Overview
Lobbying Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
13
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
European Paper Packaging Alliance (EPPA)
EU Transparency Register
871659237699-78 First registered on 25 Mar 2020
Goals / Remit
The European Paper Packaging Alliance is a not-for-profit association for food and food service packaging. Our priorities are to find concrete solutions to increase recycling and reduce carbon emissions of food and food service packaging without compromising food safety and human health protection. EPPA is committed to working with European policymakers to support these common priorities. The Alliance supports evidence-based policymaking.
Main EU files targeted
1. Communication on The European Green Deal, including the Circular Economy Action Plan 2.0.
2. Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2008/98/EC on waste, 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste
3. Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and Directive (EU) 2019/904, and repealing Directive 94/62/EC
4. Directive (EU) 2018/851 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste
5. Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste
6. Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment
7. Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive)
8. Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for setting ecodesign requirements for sustainable products and repealing Directive 2009/125/EC
9. Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodAddress
Head Office
Rue Montoyer 40
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMEU Office
Rue Montoyer 40
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Matti Rantanen 22 Feb 2024 04 Oct 2024 Alice PETRUCCI 12 Oct 2023 04 Oct 2024 Matti Rantanen 21 Dec 2022 21 Dec 2023 Complementary Information
EPPA has an Executive Committee and internal working groups for Advocacy, Communications, Recycling, and Science.
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
Fiber Packaging Europe
Circular Choises Coalition
Together for Sustainable PackagingMember 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 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
200,000€ - 299,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount red flag 100,000€ - 199,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name red flag sec newgate eu Closed year Costs
200,000€ - 299,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None declared
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
EPPA has commissioned the ISO-certified and third-party-reviewed Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies to ensure that the information provided through our advocacy is fact-based, constructive, and fully compliant with EU rules and norms.
These studies have been the primary material used in our meetings with European Commission officials, Members of the European Parliament, the secretariat of the European Parliament Party groups, and Council representatives. They are also made public on our website, with explanatory Q&A and industry data.
The findings of these studies also form the basis of our communications activities. Our main communication channels are LinkedIn and X, through which we share industry facts and figures. We have also created two short videos highlighting the benefits of fiber-based packaging.
During the PPWR legislative procedure, we organized one event in which we invited key stakeholders to the file.
An agency has supported EPPA with its global communication activities at the EU level, addressing the general public, EPPA members and prospective members, and representatives of EU institutions in fulfilling its mission as a non-profit association.
The Agency has advised us on a timely, constructive, and engaging communication strategy based on fine-tuning a messaging previously decided internally within EPPA. The communication strategy entailed:
1) Work has focused on external communications, mainly through our social media channels, X and LinkedIn, and our website, www.eppa-eu.org, by producing imagery, videos, and textual content. The content was based on conferences we attended, data from our research, and policy priorities we provided, which they adapted to suit strategic communication purposes better
2) They provided us with media monitoring services and support with media relations, for instance, advising which journalists to contact or whether to proceed with paid partnerships; they have helped prepare our staff for media interviews.
3) They supported EPPA with events, but only through messaging and promotional activities on social media communications.
EPPA has also provided op-ed content on the previously mentioned legislative files for several publications, such as Politico and Euractiv.Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
13 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.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 09 Jan 2024 Location Brussels Subject Agriculture; Trade policy. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Attending - Miriam Garcia Ferrer (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Nov 2022 Location Brussels Subject EU Packaging and Waste Packaging Legislation: upcoming revision. Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Peter van Kemseke (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Nov 2022 Location Online Subject circular economy package and PPWR Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski Portfolio Agriculture Attending - Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Nov 2022 Location Bruxelles Subject VTC meeting on food packaging Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Stella Kyriakides Portfolio Health Attending - Ralf Kuhne (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Oct 2022 Location video-call Subject Circular economy and the revision of the EU packaging rules Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Sep 2022 Location BERL Subject PPWD Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet member)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Date 13 Oct 2021 Location Brussels Subject Discuss Sustainability of paper packaging DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kerstin Jorna (Director-General)
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Date 28 Oct 2020 Location video-call Subject circular economy and single-use products Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Helena Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Oct 2020 Location online Subject the European Green Deal; the SUP directive. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet member)