Key Decision Makers in the European Institutions relating to packaging issues

EUROPEAN COMMISSION ENVIRONMENT

Commissioner: Karmenu Vella ()

DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR ENVIRONMENT

DIRECTOR GENERAL : Karl Falkenberg

Directorate A : Green Economy Director: Kestutis Sadauskas Advisor : Herbert Aichinger

Unit: Waste management and recycling Head of Unit: Julio Garcia Burgues Deputy Head of Unit: Julius Langendorff Policy Officer : Mrs Hatzi Hulla

EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOOD SAFETY

Commissioner: (Lithuania)

DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY

DIRECTOR GENERAL : Ladislav Miko Directorate E: Safety of the Food Chain Director: Michael Flueh

Unit : Innovation and Sustainability Head of Unit: Chantal Bruetschy Deputy Head of Unit: G Gallhoff

Food Contact Materials team: Legislative Officer : B. Schupp Legal Officer: J. Briggs

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ENVIRONMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY COMMITTEE

Chair: Giovanni La Via (Italy) Group of European People’s Party Vice- Chair: Benedek Javor (Hungary) Greens / European Free Alliance Party Vice-Chair: Daciana Octavia Sarbu (Romania) Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Party Vice-Chair: Pavel Poc (Czech Republic) Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Party Vice-Chair: Gilles Pargneaux (France) Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Party

MEPs working on current Reports of interest to packaging:

Sirpa Pietikainen (Finland) Group of European People’s Party

• Rapporteur for Non-Legislative Report: “Resource Efficiency – Moving Towards a Circular Economy”

MEPs active on packaging issues:

Margrete Auken (Denmark) Greens / European Free Alliance Party

• Rapporteur on Plastic Bag measure

Simona Bonafè (Italy) Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Party

• Rapporteur on Circular Economy legislative package which was abandoned

Pilar Ayuso (Spain) Group of European People’s Party

• Long standing friend of paper packaging industry

Karl-Heinz Florenz () Group of European People’s Party

• Previously shown interest in packaging

Françoise Grossetête (France) Group of European People’s Party

• Previously shown interest in packaging

Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (Netherlands) Alliance of Liberals and Democrats Party

• Previously shown interest in packaging

MEPs interested in Forestry Issues:

Cristofer Fjellner (Sweden) Group of the European People’s party

Matthias Groote (Germany) Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats

Claude Turmes (Luxembourg) Greens / European Free Alliance Party