Key Decision Makers in the European Institutions relating to packaging issues EUROPEAN COMMISSION ENVIRONMENT Commissioner: Karmenu Vella (Malta) 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: Vytenis Andriukaitis (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 (Germany) 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 .