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European Cigar Manufacturers Association

Business / industry · Consumer & retail · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, European Cigar Manufacturers Association appears in 34 declared MEP meetings (31 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

34
declared meetings
with current MEPs
31
MEPs met
€100,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“ECMA was founded in the early ‘90s as the representative body of the European manufacturers of cigars. Today ECMA represents the major cigar manufacturers in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain (including the Canary Islands) and Switzerland. Together the ECMA members account for over 85% of the cigars/cigarillos placed on the EU market. ECMA boasts…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 34 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party1132%
Patriots for Europe824%
Non-attached618%
European Conservatives & Reformists515%
Socialists & Democrats412%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2024–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (19 in 2025).

2024
6
2025
19
2026
9

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

Daniel Attard
3 meetings · S&D
Elena Nevado del Campo
2 meetings · EPP
Auke Zijlstra
1 meeting · PfE
Emil Radev
1 meeting · EPP
Sander Smit
1 meeting · ECR

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
2 Jun 2026Karlo ResslerTobacco Control Framework
19 May 2026Ton DiepeveenEU Tobacco Control Framework
15 Apr 2026Stephen Nikola BartulicaEU cigar industry - Tobacco excise duty directives
14 Apr 2026Laurent CastilloLégislation européenne sur le tabac
25 Mar 2026Alexandr VondraTabaco Control Framework
25 Mar 2026Kateřina KonečnáTabbacco regulation
10 Feb 2026Emil RadevTobacco products directive
29 Jan 2026Daniel AttardRevision of the Tobacco Excise Directive
27 Jan 2026Elena Nevado del CampoNew CAP
27 Nov 2025Ondřej KolářTobacco excise duty and EU Multiannual Financial Framework 2028 - 2034
26 Nov 2025Carla TavaresIntroduction
26 Nov 2025Elena Nevado del CampoNew CAP
26 Nov 2025Judita LaššákováSME, key legislative processes
26 Nov 2025Taner KabilovDiscussion about ongoing legislation
25 Nov 2025Auke ZijlstraTobacco tax directive

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