The European Cigar Manufacturers Association (ECMA) welcomes the opportunity offered by the European Commission to provide input to the inception impact assessment on the revision of Article 32 of Directive 2008/118/EC. ECMA will be attentive to the European Commission's proposal to review Article 32 of Directive 2008/118/EC.
ECM
European Cigar Manufacturers Association
Industry association · Belgium · EU Transparency Register 92802501097-37
1
position filed
in the 583 files tracked
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legislative file
of 583 tracked
0
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
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declared lobbying FTE
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EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2009
in the register since
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Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 2 Sept 2026).
- Register category
- Trade and business associations
- Head office
- Brussels, Belgium
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European Cigar Manufacturers Association filed 1 position on 4 Jan 2021, across 1 of the 583 legislative files tracked here.
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