Lobby organisation
Tobacco Europe AISBL
Business group · Consumer & retail · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry
As of 7 November 2026, Tobacco Europe AISBL appears in 12 declared MEP meetings (12 different MEPs), most often with Patriots for Europe.
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.”
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“Established in 1989, the Association has a long- and well-established tradition of dialogue with policy-makers. TE member companies are strongly committed to dialogue with regulators and support proportionate and reasonable tobacco regulations. TE member companies believe that reasonable and workable regulation of tobacco and nicotine products is best accomplished through consultation. National Manufacturers Associatiosn are not members of Tobacco Europe […]”
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 12 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2024–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.
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
The 12 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Mar 2026 | Beatrice Timgren | Pouches and tobacco in the EU |
| 2 Mar 2026 | Michalis Hadjipantela | Introductory Meeting |
| 19 Feb 2026 | Pierre Pimpie | Directives sur le tabac |
| 29 Jan 2026 | Gaetano Pedulla' | Mercato europeo prodotti del fumo, tassazione |
| 6 Nov 2025 | Enikő Győri | Revision of the Tobacco Taxation Directive |
| 15 Jul 2025 | Tomáš Kubín | meeting on the upcoming review of the Tobacco Products Directive |
| 15 Jul 2025 | Alexander Jungbluth | Considerations by the EU Commission on financing new EU own resources by means of tax increases |
| 1 Jul 2025 | Aurelijus Veryga | Future Regulation of Nicotine Products |
| 24 Apr 2025 | Tomislav Sokol | Health policy |
| 4 Mar 2025 | Kristoffer Storm | Tobacco Industry |
| 22 Oct 2024 | Katarína Roth Neveďalová | Presentation of issues of the tobacco industry |
| 11 Jul 2024 | Thierry Mariani | Enjeux de la filière des produits à base de nicotine au niveau européen |
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