European Coffee Federation
Budget
€400 — €0
EP Access
3
accredited persons
Staff
4
4 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
The European Coffee Federation (ECF) is the single voice of the European coffee trade and industry, facilitating the development of an environment in which the industry can meet the needs of consumers and society, while competing effectively to ensure the resilience and long-term sustainability of the coffee supply chain, from farm to cup. ECF offers a transparent forum for exchange and promote the sector’s common interests in the areas of food safety, sustainability and international trade. The European Coffee Federation counts 16 national associations and 46 company members across Europe, and speaks for over 750 companies, ranging from SMEs to internationally operating companies, representing an estimated total import volume of 2.7 million tonnes or approximately 95% of the European coffee traded volume
EU Legislative Interests
- European Green Deal - Circular Economy Action Plan - Farm-to-Fork Strategy - EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 - Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers - General Food Law Regulation - Legislative framework for sustainable food systems - Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the making available on the Union market as well as export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation and repealing Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 - Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 - Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market - Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) chapters in EU Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) - Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on green claims - Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and Directive (EU) 2019/904, and repealing Directive 94/62/EC - Simplification Omnibus packages - EU Bioeconomy Strategy - Circular Economy Act - European Water Resilience Strategy - European Port Strategy and Industrial Maritime Strategy - Clean Industrial Deal initiative - Regulation (EU) 2025/40 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2024 on packaging and packaging waste. - EU Directive 2024/825 Empowering Consuemrs to the Green Transition - Green Claims Directive
Communication Activities
Events: - Webinar "Single Serve Units across Europe", organised by ECF, 16 February 2022 - Webinar "ECF meets supply chain mapping service providers. A first step towards facilitating that the coffee sector meets the EC objectives of the deforestation regulation proposal", 31 March 2022 - Webinar "EU deforestation-free regulation: making it work. From practical impediments to success for key commodity supply chains", organised by COCERAL, ECF, FEDIOL and FEFAC, 24 May 2022 - Info Session " PPWR", Belgian Perm Rep, March 2023 - InfoPoint Conference "Insights into the coffee supply chain: a multi-faced reality", 13 June 2023 - Workshop "EUDR implemenation" with EUSPA, July 2023 - Webinar "EUDR Information System: demo and discussion for coffee stakeholders", February 2024 - Webinar "EUDR session with producing countries", June 2024 - Webinar "PPWR, Navigating the Aftermath", June 2024 - Webinar "EUDR & Peru: Public Sector efforts towards compliance and implementation", March 2025 - Webinar "Unwrapping PPWR: What it means for coffee packaging", October 2025 - Webinar "ECF Environmental Footprint Methodology for Coffee in Practice", November 2025 Publications: 1. Guides and info notes (https://www.ecf-coffee.org/category/publications/guidance-documents/) 2. Position papers (https://www.ecf-coffee.org/category/publications/position-papers/)
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
- FoodDrinkEurope (https://www.fooddrinkeurope.eu/member/ecf-european-coffee-federation/) - Global Coffee Platform (https://www.globalcoffeeplatform.org/members/current-gcp-members/)
Organisation Members
https://www.ecf-coffee.org/category/members/
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.