Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08 May 2026 | Willem Van Ierland Head of Unit | Follow-up high-level policy dialogue on the future of the cement industry in Europe | SRC |
| 08 May 2026 | Miguel Jose Garcia Jones Cabinet member | Follow-up high-level policy dialogue on the future of the cement industry in Europe | SRC |
| 16 Jan 2026 | Miguel Jose Garcia Jones Cabinet member | Decarbonisation challenges of the cement sector in Europe | SRC |
| 16 Jan 2026 | Kurt Vandenberghe Director-General | Follow-up exchange on competitiveness and decarbonisation of the EU cement industry. | — |
| 16 Jan 2026 | Miguel Jose Garcia Jones Cabinet member | Decarbonisation challenges of the cement sector in Europe | — |
| 16 Jan 2026 | Kurt Vandenberghe Director-General | Follow-up exchange on competitiveness and decarbonisation of the EU cement industry. | SRC |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Alexandr Hobza Cabinet member | Discussion about the Commission’s proposal for the 2028–2034 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), particularly in relation to industrial decarbonisation and clean technology deployment | SRC |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Alexandr Hobza Cabinet member | Discussion about the Commission’s proposal for the 2028–2034 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), particularly in relation to industrial decarbonisation and clean technology deployment | — |
| 07 Jan 2026 | Kurt Vandenberghe Director-General | Exchange on competitiveness and decarbonisation of the EU cement industry. | — |
| 07 Jan 2026 | Kurt Vandenberghe Director-General | Exchange on competitiveness and decarbonisation of the EU cement industry. | SRC |
| 02 Dec 2025 | Maria Elena Scoppio Director | Exchange of views with industry on the CBAM default values | SRC |
| 02 Dec 2025 | Maria Elena Scoppio Director | Exchange of views with industry on the CBAM default values | — |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Vicente Hurtado Roa Head of Unit | Discussions on technical issues concerning the design and implementation of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) | — |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Maria Elena Scoppio Director | Discussions on technical issues concerning the design and implementation of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) | — |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Maria Elena Scoppio Director | Discussions on technical issues concerning the design and implementation of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) | SRC |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Vicente Hurtado Roa Head of Unit | Discussions on technical issues concerning the design and implementation of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) | SRC |
| 28 Oct 2025 | Patrice Pillet Cabinet member | High Level Dialogue with Industry executives on the implementation of CBAM | SRC |
| 28 Oct 2025 | Wopke Hoekstra Commissioner | High Level Dialogue with Industry executives on the implementation of CBAM | SRC |
| 28 Oct 2025 | Stéphane Séjourné Executive Vice-President | High Level Dialogue with Industry executives on the implementation of CBAM. | SRC |
| 28 Oct 2025 | Stéphane Séjourné Executive Vice-President | High Level Dialogue with Industry executives on the implementation of CBAM. | — |
| 28 Oct 2025 | Wopke Hoekstra Commissioner | High Level Dialogue with Industry executives on the implementation of CBAM | — |
| 02 Oct 2025 | Heiko Kunst Head of Unit | Product benchmark update for the cement sector | — |
| 02 Oct 2025 | Heiko Kunst Head of Unit | Product benchmark update for the cement sector | SRC |
| 26 Sept 2025 | Kurt Vandenberghe Director-General | Exchange of views on the EU climate policies for the cement sector | SRC |
| 26 Sept 2025 | Kurt Vandenberghe Director-General | Exchange of views on the EU climate policies for the cement sector | — |
Mission & Goals
Cement Europe is the representative organisation of the cement industry in Europe. Currently, its Full Members are the national cement industry associations and cement companies of the European Union (except for Malta) plus Norway, Switzerland and the UK. Croatia, Serbia and Slovakia are Associate Members of Cement Europe. A cooperation agreement has been concluded with the Association of Cement Producers of Ukraine and Vassiliko Cement in Cyprus. The objectives of Cement Europe are: 1. The representation of the interests of the cement industry at European and international levels and particularly, but without exclusion towards the European Union. 2. The study of all issues of interest of the industry in the widest possible sense, in particular those of a scientific, technical, documentary, institutional and promotional nature and the search for and application of relevant solution.
