APPLiA (Home Appliance Europe)
APPLiA
APPLiA is a Brussels-based trade association that provides a single, consensual voice for the home appliance industry in Europe.
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Gabriela Tschirkova (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis)
7 Nov 2025 · CBAM and Environmental omnibus
Response to Circular Economy Act
6 Nov 2025
Meeting with Michalis Hadjipantela (Member of the European Parliament)
4 Nov 2025 · Meeting about Digital Product Passport
Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and
28 Oct 2025 · High Level Dialogue with Industry executives on the implementation of CBAM.
Meeting with Wopke Hoekstra (Commissioner) and
28 Oct 2025 · High Level Dialogue with Industry executives on the implementation of CBAM
Meeting with Veronica Manfredi (Director Environment)
17 Oct 2025 · APPLiA requested a meeting to discuss the non-inclusion of hafnium, a substance used in their hot water storage products, in the European Positive List.
Response to Digital Omnibus revising several legislative acts in view of regulatory simplification
14 Oct 2025
Meeting with Dario Tamburrano (Member of the European Parliament)
8 Oct 2025 · Passaporto digitale del prodotto
Meeting with Danuše Nerudová (Member of the European Parliament)
8 Oct 2025 · new legislative framework for products
Meeting with Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea (Director Environment) and
23 Sept 2025 · Exchange of views on the Environment Omnibus
Meeting with Yannis Maniatis (Member of the European Parliament)
17 Sept 2025 · Introductory Meeting
Meeting with Wojciech Saryusz-Wolski (Head of Unit (Ad interim) Communications Networks, Content and Technology)
12 Sept 2025 · The Commission’s Digital Omnibus – simplification of Data Act and AI Act
Meeting with Ioana-Maria Gligor (Head of Unit Secretariat-General)
2 Jul 2025 · Exchange of views on the upcoming Digital omnibus
Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and
2 Jul 2025 · EU Clean Industrial Dialogue on Circularity
Meeting with Cristina-Adriana Vasile (Head of Unit Trade)
24 Jun 2025 · Exchange on trade, competitiveness and sustainability
Meeting with Vita Jukne (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)
4 Jun 2025 · Chemical legislation (including the REACH revision & PFAS)
Response to Apply AI Strategy: strengthening the AI continent
3 Jun 2025
Meeting with Dimitris Tsiodras (Member of the European Parliament)
26 May 2025 · Environmental and consumer policies
Meeting with Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General Taxation and Customs Union) and
20 May 2025 · Physical meeting - Exchange of views on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
Meeting with Barbara Bonvissuto (Director Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
19 May 2025 · Meeting between DG GROW and APPLiA on Standardisation and New Legislative Framework
Meeting with Stefano Soro (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
13 May 2025 · Discussion of the challenges that the European manufacturers face and potential solutions.
Meeting with Olivia Gippner (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra), Patrice Pillet (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra) and Electrolux Home Products Europe
31 Mar 2025 · CBAM
Response to Amendments to Taxonomy Delegated Acts
26 Mar 2025
Meeting with Jutta Paulus (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
14 Mar 2025 · Security of Energy Supply
Response to European Water Resilience Strategy
4 Mar 2025
Meeting with Ditte Juul-Joergensen (Director-General Energy)
26 Feb 2025 · Energy efficient appliances, Clean Industrial Deal and Affordable Energy Action Plan
Meeting with Mirka Janda (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Raffaele Fitto)
11 Feb 2025 · The impact and role of the home appliance industry in the EU’s economy
Meeting with Luis Planas Herrera (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall) and
10 Feb 2025 · Circular economy
Response to Single Market Strategy 2025
31 Jan 2025
Meeting with Radan Kanev (Member of the European Parliament) and
28 Jan 2025 · European Forum for Manufacturing Dinner- Decarbonisation through a technology neutral approach
Meeting with Kristin Schreiber (Director Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and
16 Jan 2025 · Possible PFAS restriction in cookware, cutlery and home appliances under the REACH Regulation
Meeting with Alessandro Ciriani (Member of the European Parliament)
14 Jan 2025 · Introductory meeting
Meeting with Emma Wiesner (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
13 Dec 2024 · Green Claims
Meeting with Danuše Nerudová (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
14 Oct 2024 · discussions on Green Claims Directive
Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament) and
4 Oct 2024 · Clean Industrial Deal
Meeting with Karin Karlsbro (Member of the European Parliament)
12 Sept 2024 · Prioriteringar inför ny mandatperiod
Meeting with Jeannette Baljeu (Member of the European Parliament)
17 Jul 2024 · Green claims
Meeting with Erik Burckhardt (Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni), Fabrizio Balassone (Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni) and Beko Europe Management S.r.l.
4 Mar 2024 · Outlook of the appliance sector
Meeting with Petros Kokkalis (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Association Internationale de la Savonnerie, de la Détergence et des Produits d'Entretien
26 Oct 2023 · Green Claims
Meeting with Laura Ballarín Cereza (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
18 Oct 2023 · Green Claims
Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)
5 Oct 2023 · F-gas regulation; net zero industry act
Meeting with Pernille Weiss-Ehler (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
28 Sept 2023 · Directive on substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive)
Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Sonae SGPS, S.A.
