Copper is a key material for achieving a climate-neutral and resilient economy. It is recognized as a strategic raw material that enables electrification, energy efficiency, and renewables and is widely used in most decarbonisation technologies. Copper plays a crucial role in a circular economy as a sustainable and inherently recyclable material.
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International Copper Association Europe
Industry association · Belgium · EU Transparency Register 04134171823-87
7
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
6
legislative files
of 326 tracked
7
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 326 consultation files tracked so far (29,503 submissions, mostly 2025–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 1205 trade and business associations on this site, they rank #246 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
2.2
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€700K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
3
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2009
in the register since
Declares membership of
- European Metals →
- Electrification Alliance
- European Energy Forum
- European Solar Thermal Industry Federation
- Metals for Buildings →
- Platform for Electromobility →
- Europacable →
- Construction Products Europe →
- European Association for Wastewater Heat Recovery (WWHR Europe)
- European Heat Pump Association
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026).
- Register category
- Trade and business associations
- Head office
- Brussels, Belgium
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
International Copper Association Europe filed 7 positions between 31 Aug 2020 and 8 Jun 2026, across 6 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 7 times.
2020 · 1 filed2023 · 1 filed2025 · 4 filed2026 · 1 filed
What they argued
The European Copper Institute (ECI) welcomes the opportunity to comment upon the European Commission's (EC) proposal for a Directive on Substantiation and Communication of Explicit Environmental Claims (Green Claims Directive). ECI stands in favor of the ambition for environmentally superior, net zero products assessed through solid and harmonized, LCA-based methods.
The European Copper Institute (ECI) welcomes the European Commission’s efforts to establish positive rules to substantiate environmental claims as a tool to unlock opportunities for a green and circular economy.
The proposed 50% reduction to the heat and fuel fallback benchmarks would lead to levels that are unsustainable for European copper smelters, refiners, and semi-fabricators. This would weaken the EU's capacity to maintain and increase copper production, invest in decarbonisation, and strengthen its value chains.
Copper is a key material for achieving a climate-neutral and resilient economy. It is recognised as a strategic raw material that enables electrification, energy efficiency, and renewables and is widely used in most decarbonisation technologies. The Energy Efficiency First principle is a fundamental guiding concept in the EU's energy and climate policy framework.
The International Copper Association Europe welcomes the possibility to provide feedback on the European Commissions draft implementing Regulation under Article 26(7) of the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA). The implementing act is important as it will define the products, components and waste streams that should be in the scope of measures to be taken by Member States to increase waste prevention and the…
International Copper Association Europe appreciates the opportunity to provide feedback on the revision of the Ecodesign requirements for electric motors and variable speed drives. Please, find our position attached. ICA Europe main points are as follows: 1) Expanding IE4 as a minimum efficiency level beyond the current 75-200 kW range, to a broader scope, e.g.
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Turns up on the same files
Organizations that also filed on at least two of the same consultations. A shared interest in the same dossiers — not evidence of coordination, and we do not suggest any.
- Cefic · 4 files in common
- ECOS · 4 files in common
- Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer · 4 files in common
- European Environmental Bureau · 3 files in common
- EuroCommerce · 3 files in common
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