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Natural Mineral Waters Europe aisbl

Business / industry · Agriculture & food also Environment & climate · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Natural Mineral Waters Europe aisbl appears in 14 declared MEP meetings (13 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

14
declared meetings
with current MEPs
13
MEPs met
€400,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
2.4
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“NMWE is the voice of the European Natural Mineral & Spring water producers. Through its membership base of national trade associations and direct company members, NMWE represents over 500 producers of natural mineral and spring waters. NMWE promotes natural mineral and spring waters as the best source of natural and healthy hydration. Its statutory purposes include: representation of the interests…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 14 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party857%
Renew Europe214%
Socialists & Democrats214%
Non-attached17%
Patriots for Europe17%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2023).

2022
1
2023
5
2024
1
2025
2
2026
5

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

Manuela Ripa
2 meetings · EPP
Norbert Lins
1 meeting · EPP
Peter Liese
1 meeting · EPP
Heléne Fritzon
1 meeting · S&D
Hildegard Bentele
1 meeting · EPP

The 14 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
25 Mar 2026Manuela RipaWater Framework Directive
23 Mar 2026Heléne FritzonTFA
4 Mar 2026Hildegard BenteleEU Water Policy
26 Feb 2026Dimitris TsiodrasEnvironmental policies
24 Feb 2026Norbert LinsWater Framework Directive
17 Oct 2025Pascal ArimontWater resilience
6 May 2025Sigrid FriisPFAS, TFA and water protection
22 Oct 2024Manuela RipaNatural Mineral Water Ressources - Networking Dinner
27 Apr 2023Kateřina KonečnáPackaging and Packaging Waste Regulation
8 Mar 2023Virginie Joronemballage / eau minérale (PME...)
7 Mar 2023Martin HojsíkPlastics, packaging, recycling, circular economy, waste
27 Feb 2023Salvatore de MeoPPWR
16 Feb 2023Delara BurkhardtPackaging waste
14 Oct 2022Peter LieseETS

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