Position Papers
FEFCO Position papers
FEFCO engages with policy makers on issues of specific interest to its members either individually or in cooperation with other associations. The position papers are a form used to express the view of interested stakeholders with a particular policy development. The last industry positions supported by FEFCO are here:
Joint industry statement on the revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste legislation
- FEFCO position on PPWR [1]
- Joint statement on Green Claims [2]
- Joint Industry position on Reuse [3] and refill targets [4]
- Joint industry statement on the revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste legislation [5]
- Recommendations of forest-based industries to European Parliament - Deforestation regulation [6]
- Joint industry voting recommendations for Environment Committee - Deforestation regulation [7]
- Joint industry letter on Spanish Royal Decree on Packaging and Packaging Waste [8]
- Statement of the Forest based industries on Council draft report on deforestation regulation [9]
- Feedback on proposal for a Regulation on Eco-design for Sustainable Products [10]
- Feedback on Eunomia stakeholder questionnaire - PPWD revision and recyclability requirements [11]
- Statement of the Forest based industries on ENVI draft report on deforestation regulation [12]
- Annex proposal for amendments on deforestation regulation [13]
- Fibre Packaging Europe - Infographic How fibre based packaging contributes to the circular economy [14]
- Fibre Packaging Europe - Fit for Purpose position paper [15]
- Fibre Packaging Europe - Sustainable Products Initiative Statement [16] [17]
- Fibre Packaging Europe - Single-use & Reuse position paper [18]
- Fibre Packaging Europe - Reuse targets & overpackaging position paper [19]
- Fibre Packaging Europe - Boosting Packaging Recycling position paper [20]
- Fibre Packaging Europe - Substantiating Green Claims position paper [21]
- Revision EU Waste Framework - Impact Assessment feedback [22]
- WFD revision - feedback on food waste reduction targets [23]
- PPWD revision - joint feedbac [24]k
- Joint industry call for an EU approach to packaging waste labelling [25]
- OSOA - A tailored risk assessment for Food Contact Materials [26]
- Paper and board industry feedback on preventative measures and overpackaging - Eunomia workshop [27]
- Environmental labelling issue Italy [28]
- Joint feedback EU roadmap chemicals strategy [29]
- Joint paper and board position on Food Contact Materials [30]
- Joint Industry Letter on the review of the PPWD [31]
- Review of the requirements for packaging and other measures to prevent packaging waste [32]
- Joint paper value chain reply on the EU Consultation on Green Claims [33]
- Paper packaging feedback on preventive measures [34] - Eunomia report
- Feedback to the EU Inception Impact Assessment on measures to prevent packaging waste [35]
- Single Use Plastic Directive [36] - call for modification of definitions
- Farm to fork strategy - feedback on EU roadmap [37]
- Corona Crisis - Continued cross border movement of paper & board essential [38]
- Impact corona crisis on supply chain food and pharma products [39]
- Feedback on roadmap proposal regulation deforestation [40]
- Feedback to roadmap on illegal logging [41] - Paper & Board sector
- Paper value chain joint statement on Circular Economy action plan [42]
- EU roadmap on Circular Economy action plan [43] - FEFCO comments
- Industry4Europe joint paper [44]
- Packaging Supply Chain principles and recommendations on EPR-ER, May 2019 [45]
- Joint Call 2019 Heads of States Industry 4Europe [46]
- Industry for Europe position on setting indicators under the EU Industrial Strategy, 2018 [47]
- Industry for Europe position for an ambitious EU Industrial Strategy, 2018 [48]
- Industry call to safeguard the internal market for packaging and packaged goods in the Circular Economy Package, 2017 [49]
- Paper packaging industries’ position on the Waste Directives in the Circular Economy Package, 2016 [50]