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UPS Europe SRL/BV

UPS

UPS is a leading global logistics company specializing in package transportation and international trade.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Charlotte Merlier (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič) and DHL Group and

12 Nov 2025 · Customs Union Reform, e-commerce

Meeting with Charlotte Merlier (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič) and DHL Group and

25 Jun 2025 · Exchanges on the EU Customs Reform

Meeting with Sophia Kircher (Member of the European Parliament) and Google and

18 Jun 2025 · Single European Sky, Trans-European Transport Infrastructure

Meeting with Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Jun 2025 · Decarbonising EU Road Transport: Solutions for 2030 and Beyond

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Commissioner) and

8 Apr 2025 · State of play on US-EU trade relations

Meeting with Arash Saeidi (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Apr 2025 · Échange de point de vue

Meeting with Nina Carberry (Member of the European Parliament) and Ibec

19 Nov 2024 · EU Trade Policy

Meeting with Magda Kopczynska (Director-General Mobility and Transport) and European Chemical Industry Council and

7 Nov 2024 · Ambrosetti Club Europe - Transport and mobility priorities

Meeting with Kris Van Dijck (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Sept 2024 · Freight transport

Meeting with Deirdre Clune (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and DHL Group and FedEx Express BE BV

6 Oct 2023 · Customs Reform

UPS Europe Urges EU to Approve Longer Ecocombi Trucks

17 Feb 2022
Topic — The EU is reviewing the maximum allowable weights and dimensions for commercial road vehicles.
Message — UPS requests rules allowing longer vehicle combinations to operate across internal borders. They advocate for increasing the weight limit for these trucks to 44 tons. They also seek mutual recognition of national driver training and licensing standards.123
Why — Standardizing longer trucks would lower fuel costs and improve logistics efficiency for UPS.45
Impact — Rail and inland waterway sectors may see reduced investment as road transport becomes more competitive.67
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Response to New EU urban mobility framework

25 May 2021

As a global logistics organisation operating +120,000 vehicles worldwide, UPS’s sustainability priorities are focused around the reduction of emissions (both greenhouse gas and air quality) and congestion. UPS’s continually expanding ‘rolling laboratory’ of over 12,000 alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles represents a large part of that work. UPS sees electrification, especially in an urban environment, as a key technology going forwards: in conjunction with a renewable electricity supply it enables the elimination of emissions in an energy efficient manner. UPS developed diesel to electric conversion solutions for urban delivery fleets; announced a partnership with and purchase of 10,000 electric vehicles from Arrival; deployed in London the world’s first fleet scale smart-grid and energy storage solution to overcome power grid constraints; deployed a program of electrically-assisted cycles to replace vehicles and reduce emissions & congestion, and experiments with electrically powered devices supporting delivery operators on foot. UPS therefore welcomes the European Commission’s objective of creating a new EU urban framework. This could help introduce a number of policy measures needed to succesfully transition to carbon neutral cities: • Review measures to stimulate electric cargo vehicles availability, e.g. stricter OEM CO2 standards and OEM sales mix quotas; • Funding & operational privileges to support alternative technologies and associated infrastructures deployment until they are commercially viable (e.g. government grants, tax credits, favourable parking / (un)loading arrangements, allowing zero emission vehicles to use bus lanes); • Mandatory implementation of drivers licence adjustment, so that holders of a B-license can drive alternatively fuelled vehicles of up to 4.25t; • Market structure reform surrounding local electric grids upgrade, so that end users do not need to bear entire upgrade upstream cost regardless of the owner of the upgraded asset. This is particularly relevant for rolling out in-depot solutions, which place a heavy demand on the electricity supply to buildings not built with fleet electrification in mind. Such upgrade costs are all borne by the end user, even if the upgraded asset is outside of the end user’s property and therefore not in its ownership, such as a substation. This market structure disincentives fleet electrification. Smart-grid and energy storage solutions go some way to solving this problem but do not eliminate it. Market reforms could potentially be contingent on the use of the best such smart solutions in conjunction with upgrades in order to minimise upgrade costs, such as the ‘rate basing’ mechanisms proposed in the U.S.: the grid provider invests in the infrastructure and spreads the cost to all customers as the consequential reduction in emissions would benefit all; • UPS does not see benefits of a policy-driven, mandatory use of consolidation centres but would support a review of the provision of facilities or space in city centres to enable electrically assisted cycle operations, incl. micro consolidation sites for secure parking & recharging overnight; • Rationalisation of legislation surrounding e-assist cycle solutions onto a performance standard basis: end objective regulated (speed) and not means used (motor power). E-assist cycles in the EU are limited to 250W rated motor power, suitable for originally intended market of pedelec cycles but not for the logistics industry. Given that the intention of the regulation is to maintain safety, a shift to performance standards around speed, braking distance, etc. would achieve the safety related objective whilst not restricting unnecessarily the amount of goods that a e-assist cycle could carry.
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UPS Urges EU to Expand B-License Weight Limits

7 May 2021
Topic — The Commission is updating driving licence rules to improve safety and facilitate free movement.
Message — UPS wants B-license holders to be allowed to drive heavier vehicles up to 5.5 tonnes. They also request including electric vehicles that exceed weight limits due to battery size.123
Why — This change would help UPS overcome driver shortages and deploy electric delivery fleets.45
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Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Stefanie Hiesinger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and

1 Feb 2021 · Discussion on EU initiatives to green the aviation sector

Meeting with Elina Melngaile (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

25 Nov 2020 · Trade Policy review; EU- US relations; EU-China relations

Response to Report on the Application and Evaluation of the Postal Services Directive

14 Apr 2020

Dear, attached is UPS Europe's feedback on the Roadmap for the evaluation of the Postal Services Directive. We look forward to the upcoming consultation and public workshops related to this important review. Kind Regards Mark van der Horst
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Meeting with Per Haugaard (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

11 Feb 2020 · Trade policy

Meeting with Christian Burgsmueller (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström), Maria Asenius (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)

13 Feb 2019 · EU-US trade / WTO reform

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President) and

19 Jun 2017 · economic situation within the EU, investment climate, deepening of the EMU, social dimension of the European project, financial regulations and markets

Meeting with Violeta Bulc (Commissioner) and

18 Jan 2017 · Meeting with the President of UPS International, Jim Barber

Meeting with Ann Mettler (Director-General Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action)

20 Jan 2016 · Digital Single Market

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)

20 Jan 2016 · Parcel delivery, e-commerce

Meeting with Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

10 Dec 2015 · fight against coutnerfeit & piracy

Meeting with Edward Bannerman (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen) and American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union and Dell Inc.

20 Oct 2015 · Outreach for possible AmCham event

Meeting with Violeta Bulc (Commissioner) and

2 Oct 2015 · Meeting UPS Europe representatives

Meeting with Andrus Ansip (Vice-President) and

2 Jul 2015 · Parcel delivery

Meeting with Jon Nyman (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström), Maria Asenius (Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström)

4 Mar 2015 · TTIP & WTO

Meeting with Daniel Calleja Crespo (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

4 Mar 2015 · SMEs and Digital Single Market

Meeting with Joao Aguiar Machado (Director-General Mobility and Transport)

4 Mar 2015 · Intermodality and logistics

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President) and

11 Dec 2014 · Presentation of the Annual Growth Survey 2015 outlining the main priorities for the jobs and growth agenda /in the context of the flagship conference ‘Reinvigorating the European Economy: Policies to Foster Jobs, Growth and Innovation’.