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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 State-run Producer Responsibility Organisations [1]
    • FPE Manifesto [2] 
    • Joint statement on EUDR [3]
    • FEFCO position on PPWR [4] 2024
    • Joint statement on Green Claims [5]
    • FEFCO supports the review of the FCM legislation [6]
    • FEFCO PPWR position 2023 [7]
    • Joint Industry position on Reuse [8] and refill targets [9]
    • Joint industry statement on the revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste legislation [10]
    • Recommendations of forest-based industries to European Parliament - Deforestation regulation [11]
    • Joint industry voting recommendations for Environment Committee - Deforestation regulation [12]
    • Joint industry letter on Spanish Royal Decree on Packaging and Packaging Waste [13]
    • Statement of the Forest based industries on Council draft report on deforestation regulation [14]
    • Feedback on proposal for a Regulation on Eco-design for Sustainable Products [15]
    • Feedback on Eunomia stakeholder questionnaire - PPWD revision and recyclability requirements [16]
    • Statement of the Forest based industries on ENVI draft report on deforestation regulation [17] 
    • Annex proposal for amendments on deforestation regulation [18]
    • Fibre Packaging Europe - Infographic How fibre based packaging contributes to the circular economy [19]
    • Fibre Packaging Europe - Fit for Purpose position paper [20]
    • Fibre Packaging Europe - Sustainable Products Initiative Statement [21]  [22]
    • Fibre Packaging Europe - Single-use & Reuse position paper [23]
    • Fibre Packaging Europe - Reuse targets & overpackaging position paper [24]
    • Fibre Packaging Europe - Boosting Packaging Recycling position paper [25]
    • Fibre Packaging Europe - Substantiating Green Claims position paper [26]
    • Revision EU Waste Framework - Impact Assessment feedback [27]
    • WFD revision - feedback on food waste reduction targets [28]
    • PPWD revision - joint feedbac [29]k
    • Joint industry call for an EU approach to packaging waste labelling [30]
    • OSOA - A tailored risk assessment for Food Contact Materials [31]
    • Paper and board industry feedback on preventative measures and overpackaging - Eunomia workshop [32]
    • Environmental labelling issue Italy [33]
    • Joint feedback EU roadmap chemicals strategy [34]
    • Joint paper and board position on Food Contact Materials [35]
    • Joint Industry Letter on the review of the PPWD [36]
    • Review of the requirements for packaging and other measures to prevent packaging waste [37]
    • Joint paper value chain reply on the EU Consultation on Green Claims [38]
    • Paper packaging feedback on preventive measures [39] - Eunomia report
    • Feedback to the EU Inception Impact Assessment on measures to prevent packaging waste [40]
    • Single Use Plastic Directive [41] - call for modification of definitions
    • Farm to fork strategy - feedback on EU roadmap [42]
    • Corona Crisis - Continued cross border movement of paper & board essential  [43]   
    • Impact corona crisis on supply chain food and pharma products [44]
    • Feedback on roadmap proposal regulation deforestation [45] 
    • Feedback to roadmap on illegal logging [46] - Paper & Board sector
    • Paper value chain joint statement on Circular Economy action plan [47]
    • EU roadmap on Circular Economy action plan [48] - FEFCO comments
    • Industry4Europe joint paper [49]
    • Packaging Supply Chain principles and recommendations on EPR-ER, May 2019 [50]
    • Joint Call 2019 Heads of States Industry 4Europe [51]
      •  Industry for Europe position on setting indicators under the EU Industrial Strategy, 2018 [52]
      •  Industry for Europe position for an ambitious EU Industrial Strategy, 2018 [53]
      •  Industry call to safeguard the internal market for packaging and packaged goods in the Circular Economy Package, 2017 [54]
      •  Paper packaging industries’ position on the Waste Directives in the Circular Economy Package, 2016 [55]

Links
[1] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/Joint%20Industry%20Statement%20on%20State-run%20PROs%20-%20May%202025.pdf [2] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/Manifesto-FPE-Final%281%29.pdf [3] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/20240925_Final%20joint%20statement%20EUDR%281%29.pdf [4] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/FEFCO%20position%20on%20PPWR_2024%282%29.pdf [5] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/Joint-statement-on-Green-Claims%20Jan%202024.pdf [6] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/FEFCO%20Position_FCM%20Regulation.pdf [7] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/FEFCO%20position%20on%20PPWR_2023%282%29.pdf [8] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/230712%20Joint%20Industry%20Statement%20on%20Reuse.pdf [9] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/230712%20Joint%20Industry%20Statement%20on%20Reuse%281%29.pdf [10] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/EXT%20-%20Joint%20industry%20statement%20-%20Revision%20of%20EU%20rules%20on%20packaging%20and%20packaging%20waste%282%29.pdf [11] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/220912%20Forest-based%20sector%20recommendations%20on%20Deforestation%20regulation.pdf [12] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/Forest-based%20Industries%20Voting%20recommendations%20on%20Deforestation%20Regulation%2008072022.pdf [13] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/Joint%20letter%20on%20Spain%20reuse%20decree_TRIS%20notification.pdf [14] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/220624%20Forest-based%20industries%27%20statement%20on%20Deforestation%20Regulation.pdf [15] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/FEFCO%20feedback%20ESPR_2022.pdf [16] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/FEFCO%20response%20to%20Eunomia_recyclability_questionnaire.pdf [17] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/Statement%20of%20the%20Forest-based%20Industries%20on%20the%20ENVI%20Draft%20Report%20on%20Deforestation%20Regulation.pdf [18] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/ANNEX%20-%20Proposal%20for%20amendments%281%29.pdf [19] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/Fibre%20Packaging%20Europe_Infographic_How_Fibre-Based_Packaging_Contributes_To_The_Circular_Economy.pdf [20] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/Fibre%20Packaging%20Europe%20-%20Fit%20For%20Purpose%20-%20Position%20Paper.pdf [21] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/Fibre%20Packaging%20Europe%20-%20Sustainable%20Products%20Initiative%20-%20Position%20Paper%281%29.pdf [22] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/Sustainable%20Products%20Initiative%20-%20Fibre%20Packaging%20Europe%20Statement.pdf [23] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/Fibre%20Packaging%20Europe%20-%20Single%20use%20%26%20reuse%20-%20Position%20Paper.pdf [24] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/Fibre%20Packaging%20Europe%20-%20Reuse%20targets%20%26%20overpackaging%20-%20Position%20Paper.pdf [25] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/Fibre%20Packaging%20Europe%20-%20Boosting%20packaging%20recycling%20PPWD%20-%20Position%20Paper.pdf [26] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/Fibre%20Packaging%20Europe%20-%20Substantiating%20Green%20claims%20-%20Position%20Paper.pdf [27] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/FEFCO%20feedback_EU%20waste%20framework%202022.pdf [28] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/FEFCO%20feedback%20to%20IIA%20WFD_food%20waste_2021.pdf [29] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/files/PPWD_revision_joint_feedback_FEFCO_CITPA.pdf [30] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/website/2021%20positions/Joint%20industry%20call%20for%20an%20EU%20approach%20to%20packaging%20waste%20labelling%20-%20June%202021.pdf [31] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/website/OSOA%20-A%20Tailored%20Risk%20Assessment%20for%20FCM__14062021.pdf [32] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/website%20position%20papers/Paper%20and%20board%20industry%20feedback%20on%20preventive%20measures%20and%20overpackaging_Eunomia%20workshop.pdf [33] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/2020-2019/May/June%20bis/Environmental%20labelling%20issue%20Italy_March%202021.pdf [34] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/2020-2019/May/Joint%20feedback%20EU%20Roadmap%20Chemicals%20Strategy.pdf [35] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/2020-2019/June/Joint%20paper%20and%20board%20positon%20on%20FCM%20IIA_Jan%202020.pdf [36] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/2020-2019/2021/Joint%20industry%20letter_PPWD%20Review.pdf [37] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/2020-2019/January/PPCG_PPWD%20revision%20stakeholder%20consultation%20reply.pdf [38] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/2020-2019/June/EFIG-20-015%20Joint%20reply%20of%20the%20paper%20value%20chain%20on%20the%20%20EU%20consultation%20Green%20Claims%2028082020.pdf [39] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/2020-2019/January/Paper%20packaging%20feedback%20on%20preventive%20measures_Eunomia%20report.pdf [40] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/2020-2019/January/Paper%20value%20chain%20joint%20feedback%20on%20the%20EU%20Inception%20Impact%20Assessment%20on%20measures%20to%20prevent%20packaging%20waste.pdf [41] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/Joint%20statement%20on%20SUPD%2023%20April%202020.pdf [42] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/2020-2019/February/Joint%20feedback%20on%20EU%20roadmap_Farm%20to%20Fork%20Strategy_updated.pdf [43] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/2020-2019/February/CITPA%20statement%20-%2018%2003%2020.pdf [44] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/2020-2019/February/200327%20Statement%20impact%20Corona%20crisis%20on%20supply%20chain%20food%20and%20pharma%20products_final.pdf [45] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/2020-2019/January/Paper%20and%20board%20industries%20feedback%20on%20the%20roadmap%20on%20the%20impact%20assessment%20on%20proposal%20for%20a%20regulation%20on%20deforestation.pdf [46] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/2020-2019/January/Paper%20and%20board%20industries%20feedback%20on%20the%20roadmap%20on%20illegal%20logging.pdf [47] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/2020-2019/February/Paper%20value%20chain%20joint%20statement%20on%20the%20new%20Circular%20Economy%20Action%20Plan_pdf.pdf [48] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/2020-2019/February/FEFCO%20commments_EU%20Roadmap%20on%20Circular%20Economy%20Action%20Plan.pdf [49] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/2020-2019/May/Industry4Europe_Joint-Paper_November-2019.pdf [50] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/2019/Packaging%20Supply%20Chain%20principles%20and%20recommandations%20on%20EPR-ER-%20May%202019_.pdf [51] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/documents/EU%20version_Joint%20Call_2019_Heads%20of%20State_Industry4Europe_0.pdf [52] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/documents/Industry4Europe_JointPaperonIndicators_March2018.pdf [53] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/documents/JointReactionPaper_Industry4Europe_January2018opa.pdf [54] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/documents/Common%20Industry%20Call%20to%20Safeguard%20Single%20Market%20-%20May%202017_.pdf [55] https://www.fefco.org/sites/default/files/documents/PPCG%20position_PPWD%20and%20WFD_0.pdf