenüber Bundesregierung, Bundestag, Behörden und Organisationen. Die Förderung der Ausbildung des Nachwuchses in den Mitgliedsunternehmen. Die Führung von Verhandlungen in sozialrechtlichen Angelegenheiten und der Abschluss von Tarifverträgen. Der BDZV hat die Rechtsform eines eingetragenen Vereins (e.V.), Organe sind der Vorstand und die Delegiertenversammlung.

EU Legislative Interests

Aufgabenfelder: Pressefreiheit, Pressevielfalt und Pluralismus, Kultur und Medien, digitaler Binnenmarkt, Wettbewerb, Datenschutz, Urheberrecht und geistiges Eigentum, Mehrwertsteuer, Werbeverbote und Werbebeschränkungen, Netzneutralität. Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) Proposal for a Regulation concerning the respect for private life and the protection of personal data in electronic communications and repealing Directive 2002/58/EC (Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications) (COM/2017/010 final - 2017/03 (COD)) 2018 Code of Practice on Disinformation Directive (EU) 2018/1808 amending Directive 2010/13/EU on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive) in view of changing market realities Proposal for a Regulation on European Production and Preservation Orders for electronic evidence in criminal matters (COM/2018/225 final - 2018/0108 (COD)) Council Directive (EU) 2018/1713 of 6 November 2018 amending Directive 2006/112/EC as regards rates of value added tax applied to books, newspapers and periodicals Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC Communication - Europe’s Media in the Digital Decade: An Action Plan to Support Recovery and Transformation (COM/2020/784 final) Communication - On the European Democracy Action Plan (COM/2020/790 final) Commission Recommendation (EU) 2021/1534 of 16 September 2021 on ensuring the protection, safety and empowerment of journalists and other media professionals in the European Union (C/2021/6650) Proposal for a Regulation laying down harmonised rules on Artificial Intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act) and amending certain Union legislative acts (COM/2021/206 final) Proposal for a Regulation on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (Data Act) (COM/2022/68 final) Proposal for a Directive amending Directives 2005/29/EC and 2011/83/EU as regards empowering consumers for the green transition through better protection against unfair practices and better information (COM/2022/143 final) Regulation (EU) 2022/868 on European data governance and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 (Data Governance Act) Proposal for a Reguation on the transparency and targeting of political advertising (COM/2021/731 final) Proposal for a Directive on protecting persons who engage in public participation from manifestly unfounded or abusive court proceedings (“Strategic lawsuits against public participation”) (COM/2022/177 final) Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector and amending Directives (EU) 2019/1937 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Digital Markets Act) Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act) Proposal for a Regulation establishing a common framework for media services in the internal market (European Media Freedom Act) and amending Directive 2010/13/EU (COM/2022/457 final) Commission Recommendation (EU) 2022/1634 of 16 September 2022 on internal safeguards for editorial independence and ownership transparency in the media sector (C/2022/6536) Public Consultation - Fitness Check of EU Consumer Law on Digital Fairness (2023) Exploratory Consultation - The future of the electronic communications sector and its infrastructure (2023) Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 (...) of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation and repealing Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 Consultation Joint Communication European Democracy Shield Call for Evidence Audiovisual Media Services Directive

Communication Activities

Kampagne "Empower Democracy" (#SaveYourPress) (http://www.empower-democracy.eu/) (Abgeschlossen 2019)

Interests Represented

Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Member Of

Dachverbände (Quelle: https://www.bdzv.de/der-bdzv) ENPA - European Newspaper Publishers' Association (www.enpa.eu) WAN-IFRA - World Association of News Publishers (http://www.wan-ifra.org/) INMA - International News Media Association (https://www.inma.org/)

Organisation Members

https://www.bdzv.de/der-bdzv/landesverbaende https://www.bdzv.de/der-bdzv/mitgliederverlage

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