7 Sept 2023 · Green Claims
Meeting with Cyrus Engerer (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
6 Sept 2023 · Green Claims Directive
Meeting with Mercedes Bresso (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Back Market
5 Sept 2023 · proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules promoting the repair of goods
Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
22 Aug 2023 · Exchange of Views on the Right to Repair/ Recht auf Reparatur (R2R)
Meeting with Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
11 Jul 2023 · Energy efficiency potential and related regulatory initiatives
Response to Action plan on accelerating Heat Pump market and deployment
26 May 2023
Response to Product priorities under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)
10 May 2023
Meeting with Ivan Štefanec (Member of the European Parliament)
25 Apr 2023 · Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation
Meeting with Krzysztof Hetman (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
20 Apr 2023 · Exchange of views on Product Liability Directive (meeting delegated to parliamentary assistant)
Meeting with Nicola Danti (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
25 Jan 2023 · Stakeholder consultation on the CRA
Meeting with Ditte Juul-Joergensen (Director-General Energy) and
20 Jan 2023 · U.S.-EU Task Force: Best practices in Energy Savings and Flexibility Other participants: Cleantech-Cluster Energy, ELVIA, EU DSO Entity, California Energy Commission, ASE, AEE, ComEd, Octopus Energy, OPower, Uplight
Meeting with Kosma Złotowski (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
10 Jan 2023 · Artificial Intelligence Act
Response to Evaluation of Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment
3 Nov 2022
Meeting with Alessandra Moretti (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
27 Oct 2022 · Framework for setting eco-design requirements for sustainable products
Meeting with Nicola Danti (Member of the European Parliament)
25 Oct 2022 · Ecodesign Directive
Meeting with Alin Mituța (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and UNIFE
20 Oct 2022 · Data Act
Meeting with Ditte Juul-Joergensen (Director-General Energy) and
17 Oct 2022 · US-EU Task Force Convening: energy efficiency and energy savings. The California Energy Commission, ACEEE, ASE, Advanced Energy Economy, Arcadia, ComEd, Octopus Energy, OhmConnect, OPower, Uplight and the Covenant of Mayors also participated.
Meeting with Karen Melchior (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
17 Oct 2022 · Data
Meeting with Miapetra Kumpula-Natri (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
5 Oct 2022 · Data Act
Meeting with Maria da Graça Carvalho (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion) and Microsoft Corporation
5 Oct 2022 · Data Act
Meeting with Jan Huitema (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
5 Oct 2022 · Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation
Meeting with Biljana Borzan (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
21 Sept 2022 · Empowering consumers for the green transition
Meeting with Pilar Del Castillo Vera (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
24 May 2022 · Data Act
Response to Initiative to promote sustainability of consumer goods in the Sale of Goods Directive
5 Apr 2022
Meeting with Salvatore De Meo (Member of the European Parliament)
26 Jan 2022 · CBAM
Response to Measures to reduce the release of microplastics in the environment
18 Jan 2022
Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and
1 Dec 2021 · Discussion on ecodesign, semiconductors, standardisation and internal market
Response to Ecodesign and energy labelling working plan 2020-2024
1 Jun 2021
Meeting with Sofja Ribkina (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and
29 Apr 2021 · Steel safeguard review
Response to EU strategy for textiles
1 Feb 2021
Response to Proposal for a Regulation on fluorinated greenhouse gases (recast)
7 Sept 2020
Response to Proposal for a regulation on general product safety
1 Sept 2020
Response to Proposal for a Carbon Border Adjustment mechanism (CBAM)
30 Mar 2020
Response to Evaluation of the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive
20 Feb 2020
Meeting with Thor-Sten Vertmann (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson)
17 Feb 2020 · Introduction of the association and the home appliance industry. Implementation of the Energy Labelling Delegated Acts.
Response to Communication on a new Circular Economy Action Plan
20 Jan 2020
Meeting with Ditte Juul-Joergensen (Director-General Energy)
23 Oct 2019 · Clean energy transition and energy efficiency
Response to Revision of Directive 2006/42/EC on machinery
11 Feb 2019
Meeting with Silvia Bartolini (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)
20 Apr 2018 · Ecodesign
Meeting with Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner) and
24 Jan 2018 · Exchange of views on Industrial Policy
Response to Evaluation of the Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU
24 Nov 2017
Response to COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… implementing
18 Jan 2017
Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
10 Jan 2017 · Ecodesign and energy
Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
10 Jan 2017 · Circular Economy/Ecodesign criteria
Meeting with Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)
18 Oct 2016 · harmonised standards
Meeting with Anne Bucher (Chair of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board Regulatory Scrutiny Board)
9 Sept 2016 · Better Regulation practices
Meeting with Yvon Slingenberg (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete) and Asociación Española de Fabricantes e Importadores de Electrodomésticos
19 Jan 2016 · EU Energy Label
Meeting with Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner) and
21 Oct 2015 · Development of sector & challenges
Meeting with Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
19 Oct 2015 · Smart Home Appliances
Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and
2 Jun 2015 · Industry, internet of things, standardisation
Meeting with Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska), Tomasz Husak (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)
21 Apr 2015 · CECED vision project: Promoting Jobs, Growth, Skills, Innovation and Sustainability, European home appliance industry and DG Growth
Meeting with Markus Schulte (Digital Economy)
15 Apr 2015 · DSM
Meeting with Maria Da Graca Carvalho (Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas)
26 Mar 2015 · Meeting with M. Falcioni
Meeting with Věra Jourová (Commissioner)
23 Mar 2015 · Consumer product safety and long-term planning
Meeting with Aurore Maillet (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella), Heidi Jern (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)
10 Mar 2015 · Circular Economy
Meeting with Sarah Nelen (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
10 Mar 2015 · Circular Economy
Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)
9 Mar 2015 · European Energy Policy priorities
Meeting with Maximilian Strotmann (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)
6 Mar 2015 · Digital Single Market - interoperability
Meeting with Ruth Paserman (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)
2 Mar 2015 · Emplyment Policy: Skills
Meeting with Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska), Tomasz Husak (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)
16 Jan 2015 · 1. Presentation of the CECED vision project and High Level event (31st March)
Meeting with Yvon Slingenberg (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)
8 Jan 2015 · Vision of the household appliances sector for 2025, including challenges and opportunities for EU energy and climate legislation