Lobby organisation
Confédération des Associations Nationales de Tanneurs et Mégissiers de la Communauté Européenne
Business group · Chemicals & manufacturing · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, Confédération des Associations Nationales de Tanneurs et Mégissiers de la Communauté Européenne appears in 3 declared MEP meetings (3 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.
In their own words
“COTANCE, Confederation of National Association of Tanners and Dressers of the European Community, is the representative body of the European Leather Industry. It is a non-for-profit umbrella organisation gathering the network of leather producers’ associations of the EU connecting with over 95% of all European tanneries.”
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“COTANCE is composed by the most important European associations related to leather (IT, ES, FR, DE, UK, PT, NL, SE, DK, HU). The COTANCE office is a small Secretariat of 4-5 highly qualified professionals based in Brussels. COTANCE is furthermore the employers side of the sector’s Social Partners at EU level. It has established together with Euratex (European Textiles & Clothing Industry) and industriAll the first European Sector’s Skills Council for the Textile Clothing and Leather industry that has been enlarged also to CEC (European Footwear industry).”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 3 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2025–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2026). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.
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
The 3 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2026 | Sebastian Tynkkynen | Metsäkatoasetus |
| 4 Mar 2026 | Alexander Bernhuber | EU-Entwaldungsverordnung |
| 12 Nov 2025 | Esteban González Pons | The Regulation on Deforestation-free Products |
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