UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe welcomes the Commissions ambition to boost EU competitiveness while accelerating the shift to more sustainable production, circular models, and decarbonisation. We strongly support efforts to: Enable free movement of circular products, secondary raw materials, and waste across Member States.
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UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe
Industry association · Belgium · EU Transparency Register 25492952296-56
8
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
7
legislative files
of 665 tracked
8
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
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Among the 1518 trade and business associations on this site, they rank #485 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
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EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2009
in the register since
Declares membership of
- Unesda is member of :
- the International Council of Beverages Associations: http://www.icba-net.org/
- FoodDrinkEurope: http://www.fooddrinkeurope.eu/
- Committee of European Users of Sugar: http://www.cius.org/
- European Policy Centre: http://www.epc.eu/
- Industry4Europe: https://www.industry4europe.eu/
- Close the Glass Loop Platform: https://closetheglassloop.eu/
- Petcore https://www.petcore-europe.org/
- The European Food Forum - https://www.europeanfoodforum.eu/
- The European PET Bottle Platform - https://www.epbp.org/
- The Global Beverage Can Circularity Alliance - https://international-aluminium.org/resources/global-beverage-can-circ…
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026).
- Register category
- Trade and business associations
- Registered as
- UNESDA (UNESDA)
- Head office
- Bruxelles, Belgium
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
UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe filed 8 positions between 3 Aug 2020 and 16 Sept 2026, across 7 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 8 times.
2020 · 2 filed2023 · 1 filed2025 · 2 filed2026 · 3 filed
What they argued
UNESDA SUBMISSION TO THE CONSULTATION ON THE INCEPTION IMPACT ASSESSMENT ON REDUCING PACKAGING WASTE – REVIEW OF RULES Making packaging more circular The EU soft drinks sector is delivering beverages to all EU consumers in different formats, using different packaging (aluminum, glass, plastics, carton beverage).
UNESDA, representing the European soft drinks industry, welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the evaluation of the Single Use Plastics Directive (SUPD). Our sector is fully committed to reducing plastic pollution, improving circularity, and supporting the EUs transition to a more sustainable packaging system.
UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe welcomes the European Commissions draft Implementing Act setting out harmonised rules to calculate, verify, and report the share of recycled plastic in single-use plastic (SUP) beverage bottles and supports its speedy adoption by Q4 2025. This act provides a critical foundation for the proper enforcement of the recycled content targets, already scheduled for application in 2025.
Dear all, Please find attached UNESDA - Soft Drinks Europe's comments on the draft Decision laying out EU rules for calculating, verifying and reporting recycled plastic content in single-use plastic beverage bottles. Kind regards, [name removed] UNESDA Policy Manager [email removed]
UNESDA’s Response to the EU Call for Evidence on PPWR Recycled Content Requirements UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the European Commission’s call for evidence on the implementation of the recycled content provisions under Article 7 of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), in particular regarding: • Rules for calculating and verifying recycled content in plastic…
Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe welcomes the European Commissions initiative to address the growing leakage of aluminium scrap outside the EU. Ensuring that valuable secondary raw materials remain available for European industry is essential to strengthening strategic autonomy, supporting circularity, and reducing dependence on primary aluminium.
UNESDA submission to the consultation on the inception impact assessment on empowering the consumer for the green transition Overview of UNESDA UNESDA - Soft Drinks Europe is the Brussels-based trade association representing the non-alcoholic beverages sector, representing European producers of soft drinks including carbonates, still drinks (e.g. ice teas), energy drinks and fruit-based drinks.
Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)
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