European Recycling Industries' Confederation
EuRIC
EuRIC’s main objectives are to promote and represent, in Brussels, the interests of the European recovery recycling industries and of recyclers.
Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Francois Wakenhut (Head of Unit Environment) and Federation française des entreprises du recyclage
12 Nov 2025 · Courtesy meeting requested to introduce FEDERREC and establish contact in the context of the preparation of the Circular Economy Act
Response to Circular Economy Act
6 Nov 2025
Meeting with François Kalfon (Member of the European Parliament)
22 Oct 2025 · Circular economy act, Plan acier et Fin de vie des véhicules
Meeting with Jessika Roswall (Commissioner) and
3 Oct 2025 · Circular economy and chemicals
Meeting with Stefano Soro (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and
29 Sept 2025 · Discussion of several issues that European plastics value chain is facing.
Meeting with Eric Mamer (Director-General Environment) and
3 Sept 2025 · Exchange of views about the upcoming Circular Economy Act and its impact on the recycling market in Europe
Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Commissioner) and
11 Jul 2025 · Implementation dialogue on customs legislation - Rules of origin
Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and
2 Jul 2025 · EU Clean Industrial Dialogue on Circularity
Meeting with Arthur Corbin (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné), Laia Pinos Mataro (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné) and Bureau of International Recycling
1 Jul 2025 · European and global recyclers in the context of EU circularity transition
Meeting with Jessika Roswall (Commissioner)
20 Jun 2025 · Visit to the sorting plant Evadam with EuRIC Exchange of views on Commissions work on textiles such as upcoming Circular Economy Act and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR.)
Meeting with Aleksandra Kordecka (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné), Laia Pinos Mataro (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné) and Federation française des entreprises du recyclage
30 Apr 2025 · Steel and Metals Action Plan and End of Life Vehicles (ELV)
Meeting with Jessika Roswall (Commissioner) and
24 Apr 2025 · Exchange of views on circular economy and the recycling industry
Meeting with Grégory Allione (Member of the European Parliament)
22 Apr 2025 · Visio FEDEREC et EURIC
Meeting with Vita Jukne (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)
11 Apr 2025 · Revision of REACH
Meeting with Giorgio Gori (Member of the European Parliament)
7 Apr 2025 · Export restrictions, scrap, waste, IED, recycled content provisions, Waste shipment regulation
Meeting with Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea (Director Environment) and NGO Shipbreaking Platform
2 Apr 2025 · Exchange of views on ship recycling
Meeting with Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea (Director Environment) and FEAD
1 Apr 2025 · Exchange of views on the textile sector and EPR schemes
Meeting with Felix Fernandez-Shaw (Director Directorate-General for International Partnerships) and
1 Apr 2025 · In the context of the EU-LAC Global Gateway Investment Agenda, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) launches an initiative with a view to develop circular economy value chains in Latin America
Response to Amendments to Taxonomy Delegated Acts
26 Mar 2025
Meeting with Peter Van Kemseke (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)
14 Mar 2025 · on Steel sector
Meeting with Piotr Müller (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
3 Mar 2025 · Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles
Meeting with João Cotrim De Figueiredo (Member of the European Parliament)
20 Feb 2025 · Recycling industry and automotive sector
Meeting with Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea (Director Environment) and
13 Feb 2025 · Exchange of views on increasing the competitiveness of EU plastic recycling industry
Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
7 Feb 2025 · End-of-life of vehicles Regulation
Meeting with Pär Holmgren (Member of the European Parliament)
3 Feb 2025 · Circular economy and recycling
Meeting with Ingeborg Ter Laak (Member of the European Parliament)
30 Jan 2025 · Recycling, circular economy
Meeting with Michele Piergiovanni (Acting Director Competition)
29 Jan 2025 · Issues related to the European recycling industry
Meeting with Benedetta Scuderi (Member of the European Parliament)
28 Jan 2025 · Steel/Scrap
Meeting with Pascal Arimont (Member of the European Parliament) and
15 Oct 2024 · Circular Economy and waste management
Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament) and
