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Tobacco Europe AISBL

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

As of 9 September 2026, Tobacco Europe AISBL appears in 11 declared MEP meetings (11 different MEPs), most often with Patriots for Europe.

11
declared meetings
with current MEPs
11
MEPs met
€200,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
1.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Tobacco Europe is a non commercial association which was formed to represent the common views of major European–based tobacco and nicotine products manufacturers. Tobacco Europe's three Full Members are British American Tobacco, JT International and Imperial Tobacco Limited. Tobacco Europe seeks to promote on-going dialogue with EU institutions and participates constructively in EU decision-making processes and tobacco related policy formulation.…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 11 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Patriots for Europe436%
European Conservatives & Reformists327%
Europe of Sovereign Nations19%
European People's Party19%
Non-attached19%
The Left19%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2024–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2025).

2024
2
2025
5
2026
4

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

Thierry Mariani
1 meeting · PfE
Aurelijus Veryga
1 meeting · ECR
Pierre Pimpie
1 meeting · PfE
Alexander Jungbluth
1 meeting · ESN
Michalis Hadjipantela
1 meeting · EPP

The 11 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
3 Mar 2026Beatrice TimgrenPouches and tobacco in the EU
2 Mar 2026Michalis HadjipantelaIntroductory Meeting
19 Feb 2026Pierre PimpieDirectives sur le tabac
29 Jan 2026Gaetano Pedulla'Mercato europeo prodotti del fumo, tassazione
6 Nov 2025Enikő GyőriRevision of the Tobacco Taxation Directive
15 Jul 2025Tomáš Kubínmeeting on the upcoming review of the Tobacco Products Directive
15 Jul 2025Alexander JungbluthConsiderations by the EU Commission on financing new EU own resources by means of tax increases
1 Jul 2025Aurelijus VerygaFuture Regulation of Nicotine Products
4 Mar 2025Kristoffer StormTobacco Industry
22 Oct 2024Katarína Roth NeveďalováPresentation of issues of the tobacco industry
11 Jul 2024Thierry MarianiEnjeux de la filière des produits à base de nicotine au niveau européen

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