CEMBUREAU - The European Cement Association

CEMBUREAU

The European Cement Association is the representative organisation of the cement industry in Europe.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Maria Elena Scoppio (Director Taxation and Customs Union) and

14 Nov 2025 · Discussions on technical issues concerning the design and implementation of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)

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 Heiko Kunst (Head of Unit Climate Action)

2 Oct 2025 · Product benchmark update for the cement sector

Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action)

26 Sept 2025 · Exchange of views on the EU climate policies for the cement sector

Meeting with Vicente Hurtado Roa (Head of Unit Taxation and Customs Union) and

19 Sept 2025 · Discussions on technical issues concerning the design and implementation of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)

Meeting with Patrice Pillet (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)

28 Jul 2025 · CBAM

Meeting with Radan Kanev (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Jul 2025 · Clean Industrial Deal

Meeting with Barbara Bonvissuto (Director Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

3 Jul 2025 · Discuss decarbonisation of the cement industry.

Meeting with Johannes Ten Broeke (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra), Patrice Pillet (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)

24 Jun 2025 · CBAM

Meeting with Philippe Moseley (Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen) and Concrete Europe

12 Jun 2025 · Housing

Meeting with Koen Van De Casteele (Director Competition)

20 May 2025 · Exchange of views on the new State aid rules being developed to accompany the Clean Industrial Deal

Meeting with Aleksandra Kordecka (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné), Arthur Corbin (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

11 Apr 2025 · Financing decarbonisation and competitiveness challenges of EU cement industry. Potential impact of US reciprocal tariffs.

Meeting with Philippe Lamberts (Principal Adviser Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action)

10 Apr 2025 · Specific issues related to the decarbonation of the cement sector within the perspective of the CID

Meeting with Maria Elena Scoppio (Director Taxation and Customs Union) and

14 Mar 2025 · Discussions on technical issues concerning the design and implementation of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)

Meeting with Teresa Ribera Rodríguez (Executive Vice-President) and

12 Mar 2025 · Listening to CEMBUREAU’s views on their sector’s path towards decarbonisation

Meeting with Johannes Ten Broeke (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra), Patrice Pillet (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)

10 Mar 2025 · Exchange of views on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and decarbonisation of the cement sector in the context of the Clean Industrial Deal

Meeting with Radan Kanev (Member of the European Parliament) and

6 Mar 2025 · European Energy Forum- Energy intensive industries

Meeting with Jeannette Baljeu (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Feb 2025 · Industrial policies

Meeting with Katharina Knapton-Vierlich (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and

20 Feb 2025 · Discuss the CPR Acquis process and the next steps for the drafting of standardisation request for ready-mix concrete and its links with the standardisation request for cement, precast concrete and aggregates

Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Feb 2025 · Antwerp Declaration, Competitiveness

Meeting with Jeannette Baljeu (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Feb 2025 · Cement sector challenges

Meeting with Lucia Granelli (Head of Unit Taxation and Customs Union), Vicente Hurtado Roa (Head of Unit Taxation and Customs Union)

3 Feb 2025 · Exchange of views on enforcement of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) for cement imports

Meeting with Barbara Bonvissuto (Director Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and

28 Jan 2025 · Exchange of views on policies for the construction industry including the Implementation of the Construction Product Regulation, the Affordable Housing Plan, the Clean Industrial Deal, and the Circular Economy Act.

