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PETCORE EUROPE

Business group · Chemicals & manufacturing · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 8 October 2026, PETCORE EUROPE appears in 15 declared MEP meetings (15 different MEPs), most often with Patriots for Europe.

15
declared meetings
with current MEPs
15
MEPs met
€300k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.7
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“PETCORE EUROPE is the European association and the voice of the entire PET value chain in Brussels since 1993. PET is an outstanding packaging material, and it is the largest plastic material recycled in Europe.”

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“PETCORE EUROPE represents all other associations and a significant number of companies involved in PET manufacture, PET packaging design and conversion, PET post-consumer recycling and other related activities. Detailed information is available on https://www.petcore-europe.org […]”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing - the text on file breaks off mid-sentence where marked […].

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 15 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Patriots for Europe427%
European People's Party320%
Socialists & Democrats320%
European Conservatives & Reformists213%
Renew Europe213%
Greens/EFA17%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (11 in 2025).

2022
1
2023
0
2024
3
2025
11

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
1 meeting · EPP
Silvia Sardone
1 meeting · PfE
Isabella Tovaglieri
1 meeting · PfE
Pietro Fiocchi
1 meeting · ECR
Alexander Bernhuber
1 meeting · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
10 Apr 2025Isabella TovaglieriPPWR and high energy prices
10 Apr 2025Yannis ManiatisIntroductory Meeting
27 Mar 2025Alexander BernhuberGreen Deal
27 Mar 2025César LuenaUpcoming ENVI files
27 Mar 2025András GyürkIndustry policy
26 Mar 2025Ana VasconcelosPET-plastics value chain across Europe
25 Mar 2025Barbara BontePET recycling
25 Mar 2025Bruno TobbackWaste and waste management, the REACH regulation and the upcoming Circular Economy Act
25 Mar 2025Beatrice TimgrenLife of PET plastic
25 Mar 2025Stefan KöhlerPolitischer Austausch
19 Mar 2025Katri KulmuniPET-plastics
19 Nov 2024Silvia SardoneENVI COMMITTEE
17 Oct 2024Nicolae ȘtefănuțăDebate on production, collection, recycling, circularity, CO2 foot print
10 Sep 2024Pietro FiocchiPET Industry
14 Oct 2022Peter LieseETS

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