Overview
Lobbying Costs
50,000€ - 99,999€
Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
4
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Carton Makers Association (ECMA)
EU Transparency Register
948591610750-02 First registered on 04 Mar 2013
Goals / Remit
The European Carton Makers Association is the official organisation for Folding Carton Producing Companies, National Carton Associations and Suppliers for the folding carton industry throughout Europe. The association is constituted to serve the interest of the European folding carton industry in general and the international co-operation within the industry in the widest sense.
Main EU files targeted
*Food Safety. ECMA has developed a Food Safety Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) in line with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004.
* Security features in the context of the evaluation of the Tobacco Products Directive and labelling/ consumer information in the General Pharmaceutical Legislation Revision.
* Promote and defend paper information leaflets from the threat of electronic product information (ePI) via MLPS (Medical Leaflets = Patient Safety).Address
Head Office
Jan Pieterszoon Coenstraat 7
Den Haag 2595 WP
NETHERLANDSEU Office
Jan Pieterszoon Coenstraat 7
Den Haag 2595 WP
NETHERLANDSWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 1 50% 1 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
4 persons are employed by ECMA and have (also) tasks towards the issues within the EU.
A working group of several members of the association is working along with the 2 persons employed by ECMA.
ECMA is assisted by Brussels based agency INTEREL. In 2020/2021 this work focused on understanding legislative requirements for security features on packaging and ensuring that the packaging sector’s views on this issue are understood.
ECMA is a founding member of Fibre Packaging Europe.Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
ECMA is member of Brussels based Paper Converter Association CITPA, Fibre Packaging Europe and Medical Leaflet = Patient Safety (MLPS).
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
50,000€ - 99,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount interel 25,000€ - 49,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name apco interel Closed year Costs
50,000€ - 99,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Trade Contact Group#E02134#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2134 #Member #C#Industry, SMEs
Groups (European Parliament)
Green new deal
Communication activities
Each year ECMA organises a congress in the month of September in a European city.
Every other month a webinar is organised around an industry 'hot-topic'.Other activities
*Food Safety. ECMA has developed a Food Safety Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) in line with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004.
* ECMA is focussing on the packaging aspects of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD2). Various ECMA members produce cigarette packaging and packaging of roll-your-own cigarettes- Meetings
Meetings
4 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 30 May 2022 Location Online Subject Meeting with Fibre Packaging Europe Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists - European Paper Packaging Alliance
- APCO Worldwide
- Confederation of European Paper Industries
- Association of European Cartonboard and Carton Manufacturers
- The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment
- The European Federation of Corrugated Board Manufacturers
- Swedish Forest Industries Federation
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Date 03 Mar 2022 Location video-call Subject EU circular economy implementation Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 03 Mar 2022 Location Virtual Subject EU circular economy implementation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Andrea Vettori (Cabinet member)
- Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 11 Jan 2022 Location Online Subject Sustainable Products Initiative Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Alina-Stefania Ujupan (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists
- Meetings