Meeting with Maria Elena Scoppio (Director Taxation and Customs Union) and

17 Jan 2025 · Discussions on technical issues concerning the design and implementation of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)

Meeting with Eero Heinäluoma (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Jan 2025 · Breakfast event

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament)

13 Nov 2024 · Clean Industrial Deal

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament) and ClientEarth AISBL

29 Oct 2024 · Clean Industrial Deal

Meeting with Dimitris Tsiodras (Member of the European Parliament) and

2 Oct 2024 · Environmental policies

Meeting with Yannis Maniatis (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Oct 2024 · Introductory Meeting

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Sept 2024 · climate action

Meeting with Radan Kanev (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Sept 2024 · Industrial decarbonization

Meeting with Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General Taxation and Customs Union)

14 Jun 2024 · Physical meeting - Annual General Assembly of all cement industries CEOs

Meeting with Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General Taxation and Customs Union)

8 Feb 2024 · Videoconference - Exchange on CBAM

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) and

2 Feb 2024 · Roundtable with associations of industrial users

Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)

29 Jan 2024 · Decarbonisation in the cement industry

Meeting with Adam Romanowski (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

26 Jan 2024 · Decarbonisation of energy intensive industries

Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

15 Jan 2024 · Exchanges on the upcoming industrial carbon management strategy, the role of CCS and CCU to decarbonise the EU cement sector. Vision on the forthcoming EU cement industry roadmap.

Meeting with Tatiana Marquez Uriarte (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson)

15 Jan 2024 · Presentation of the company and of the cement sector's issues related to CCUS and how to incentivise CO2 use, incl. revising the ETS legislation.

Meeting with Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General Taxation and Customs Union)

14 Dec 2023 · Physical meeting with CEMBUREAU CEOs on CBAM

Response to Administrative burden

30 Nov 2023

Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action)

24 Oct 2023 · Conference : Cementing Europe’s Future: Buildings for a Net Zero Age

Meeting with Peter Van Kemseke (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

16 Oct 2023 · on Clean Transition Dialogues

Meeting with Tsvetelina Penkova (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

1 Jun 2023 · Meeting with Cembureau on NZIA

Meeting with Diederik Samsom (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

24 May 2023 · Net Zero Industry Act

Meeting with Tiemo Wölken (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion) and

22 May 2023 · Net-Zero Industry Act Stakeholder Hearing

Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action)

25 Apr 2023 · Delegated Act RFNBO/RCF

Meeting with Pierre-Arnaud Proux (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager), Thomas Woolfson (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

24 Apr 2023 · existing policies for support of carbon capture projects and the Net Zero Industry Act.

Meeting with Ruud Kempener (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson)

9 Mar 2023 · Presentation of CEMBUREAU's views on the Net Zero Industry Act and the CCUS value chain and cement contribution

Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

16 Feb 2023 · Preparation of net zero industry and critical raw materials acts

Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

20 Dec 2022 · ETS

Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and

20 Oct 2022 · circular economy and construction sector

Meeting with Michal Wiezik (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

11 Oct 2022 · Industrial Emissions Directive

Meeting with Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Antoine Colombani (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Stefanie Hiesinger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

7 Oct 2022 · Carbon Capture Storage and Use

Meeting with Radan Kanev (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

27 Sept 2022 · IED

Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

5 May 2022 · REPowerEU; fit for 55 package

Meeting with Malin Björk (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

5 Apr 2022 · CBAM

Meeting with Jakop G. Dalunde (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

11 Jan 2022 · EU ETS

Meeting with Aliénor Margerit (Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni)

25 Nov 2021 · Energy state aid guidelines

Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and

14 Oct 2021 · High energy prices and how this is affecting the competitiveness of European companies in the energy intensive sectors.

Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

28 Sept 2021 · Fit for 55, energy prices

Meeting with Anne Funch Jensen (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

21 Sept 2021 · Draft State aid Guidelines on Climate, environmental protection and Energy

Meeting with Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General Taxation and Customs Union) and TITAN CEMENT INTERNATIONAL SA

23 Jul 2021 · Videoconference - Follow-up meeting to the COM proposal for a CBAM

Meeting with Antoine Colombani (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Stefanie Hiesinger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

2 Jul 2021 · Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism; EU ETS

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President) and

29 Jun 2021 · - EU cement industry's decarbonisation efforts - Fit for 55, trade and carbon leakage - CBAM

Meeting with Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General Taxation and Customs Union)

15 Jun 2021 · Videoconference - Exchange of views on practical implementation of a CBAM

Meeting with Gints Freimanis (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

3 Jun 2021 · Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

24 Mar 2021 · Commissioner Breton meeting with CEOs from Energy Intensive Industries on Industrial strategy & fit for 55.

