The European Safety Federation (ESF) - representing suppliers (manufacturers, importers, distributors) and service providers of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - welcomes this initiative. It is indeed important to be able to substantiate any claim made on products and/or businesses. This not only on the supply side, but also on the demand side (see e.g.
ESF
European Safety Federation
Industry association · Belgium · EU Transparency Register 91447653655-65
2
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
2
legislative files
of 326 tracked
1
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 #717 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
0.2
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€25K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
0
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2010
in the register since
Declares membership of
- ESF is a member of FAIB
- ESF is a partner of the EU-OSHA agency for their campaigns on occupational health and safety
- ESF is an active stakeholder in meetings of the EU commission (DG GROW - PPE Regulation / DG HERA - JICF)
- ESF is an active partner of the AdCo PPE group
- ESF is an active partner of the Coordination of the Notified Bodies in the field of PPE
- ESF is an accredited stakeholder organisation of ECHA
- ESF is active within CEN-CENELEC standardisation (e.g. Secretary General is chair of the CEN-CLC COG PPE and of CEN-C…
- ESF works together with European organisations such as ETSA
- EURATEX →
- CEFIC →
- ESIG
- FESI
- and 5 more
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026).
- Register category
- Trade and business associations
- Head office
- Harelbeke, 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
European Safety Federation filed 2 positions between 21 Jul 2023 and 3 Sept 2025, across 2 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 1 time.
2023 · 1 filed2025 · 1 filed
What they argued
Feedback ESF on proposal for Omnibus Regulation Aligning product legislation with the digital age Date : 03/09/2025 The European Safety Federation (ESF) and its members welcome the proposal of the 21st of May 2025 for a Regulation amending amongst others Regulation (EU)2016/425 as regards digitalisation and common specifications.
Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
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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.
- Wirtschaftskammer Österreich · 2 files in common
- ECOS · 2 files in common
- DIGITALEUROPE · 2 files in common
- EuroCommerce · 2 files in common
- Japan Business Council in Europe · 2 files in common
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