Introduction The Circular Economy Act presents a critical opportunity to reinforce circularity through targeted legislation that supports material-efficient and truly circular systems. By complementing the Critical Raw Materials Act, the Net-Zero Industry Act, and the Clean Industrial Deal, the Circular Economy Act stands as a cornerstone of the EUs regulatory framework, helping to secure secondary raw materials…
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APEAL, Steel for Packaging
Industry association · Belgium · EU Transparency Register 70036906501-10
6
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
4
legislative files
of 665 tracked
6
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 665 consultation files tracked so far (57,774 submissions, mostly 2021–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 1518 trade and business associations on this site, they rank #686 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
1.5
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€200K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
2
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2011
in the register since
Declares membership of
- Worldsteel
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026).
- Register category
- Trade and business associations
- Registered as
- Steel for Packaging Europe
- Head office
- Woluwe St. Lambert, Belgium
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
APEAL, Steel for Packaging filed 6 positions between 24 Jul 2020 and 6 Nov 2025, across 4 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 6 times.
2020 · 2 filed2021 · 1 filed2022 · 1 filed2023 · 1 filed2025 · 1 filed
What they argued
APEAL, representing the steel for packaging sector, fully supports Commissions objective that all packaging on the EU market be reusable or recyclable in an economically viable way by 2030, as stipulated by the Green Deal and the Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP) 2.0. Our sector welcomes the general approach taken by the Commission but believes that more is to be done to fully close the circular loop.
“APEAL, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging, welcomes packaging waste prevention measures that take into account the wider scope of a circular and resource efficient economy, ensuring a net decrease in carbon emissions. One needs to look at design for high-quality recycling, guaranteeing high-quality input in the recycling operations.
APEAL, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging, unites the six producers of steel for packaging in Europe, welcomes the revision of the Waste Frame Directive and believes that this revision should (1) consider further finetuning the waste hierarchy, (2) support “real” recycling, (3) promote optimised separate collection and (4) reduce food waste.
APEAL contribution to Inception Impact Assessment, proposal for a revision of Directive 2008/98/EC on waste – part on food waste reduction target: In the Farm to Fork Strategy, the European Commission supports the use of “innovative and sustainable packaging solutions using environmentally-friendly, re-usable and recyclable materials”.
APEAL welcomes the EC public consultation initiative on substantiating green claims. We support the EC establishing legal framework that provides a level playing field, limits the proliferation of methods to measure and assess environmental impacts, limits the proliferation of labels and claims related to environmental information and ensures that the environmental impact of the products placed on the EU market…
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