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CEFIC - European Chemical Industry Council

Business group · Chemicals & manufacturing · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, CEFIC - European Chemical Industry Council appears in 187 declared MEP meetings (74 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

187
declared meetings
with current MEPs
74
MEPs met
€10.0M/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
46.7
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Cefic is a not-for-profit making organisation devoted to promote a thriving European Chemical Industry that is broadly recognised to provide sustainable, safe, innovative and resource efficient solutions to foster prosperity, growth and investments in Europe and meet the challenges for future generations.”

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“Our main purpose is to serve the Members and the European chemical industry by generating and aggregating scientific knowledge, to contribute to the development of the industry by providing support to all its Members. In view of supporting this main purpose, Cefic may (i) engage, represent and advocate in a focussed and effective manner the interests of its Members and the industry at a European level by creating the appropriate support and policy frameworks for said industry in Europe and beyond as well as (ii) develop, promote and defend common industry positions.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 187 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party7440%
Renew Europe5228%
Socialists & Democrats3519%
Greens/EFA158%
European Conservatives & Reformists95%
Patriots for Europe11%
The Left11%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (67 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
3
2020
11
2021
12
2022
12
2023
14
2024
22
2025
67
2026
46

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Martin Hojsík
24 meetings · Renew
Christian Ehler
21 meetings · EPP
Peter Liese
16 meetings · EPP
Jutta Paulus
12 meetings · Greens/EFA
Pascal Canfin
7 meetings · Renew

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
9 Oct 2026Peter LieseAustausch
30 Sep 2026Annalisa CorradoAudizione ETS
29 Sep 2026Christian EhlerETS
28 Sep 2026Peter LieseAustausch
18 Sep 2026Piotr MüllerIndustrial Accelerator Act
16 Sep 2026Bruno TobbackDebate on the ETS Review
16 Sep 2026Jüri RatasEU Emissions Trading System (ETS)
16 Sep 2026Jeannette BaljeuETS
10 Sep 2026Svenja HahnStakeholder roundtable on the Industrial Accelerator Act
9 Sep 2026Bruno TobbackBack2Business Reception
9 Sep 2026Pierfrancesco MaranETS
8 Sep 2026Bruno TobbackETS Review - Carbon Removals
8 Sep 2026Jutta PaulusParliamentary Lunch on carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and EU climate policy
14 Jul 2026Raúl de la Hoz QuintanoIAA
8 Jul 2026Tomislav SokolIndustrial policy

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