Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jan 2026 | Emmanuelle Maire Head of Unit | Single-use Plastics Directive | — |
| 15 Jan 2026 | Florina-Andreea Pantazi Head of Unit | Upcoming REACH Restriction on terphenyl hydrogenated | SRC |
| 15 Jan 2026 | Emmanuelle Maire Head of Unit | Single-use Plastics Directive | SRC |
| 15 Jan 2026 | Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea Director | Single-use Plastics Directive | SRC |
| 15 Jan 2026 | Florina-Andreea Pantazi Head of Unit | Upcoming REACH Restriction on terphenyl hydrogenated | — |
| 15 Jan 2026 | Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea Director | Single-use Plastics Directive | — |
| 06 Nov 2025 | Arthur Corbin Cabinet member | Exchange of views on industrial policies | — |
| 06 Nov 2025 | Arthur Corbin Cabinet member | Exchange of views on industrial policies | SRC |
| 16 Sept 2025 | Jessika Roswall Commissioner | Chemical recycling | — |
| 16 Sept 2025 | Luis Planas Herrera Cabinet member | Chemical recycling | SRC |
| 16 Sept 2025 | Jessika Roswall Commissioner | Chemical recycling | SRC |
| 10 Sept 2025 | Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea Director | Exchange of views on chemical recycling and the difficult situation of the EU plastic recycling industry | SRC |
| 10 Sept 2025 | Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea Director | Exchange of views on chemical recycling and the difficult situation of the EU plastic recycling industry | — |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Stéphane Séjourné Executive Vice-President | Économie circulaire et recyclage moléculaire du plastique | — |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Stéphane Séjourné Executive Vice-President | Économie circulaire et recyclage moléculaire du plastique | SRC |
| 17 Jun 2025 | Emmanuelle Maire Head of Unit | Exchange of views on plastic waste recycling and recycled content under the Single-Use Plastic Directive and Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation | — |
| 17 Jun 2025 | Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea Director | Exchange of views on plastic waste recycling and recycled content under the Single-Use Plastic Directive and Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation | — |
| 17 Jun 2025 | Emmanuelle Maire Head of Unit | Exchange of views on plastic waste recycling and recycled content under the Single-Use Plastic Directive and Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation | SRC |
| 17 Jun 2025 | Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea Director | Exchange of views on plastic waste recycling and recycled content under the Single-Use Plastic Directive and Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation | SRC |
| 16 Jun 2025 | Sabine Weyand Director-General | Circular economy, plastics circularity and competitiveness of the recycling plastic industry in the EU. | SRC |
| 16 Jun 2025 | Sabine Weyand Director-General | Circular economy, plastics circularity and competitiveness of the recycling plastic industry in the EU. | — |
| 11 Mar 2025 | Arthur Corbin Cabinet member | Future of the chemical sector | SRC |
| 11 Mar 2025 | Arthur Corbin Cabinet member | Future of the chemical sector | — |
| 10 Mar 2025 | Maria Isabel Garcia Catalan Head of Unit | Physical meeting - Discussion on the possibility to create a binding non-preferential rule of origin for products of choline chloride | SRC |
| 10 Mar 2025 | Maria Isabel Garcia Catalan Head of Unit | Physical meeting - Discussion on the possibility to create a binding non-preferential rule of origin for products of choline chloride | — |
Mission & Goals
Founded in 1920, Eastman is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day. With the purpose of enhancing the quality of life in a material way, Eastman works with customers to deliver innovative products and solutions while maintaining a commitment to safety and sustainability. The company's innovation-driven growth model takes advantage of world-class technology platforms, deep customer engagement, and differentiated application development to grow its leading positions in attractive end-markets such as transportation, building and construction, and consumables. As a globally inclusive and diverse company, Eastman employs approximately 14,000 people around the world and serves customers in more than 100 countries. The company has revenues of approximately $10 billion and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA. F
EU Legislative Interests
Circular Economy, Green Deal, Brexit and other FTAs, Clean Industrial Deal, Chemical Strategy for Sustainability, Industrial Strategy, Farm to Fork, Taxation and Customs, Plastics Strategy, Marine litter and protection of the Ocean, Health, Safety and Environment, Workers' safety, EU Forest Strategy, Bio-economy, etc.
Communication Activities
Waste Framework Directive, Single use Plastic Directive, Waste Shipment Regulation, Plastic and Plastic Waste Packaging Directive, Plastic and Plastic Waste Regulation, Ecodesign, Sustainable Product Initiative REACH Regulation, CLP regulation, Paint Directive, Plant Protection Product Regulation, ETS, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Energy Taxation, CBAM, Resource efficiency, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Common system of value added tax, Textile Strategy, Aarhus Convention, Drug precursors, Union Customs Code, Green Claims, Sustainable Finance, CSRD, etc.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
Eastman is a member - amongst others - of Cefic, VCI, Essenscia, PlasticsEurope, CIA (Chemical Industries Association), KEEMIA, ECIA, France Chimie, FEFANA, FEICA, Policyhub, PETCORE, PRE, Kemianteollisuus, Textile Exchange, SAC, Globe EU, Kangaroo Group, and other smaller trade associations.
Organisation Members
https://cefic.org/ https://www.vci.de/vci-online/die-branche/zahlen-berichte/chemical-industry-in-figures-online.jsp https://www.essenscia.be/ https://plasticseurope.org/ https://www.cia.org.uk/ https://keemia.ee/ https://www.ecia.co.uk/ecia-membership/ https://www.francechimie.fr/ https://fefana.org/ https://www.feica.eu/ https://www.policyhub.org/ https://www.kangaroogroup.de/ https://www.petcore-europe.org/ https://www.kemianteollisuus.fi/ https://www.plasticsrecyclers.eu/ https://textileexchange.org/ https://apparelcoalition.org/ https://www.globe-eu.org/
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