Meeting with Florika Fink-Hooijer (Director-General Environment)

4 Mar 2021 · points of discussion: circular economy sustainable built environment Biodiversity Air quality

Meeting with Gerassimos Thomas (Director-General Taxation and Customs Union)

23 Feb 2021 · Videoconference - Exchange on CBAM

Meeting with Antoine Colombani (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

16 Dec 2020 · Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

Meeting with Aliénor Margerit (Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni)

8 Dec 2020 · PWC study of CEBAM

Meeting with Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius)

27 Oct 2020 · the carbon neutrality and the EU policies in relation to waste

Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

21 Sept 2020 · Discuss their issues on construction and CO2 neutrality

Meeting with Aliénor Margerit (Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni)

16 Jun 2020 · CBAM

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament)

27 May 2020 · Green Deal/Green recovery/CBAM

Meeting with Linsey Mccallum (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

15 May 2020 · ETS and EEAG guidelines concerning Cement; digitalization of the construction sector

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)

12 May 2020 · Recovery, climate neutrality, carbon border adjustment

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

20 Apr 2020 · COVID 19 economic impact on Energy intensive industries

Meeting with Marius Vascega (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius)

5 Mar 2020 · To address the Green Deal and its relevance for the cement industry. The overall discussion focused on the ambition of the industry to become carbon neutral along the cement and concrete value chain by 2050.

Meeting with Dara Murphy (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

7 Feb 2020 · how cement can be a part of a sustainable and innovative EU

Meeting with Thor-Sten Vertmann (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson)

5 Feb 2020 · European cement industry in transition, role of cement in economy. Decarbonization possibilities in cement industry, CCS and CCU Technologies. Circular economy in cement industry.

Meeting with Aliénor Margerit (Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni)

30 Jan 2020 · BCG report on carbon leakage risks,

Response to EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy

20 Jan 2020

Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)

4 Jun 2019 · Les défis et les opportunités ouverts par la transition énergétique pour les industries du ciment

Meeting with Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner) and

4 Sept 2018 · Alliance of Energy Intensive Industries - 2050 strategy

Meeting with Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska) and

31 Aug 2018 · Energy Strategy

Meeting with Mauro Raffaele Petriccione (Director-General Climate Action)

3 Jul 2018 · EU 2050 strategy

Meeting with Jos Delbeke (Director-General Climate Action)

21 Dec 2016 · ETS revision, carbon leakage classification

Meeting with Denis Cajo (Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica), Maria-Myrto Kanellopoulou (Cabinet of Vice-President Neven Mimica)

14 Sept 2015 · Meeting requested to present Energy Intensive Industries Alliance position on ETS post 2020 and COP21

Meeting with Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

14 Jul 2015 · European Minerals Days

Meeting with Peter Van Kemseke (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

22 Jun 2015 · The position of the European Cement industry vis-à-vis European decarbonisation policy; challenges to the sector.

Meeting with Robert Madelin (Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and

3 Jun 2015 · New College and Better Regulation

Meeting with Heidi Jern (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

2 Jun 2015 · Circular Economy

Meeting with Emma Udwin (Cabinet of Vice-President Johannes Hahn)

1 Jun 2015 · ETS post 2020

Meeting with Maria Da Graca Carvalho (Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas)

28 Apr 2015 · Meeting with Mr Koppenholle

Meeting with Mathieu Fichter (Cabinet of Commissioner Corina Crețu)

30 Mar 2015 · Presentation of the cement industry, the Concrete Initiative and links with Cohesion Policy

Meeting with Inge Bernaerts (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen)

19 Mar 2015 · Employment and labour law issues

Meeting with Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner) and

19 Feb 2015 · Competitiviness, Energy Union and ETS review