European Ceramic Industry Association

Cerame-Unie

Cerame-Unie represents the European ceramic industry.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Nov 2025 · Ceramic Industry

Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Nov 2025 · Climate target /ETS2

Meeting with Sophie Wilmès (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Oct 2025 · Energy and climate transition

Meeting with Elisabetta Gualmini (Member of the European Parliament) and Federazione Nazionale dell'Industria Chimica italiana

8 Oct 2025 · ITRE committee

Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament) and

7 Oct 2025 · EU Energy and industry policy

Meeting with Christophe Grudler (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Oct 2025 · Politique industrielle européenne

Meeting with Elisabetta Gualmini (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Oct 2025 · Ceramic industry

Meeting with Paula Rey Garcia (Head of Unit Energy) and

18 Sept 2025 · Electrification, tripartites contracts, storage and flexibility, and grids

Meeting with Joan Canton (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

16 Sept 2025 · Position of Cerame-Unie on main issues concerning the ceramics industry

Meeting with Stefano Cavedagna (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Sept 2025 · Political discussion on the Climate law proposal and its impact on the ceramic sector

Meeting with João Cotrim De Figueiredo (Member of the European Parliament)

23 Jun 2025 · Ceramic Industry

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

16 May 2025 · Presentation of Cerame-Unie, the industries they represent and some statistics about the portfolio of products and their markets.

Meeting with Adam Romanowski (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič), Charlotte Merlier (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič)

15 May 2025 · Trade policy

Meeting with Joan Canton (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

15 May 2025 · The meeting underscored the pressing need to establish a structured Clean Industrial Deal dialogue tailored to the ceramics sector

Meeting with Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea (Director Environment) and

15 May 2025 · Exchange of views on ceramic BREF review, and Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).

Meeting with Miguel Gil Tertre (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez), Thomas Auger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez)

15 May 2025 · Competitiveness of Ceramic Industry Main points

Meeting with Elisabetta Gualmini (Member of the European Parliament)

15 May 2025 · Ceramics

Meeting with Denis Redonnet (Deputy Director-General Trade)

15 May 2025 · Meeting between DDG Redonnet and Cerame-Unie, ceramic industry – 15/5/2025

Meeting with Heiko Kunst (Head of Unit Climate Action), Mette Koefoed Quinn (Head of Unit Climate Action) and

15 Apr 2025 · Exchange of views on the revision of the EU Emission Trading System and challenges faced by ceramic, glass and pulp and paper sectors.

Meeting with Elisabetta Gualmini (Member of the European Parliament)

8 Apr 2025 · Ceramic Industry

Meeting with Wopke Hoekstra (Commissioner) and

20 Mar 2025 · Discussion on the future of the ceramic sector in Europe.

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

14 Mar 2025 · Decarbonisation and competitiveness challenges. Clean Industrial Deal for local energy intensive industries and SMEs (heterogeneous, multi-site business structures and small and mid-sized ones). Ceramic BREF under the Industrial Emissions Directive.

Meeting with Yvon Slingenberg (Director Climate Action)

13 Mar 2025 · Information on Cerame-Unie views on the economic (and decarbonization) prospects for the ceramic sector following the adoption of the Clean Industrial Deal

Meeting with Elisabetta Gualmini (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Feb 2025 · BREF for ceramic industry

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

17 Feb 2025 · Meeting on affordable housing and housing construction with the European ceramic industry

Meeting with Gabriela Tschirkova (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis), Zaneta Vegnere (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis)

17 Feb 2025 · Simplification - Local energy intensive industries

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

17 Feb 2025 · SMEs

Meeting with Elisabetta Gualmini (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Feb 2025 · BREF for ceramic industry

Meeting with Giorgio Gori (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

5 Feb 2025 · Exchange of views on resolution on energy intensive industries with the Alliance of energy-intensive industries

Meeting with Ditte Juul-Joergensen (Director-General Energy) and

28 Jan 2025 · Competitiveness, Clean Industrial Deal and energy and their impact on European industry.

Meeting with Elisabetta Gualmini (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Dec 2024 · Ceramics

Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action)

3 Dec 2024 · Clean Industrial Deal

Meeting with Elisabetta Gualmini (Member of the European Parliament)

30 Oct 2024 · Impact of ETS on the ceramic sector

Meeting with Elisabetta Gualmini (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Oct 2024 · Revision of Energy Taxation Directive

Meeting with Vicent Marzà Ibáñez (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Oct 2024 · European Ceramics Forum

Meeting with Elisabetta Gualmini (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Oct 2024 · Preparation of the event on the ceramic sector

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

30 Apr 2024 · Physical meeting - Discussion on CBAM and its possible implications to brick and roof tile industry

Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action)

29 Apr 2024 · Climate policy

Meeting with Elisabetta Gualmini (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Feb 2024 · ETD

