# EU Transparency Register Scraper - Lobbyists & Meetings (`jungle_synthesizer/eu-transparency-register-scraper`) Actor Scrape the EU Transparency Register: organisations, financial disclosure, clients, accredited lobbyists, and Commissioner meetings. Ideal for public-affairs intelligence, ESG screening, political-risk research, and compliance due diligence. - **URL**: https://apify.com/jungle\_synthesizer/eu-transparency-register-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [BowTiedRaccoon](https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer) (community) - **Categories:** Business, Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per event This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## EU Transparency Register Scraper Scrape the [EU Transparency Register](https://transparency-register.europa.eu/) — the mandatory disclosure database of all organisations and individuals lobbying EU institutions. Extract organisation profiles, financial disclosure, accredited lobbyists, and Commissioner meetings. ### What it does The EU Transparency Register contains ~17,000 registered entities: consultancies, in-house lobbyists, trade associations, NGOs, think tanks, academic institutions, churches, and sub-national authorities. This actor crawls the register's backend API to extract structured data from each organisation's detail page. **Modes:** - `by_name` — Search by organisation name (e.g. "Google", "FleishmanHillard") - `by_country` — Filter by country (e.g. BELGIUM, GERMANY, FRANCE) - `by_category` — Filter by category I through VI - `full_register` — Pull the entire register (all ~17K organisations) ### Output fields Each record contains: | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | `register_id` | Unique EU Transparency Register ID (e.g. `9852147102921-88`) | | `organisation_name` | Full registered name | | `status` | Activated / Suspended | | `country` | Country of head office | | `category` | Registration category (I-VI label) | | `sub_category` | Sub-category detail | | `registration_date` | Date first registered | | `last_update_date` | Date of most recent update | | `website` | Organisation website | | `hq_address` | Head office address | | `eu_office_address` | EU relations office address (or "Same as head office") | | `goals_remit` | Organisation's stated goals and remit | | `level_of_interest` | European / national / global interest level | | `main_eu_initiatives_covered` | EU legislative proposals and policies targeted | | `communication_activities` | Events, publications, campaigns related to EU policies | | `fields_of_interest` | Policy areas of interest (semicolon-separated) | | `estimated_annual_lobby_costs_eur` | Annual lobbying cost range in EUR | | `financial_year` | Closed financial year range | | `eu_grants_received` | EU grants received | | `clients` | Disclosed intermediary clients | | `persons_with_eu_pass` | Persons accredited for EP premises access | | `persons_count` | Total persons involved in lobbying | | `persons_fte` | Full-time equivalent of persons involved | | `commissioner_meetings` | Meetings with the European Commission since Dec 2014 | | `detail_url` | Public URL of the organisation's detail page | ### Use cases - **Public-affairs intelligence** — Map competitor lobbying activity, monitor policy positions of trade associations and consultancies - **ESG screening** — Identify political-exposure risks; cross-reference with OFAC/sanctions actors for enhanced due diligence - **Investigative journalism** — Follow the money: financial disclosure, client relationships, Commissioner meeting logs - **Academic and NGO research** — Quantitative analysis of lobbying patterns across sectors, countries, and policy areas - **Compliance** — PEP-adjacent screening; identify counterparties with active EU lobbying relationships ### Input ```json { "mode": "by_name", "query": "Google", "maxItems": 50 } ```` ```json { "mode": "by_country", "country": "BELGIUM", "maxItems": 200 } ``` ```json { "mode": "full_register", "maxItems": 17000 } ``` ### Cost Priced per record on the `default_2603_basic` profile ($0.001 per record + $0.10 per run start). A full register pull (~17K organisations) costs approximately $17.10. ### Data source The actor crawls the official EU Transparency Register backend API: - Search: `https://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/public/search/advanced` - Detail: `https://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/public/PUBLIC/ORGANISATION/{id}` This is the same API the official register website uses. Data is mandatory disclosure under the EU Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register (2021/C 62 I/01). No authentication required. # Actor input Schema ## `sp_intended_usage` (type: `string`): Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler. ## `sp_improvement_suggestions` (type: `string`): Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements. ## `sp_contact` (type: `string`): Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you. ## `mode` (type: `string`): No description ## `query` (type: `string`): No description ## `country` (type: `string`): Filter by country name (e.g. BELGIUM, FRANCE, GERMANY) ## `category` (type: `string`): No description ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): No description ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): No description ## Actor input object example ```json { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "mode": "by_name", "query": "Google", "maxItems": 10, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "mode": "by_name", "query": "Google", "category": "", "maxItems": 10, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/eu-transparency-register-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "mode": "by_name", "query": "Google", "category": "", "maxItems": 10, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/eu-transparency-register-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "mode": "by_name", "query": "Google", "category": "", "maxItems": 10, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } }' | apify call jungle_synthesizer/eu-transparency-register-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jungle_synthesizer/eu-transparency-register-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "EU Transparency Register Scraper - Lobbyists & Meetings", "description": "Scrape the EU Transparency Register: organisations, financial disclosure, clients, accredited lobbyists, and Commissioner meetings. Ideal for public-affairs intelligence, ESG screening, political-risk research, and compliance due diligence.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "IAeOrKc2Q3zhkLffu" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~eu-transparency-register-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-jungle_synthesizer-eu-transparency-register-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~eu-transparency-register-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-jungle_synthesizer-eu-transparency-register-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~eu-transparency-register-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-jungle_synthesizer-eu-transparency-register-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "sp_intended_usage": { "title": "What is the intended usage of this data?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler." }, "sp_improvement_suggestions": { "title": "How can we improve this crawler for you?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements." }, "sp_contact": { "title": "Contact Email", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you." }, "mode": { "title": "Query Mode", "enum": [ "full_register", "by_name", "by_country", "by_category" ], "type": "string", "description": "" }, "query": { "title": "Search Query", "type": "string", "description": "" }, "country": { "title": "Country Filter", "type": "string", "description": "Filter by country name (e.g. BELGIUM, FRANCE, GERMANY)" }, "category": { "title": "Category Filter", "enum": [ "", "I", "II", "III", "IV", "V", "VI" ], "type": "string", "description": "" }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max Items", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 20000, "type": "integer", "description": "" }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy", "type": "object", "description": "" } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```