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Annual Report 2016 Aeb Sponsors 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 2016 AEB SPONSORS 2017 Allianz IC OJSC Merck LLC Atos Messe Frankfurt Rus Bank Credit Suisse (Moscow) MetLife BP METRO AG BSH Russia Michelin Cargill Enterprises Inc. MOL Plc CHEP Rus Novartis Group Clifford Chance OBI Russia Continental Tires RUS LLC Oriflame Crocus International Porsche Russland Deloitte Procter & Gamble DuPont Science & Technologies PwC Enel Russia OJSC Raiffeisenbank AO ENGIE ROCA Eni S.p.A Shell Exploration & Production Services (RF) B.V. EY Soglasie Insurance Company LLC GE (General Electric International (Benelux) B.V.) Statoil Russia AS HeidelbergCement Total E&P Russie ING Wholesale Banking in Russia Unipro PJSC John Deere Rus, LLC VimpelCom PJSC (Beeline) KPMG Volkswagen Group Rus OOO ManpowerGroup YIT Mercedes-Benz Russia YOKOHAMA RUSSIA LLC AEB ANNUAL REPORT 2016 CONTENTS Introduction 2 IT & Telecom Committee 60 About the AEB 3 Legal Committee 62 Media Relations 4 Machine Building & Engineering Committee 64 Events.....................................................................5 Migration Committee 66 North-Western Regional Committee 68 Committee Reports..................................24 Public Relations & Communications Committee 71 Agribusiness 25 Product Conformity Assessment Airline Committee 26 Committee 73 Automobile Manufacturers Committee 27 Real Estate Committee 75 Automotive Components Committee 30 Retail Trade Committee 77 Banking Committee 31 Safety, Health, Environment & Commercial Vehicles Producers Security Committee 78 Committee 33 Seed Committee 80 Compliance & Ethics Committee 35 Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Construction Equipment Committee 37 Committee (SME) 81 Construction Industry & Building Southern Regional Committee 83 Material Suppliers Committee 39 Taxation Committee 87 Crop Protection Committee (CPC) 41 Tire Producers Committee 89 Customs & Transport Committee 42 Coatings Industry Working Group 90 Energy Committee 44 Hotels & Tourism Working Group 91 Energy Efficiency Committee 46 Working Group on Modernisation & Finance & Investments Committee 47 Innovations 92 Food Processing Committee 49 Tobacco Products Working Group 95 Health & Pharmaceuticals Committee 50 Home appliances Manufacturers Financial Statements & Committee 52 Membership Statistics ..........................96 Human Resources Committee 53 Financial Statements 97 Insurance & Pensions Committee 56 Membership Statistics 99 Intellectual Property Committee 58 1 AEB ANNUAL REPORT 2016 DEAR READERS, The AEB is the main representation of foreign investors in Russia. It is the largest and most influential foreign business association in Russia, which includes more than 500 leading Eu- ropean and international companies operating in Russia. In recent years the AEB has gained significant influence in terms of promoting of interests of European business in Russia. Not only are we privileged to have a close working relationship Dr. Thomas Stärtzel with the European Commission and the European Parliament, but the AEB is currently Rus- Chairman of the Board, sia’s main partner with regards to EU – Russia economic relations. Association of European Businesses In 2016, we launched the AEB Arbitration Court (AAC) which is planned to operate as a dispute resolution mechanism for both AEB member and non-member companies willing to use the AEB Arbitration Court as an alternative to conventional litigation. It aims to provide a venue for the resolution of international commercial disputes. The AEB also pays considerable attention to its fruitful working relationship with the press, and looking at the increase of AEB mentions in the press compared to last year, it is clear that these efforts are not in vain. Currently, AEB events are covered by both the Russian (Kom- mersant, Vedomosti, Izvestia, RBC, 1 Channel, Interfax, TASS, etc.) and foreign (Bloomberg, BBC, BILD-Zeitung, Caijing, Der Spiegel, Deutsche Welle, Die Welt, DWN, El Mundo, El Pais, Euronews, Europa Press, La Tribune, Le Figaro etc.) media. Frank Schauff Our publications, the most important being the Position Paper and the AEB Business Quar- Chief Executive Officer, terly, are currently delivered to major organisations, business centres and hotels in Russia Association of European and beyond. Businesses We would like to express our gratitude on behalf of all our members to the members of the Board, the Council of National Representation, the Auditing Commission and all the Commit- tee Chairs for their hard work and dedication in representing and promoting the interests of AEB member companies, and for their commitment to forging stronger economic ties between the EU, Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union. Through our Committees, Sub- committees and Working Groups, the AEB will