Ivars IJABS
Renew Latvia ECONIMCOITRE Shadow rapporteur
Data updated 6 Jul 2026 · meetings 16 Jul 2024 – 6 Jul 2026 · official EP meetings page ↗ · official EP profile ↗ · report an error
Disclosure volume
41
meetings published this term · rank 418 of 719
17
held as shadow rapporteur
37
distinct organisations met
49%
of meetings with a counterpart in the Transparency Register
12 Sep 2024 – 31 Mar 2026
first and most recent declared meeting
Shadow-rapporteur compliance
3 of 10
shadowed files with ≥1 related meeting on record (30%) · rank 189 of 628
17
meetings declared in shadow-rapporteur capacity
Lower-confidence figures. Matching is by procedure code only — meetings declared without a code will not match, and a low figure may simply mean no lobby meetings took place on those files.
| Procedure | Title | Committee | Role | Appointed | Related meeting on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/0284(COD) | Circularity requirements for vehicle design and on management of end-of-life vehicles, amending Regulations (EU) 2018/858 and 2019/1020 and repealing Directives 2000/53/EC and 2005/64/EC | ENVI+IMCO | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 15 Jan 2025 | ✓ yes |
| 2024/0061(COD) | European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’) | AFET+ITRE+SEDE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 3 Oct 2024 | ✓ yes |
| 2024/0176(BUD) | General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 - all sections | BUDE+BUDG | Shadow rapporteur (opinion) | 3 Sep 2024 | none matched |
| 2024/0311(COD) | Electric vehicle supply equipment, compressed gas dispensers, and electricity, gas and thermal energy meters | IMCO | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 22 May 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/0051(COD) | Amending Regulation (EU)2017/1938 as regards the role of gas storage for securing gas supplies ahead of the winter season | ITRE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 5 Mar 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/0176(COD) | Amending Regulations (EC) No 1907/2006, (EC) No 1272/2008, (EU) No 528/2012, (EU) 2019/1021 and (EU) 2021/697 as regards defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for defence industry | ENVI+ITRE+SEDE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 7 Nov 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/0335(COD) | Safety, resilience and sustainability of space activities in the Union | ITRE | Shadow rapporteur (opinion) | 5 Dec 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/0543(COD) | Establishing Horizon Europe, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, for the period 2028-2034 laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2021/695 | ITRE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 5 Dec 2025 | ✓ yes |
| 2025/2214(INI) | European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026 | ECON | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 6 Nov 2025 | none matched |
| 2025/2951(RSP) | Upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act | ITRE | Shadow rapporteur (report) | 10 Nov 2025 | none matched |
Declared meetings (41)
Every row comes from the Parliament’s official meetings search; verify any entry on the MEP’s official meetings page ↗.
| Date | Capacity | Subject | Procedure | Organisation(s) | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Research and Innovation and FP10 | 2025/0543(COD) | Permanent Representation of Estonia to the EU | not in register |
| 11 Mar 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Horizon Europe | 2025/0543(COD) | Orgalim – Europe's Technology Industries | registered ↗ |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Member | EU relations with Israel | — | Israel's Ambassador to the EU | not in register |
| 25 Feb 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Horizon Europe | 2025/0543(COD) | EARTO | not in register |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Member | Research and Innovation and Horizon Europe | — | Aalto University / Aalto-korkeakoulusäätiö | not in register |
| 30 Jan 2026 | Shadow rapporteur | Research and Innovation and FP10 | 2025/0543(COD) | EUA, Coimbra Group, EU-LIFE, The Guild, LERU, YERUN | not in register |
| 27 Jan 2026 | Member | EU Quantum Policy | — | Technische Universiteit Delft | registered ↗ |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | European Defense Readiness and Military Capacity | 2024/0061(COD) | Patria Oyj | registered ↗ |
| 24 Sep 2025 | Member | Improving Resilience through the Digital Networks Act | — | European Emergency Number Association | registered ↗ |
