The Biotech Act II represents a timely opportunity to translate the objectives of the EU Bioeconomy Strategy into a concrete legislative framework capable of scaling up biomanufacturing across Europe. As global competition intensifies and strategic dependencies on fossil-based materials and imported raw materials continue to challenge European industry, the EU must establish the conditions necessary for innovative…
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Kaneka
Company · Belgium · EU Transparency Register 549945630992-49
2
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
2
legislative files
of 326 tracked
2
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 925 companies & groups on this site, they rank #437 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
0.3
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€200K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
1
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2018
in the register since
Declares membership of
- European Bioplastics →
- Belgian Bio-products
- Go!PHA
- Essenscia →
- JBCE (Japan Business Council in Europe)
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026).
- Register category
- Companies & groups
- Registered as
- Kaneka Europe Holding Company N.V. (Kaneka)
- Head office
- Zaventem, 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
Kaneka filed 2 positions between 16 Mar 2026 and 8 Jun 2026, across 2 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 2 times.
What they argued
The ongoing evaluation of the Single-Use Plastics Directive offers a timely opportunity to ensure coherence between the SUPD framework and the EUs Bioeconomy and competitiveness objectives. The 2021 SUPD Guidance adopts a restrictive interpretation of the concept of natural polymer, excluding fermentation-derived polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) despite their identical chemical structure and environmental behaviour to…
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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.
- IDEE ECONOMICHE www.idee-economiche.it · 2 files in common
- Danish Industry · 2 files in common
- Confederazione Nazionale Coldiretti · 2 files in common
- EurEau · 2 files in common
- Eni S.p.A. · 2 files in common
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