The European Furniture Industries Confederation (EFIC) welcomes the European Commission consultation on the draft Implementing Regulation establishing common formats and data requirements for registration in and reporting to national registers of packaging producers.
EFI
European Furniture Industries Confederation
Industry association · Belgium · EU Transparency Register 95910795422-52
23
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
20
legislative files
of 665 tracked
22
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 #151 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
1.8
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€100K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
2
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2011
in the register since
- 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.
Track European in PolicySpeak: request access →
Work at European Furniture Industries Confederation? so we know who speaks for it.
Their record over time
European Furniture Industries Confederation filed 23 positions between 28 Feb 2020 and 10 Sept 2026, across 20 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 22 times.
2020 · 8 filed2021 · 1 filed2022 · 2 filed2023 · 2 filed2025 · 5 filed2026 · 5 filed
What they argued
The European Furniture sector follows closely and contributes to several initiatives under the European Green Deal, including the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) or the Waste Framework Directive, to name a few. In this context, we welcome the opportunity to provide comments to the Commissions public consultation on the Circular Economy Act.
The European Furniture Industries Confederation (EFIC) welcomes the opportunity to provide comments to the ongoing consultation on the Proposal for a Directive on substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive) . The Furniture sector is in favour of actions to protect the market from greenwashing and advocates for harmonized rules at EU level.
The European furniture industries embrace EU circularity objectives and are already transitioning to and promoting circular business models based on reuse, repair, refurbishment and remanufacturing of products. A true circular economy can only be achieved through collaboration and requires the involvement of many actors, including policy makers, industry, experts, academia and consumers.
The European furniture industry is following closely Green Deal initiatives aimed at making circular economy the norm, such as the Sustainable Products Initiative (SPI). As such, building on the EFIC position on the SPI of June 2021, we welcome the possibility to provide our views on the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) proposal. Please find attached our input.
EFIC, the European Furniture Industries Confederation, welcomes the opportunity to provide comments on the inception impact assessment of the upcoming Sustainable Products Initiative. Please see our main considerations below and detailed argumentation in the attached document.
The European Furniture Industries Confederation (EFIC) welcomes the opportunity to provide comments to the European Commissions public consultation on the extension of the scope of the CBAM to downstream products and anti circumvention measures. The European CO2 Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) was introduced to protect the competitiveness of European industry and prevent carbon leakage.
The European Furniture Industries Confederation fully supports the EU Deforestation Regulations objective to combat global deforestation. Nevertheless, it is crucial to ensure that it is implemented under the right conditions, to be both effective and feasible.
EFIC welcomes the Commissions follow-up consultation on simplification of EU environmental legislation and supports efforts to reduce administrative burden while maintaining environmental ambition. The furniture sector, largely composed of SMEs and microenterprises, is particularly affected by regulatory fragmentation and cumulative compliance costs. Please see our full input in the file attached.
The European Furniture Industries Confederation (EFIC) welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the consultation on the draft Implementing Regulation laying down the implementation arrangements for the digital product passport registry under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). The attached paper presents our recommendations to address the identified issues.
The European furniture industries promote the transition to a circular economy and sustainable consumption and welcome the opportunity to provide comments on the open public consultation on Sustainable consumption of goods – promoting the right to repair and reuse. Kindly find in the attached our general considerations. European Furniture Industries Confederation
EFIC - the European Furniture Industries Confederation - welcomes the possibility to give feedback on the Commission's public consultation on administrative burden and rationalisation of reporting requirements. EFIC represents over 70% of the total turnover of the European Furniture Industries, a sector employing 1 million people in about 120.000 enterprises across the EU and generating a turnover of over 100…
The European furniture industries embrace EU circularity objectives and are already transitioning to and promoting circular business models based on reuse, repair, refurbishment and remanufacturing of products. A true circular economy can only be achieved through collaboration and requires the involvement of many actors, including policy makers, industry, experts, academia and consumers.
Commission proposal for a General Product Safety Regulation EFIC contribution 04.10.2021 The European Furniture Industries Confederation (EFIC) welcomes the possibility to provide comments on the European Commission’s proposal for a General Product Safety Regulation.
Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
The General Product Safety Directive (GPSD) must be adapted to reflect developments in products and markets and to address challenges and shortcomings identified. In light of the review of the Directive, the European Furniture Industries Confederation believe that option 2 or 3 of the Inception Impact Assessment are preferable, consisting of a targeted revision of the Directive or the full revision and repeal of the…
The European Furniture Industries Confederation (EFIC) welcomes the European Commissions Call for Evidence on the upcoming European Vocational Education and Training (VET) Strategy and supports its objective of equipping the EU workforce with the skills needed for the green and digital transitions.
EFIC welcomes the possibility to comment on the draft implementing Regulation as regards digitalisation and common specifications, that has been put forward in the framework of the Omnibus IV package. We are a creative, versatile and dynamic sector, composed mainly by SMEs and microenterprises. Our industry is part of a complex value chain, with a broad range of designs, products and materials.
The European Furniture Industries Confederation (EFIC) welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the consultation on the draft Implementing Regulation detailing the format and content of disclosures on discarded unsold consumer products under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). The attached paper presents our recommendations to address the identified issues.
The European furniture industries embrace the EU Green Deal and circularity objectives and are already transitioning to and promoting circular business models based on reuse, repair, refurbishment and remanufacturing of products. The material wood, which is used in furniture to a large extent alongside other materials, offers one of the most promising bases for success due to its CO2-storing properties.
The European Furniture Industries Confederation (EFIC) welcomes the opportunity to share views on the proposal for an EU Directive on adequate minimum wages in the EU launched under Art. 154 TFEU. EFIC reiterates that EU actions addressing minimum wages at EU level are not appropriate and that the EU, according to article 153(5) of the TFEU, explicitly and for good reasons lacks competence in the field of…
EFIC supports the objective of ensuring a high level of protection of human health, particularly for children, and welcomes the establishment of a harmonised EU-wide approach to the restriction of CMR 1A/1B substances in childcare products under REACH.
The European Furniture Industries Confederation (EFIC), welcomes EU initiatives aimed at strengthening the fight against illegal logging. Illegal logging is a pervasive problem of major international concern. Forests provide a broad variety of environmental, economic and social benefits essential for humankind, such as maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem functions and protecting the climate.
In view of the two ongoing consultations updating EU ecodesign and energy labelling rules, the European Furniture Industries Confederation (EFIC) is hereby providing comments and suggestions to the text of the draft Regulations. Please find our considerations attached.
Looking for an argument rather than an organization? Search every submission for a phrase and see everyone who used it.
Put European Furniture Industries Confederation next to another organization. Same files, same register facts, side by side. Compare →
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.
Showing 5 of 469.
Is this your organization?
Everything on this page comes from European Furniture Industries Confederation’s own submissions to the European Commission. We have added nothing and interpreted nothing. If something is wrong or out of date, email info@policyspeak.com and we will correct it. If you are an individual named in a record, our privacy policy sets out your rights to correction, objection and removal.
Quotes are verbatim from submissions published by the European Commission, trimmed to their opening passage and never summarized by a model. Organizations only, never individuals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the European Commission is not liable for this reuse.