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European Ceramic Industry Association

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

As of 9 September 2026, European Ceramic Industry Association appears in 40 declared MEP meetings (21 different MEPs), most often with Renew Europe.

40
declared meetings
with current MEPs
21
MEPs met
€400,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
4.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Cerame-Unie represents the European ceramic industry. Our mission is to ensure that the voice of this competitive, dynamic and innovative industry is heard at the EU level. Our membership is drawn from the national ceramics associations and companies across Europe with whom we work to provide solutions to challenges affecting the industry in Europe and globally, in fields such as:…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 40 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Renew Europe1948%
European People's Party820%
Socialists & Democrats718%
European Conservatives & Reformists410%
Greens/EFA25%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (23 in 2025).

2022
1
2023
7
2024
8
2025
23
2026
1

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

Elisabetta Gualmini
15 meetings · Renew
Hildegard Bentele
2 meetings · EPP
César Luena
2 meetings · S&D
Vicent Marzà Ibáñez
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Stefano Cavedagna
2 meetings · ECR

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
4 Jun 2026Elisabetta GualminiCeramic industry
2 Dec 2025Stefano BonacciniThe European Ceramic Days Event
3 Nov 2025Hildegard BenteleCeramic Industry
3 Nov 2025Hildegard BenteleClimate target /ETS2
16 Oct 2025Sophie WilmèsEnergy and climate transition
14 Oct 2025Maria GuzeninaClimate policy
13 Oct 2025Aura SallaCommission’s EU climate target for 2040 proposal, its potential impact on the ceramic industry and interconnections with key EU climate and energy policies and legislations
10 Oct 2025Ingeborg ter Laak2040 target
8 Oct 2025Elisabetta GualminiITRE committee
8 Oct 2025Giorgio Goriupcoming ETS revision, CBAM and IED
8 Oct 2025Niels GeukingEU climate target for 2040
7 Oct 2025Andrea WechslerEU Energy and industry policy
7 Oct 2025Kris van DijckCompetitiveness of EU ceramic industry - energy prices - ETS
7 Oct 2025Gabriel MatoMeeting with Cerame-Unie
7 Oct 2025Ilia LazarovChallenges faced by the ceramic industry in relations to new climate legislation

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