European Panel Federation

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Overview

Lobbying Costs

300,000€ - 399,999€

Financial year: Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

5 Fte (5)

Lobbyists with EP accreditation

5

High-level Commission meetings

5

Lobbying Costs over the years

  • Info

    European Panel Federation   (EPF)

    EU Transparency Register

    572064811767-22 First registered on 29 Aug 2013

    Goals / Remit

    EPF represents the European manufacturers of wood-based panels being particleboard, dry process fibreboard (MDF), oriented strand board (OSB), hardboard, softboard and plywood. EPF has members in 30 European countries. The EU wood panel industry has a turnover of about 25 billion euro every year and creates directly over 100,000 jobs. The production of wood-based panels in the EU-27 (+EFTA) in 2021 was an estimated 63.7 million m³.

    Main EU files targeted

    Green Deal, Circular economy, Sustainability, Climate, Renewable Energy, Energy Intensive Industries, Raw materials, Wood Availability, ETS, Waste, Recycling, LULUCF, Biodiversity, Forest Strategy, Harmonisation, Regulation, New European Bauhaus

    Address

    Head Office
    Rue Montoyer, 24
    Brussels 1000
    BELGIUM
    EU Office
    Rue Montoyer, 24
    Brussels 1000
    BELGIUM

    Website

    http://www.europanels.org

  • People

    Total lobbyists declared

    5

    Employment timeLobbyists
    100%5

    Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)

    5

    Lobbyists with EP accreditation

    All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time

    5 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 23 Apr 2024

    Name Start date End Date
    Isabelle HENIN 19 Jan 2024 17 Jan 2025
    Orifjon ABIDOV 19 Jan 2024 17 Jan 2025
    Alexis KUHL 19 Jan 2024 17 Jan 2025
    Kris WIJNENDAELE 19 Jan 2024 17 Jan 2025
    Clive PINNINGTON 19 Jan 2024 17 Jan 2025
    Ms Isabelle HENIN 19 Jan 2024 15 Apr 2024
    Mr Orifjon ABIDOV 19 Jan 2024 15 Apr 2024
    Mr Alexis KUHL 19 Jan 2024 15 Apr 2024
    Mr Kris Wijnendaele 19 Jan 2024 15 Apr 2024
    Mr Clive Pinnington 19 Jan 2024 15 Apr 2024
    Mr Kris Wijnendaele 27 Jan 2023 19 Jan 2024
    Mr Alexis KUHL 26 Jan 2023 19 Jan 2024
    Ms Isabelle HENIN 18 Jan 2023 18 Jan 2024
    Mr Clive Pinnington 14 Jan 2023 13 Jan 2024
    Mr Alexis KUHL 07 Oct 2021 07 Oct 2022
    Mr Kris Wijnendaele 02 Oct 2021 01 Oct 2022
    Mr Clive Pinnington 02 Oct 2021 01 Oct 2022
    Alexis KUHL 25 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021
    Mr Clive Pinnington 10 Dec 2019 10 Dec 2020
    Mr Kris Wijnendaele 10 Dec 2019 10 Dec 2020
    Mr Clive Pinnington 12 Dec 2018 10 Dec 2019
    Mr Kris Wijnendaele 12 Dec 2018 10 Dec 2019
    Mr Clive Pinnington 25 Nov 2017 24 Nov 2018
    Mr Kris Wijnendaele 25 Nov 2017 24 Nov 2018
    Mr Clive Pinnington 20 Oct 2016 20 Oct 2017
    Mr Kris Wijnendaele 20 Oct 2016 20 Oct 2017

    Complementary Information

    Mr Orifjon Abidov, Economic Adviser

    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

  • Categories

    Category

    Trade and business associations

  • Networking

    Affiliation

    None declared

    Member organisations

    None declared

  • 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

    300,000€ - 399,999€

    Major contributions in closed year

    TypeNameAmount
    Grant Horizon Project Wood Circus 51,024€

    Intermediaries for closed year

    NameAmount
    missaglia associati 10,000€ - 24,999€

    Intermediaries for current year

    None declared

    Closed year Costs

    300,000€ - 399,999€

    Other financial info

    We are involved in Horizon Projects CISUFLO and ECOREFIBRE but have not yet submitted 2023 accounts so do not show these yet.

  • EU Structures

    Groups (European Commission)

    Commission Expert Group/Multi-Stakeholder Platform on Protecting and Restoring the World’s Forests, including the EU Timber Regulation and the FLEGT Regulation#E03282#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3282 #Member #C#Industry#Expert Group on Forest-based Industries and Sectorally Related Issues#E01356#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=1356 #Member #C#Industry#Expert Group on the exchange of information on Best Available Techniques related to industrial emissions (IED Article 13 Forum)#E02611#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2611 #Member #C#Industry

    Groups (European Parliament)

    Climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development#Competitive European Industry: long-term and sustainable investment#Club du Bois

    Communication activities

    All activity communicated on www.europanels.org - Specific Wood4Bauhaus activity reported on www.wood4Bauhaus.eu

    Other activities

    -LULUCF
    -ILUC
    -Waste
    -Sustainability Building
    -Carbon Leakage
    -Competitiveness of the woodworking and furniture industries
    -Research and Innovation
    -Forest strategy
    -Trade

  • Meetings

    Meetings

    5 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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