Umicore

Today Umicore is a global materials technology and recycling group, with about 11,000 employees and a turnover of € 18 billion.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Joan Canton (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and

25 Nov 2025 · Exchange of views related to the proposed occupational exposure limit for Cobalt and related initiatives

Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action) and

14 Nov 2025 · Impact of EU climate policies on non-ferrous metals production

Response to Circular Economy Act

5 Nov 2025

Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament) and Cobalt Institute

4 Nov 2025 · Cobalt

Meeting with Koen Doens (Director-General Directorate-General for International Partnerships)

21 Oct 2025 · Recycling Critical Raw Materials (CRM)

Meeting with Aleksandra Kordecka (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné), Vilija Sysaite (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

14 Jul 2025 · Presentation of the company, state of the batteries sector in the EU

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and

2 Jul 2025 · EU Clean Industrial Dialogue on Circularity

Meeting with Adam Romanowski (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič), Charlotte Merlier (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič) and International Platinum Group Metals Association

25 Jun 2025 · PGM and Germanium

Meeting with Adam Romanowski (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič)

6 May 2025 · Developments on critical raw materials in Europe

Meeting with Joan Canton (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

4 Apr 2025 · Exchange on recycling project by Umicore and possible support

Meeting with Maria Isabel Garcia Catalan (Head of Unit Taxation and Customs Union) and

19 Mar 2025 · Physical meeting - Exchange on Draft Guidance on CAM under the EU-UK TCA

Meeting with Felix Fernandez-Shaw (Director Directorate-General for International Partnerships) and

12 Mar 2025 · Meeting of the South America Critical Raw Materials (CRM) Coalition of the Willing – Dialogue with private and public sector stakeholders, and financial institutions on sustainable critical raw materials value chains in Latin America.

Meeting with Sara Matthieu (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Mar 2025 · Batteries and recycling

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and

19 Feb 2025 · Dialogue on the future of the automotive sector – Battery Session

Meeting with Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea (Director Environment)

13 Feb 2025 · Exchange of views on the Batteries Regulation

Meeting with Aleksandra Kordecka (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné), Arthur Corbin (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné) and EPIA SolarPower Europe

10 Feb 2025 · Exchange of views on Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) and the Batteries Regulation, specifically the Delegated Act (DA) on the methodology for the calculation and verification of the carbon footprint for electric vehicle batteries.

Meeting with Bruno Tobback (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Jan 2025 · Crisis in de Europese batterij-industrie

Meeting with Sara Matthieu (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Jan 2025 · CE Act and batteries

Meeting with Joan Canton (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

13 Jan 2025 · Introduction to Umicore activities

Meeting with Kathleen Van Brempt (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Sept 2024 · Priorities for the upcoming legislative term // factory visit

Meeting with Michael Bloss (Member of the European Parliament) and

2 May 2024 · Green Industrial Deal

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) and

15 Apr 2024 · Meeting WEF CEO Action Group for the European Green Deal

Meeting with Ditte Juul-Joergensen (Director-General Energy) and

23 Feb 2024 · Energy market

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament) and

28 Sept 2023 · Green Deal

Meeting with Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion) and BASF SE

10 May 2023 · Exchange of Views

Meeting with Tom Vandenkendelaere (Member of the European Parliament) and

10 May 2023 · Critical raw materials act

Meeting with Sara Matthieu (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and AGORIA

9 May 2023 · Critical raw materials acts

Meeting with Sara Matthieu (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Apr 2023 · Critical raw materials act

Meeting with Mauri Pekkarinen (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Feb 2023 · Visit to Umicore Finland

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

14 Nov 2022 · Preparation of the critical raw materials act

Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

22 Apr 2022 · Umicore presented their position on the EU battery regulation proposal in the context of recycling of batteries. It expressed support for the Commission proposal.

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and Aurubis AG

21 Apr 2022 · Strategic metals supply and recycling

Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis), Caroline Boeshertz (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and

19 Mar 2021 · Due diligence

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

18 Jun 2020 · Impacts of COVID-19

Meeting with Adam Romanowski (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

3 Mar 2020 · Meeting on sustainable batteries

Meeting with Michel Barnier (Head of Task Force Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom)

23 May 2019 · Meeting with the Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU

Meeting with Piet van Nuffel (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen) and

6 Nov 2018 · Carcinogens batch 3

Meeting with Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General Environment)

7 Feb 2017 · Visit of Commissioner Vella to Umicore, Circular Economy

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President) and

11 May 2015 · Better Regulation

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)

27 Mar 2015 · Circular economy