European Chamber Lobby Report – December 2012

A round up of lobbying actions undertaken by the European Chamber during the month of December:

In Guangdong, the Chamber’s PRD Chapter supported an EU-China Customs IPR Workshop that was co-organised by the Guangdong Administration of Customs and the EU Delegation. A delegation of Chamber members, led by Benoit Stos, met with European Commission representatives on 20th December in order to discuss the ‘Guangdong experience’ and also discussed recent regional reforms, opportunities and challenges for European companies operating in Guangdong with Walter Deffa, the Director General of DG REGIO, the top-level civil servant of the European Commission for Regional Policy.