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ASOCIACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE FABRICANTES DE PASTA, PAPEL Y CARTÓN

ASPAPEL

ASPAPEL es una organización profesional de ámbito estatal, que agrupa a las empresas del sector de la celulosa y el papel en España.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Luis Planas Herrera (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

6 Nov 2025 · Packaging and Packaging waste regulation

Meeting with Stella Kaltsouni (Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen) and Confederation of European Paper Industries and

6 Nov 2025 · Decarbonisation and maintaining global competitiveness

Response to Omnibus Regulation Aligning product legislation with the digital age

2 Sept 2025

We welcome the Commission's approach to simplify EU legislation with the objective of reducing administrative burdens, particularly for SMEs. However, with the proposed Omnibus IV on aligning product legislation in the digital age, ASPAPEL is concerned about setting a 'digital only' approach in product legislation. Currently, EU consumers receive printed instructions for use with their product, providing essential information on the use, assembling and repairing of products. They play an important role in ensuring product safety and consumer protection. Our points of concern are related to both the proposal for a Directive (COM(2025)503) and the proposal for a Regulation (COM(2025)504), as well as the Commission staff working document (SWD(2025)130). Aspapel calls on the Commission not to extend the approach taken for professional products to consumer goods. We call on maintaining paper instructions in EU consumer products legislation.
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Response to European grid package

5 Aug 2025

Question 11: Do you consider additional measures necessary to reduce grid connection lead times? Should there be differentiated approaches for different types of uses (industry decarbonisation, residential heat, charging infrastructure)? Yes, additional measures are needed to reduce grid connection lead times. For the pulp and paper industry, the electrification of processes, such as heat pumps, electric boilers, and growing demand stemming from carbon capture installations require significantly enhanced and easier access to grid capacity. Currently, limited grid capacity and long lead times are a key technical barrier to electrification and decarbonisation investments. Differentiated approaches are justified between various grid users. Industrial decarbonisation projects often involve high electricity demand, continuous operation, and strategic infrastructure, which require tailored solutions including facilitated access, streamlined permitting, and reinforced grid infrastructure. Residential heating and EV charging, while important, operate on different demand patterns and risk profiles and should be addressed with sector-specific planning tools and policies. Question 19: If needed, what financial measures could be considered to further support CO2 infrastructure? To unlock private investment and accelerate deployment, the industry requires a rapid scale-up of CO transport and storage infrastructure. Financial assistance for early-stage planning and permitting can reduce bottlenecks and accelerate deployment. Financial measures such as targeted EU funding instruments, risk-sharing mechanisms (e.g. Carbon Contracts for Difference), and support for early-stage infrastructure projects are needed to create confidence and de-risk capital-intensive investments in CO networks. Long-term, predictable funding mechanisms must support investments in carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS), particularly for biogenic CO relevant in the pulp and paper sector. Question 24: Do you agree that there is a need for additional EU action concerning visibility and quantified benefits of innovative, digital and grid enhancing technologies? Yes, there is a clear need to improve access to the electricity grid. Additional EU action is necessary to improve the visibility and uptake of innovative, digital, and grid-enhancing technologies, especially for energy-intensive industrial actors and other stakeholders capable of providing voluntary demand-side flexibility. The pulp and paper industry increasingly depends on advanced digital control systems to manage flexible energy consumption and integrate electrified processes. However, at the national level, current frameworks often do not adequately reflect the value of voluntary industrial flexibility, nor do they incentivise the deployment of digital and grid-enhancing technologies. These technologies are not always visible in cost-benefit analyses or regulatory assessments, leading to underinvestment. EU-level initiatives should include incentivisation schemes tied to real-time voluntary demand-side response, digital control upgrades, and smart hybrid systems. Question 27: In this context, do you agree that the existing framework is sufficient for considering flexibility needs in network planning and development. No, the existing framework is not yet sufficient, especially in some Member States, to fully consider and integrate flexibility needs. Voluntary industrial demand-side flexibility can become essential for balancing variable renewable energy. For example, hybrid systems that combine electric boilers with cogeneration (CHP) are already deployed in the pulp and paper sector but face limitations due to static grid planning approaches. A revised framework should: Include voluntary industrial flexibility potential in grid development scenarios. Provide grid operators with tools and incentives to integrate flexible assets. Foster coordination with industrial stakeholders.
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Meeting with Miguel Jose Garcia Jones (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)

17 Jul 2025 · Discussion on the challenges and opportunities that the Paper industry faces in decarbonising.

Meeting with Axel Hellman (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall), Luis Planas Herrera (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall) and

4 Jun 2025 · Sustainable industry

Meeting with Jordi Solé (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Jan 2024 · EU rules on packaging and packaging waste

Meeting with Jordi Solé (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Nov 2023 · New regulations on packaging and packaging waste (PPWR)

Response to Revision of the EU’s electricity market design

8 May 2023

Please, find attached the Spanish pulp, paper and board considerations regarding the proposal for a reform of the EU's electricity market design.
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Response to Evaluation and revision of the Weights and Dimensions Directive

2 Feb 2022

Dos de aspectos cruciales en la vertebración de la Unión Europea son: - la unidad de mercado - los objetivos de reducción de emisiones planteados en el Green Deal Por ello parece incoherente que la actual normativa comunitaria ampare la existencia de limites de pesos máximos autorizados de determinados vehículos diferentes en los distintos Estados Miembro de la Unión. Ello provoca, no solo una distorsión de la competencia entre territorios de la Unión, sino también una mayor generación de emisiones por el trasporte de bienes de consumos por carretera en aquellos Estados Miembro que poseen actualmente pesos máximos inferiores. Por ello desde ASPAPEL (Asociación Española de fabricantes de pasta, papel y cartón) proponemos la armonización a e 44 toneladas en lugar de las actuales 40, el límite establecido en el punto 2.2.2. letras a), b) y c). Ello contribuiría al cumplimiento de los objetivos planteados en el Green Deal y el Fit for 55, al minimizar el número de viajes necesarios para el transporte intercomunitario. Por otro lado, numerosos estudios, y la experiencia practica en los Estados que ya tienen establecido ese límite, avala desde un unto de vista técnico la aplicabilidad de establecer en 44tn el peso máximo armonizado.-.
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Response to Maximum dimensions and weights in national and international traffic for certain road vehicles circulating within Union

2 Feb 2022

Dos de aspectos cruciales en la vertebración de la Unión Europea son: - la unidad de mercado - los objetivos de reducción de emisiones planteados en el Green Deal Por ello parece incoherente que la actual normativa comunitaria ampare la existencia de limites de pesos máximos autorizados de determinados vehículos diferentes en los distintos Estados Miembro de la Unión. Ello provoca, no solo una distorsión de la competencia entre territorios de la Unión, sino también una mayor generación de emisiones por el trasporte de bienes de consumos por carretera en aquellos Estados Miembro que poseen actualmente pesos máximos inferiores. Por ello desde ASPAPEL (Asociación Española de fabricantes de pasta, papel y cartón) proponemos la armonización a e 44 toneladas en lugar de las actuales 40, el límite establecido en el punto 2.2.2. letras a), b) y c). Ello contribuiría al cumplimiento de los objetivos planteados en el Green Deal y el Fit for 55, al minimizar el número de viajes necesarios para el transporte intercomunitario. Por otro lado, numerosos estudios, y la experiencia practica en los Estados que ya tienen establecido ese límite, avala desde un unto de vista técnico la aplicabilidad de establecer en 44tn el peso máximo armonizado.-.
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Meeting with Miguel Arias Cañete (Commissioner) and

10 Apr 2015 · Industrial Policy of the EU and ETS