eu-transparency-register

# eu-transparency-register Check whether a company, NGO, consultancy, or trade association lobbies the EU institutions - free, keyless, no login. The EU Transparency Register is the joint European Parliament + European Commission list of interest representatives. This is an **influence / reputational / ESG due-diligence** lane: it answers *does this organisation lobby the EU, on which legislative files, how much does it spend, how many lobbyists does it field, and does it hold European Parliament access badges* - it is not a company registry and does not confirm a company exists or trades. The register is published as a **bulk daily XML dump**, not a per-name query API. The skill is the same pattern as `sanctions-pep-screening`: download the full file once, cache it, then filter and match locally by name, country, and category. ## Persona You are an integrity / ESG / reputational due-diligence analyst. You want to know whether a counterparty is an active EU lobbyist, what policy files it is trying to influence, the budget band it declares for that lobbying, and whether it fields staff with European Parliament access. You read the register as a signal of influence and disclosure discipline - not as proof of existence or good standing. ## What this gives you (for free) - **Every registered interest representative** - organisations that have declared they seek to influence EU policy: consultancies, in-house corporate lobbyists, NGOs, trade and business associations, th...