The industry supports the PPWRs environmental objectives but is seeking a more proportionate, practical and legally certain implementation that does not push smaller businesses out of the market. The proposed Regulation does not fix issues publishers would have when they must send packages in several member States.
FPA
French Publishers Association (SNE)
Industry association · France · EU Transparency Register 54534356472-92
7
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
6
legislative files
of 665 tracked
0
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 #549 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
1
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€50K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
1
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2011
in the register since
Declares membership of
- Fédération des Editeurs Européens
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026).
- Register category
- Trade and business associations
- Registered as
- French Publishers Association (Syndicat National de l'Edition)
- Head office
- Paris, France
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.
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Their record over time
French Publishers Association (SNE) filed 7 positions between 25 Jun 2021 and 10 Sept 2026, across 6 of the 665 legislative files tracked here.
2021 · 1 filed2022 · 1 filed2025 · 2 filed2026 · 3 filed
What they argued
On behalf of the French Publishers Association, we would like to share the following feedback. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already a reality, with visible impact on the market and in publishers practices. On the one hand, publishers have faced a flood of unlabelled fully AI-generated books, sometimes even using the name of existing authors, which unfairly compete with real books, mislead consumers and undermine…
The Geo-blocking Regulation provides that retailers selling goods and services will not be able to discriminate between consumers in terms of access conditions (including price) depending on their country of origin. It excludes copyright-based content, such as e-book, and its application must respect single book pricing regimes. Of course, publishers’ interest is the widest distribution of their e-books.
Filed in French · English published by the European Commission
The French Publishers Association (SNE) appreciates that the European Commission is reflecting upon how to help right-holders in enforcing their rights used by AIs. It would also like to warn the Commission against initiatives which would weaken copyright in the field of research. 1.
The French Publishers Association (SNE) welcomes the opportunity to provide a feedback on the European Commission’s proposal for a Data Act. SNE is France's trade association of book publishers. It represents approximately 788 member companies whose combined business endeavors account for the bulk of French publishing and whose total turnover amounted to 2.7 billion € in 2020 (3.7 billion € expressed at the retail…
Members of the French Publishers Association, in particular legal, scientific, technical and medical publishers obviously rely on the database right, as a complement to Copyright. For instance : - legal databases often comprise raw data, not protected by copyright.
The French Publishers Association fully supports the goal of ensuring legal clarity for operators, traders and surveillance authorities on the categories of products falling within the scope of the EUDR. As representatives of book publishers, we particularly welcome further clarifications regarding the exclusion from the scope of packing materials and packing containers and of accessory materials (namely marketing…
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