Overview
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (3)
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 tot the folding carton industry throughout Europe. The association is constituted to serve the interest of the European folidng 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.
* ECMA is focussing on the Proposed Change of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD). Various ECMA members produce cigarette packaging and packaging of roll-your-own cigarettesAddress
Head Office
Laan Copes van Cattenburch, 77
Den Haag 2585 EW
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
3 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.
Concerning the issue of the revision of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) ECMA is assisted by Brussels based agency INTEREL. Within Interel app. 4 people are involved with ECMA and the lobby concerning the TPD. Specifically, this work is focused on promoting the importance of complex packaging as the first and best line of defence against counterfeit.Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Hans Van Schaik (Managing Director)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Hans Van Schaik (Managing Director)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
ECMA is member of Brussels based Paper Converter Association CITPA.
Member organisations
ASPACK(60),
ASSOGRAFICI GIFASP(50),
BPIF CARTONS(65),
DANISH CARTON MAKERS ASSOCIATION(4),
ECMABEL(14),
VOUWKARTONNAGE PLATFORM NEDERLAND(33),
FEDERATION FRANCAISE DU CARTONNAGE(80),
FACHVERBAND FALTSCHACHTEL-INDUSTRIE EV(100),
KASAD TURKEY(60),
PPV AUSTRIA VERBAND DER FALTSCHACHTELINDUSTRIE(13),
ROMANIAN PACKAGING ASSOCIATION(8),
SVENSKA KARTONFORPACKNINGSFORENINGEN(13),
VEREINGUNG KARTONVERPACKUNG SCHWEIZ(20) -
Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2014 - Dec 2014
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
None declared
Other financial info
ECMA is financed by the membership contributions of its members. The EU-lobbying costs of employed agency Interel concerning the TPD that ECMA pays are financed on top of the regular contrbution structure by the members whom it concerns. The employment of Interel is not structural and its necessity is measured on a quarterly basis.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
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 Proposed Change of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD). 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)
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- The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment
- The European Federation of Corrugated Board Manufacturers
- Swedish Forest Industries Federation
- European Paper Packaging Alliance
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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 - Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet member)
- Andrea Vettori (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