WSM represents 5,000 German companies that employ 450,000 people and produce steel and metal products for customers in the automotive, machinery and electronics industries. WSM welcomes the IAA and supports its aim of promoting the development of European supplier industries. In recent years, imports of processed steel and metal goods into the EU have increased significantly.
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WSM Wirtschaftsverband Stahl- und Metallverarbeitung e.V.
Industry association · Germany · EU Transparency Register 921351835520-23
8
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
7
legislative files
of 665 tracked
5
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 #487 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
4.5
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€50K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
0
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2019
in the register since
Declares membership of
- Orgalim
- BDI
- ASMoR
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026).
- Register category
- Trade and business associations
- Registered as
- Wirtschaftsverband Stahl- und Metallverarbeitung e.V. (WSM)
- Head office
- Düsseldorf, Germany
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
WSM Wirtschaftsverband Stahl- und Metallverarbeitung e.V. filed 8 positions between 8 Feb 2019 and 18 Jun 2026, across 7 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 5 times.
2019 · 1 filed2020 · 2 filed2021 · 1 filed2023 · 2 filed2026 · 2 filed
What they argued
WSM Wirtschaftsverband Stahl- und Metallverarbeitung e.V. The steel and metal processing industry calls for a comprehensive protection of competition in the event of the introduction of a border adjustment mechanism, which includes all processing stages of emission-intensive materials.
WSM Wirtschaftsverband Stahl- und Metallverarbeitung e.V. (German Steel and Metal Processing Industry Association) would like to take this opportunity to express serious concerns regarding the proposal for classification and labelling of titanium dioxide, which is inappropriate from the toxicological and epidemiological perspective.
FEEDBACK Inception impact assessment - Ares(2020)1738021 Revision of the Industrial Emissions Directive WSM Wirtschaftsverband Stahl- und Metallverarbeitung e.V. (German Steel and Metal Processing Industry Association), representing the German steel and metal processing industry towards politics and economy, would like to take this opportunity to express serious concerns regarding the ongoing activities of the EU…
Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
Dir sirs, in the attachment you find our recommondations to Omnibus 8, especially with focus on IED, which affects our branche. According to EU-Brussel declaration from 2024 we appreciate to improve IED to raise down burocratic burdens and reports, to accelerate approvals of industrial plants and to prevent IED-processes from moving to non-EU countries with lower environmental requirements.
The WSM Wirtschaftsverband Stahl- und Metallverarbeitung e.V. supports the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating late payment in commercial transactions. The Regulation is designed to prevent excessive payment deadlines of more than 30 days. Only a regulation can achieve the objective of a uniform system to combat late payment throughout the internal market.
Filed in German · English published by the European Commission
In particular, companies with market power continue to pay late, sometimes only after 90 days or more. The legal regulations for agreeing payment terms in Germany contain unclear terms such as "grossly unfair" with the result that many ignore the 30-day rule. If suppliers have to pre-finance everything and are themselves only paid after 90 or 120 days, their liquidity is at risk.
FEEDBACK Inception impact assessment - Ares(2020)7689281 “Revision of the Ambient Air Quality Directives” WSM Wirtschaftsverband Stahl- und Metallverarbeitung e.V. (German Steel and Metal Processing Industry Association), representing the German steel and metal processing industry towards politics and economy, would like to take this opportunity to comment on the Inception impact assessment Ares(2020)7689281…
Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
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