EU Legislative Interests
- Clean industrial Deal Implementation - Affordable Energy Action Plan - Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act - Omnibus packages (EU Taxonomy; CSRD) - EU Skills Strategy - Circular Economy Action Plan - Revision of the Public Procurement Directives - Revision of the EU ETS - Revision of the CBAM - Implementation of the Industrial Emissions Directive revision - Taxation of Energy Directive revision - REACH revision - Implementation of the Drinking Water Directive - Implementation of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive - Implementation of the Construction Products Regulation - Implementation of the Union certification framework for carbon removals - EU taxonomy implementation
Communication Activities
Publications: 30.09.2025 - EIIs 2040 Target - Joint Statement 08.07.2025 - Future EU ETS: CEMBUREAU assessment and strategic proposals 03.07.2025 - The EU Commission sets 2040 Climate target (press release) 19.06.2025 - CEMBUREAU Key facts & figures - June 2025 13.06.2025 - CEMBUREAU elects new President and Vice-President (press release) 13.06.2025 - Activity Report 2024 11.06.2025 - Unlocking lead markets for low-carbon cement: a labelling proposal by CEMBUREAU 10.06.2025 - Building Skills for a Green and Digital Cement Transition: Cement Industry Presents Policy Recommendations for a Green, Digital and Just Transition (press release) 27.05.2025 - Future cement skills – Recommendations by EFBWW and CEMBUREAU 21.05.2025 - EU cement industry trade statistics – Full year 2024 15.05.2025 - CEMBUREAU welcomes new Public Affairs & Communications Director (press release) 08.05.2025 - 2050 Ambitions & The Role of Biomass Waste 08.05.2025 - What is co-processing 25.04.2025 - Clean Industrial Deal Draft State Aid Framework - Comments by CEMBUREAU 26.02.2025: - The Clean Industrial Deal Sets the Course: CEMBUREAU Ready to Engage on Its Swift and Targeted Execution press release 21.02.2025 -Enabling a competitive cement industry – CEMBUREAU Statement 21.05.2024 -Scaling up our net zero ambition: CEMBUREAU’s roadmap update 21.01.2025 -A timely start of CBAM is critical for decarbonisation investments 09.12.2024 -Antwerp Dialogue on Industrial Electrification & Competitiveness – Recommendations 05.12.2024 - A watertight implementation of CBAM – tackling the risks of fraud and circumvention in the cement sector 27.11.2024 -Infographic: EU cement industry performance 2021-2022 14.11.2024 -Creating lead markets for low-carbon cements 06.11.2024 -Ramping up financial support for decarbonisation investments 25.10.2024 -Draft delegated act on the methodology to determine the greenhouse gas emission savings of low-carbon fuels 24.10.2024 -Clean Industrial Deal – CEMBUREAU recommendations 08.10.2024 -LCA Cement Co-processing - Joint press release 01.10.2024 - EU cement industry trade statistics - Data first 6 months 2024 23.08.2024 - Global Warming Potential for the EPBD: Parameters the Concrete & Cement Sector considers important for the development of GWP methodology 26.07.2024 - Draft Monitoring and Reporting Regulation (MRR) for the EU ETS - CEMBUREAU position 16.07.2024 - Draft Delegated Act on permanent emissions storage through carbon capture and utilisation – CEMBUREAU Position 18.06.2024 - Green Deal and Industrial Deal - Joint statement 17.06.2024 - IPCEI mechanism to accelerate carbon capture 17.06.2024 - Activity Report 2023 05.06.2024 - CEMBUREAU Key facts & figures - June 2024 04.06.2024 - CASE STUDIES: Q&A on inspiring stories from Europe’s quarries 03.06.2024 - TRACKING PROGRESS - The Cement Industry's Journey Towards Enhanced Biodiversity 28.05.2024 - CEMBUREAU feedback on Commission call for evidence on DNSH 27.05.2024 - Enabling circular composites starts with waste codes - Joint position 21.05.2024 - European cement industry issues updated Net Zero Roadmap 21.05.2024 - CEMBUREAU’s Net Zero Roadmap 11.04.2024 - EU cement industry trade statistics - Full year 2023 08.03.2024 - Draft EU Commission Guidance on the Free Allocation Regulation (FAR) See: https://www.cementeurope.eu Events: 15.10.2025 - A Cement Action Plan: Powering Competitiveness, Enabling Transition 03.06.2025 - Driving Competitiveness through Circularity: Creating Lead Markets for Low-Carbon Cement 13.11.2024 - How quarries provide a home to European endangered species - Webinar 16.10.2024 - Cementing Europe's Future: Where Next for Industrial Decarbonisation? 21.05.2024 -Scaling up our net zero ambition: CEMBUREAU’s roadmap update See: https://www.cementeurope.eu
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
• Alliance of Energy Intensive Industries • Alliance for a Competitive European Industry • Business Europe http://www.businesseurope.eu • Construction Products Europe (CPE) http://www.construction-products.eu/ • Construction 2050 Alliance https://euconstruction2050.eu • European Energy Forum https://www.europeanenergyforum.eu • Concrete Europe www.concrete-europe.eu • European Minerals Day http://www.mineralsday.eu • European Network for Silica (NEPSI) http://www.nepsi.eu • Industrial Emissions Alliance • European Cement Research Academy (ECRA) http://www.ecra-online.org • Non Energy Extractive Industries Panel (NEEIP) • REACH Alliance • Sustainable Process Industry through Resource and Energy Efficiency (SPIRE) Public-Private Partnership (PPP) https://www.aspire2050.eu • Industry4Europe Coalition https://www.industry4europe.eu
Organisation Members
Cement Europe members: • Vereinigung der Österreichischen Zementindustrie (VÖZ) http://www.zement.at/ • Fédération de l’Industrie Cimentière Belge (Febelcem) http://www.febelcem.be/ • Bulgarian Association of Cement Industry (BACI) http://bacibg.org/ • Czech Cement Association http://www.svcement.cz/ • Aalborg Portland A/S https://www.aalborgportland.dk/ • Heidelberg Materials Kunda AS https://www.kunda.heidelbergmaterials.ee/et • Finnsementti Oy http://www.finnsementti.fi/en • France Ciment https://www.france-ciment.fr/ • Verein Deutscher Zementwerke e.V. https://www.vdz-online.de/ • Hellenic Cement Industry Association (HCIA) http://www.hcia.gr/ • Magyar Cementipari Szövetzég (MCSZ) http://www.cembureau.be/about-cembureau/members • Cement Manufacturers Ireland http://www.cement.ie/ • Italian Technical and Economic Association of Cement http://www.aitecweb.com/ • Schwenk Latvia https://schwenk.lv/en/ • Akmenes Cementas AB http://www.cementas.lt/ • CIMALUX s.a. https://www.cimalux.lu/ • Heidelberg Materials Benelux https://www.heidelbergmaterials-benelux.com/nl/nederland-cement • Heidelberg Materials Sement Norge https://www.sement.heidelbergmaterials.no/en/aboutNorcem • The Polish Cement Association (PCA) http://www.polskicement.pl/ • Technical Association of the Cement Industry (ATIC) http://www.atic.pt/ • Employers’ Organisation in Cement Industry and other Mineral Products for Construction in Romania (CIROM) http://www.cirom.ro/ • Alpacem Cement Slovenia https://alpacem.si/ • Association of Spanish Cement Producers (Oficemen) https://www.oficemen.com/en/ • Heidelberg Materials Cement Sverige https://www.cement.heidelbergmaterials.se/en • Cemsuisse https://www.cemsuisse.ch/en/ • Minerals Products Association (MPA) http://cement.mineralproducts.org/ Associate members: • Croatia Cement http://www.croatiacement.hr/ • Serbian Cement Industry Association http://www.cis.org.rs/en • Association of Slovak Cement Producers https://www.zvc.sk/aboutEN.html Cooperation agreement: • Association of Cement Producers of Ukraine http://www.ukrcement.com.ua/en/ • Vassiliko Cement https://www.vassiliko.com/ See: https://www.cementeurope.eu