| 13 May 2025 | Member | Taxation and Public Health | — | Philip Morris International Inc. | registered ↗ |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | End-of-life vehicles Regulation | 2023/0284(COD) | eBay | not in register |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Member | Taxation and Public Health | — | Japan Tobacco International | not in register |
| 25 Mar 2025 | Member | Cybersecurity Strategy | — | ISC2 | not in register |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | European defence industry programme (EDIP) | 2024/0061(COD) | SAFRAN | registered ↗ |
| 4 Feb 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | End-of-life vehicles Regulation | 2023/0284(COD) | Hyundai Motor Europe | registered ↗ |
| 4 Feb 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | End-of-life vehicles Regulation | 2023/0284(COD) | Scania | not in register |
| 29 Jan 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | End-of-life vehicles Regulation | 2023/0284(COD) | Glass for Europe | registered ↗ |
| 29 Jan 2025 | Member | Horizon Europe | — | Orgalim – Europe's Technology Industries | registered ↗ |
| 28 Jan 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | End-of-life vehicles Regulation | 2023/0284(COD) | Mazda Motor Logistics Europe N.V. | registered ↗ |
| 28 Jan 2025 | Shadow rapporteur | End-of-life vehicles Regulation | 2023/0284(COD) | eBay | not in register |
| 13 Dec 2024 | Shadow rapporteur | European defence industry programme (EDIP) | 2024/0061(COD) | Access Partnership|American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union|Boeing International Corporation - Belgium Branch Office|Cisco Systems Inc.|Citigroup Inc.|DuPont de Nemours International SARL|Ernst & Young Core Business Services BV|General Electric Company|Honeywell Europe NV|IBM Corporation|Microsoft Corporation|PwCIL|Raytheon Technologies|The Bank of New York Mellon | entry 1 entry 2 entry 3 entry 4 entry 5 entry 6 entry 7 entry 8 entry 9 entry 10 entry 11 entry 12 entry 13 entry 14 |
| 10 Dec 2024 | Shadow rapporteur | European defence industry programme (EDIP) | 2024/0061(COD) | American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union | registered ↗ |
| 10 Dec 2024 | Shadow rapporteur | European defence industry programme (EDIP) | 2024/0061(COD) | GE Aerospace | not in register |
| 6 Dec 2024 | Member | The bilateral cooperation between the EU and Azerbaijan | — | Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Latvia | not in register |
| 5 Dec 2024 | Shadow rapporteur | European defence industry programme (EDIP) | 2024/0061(COD) | Permanent Representation of Poland to the EU | not in register |
| 5 Dec 2024 | Rapporteur | Late Payments Regulation | 2023/0323(COD) | Permanent Representation of Poland to the EU | not in register |
| 4 Dec 2024 | Member | Europe’s competitiveness through innovation and skills development | — | European Institute of Innovation and Technology | not in register |
| 3 Dec 2024 | Member | Digital Policy | — | Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and its various subsidiaries | registered ↗ |
| 3 Dec 2024 | Rapporteur | Late payments regulation | 2023/0323(COD) | BUSINESSEUROPE | registered ↗ |
| 3 Dec 2024 | Rapporteur | Late payments regulation | 2023/0323(COD) | Kreab | registered ↗ |
| 3 Dec 2024 | Member | Quantum Technologies and European competitiveness | — | Quantum Community Network | not in register |
| 15 Nov 2024 | Rapporteur | Late payments regulation | 2023/0323(COD) | EUROCHAMBRES – Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry | registered ↗ |
| 15 Nov 2024 | Rapporteur | Late payments regulation | 2023/0323(COD) | Permanent Representation of Hungary to the EU | not in register |
| 5 Nov 2024 | Member | Taxation and Public Health | — | Philip Morris Latvia | not in register |
| 23 Oct 2024 | Member | Digital Policy | — | American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union | registered ↗ |
| 18 Oct 2024 | Rapporteur | Late Payments | 2023/0323(COD) | German Permanent Representation to the EU|Austrian Permanent Representation to the EU | not in register |
| 17 Oct 2024 | Shadow rapporteur | EDIP (European Defence Industry Programme) | 2024/0061(COD) | Deutsche Bank AG | registered ↗ |
| 14 Oct 2024 | Member | The bilateral cooperation between the EU and Israel | — | Ambassador of Israel to Latvia | not in register |
| 1 Oct 2024 | Member | EU-Taiwan relations | — | Taipei Representative Office in the EU | not in register |
| 26 Sep 2024 | Rapporteur | Late payments regulation | 2023/0323(COD) | Latvian Chamber of Traders | registered ↗ |
| 12 Sep 2024 | Member | Electronics Manufacturing, Industrial Strategy | — | IPC International, Inc. | registered ↗ |