European & International Booksellers Federation
Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Mar 2025 | Desislava Dimitrova Cabinet member | Introductory meeting | — |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Desislava Dimitrova Cabinet member | Introductory meeting | SRC |
| 11 Dec 2023 | Maurits-Jan Prinz Cabinet member | proposition de règlement sur les retards de paiement | — |
| 11 Dec 2023 | Maurits-Jan Prinz Cabinet member | proposition de règlement sur les retards de paiement | SRC |
| 14 Jun 2022 | Lauriane Bertrand Cabinet member | Trends in books selling Digitalisation Impact of COVID on the sector European Book Week | — |
| 14 Jun 2022 | Lauriane Bertrand Cabinet member | Trends in books selling Digitalisation Impact of COVID on the sector European Book Week | SRC |
| 09 Apr 2020 | Mariya Gabriel Commissioner | Impact of COVID-19 on the sector | — |
| 09 Apr 2020 | Mariya Gabriel Commissioner | Impact of COVID-19 on the sector | SRC |
| 06 Sept 2017 | Kamila Kloc Cabinet member | Geoblocking, e-books | — |
| 06 Sept 2017 | Kamila Kloc Cabinet member | Geoblocking, e-books | SRC |
| 30 Aug 2016 | Alicja Magda Herbowska Cabinet member | European Union Prize for Literature | SRC |
| 30 Aug 2016 | Alicja Magda Herbowska Cabinet member | European Union Prize for Literature | — |
| 04 Apr 2016 | Jean-Claude Juncker President | Meeting with Ms Dreher, Mr Paagman and Mr Treutenaere on Digital Single Market | — |
| 04 Apr 2016 | Jean-Claude Juncker President | Meeting with Ms Dreher, Mr Paagman and Mr Treutenaere on Digital Single Market | SRC |
| 23 Feb 2016 | Anna Herold Cabinet member | copyright | SRC |
| 23 Feb 2016 | Anna Herold Cabinet member | copyright | — |
| 27 Feb 2015 | Robert Madelin Director-General | Digital Single Market, Copyright | SRC |
| 27 Feb 2015 | Robert Madelin Director-General | Digital Single Market, Copyright | — |
Mission & Goals
EIBF represents national booksellers associations in the EU and beyond. Our members in turn represent a variety of booksellers, including brick and mortar bookshops, online bookshops, independent bookshops, and chains. Through its member associations, we speak on behalf of more than 25,000 individual booksellers. Our mission is to represent our members and their interests on a global platform, before the EU institutions and other international organisations. We provide policymakers with professional information about the economic, cultural, and educational role booksellers play, and advocate for book-friendly policies, for the benefit of all readers. By strengthening the link between booksellers associations from across Europe and worldwide, we foster the exchange of best practice between our members and provide a forum for discussion and cooperation between the representative bodies of booksellers throughout Europe and beyond.
EU Legislative Interests
Fair competition and level playing field for all retailers, especially Digital Markets Act and Digital tax Interoperability of e-book formats Cross-border sales of e-books Favourable taxation of books in all formats to promote reading Fair lending schemes by libraries for the benefit of the book chain and readers SME-related policies, especially those targeting retailers Accessibility Act Green deal and related legislations with an impact on the book trade and retailers Copyright as the backbone of the book industry Freedom of expression Future of the European book sector Late Payment Regulation Public Procurement Directives
Communication Activities
Recovery and Resilience Facility: analysis and preparation of infographics with funding opportunities for cultural sector, with a specific focus on bookselling: https://europeanbooksellers.eu/press/national-recovery-and-resilience-plans-how-do-they-help-booksellers EIBF monitoring and public statements on Digital Markets Act file: https://europeanbooksellers.eu/press/eibf-calls-ambition-ahead-trilogue-negotiations-digital-markets-act Interoperability campaign, within the framework of the Digital Markets Act negotiation process: https://europeanbooksellers.eu/press/dma-and-interoperability-what-about-e-books Joint letters with cultural sector organisations on priorities for the cultural sector: https://europeanbooksellers.eu/press/secure-future-cultural-life-europe EIBF Insights external newsletters, aimed at wider network: https://europeanbooksellers.eu/press/new-edition-eibf-insights-0 EIBF statement on the directive on a minimum corporate tax rate:https://europeanbooksellers.eu/press/eibf-welcomes-agreement-eu-minimum-corporate-tax-rate-directive Freedom of expression charter: https://europeanbooksellers.eu/press/eibf-unveils-freedom-expression-charter-after-month-long-campaign EIBF position on the Late Payment Regulation: https://europeanbooksellers.eu/press/eibf-position-late-payment-regulation-proposal EIBF position on the Public Procurement Directive: https://europeanbooksellers.eu/press/eibf-publishes-position-paper-public-procurement-and-answers-european-commission-consultation All EIBF communication activities can be found on the EIBF website: https://europeanbooksellers.eu/
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
EIBF is part of Creativity Works!, a leading coalition of organisations, federations and associations representing Europe’s cultural and creative sectors. (http://www.creativityworks.eu) EIBF is part of the SDG Book Club, a book club that aims to use books as a tool to encourage children ages 6-12 to interact with the principles of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through a curated reading list ofbooks from around the world related to each of the 17 SDGs in all six official UN languages—Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish (https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sdgbookclub/) EIBF has an ex-officio position within the board of the International ISBN Agency (https://www.isbn-international.org/) EIBF is part of the UNESCO's World Book Capital City Advisory Committee: https://www.unesco.org/en/world-book-capital-network EIBF is part of EURead, a consortium of European reading promotion organisations (https://euread.com/)
Organisation Members
List of EIBF members can be found here: www.europeanbooksellers.eu