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Lobby organisation

Confederation of European Paper Industries

Business / industry · Chemicals & manufacturing · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Confederation of European Paper Industries appears in 18 declared MEP meetings (14 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

18
declared meetings
with current MEPs
14
MEPs met
€500,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
6.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Cepi is the European association representing the paper industry. We offer a wide range of renewable and recyclable wood-based fibre solutions to EU citizens: from packaging to textile, hygiene and tissue products, printing and graphic papers as well as speciality papers, but also bio-chemicals for food and pharmaceuticals, bio-composites and bioenergy. Through its 19 national associations, Cepi gathers 480 companies…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 18 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party1372%
Socialists & Democrats422%
Renew Europe16%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2026).

2020
1
2021
0
2022
3
2023
0
2024
4
2025
4
2026
6

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

Peter Liese
4 meetings · EPP
Christian Ehler
2 meetings · EPP
Brando Benifei
1 meeting · S&D
Krzysztof Hetman
1 meeting · EPP
Massimiliano Salini
1 meeting · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
22 Jul 2026Peter LieseAustausch
29 Apr 2026Krzysztof HetmanETS and paper industry
18 Mar 2026Christian EhlerEU ETS
16 Mar 2026Brando BenifeiEU US trade relationship
4 Mar 2026Jörgen WarbornEU-US trade
18 Feb 2026Peter LieseAustausch
15 May 2025Andrea WechslerEU Energy and industry policy
5 Feb 2025Giorgio GoriExchange of views on resolution on energy intensive industries with the Alliance of energy-intensive industries
30 Jan 2025Stefan KöhlerPolitischer Austausch
13 Jan 2025Niels Flemming HansenDecarbonization of Industry
6 Sep 2024Massimiliano SaliniRegulation on Deforestation-free products
23 Jul 2024Christian EhlerIndustrial policy
16 Jul 2024César LuenaENVI Priorities for 2024-2029 term
20 Feb 2024Laura Ballarín CerezaIndustrial policy
11 Jul 2022Michal WiezikIndustrial Emissions Directive

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