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) and

2 Feb 2024 · Roundtable with associations of industrial users

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) and

30 Nov 2023 · Clean Transition Dialogue on Energy Intensive Industries

Meeting with Inma Rodríguez-Piñero (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

1 Jun 2023 · Meeting with stakeholders in the framework of the INTA opinion to the Net Zero Industry Act

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

12 May 2023 · Exchange on competition and State aid questions, and the challenges of the ceramic industry

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

12 May 2023 · Present their Roadmap to 2050- and their views on decarbonisation

Meeting with Elisabetta Gualmini (Member of the European Parliament)

12 May 2023 · ETS State Aid Guidelines - Meeting with European Commission and ceramics trade association

Meeting with Elisabetta Gualmini (Member of the European Parliament) and industriAll European Trade Union

11 May 2023 · Common issues for the ceramics industry and the industrial workers trade union - APA meeting

Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

28 Mar 2023 · Packaging Waste

Meeting with Luisa Regimenti (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

7 Mar 2023 · PPWR

Meeting with César Luena (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Mar 2023 · Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation

Meeting with Inma Rodríguez-Piñero (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Feb 2023 · Reunión con DG Trade (CE) y la patronal cerámica Ascer, miembro de Cerame Unie

Meeting with Elisabetta Gualmini (Member of the European Parliament) and Confederazione Generale dell'Industria Italiana

1 Feb 2023 · Lunch - Impact of the packaging and packaging waste directive on the ceramic industry

Meeting with Inma Rodríguez-Piñero (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Feb 2023 · Reunión con Cermer y la CE sobre la ley de Waste Packaging

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

7 Jul 2022 · Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

Meeting with Zaneta Vegnere (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

6 Dec 2021 · revision of Climate, Energy and Environmental Aid Guidelines (CEEAG)

Meeting with Arunas Ribokas (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius)

30 Nov 2021 · Meeting the European Ceramic Industry Association (ECIA) to discuss the ECIA position concerning the Commission’s new CEEAG (Climate, energy and environment aid Guidelines)

Meeting with Carole Mancel-Blanchard (Cabinet of Commissioner Elisa Ferreira)

23 Nov 2021 · Meeting on the draft Communication on the revised Climate, Energy and Environmental Aid Guidelines (CEEAG)

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

7 Jun 2021 · Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

7 Jun 2021 · Pact for skills: re/upskilling needs for a successful green and digital transition in the energy intensive industries ecosystem

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

3 May 2021 · Carbon Borden Adjustment Mechanism

Meeting with Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Sofja Ribkina (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

14 Apr 2021 · Trade defence and market access

Meeting with Louise Groenfeldt (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

6 Jul 2020 · To discuss ETS guidelines

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

29 May 2020 · ETS and compensation of indirect costs

Meeting with Anthony Whelan (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

13 May 2020 · ETS

Meeting with Gwenole Cozigou (Acting Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

13 Jan 2020 · introduction to the ceramics industry and its key priorities related to industrial policy

Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy) and

23 Nov 2018 · clean energy transition and decarbonisation

Meeting with Jean-Luc Demarty (Director-General Trade) and

10 Nov 2015 · EU industry and China

Meeting with Carlos Moedas (Commissioner)

24 Sept 2015 · Ceramic Industry/SPIRE

Meeting with Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska) and

17 Sept 2015 · Presentation of a study

Meeting with Maria Asenius (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström), Miguel Ceballos Baron (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström), Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström) and

17 Sept 2015 · AEGIS presenting new study on consequences of granting MES to China

Meeting with Bernd Martenczuk (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and

17 Sept 2015 · Market economy status for China

Meeting with Edward Bannerman (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen) and

17 Sept 2015 · EU-China trade relations

Meeting with Peteris Ustubs (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini) and

3 Sept 2015 · AEGIS Europe and MES China

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

27 Jul 2015 · ETS Review

Meeting with Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner) and

2 Jul 2015 · Introductory meeting

Meeting with Maria Asenius (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström), Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)

5 Jun 2015 · China policy

Meeting with Jos Delbeke (Director-General Climate Action)

4 May 2015 · ETS

Meeting with Arianna Vannini (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini), Peteris Ustubs (Cabinet of High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini)

29 Apr 2015 · Trade Policy

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

29 Apr 2015 · Better Regulation

Meeting with Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

3 Mar 2015 · Industrial Policy

Meeting with Christian Linder (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

24 Feb 2015 · Energy Union and energy intensive industries

Meeting with Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner) and

19 Feb 2015 · Competitiviness, Energy Union and ETS review

Meeting with Nele Eichhorn (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)

3 Feb 2015 · Developments in the ceramics industry, TTIP and Trade Defence Instruments

Meeting with Eduard Hulicius (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

26 Jan 2015 · Consumer policies and Consumer protection package

Meeting with Soren Schonberg (Cabinet of Commissioner Margrethe Vestager)

20 Jan 2015 · Introduction to the work of Cerame-Unie