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European Carton Makers Association

Industry association · Netherlands · EU Transparency Register 948591610750-02

9
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
6
legislative files
of 665 tracked
7
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 #511 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.

2
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€500K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
0
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2013
in the register since

Declares membership of

  • ECMA is member of Brussels based Paper Converter Association CITPA, Fibre Packaging Europe and Medical Leaflet = Pati…

Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026).

Register category
Trade and business associations
Head office
Brussels, 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

European Carton Makers Association filed 9 positions between 28 Jul 2020 and 8 Aug 2025, across 6 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 7 times.

2020 · 2 filed2022 · 1 filed2023 · 5 filed2025 · 1 filed

What they argued

Packaging and packaging wastefiled 18 Apr 2023PDFsource

14 April 2023 ECMA feedback on the Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation proposal The European Carton Makers Association (ECMA) welcome the Commission’s ambition to contribute to a climate neutral circular economy through the proposal for a Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).

Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)

Packaging and packaging wastefiled 28 Jul 2020PDFsource

Feedback to the EU Roadmap on the initiative “Review of the requirements for packaging and other measures to prevent packaging waste” ECMA supports the Commission’s ambition to contribute to the circular economy through the review of the requirements for packaging and packaging waste.

Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)

Medicinal products for human usefiled 6 Nov 2023PDFsource

MLPS Feedback for Directive on Medicinal Products for Human Use: MLPS (Medical Leaflets = Patient Safety), a subgroup of the European Carton Makers Association, expresses its concerns regarding the European Commission's proposed Directive on medicinal products for human use, related to the use of electronic product information (ePI).

Waste Framework Directive: textiles and food wastefiled 10 Nov 2023PDFsource

ECMA & Pro Carton are delighted to provide the attached feedback to the revision of the EU waste framework We bring together folding carton converters, cartonboard mills, national associations and suppliers to the folding carton industry.

Waste Framework Directive: textiles and food wastefiled 22 Feb 2022PDFsource

ECMA supports the ambition of the EU Green Deal and welcomes the upcoming revision of the Waste Framework Directive, which offers the opportunity to decrease waste generation and optimize recycling. The paper and board industry has invested heavily over decades to build the infrastructure to ensure our products are collected and recycled – indeed more paper and board packaging is recycled, by volume, than all other…

Substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive)filed 17 Aug 2020source

The European Carton Makers Association support the European Green Deal and the aspiration to move from a part linear to fully circular economy. We fully support this ‘Substantiating Claims’ initiative as a route for reducing the quantity of misleading claims – so called ‘greenwash’ - and providing consumers and businesses with reliable, comparable and verifiable information to make sustainable decisions.

Commercial transactions: combating late paymentfiled 1 Mar 2023source

The European Carton Makers Association (ECMA) fully supports the revision of the rules of the Late Payments Directive 2011/7/EU. The European economy continues to be negatively affected by late payments, which particularly effect SMEs who feel unable to challenge the longer payment terms being imposed by larger companies.

Amending certain Regulations as regards digitalisation and common specifications (Omnibus IV)filed 8 Aug 2025PDFsource

The European Carton Makers Association (ECMA) welcomes the Commissions approach to simplify EU legislation with the objective of reducing administrative burdens, particularly for SMEs. However, with the proposed Omnibus IV on aligning product legislation in the digital age, we are extremely concerned if a digital only approach was considered with product information for medicines and medical devices Currently…

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