European Advanced Carbon and Graphite Materials Association
ECGA
The purpose of the Association is: 1. The collection of information, the exchange of experience regarding the development and technical improvements of the industries using carbon and graphite products. 2. The collection of data and statistical facts relating to the industrial users of carbon and graphite products. 3. The establishment of links with public authorities and private associations. 4. The collection of information concerning tariff and trade regulations. 5. The co-operation in setting common industrial standards. 6. The exchange of experience concerning issues of environmental protection and safety at work and their practical solution. 7. To act in any other field of interest to the carbon industry and the graphite industry, with the exclusion of any profit-making activity. The exchange of experience regarding the development and technical improvements of the industries, collection of data and statistical facts or establishment of industrial standards sha (...)
Lobbying Activity
Response to Circular Economy Act
5 Nov 2025
Response to European Grid Package
4 Aug 2025
Meeting with Heiko Kunst (Head of Unit Climate Action), Mette Koefoed Quinn (Head of Unit Climate Action)
11 Jun 2025 · ECGA outlined the economic situation faced by European producers of graphite, including global over-supply and the strategic importance of graphite as a battery component.
Meeting with Lukasz Kolinski (Director Energy)
25 Apr 2025 · Situation of the carbon and graphite industry as an energy-intensive industry and contribution to the Steel and Metal Action Plan and the Automotive Action plan
Meeting with Astrid Van Mierlo (Head of Unit Taxation and Customs Union)
5 Feb 2025 · Physical meeting - Exchange of views on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), its scope extension and its potential implications for the European graphite industry
Response to Single Market Strategy 2025
31 Jan 2025
Meeting with Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)
10 Nov 2023 · Graphite supply chains, trade policy
Response to Product priorities under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)
25 Apr 2023
Response to European Critical Raw Materials Act
9 Nov 2022
Response to Review of Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles
18 Nov 2020
Response to Chemicals strategy for sustainability
19 Jun 2020