FOREWORD The proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council addressing the negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market must include Fasteners (CN 7318), made of 99% of steel, in the list of products subject to the Regulation.
EIF
European Industrial Fasteners Institute (EIFI)
Industry association · Belgium · EU Transparency Register 187290847654-32
3
positions filed
in the 639 files tracked
1
legislative file
of 639 tracked
2
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 639 consultation files tracked so far (53,766 submissions, mostly 2021–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 11 law firms on this site, they rank #5 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
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declared costs / yr (floor)
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EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2022
in the register since
Declares membership of
- Legalink: an association of law firms
- https://www.legalink.ch/
- AIDV: Lawyers interested in Wine Law
- aidv.org
- AEGIS Europe: an alliance of EU Manufacturers
- http://www.aegiseurope.eu/
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Sept 2026).
- Register category
- Law firms
- Registered as
- O'Connor and Company European Lawyers
- Head office
- Etterbeek, Belgium
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Sept 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
European Industrial Fasteners Institute (EIFI) filed 3 positions between 8 Dec 2025 and 16 Dec 2025, across 1 of the 639 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 2 times.
What they argued
REQUEST FOR INCLUSION OF STEEL FITTINGS IN ANNEX I European producers of carbon and stainless steel tube and pipe butt-welded fittings (steel fittings) representing the vast majority of the total Union production of steel fittings are requesting the inclusion of steel fittings in Annex I of the Proposal COM(2025)726. Steel fittings are used to connect tubes and pipes.
EUWA, is an association representing almost all producers of aluminium and steel road wheels in the EU. In total its members produce wheels in 18 factories throughout the EU and employ some 17000 people. Our clients are the automobile industry in the EU where we supply every single car producer.
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