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European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers' Association

Business group · Transport & automotive · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 8 October 2026, European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers' Association appears in 24 declared MEP meetings (17 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

24
declared meetings
with current MEPs
17
MEPs met
€800k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
5.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers Association (ETRMA) represents 14 corporate members whose global sales account for 70% of the worldwide tyre market, including 8 of the top 10 industry leaders. Our Members operating over 80 production facilities and more than 20 R&D centres.”

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“In total, the tyre sector contributes close to €44 billion to the EU GDP and supports nearly 500,000 jobs. It is the most one of the most advanced in the world, with more than 20,000 patents developed, with direct effects on tyres’ contribution to the decarbonisation and safety of transport. ETRMA engages with the European Institutions on behalf of the 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 24 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party1042%
Socialists & Democrats938%
European Conservatives & Reformists417%
Renew Europe14%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2023–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (15 in 2025).

2023
2
2024
7
2025
15

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

Pascal Arimont
3 meetings · EPP
Pierfrancesco Maran
3 meetings · S&D
Jens Gieseke
2 meetings · EPP
Alexandr Vondra
2 meetings · ECR
Elena Sancho Murillo
2 meetings · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
2 Dec 2025Pierfrancesco MaranEnd-of-Life Vehicles Regulation
17 Sep 2025Beatrice TimgrenCompetitiveness of European tyre industry
10 Sep 2025Pascal ArimontEU Deforestation Regulation
9 Sep 2025Susana Solís PérezEUDR, ETS, CBAM
9 Sep 2025César LuenaEUDR, Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act, ETS, and CBAM
4 Sep 2025András Tivadar KuljaEnvironmental topics, overview of the tyre and rubber industry
17 Jun 2025Alexandr VondraELVR
17 Jun 2025Pascal ArimontRecycling of vehicles at the end of their life
11 Jun 2025Adina Văleandeforestation
21 May 2025Pierfrancesco MaranEnd-of-Life Vehicles
15 May 2025Pascal ArimontCircularity requirements of end-of-life vehicles
8 Apr 2025Alexandr VondraELVR
11 Mar 2025Ondřej KrutílekImplementation of Euro 7
30 Jan 2025Paulius SaudargasEnd -of-life vehicles regulation
29 Jan 2025Pascal CanfinEnd-of-life of vehicles Regulation

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