Munksjö Paper AB

EU Legislative Interests

Munksjö has previously targeted EU Commission's Case AD696 Titanium Dioxide and the decision on 13 November 2023, C/2023/786 pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union, as well as 2024/1617. In addition, Munksjö was active in EU Commission's Case C/2024/3695 filed in April 2024 concerning anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of decor paper originating in the People’s Republic of China during 2024-2025.

Communication Activities

For case C/2023/786 Munksjö had drafted a position paper which was circulated to all member states, as well as reached out to Sweden, France, Spain and Germany specifically and asked for 30 min online meetings to further elaborate on the content of the position paper. These meetings have been held. 23 member states have received the position paper. For case C/2024/3695, Munksjö had together with the co-complainants drafted a position paper which was circulated to all member states to urge for their support in the process as initiated by the Commission. Selected member states had been asked to attend short meetings with the complainants to further elaborate on the merits of the case.

Interests Represented

Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Member Of

CEPI https://www.cepi.org/ (Corporate membership) COPACEL https://www.copacel.fr/copacel/#gouvernance (Corporate membership) PAPEST https://www.papest.fr/adherents.htm (Corporate membership) Modelfabrikpapier https://modellfabrikpapier.de/en/shareholders/ (Corporate membership) La cellulose https://www.lacellulose.fr (individual membership, Sebastién Charignon). CFA Papetier de Gérardmer (cfa-papetier.com) (Via Papest, board membership of Nicolas Simmonet). Ausschuss Zellstoffverbraucher https://www.papierindustrie.de/en/association/member-companies (Corporate membership) BME (individual membership, Bernhard Geissinger) Arbeitsgemeinschaft Die Moderne Küche e.V. www.amk.de (Corporate membership) European Panel Federation www.europanels.org (Corporate membership) European Producers of Laminate Flooring www.eplf.com (Corporate membership) International Committee of the Decorative Laminates Industry www.icdli.com (Corporate membership) Spanish Association of Pulp and Paper Manufacturers https://www.aspapel.es/en/the-association/member-companies Basque Paper Cluster Association https://clusterpapel.com/en/our-partners/ ADEGI Employers association of Gipuzkoa https://www.eitmanufacturing.eu/partner/adegi-business-association-of-gipuzkoa/ Tolosaldea Garatzen https://www.tolosaldeagaratzen.eus/es/departamentos/empresa/foro-lehiberri/ ENNE Fundazioa www.ingeniariak.eus (corporate membership) ABTCP Associação Brasileira Técnica de Celulose www.abtcp.org.br (corporate membership) IBÁ Indústria Brasileira de Árvores www.iba.org (corporate membership) CPA Composite Panel Association www.compositepanel.org (corporate membership) Munksjö's joint venture in China (divested in 2025) was associated with the following organizations: China Forest Industrial Association http://www.chinalycy.org/ (corporate membership) Surface Materials Application Research & Technology (SMART) (Co-founder and corporate member), and CNFIA China national forest products industry association www.cnfpia.org

Organisation Members

Munksjö Germany Holding GmbH Munksjö Dettingen GmbH Munksjö Unterkochen GmbH Munksjö Tolosa S.A.U Munksjö Arches SAS Munksjö Caieiras, Sao Paulo - Brasil Munksjö USA Inc Sebastién Charignon Bernhard Geissinger Nicolas Simonnet Munksjö's JV in China Hebei Minglian New Materials Technology Co., Ltd.

Additional Information

In addition to the limited internal costs of the employees participating in the activities, Munksjö have retained law firm Bird & Bird in Brussels to assist with the activities, including the drafting of position papers and preparation of meetings with the representatives of the Council, and online meetings with member state trade policy representatives. The cost of the law firm's work is included in the above range. The fees spent during 2025 were below 10 000 €.