4 Oct 2024 · Clean Industrial Deal
Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action)
26 Sept 2024 · Video message with "decarbonization" as main topic
Response to Environmental Implementation Review 2025
5 Jul 2024
Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action)
4 Jun 2024 · lower the carbon footprint of steelmaking
Meeting with Michael Bloss (Member of the European Parliament) and
2 May 2024 · Green Industrial Deal
Meeting with Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President) and
22 Mar 2024 · Discussion of current challenges facing the European Steel sector attended by private industry as well as Ministers and official representatives of Italy, Romania, Poland, Czechia, Belgium, Hungary and Luxembourg
Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) and
22 Mar 2024 · Clean Transition Dialogue with the Steel Sector
Meeting with Pernille Weiss-Ehler (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
13 Nov 2023 · Waste Shipment Regulation
Meeting with Pernille Weiss-Ehler (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
27 Sept 2023 · Waste Shipment Regulation
Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)
15 Jun 2023 · will follow
Meeting with Delara Burkhardt (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
28 Mar 2023 · Packaging Waste
Meeting with Pernille Weiss-Ehler (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
20 Dec 2022 · Waste Shipment Regulation
Response to Fitness check of how the Polluter Pays Principle is applied to the environment
9 Dec 2022
Response to European Critical Raw Materials Act
25 Nov 2022
Response to Evaluation of Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment
3 Nov 2022
Meeting with Pernille Weiss-Ehler (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
22 Aug 2022 · Waste Shipment Regulation
Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
10 Nov 2021 · Waste shipment legislation
Response to Environmental impact of photovoltaic modules, inverters and systems - Ecodesign
28 Oct 2021
Meeting with Chris Uregian (Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas), Maria-Myrto Kanellopoulou (Cabinet of Vice-President Margaritis Schinas)
22 Jun 2021 · Waste Shipment Regulation impact on the recycling sector
Response to Ecodesign and energy labelling working plan 2020-2024
2 Jun 2021
Meeting with Florika Fink-Hooijer (Director-General Environment)
13 Apr 2021 · Circular Economy Action Plan
Response to EU strategy for textiles
2 Feb 2021
Response to Environmental impact of mobile phones and tablets - Ecodesign
27 Jan 2021
Response to Review of Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles
19 Nov 2020
Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
23 Jun 2020 · European Green Deal, circular economy and waste management
Response to Chemicals strategy for sustainability
20 Jun 2020
Response to Commission proposal for the revision of Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions
21 Apr 2020
Response to Review of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 on Shipments of Waste
8 Apr 2020
Response to Communication on a new Circular Economy Action Plan
20 Jan 2020
Meeting with Sebastien Paquot (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella) and FEDEREC - Federation des Entreprises du Recyclage
7 Feb 2019 · Waste Directive
Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
21 Jan 2019 · discussion on interface between chemical, product and waste legislation
Meeting with Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)
21 Jan 2019 · _Circular Economy_Interface between waste, products and chemicals legislation
Meeting with Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)
21 Jan 2019 · Interface between waste, products and chemicals
Meeting with Sebastien Paquot (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella) and Fédération Nationale des Activités de Dépollution et de l'Environnement
11 Dec 2018 · Single Use Plastics
Response to Evaluation of the Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions
30 Nov 2018
Response to Evaluation of Directive 2000/53/EU on end-of-life vehicles
30 Oct 2018
Meeting with Aurore Maillet (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella)
1 Jun 2017 · Circular Economy
Response to Development of a Monitoring Framework for the Circular Economy
3 May 2017
Meeting with Sarah Nelen (Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans)
25 Feb 2015 · Circular Economy
Meeting with Aurore Maillet (Cabinet of Vice-President Karmenu Vella), Heidi Jern (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)
25 Feb 2015 · Circular Economy
Meeting with Telmo Baltazar (Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker) and
23 Jan 2015 · Circular Economy