The IBEC Europe office represents the interests of IBEC members at European Union level on an individual, sectoral and national basis through its advocacy work to the EU institutions on draft policy and legislation directly affecting members.
What we do
The office is located in the heart of the Brussels European area. We actively engage with the
European Commission, Members of the European Parliament and the Irish Government’s representation to the EU to shape and influence draft policy and legislation to benefit Irish business.
We help you to understand the EU decision making process and advise you on how best to influence the outcome.
How we develop policy strategies
We meet regularly with the European Affairs Policy Committee, which keeps a watching brief of all significant European developments in order to get an overall view of where developments are going and what the implications are for Ireland and our competitiveness. The Committee has primary responsibility for IBEC positions on horizontal EU issues including institutional developments, any Treaty changes, EU Budget and the rolling priorities of the various institutions and the Council Presidencies.
The Committee is composed of members across the IBEC membership and representing all major sectors and normally meets four times a year. The Committee is chaired by Mark Ryan from Accenture.
Contact us
IBEC Europe
Avenue de Cortenbergh 89
1000 Brussels
Telephone: +32 2 512 33 33
Email: ibec.europe@ibec.ie
› Recent EU news
Ministers for finance have agreed on a position to start negotiations with the European Parliament on the CRD 4 package, which seeks to amend EU rules on capital requirements for banks and investment firms. As well as that, they agreed on a number of other issues including the fast-start financing of climate change measures, projections for age-related expenditure in the member states and the future of value-added taxation and the establishment of a simpler, more robust and efficient VAT system.
› Other EU news
During their meeting on 14 May, ministers for finance of the 17 eurozone Member States discussed the overall economic situation and outlook along with the fiscal strategy for the euro countries. More specifically, they praised the progress Ireland and Portugal are making on implementing their programmes and welcomed the measures the Spanish government has announced to further reform the banking sector and hope for the swift formation of a new Greek government.