Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Apr 2026 | Emmanuelle Maire Head of Unit | Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and Single-use Plastics Directive. | — |
| 17 Apr 2026 | Emmanuelle Maire Head of Unit | Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and Single-use Plastics Directive. | SRC |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Alexandra Nikolakopoulou Head of Unit | Energy drinks and advertising/marketing practices | SRC |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Alexandra Nikolakopoulou Head of Unit | Energy drinks and advertising/marketing practices | — |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Nicolo Brignoli Cabinet member | Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation | SRC |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Nicolo Brignoli Cabinet member | Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation | — |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Emmanuelle Maire Head of Unit | Single-use Plastics Directive | — |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea Director | Single-use Plastics Directive | — |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea Director | Single-use Plastics Directive | SRC |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Emmanuelle Maire Head of Unit | Single-use Plastics Directive | SRC |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Luis Planas Herrera Cabinet member | The reuse targets for beverage packaging in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) | SRC |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Luis Planas Herrera Cabinet member | The reuse targets for beverage packaging in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) | — |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Sabine Pelsser Head of Unit | Simplification of current legislation in Food Contact Materials | SRC |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Sabine Pelsser Head of Unit | Simplification of current legislation in Food Contact Materials | — |
| 05 Nov 2025 | Emmanuelle Maire Head of Unit | Exchange of views on Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and plastic recycling | SRC |
| 05 Nov 2025 | Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea Director | Exchange of views on Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and plastic recycling | — |
| 05 Nov 2025 | Emmanuelle Maire Head of Unit | Exchange of views on Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and plastic recycling | — |
| 05 Nov 2025 | Eric Mamer Director-General | Exchange of views on Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and plastic recycling | — |
| 05 Nov 2025 | Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea Director | Exchange of views on Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and plastic recycling | SRC |
| 05 Nov 2025 | Eric Mamer Director-General | Exchange of views on Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and plastic recycling | SRC |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Jessika Roswall Commissioner | Roundtable- closing the Loop : Addressing the Plastic Recycling Crisis in Europe | — |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Jessika Roswall Commissioner | Roundtable- closing the Loop : Addressing the Plastic Recycling Crisis in Europe | SRC |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Antonella Rossetti Cabinet member | Vision for Agriculture and Food Simplification Innovation | — |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Antonella Rossetti Cabinet member | Vision for Agriculture and Food Simplification Innovation | SRC |
| 16 Sept 2025 | Alexandra Nikolakopoulou Head of Unit | Specific conditions for the use of sweeteners in the food additive legislation, in particular, the requirement to replace sugars for the production of energy-reduced food | SRC |
Mission & Goals
The purpose of UNESDA is servicing the interest of the European soft drinks industry from the commercial, technical, economic, legal and scientific points of view. Its membership comprises soft drinks companies as well as national associations from around Europe.
EU Legislative Interests
EU Competitiveness Compass EU Vision on Agriculture and Food EU Cardiovascular Plan Food Information to Consumers Regulation Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation Waste Framework Directive Recycled Plastics Regulation Childhood Obesity Action Plan Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation Single Use Plastics Directive Industrial Strategy Circular Economy Act EU Water Resilience Strategy EU Omnibus
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
Unesda is member of : - the International Council of Beverages Associations: http://www.icba-net.org/ - FoodDrinkEurope: http://www.fooddrinkeurope.eu/ - Committee of European Users of Sugar: http://www.cius.org/ - European Policy Centre: http://www.epc.eu/ - Industry4Europe: https://www.industry4europe.eu/ - Close the Glass Loop Platform: https://closetheglassloop.eu/ - Petcore https://www.petcore-europe.org/ - The European Food Forum - https://www.europeanfoodforum.eu/ - The European PET Bottle Platform - https://www.epbp.org/ - The Global Beverage Can Circularity Alliance - https://international-aluminium.org/resources/global-beverage-can-circularity-alliance/
Organisation Members
http://www.unesda.eu/about/our-members/
Connected Legislation