European Panel Federation

EPF

EPF represents the European manufacturers of wood-based panels being particleboard, dry process fibreboard (MDF), oriented strand board (OSB), hardboard, softboard and plywood.

Lobbying Activity

Response to Circular Economy Act

6 Nov 2025

Meeting with Astrid Van Mierlo (Head of Unit Taxation and Customs Union) and Confederation of European Paper Industries

6 Nov 2025 · Meeting with EPF and CEPI

Meeting with Elsi Katainen (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Oct 2025 · Current issues in wood industry

Meeting with Elsi Katainen (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Oct 2025 · Current issues in bioeconomy

Meeting with Paolo Garzotti (Head of Unit Trade)

29 Sept 2025 · Update on the trade agreement's impact on plywood imports into the EU.

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

26 Aug 2025 · Circular Economy Act and Bioeconomy Strategy

Meeting with Nicolo Brignoli (Cabinet of Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis)

30 Jun 2025 · Simplification

Meeting with Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

27 Jun 2025 · To exchange views on the clean industrial deal.

Meeting with Chiara Galiffa (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič)

5 Jun 2025 · Wood-based panel industry

Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton) and

4 Jun 2024 · Discussion on implementation of the EU Deforestation regulation

Meeting with Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Cristina Rueda Catry (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Sofja Ribkina (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and

17 Sept 2021 · Upcoming Russian export ban on logs

Meeting with Eszter Batta (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

11 Feb 2021 · EU level initiatives important for the construction ecosystem

Meeting with Timo Pesonen (Acting Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

3 Sept 2019 · Present EPF and their priorities

Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)

10 Apr 2018 · Energy policy

Meeting with Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General Environment)

16 Nov 2016 · Wood panel sector, circular economy, cascading use of wood