continue to work for the benefit of European businesses operating in Russia. As the next pages will show, 2016 was quite eventful. We hope that this Annual Report will show all our members that the AEB is in fact doing everything in its power to lobby the in- terests of its member companies and this is a tradition we most definitely intend to continue in the years to come. 2 AEB ANNUAL REPORT 2016 ThE ASSOCiatiON Of EUROPEAN BUSiNESSES (AEB) • was created in 1995 by a number of companies ope­ Committees. Committees are the backbone of the AEB. rating in the Russian market, ambassadors of EU mem- 534 Members of the Association promote their interests ber countries and the head of the European Commis- via participation in various committees. There are current- sion’s Representative Office in the Russian Federation; ly 65 committees, sub-committees and working groups representing companies from various industries. • main representation of the European investors in Rus- sia, from small-size newcomers to major multinational Lobbying. The Association promotes its members’ inter- corporations. The Association also includes a number of ests by closely cooperating with the EU authorities and key Russian, American, Japanese and other companies; holding regular consultations with relevant officials. The European Commission is regularly consulted with the As- • is a unique organisation developing cooperation between sociation in connection about financial and commercial re- Russian and European business circles. The AEB mission lations with the Russian Federation. The multi-level struc- is to improve the business and investment climate in ture of the bilateral relations strengthens the role of the Russia in the interests of its member companies and European business community. AEB’s lobbying is based on promote a favorable image of Russia abroad to improve the maximum transparency, high professionalism and a the business development conditions inside the country mechanism of reacting to new challenges which has been and attract foreign investors; adjusted over many years. • annually organises 100+ conferences, seminars, brief- Consulting. The Association engages European and Rus- ings and roundtable discussions dedicated to vital as- sian experts to consult Russian officials and its member pects of running a business in Russia. Regular speakers companies in legal, financial and economic matters. In at the Association’s Dialogue with European Business particular, practical support is offered in safe and trans- include Ministers of the Russian Government, Members parent investment, and issues of human resources and of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, heads of corporate management are discussed. key economy agencies and organisations, heads of ad- ministrations of Russian regions, official representatives The AEB has two regional branches, in Krasnodar and of international financial organisations, independent ex- Saint Petersburg. perts and leading European and Russian businessmen. The AEB has two regional branches, in Krasnodar and Saint Petersburg. Moscow (Head Office) Krasnodar Saint Petersburg Association of European Businesses (AEB) Gimnazicheskaya str. 51, office 303 Finlyandsky Prospekt 4a, Krasnoproletarskaya str. 16, bld. 3 350000 Krasnodar 194044 St. Petersburg 127473 Moscow Tel.: +7 (861) 267 34 13 Tel.: +7 (812) 458 58 00 Tel.: +7 (495) 234 27 64 Fax: +7 (495) 234 28 07 Email: [email protected] www.aebrus.ru 3 AEB ANNUAL REPORT 2016 MEDiA RELATiONS The number of media requests remained very high in 2016. AEB Press releases. In 2016, the AEB communications department press contacts include federal Russian media and information issued a number of press releases, including monthly press re- agencies (Kommersant, Vedomosti, RBC, Izvestia, 1 Channel, TV leases with the results of Russian car and LCV sales, the results of Channel Russia – 24, TV Channel Russia – 2, TV Channel Russia the annual AEB­Gfk Rus survey "Strategies and prospects for Eu- Today, RBCTV, NTV, Interfax, TASS, RIA Novosti, etc.), regional ropean companies in Russia", press­releases on the sales of new media (specifically the North­Western region media contacts – construction equipment, messages about AEB lobbying activities, St. Petersburg, and the Southern region press contacts, as well committee initiatives and AEB briefings. as the Krasnodar, Sverdlovsk, Sakhalin, Altai regions and the • In 2016, the AEB was quoted over 17,800 times.1 Tatarstan Republic), international and national foreign media such as: Bloomberg, BBC, BILD-Zeitung, Caijing, Der Spiegel, AEB Corporate Social Responsibility Deutsche Welle, DieWelt, DWN, El Mundo, El Pais, Euronews, The Association of European Businesses has been supporting Europa Press, La Tribune,Le Figaro, Le Monde, Les Echos, Fi- the Tagansky Children’s
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