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European Cigar Manufacturers Association

Acronym: ECMA

General Information

Identification Code: 92802501097-37
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Entity Form: ASBL – registered number 4783.320.41
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 2/9/2009
Last Update: 2/7/2024
EP Accredited Number: 1

Mission & Interests

Goals: ECMA was founded in the early ‘90s as the representative body of the European manufacturers of cigars. Today ECMA represents the major cigar manufacturers in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain (including the Canary Islands) and Switzerland. Together the ECMA members account for over 70% of the cigars/cigarillos placed on the EU market. ECMA boasts 17 family-owned companies as part of its membership. Of the full 21 ECMA member companies, 7 fall under the definition of small and medium sized enterprises. With a total number of approximately 9 billion cigars/cigarillos being consumed within the European Union each year, cigar consumption represents approximately 1,6% of the total consumption of tobacco products in the European Union. This makes the cigar industry the smallest member of the tobacco family.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
  • Agriculture and rural development
  • Consumers
  • Customs
  • Employment and social affairs
  • Environment
  • External relations
  • Fraud prevention
  • Institutional affairs
  • Public health
  • Single market
  • Taxation
  • Trade
Levels of Interest:
  • national
  • european

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: Directive 2014/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products and repealing Directive 2001/37/EC Council Directive 2011/64/EU of 21 June 2011 on the structure and rates of excise duty applied to manufactured Tobacco Council Directive 2008/118/EC of 16 December 2008 concerning the general arrangements for excise duty and repealing Directive 92/12/EEC Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment Council Recommendation of 30 November 2009 on smoke-free environments Union Customs Code Revision of Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Excise Contact Group #E02806#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2806 #MEMBER #C#Civil society#Employees/workers
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Rue Véronèse 73
Post Code: 1000
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office

Address: Rue Véronèse 73
Post Code: 1000
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data

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Complementary Information: ECMA is 100% funded by its full members listed above. Each full member has one vote, no matter the size of its contribution to the ECMA’s budget. Origins of membership fees + EU – 94.65% + Non-EU - 5.35% (Switzerland) Associated members are closely involved with the work of the association. However, they do not contribute to ECMA’s budget and do not have voting rights. The estimated annual costs attributable to activities covered by the Register in 2022: €106,574

Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 1
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 1
Members F T E: 0.5

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: Full members: Arnold André (Germany) BrightLeaf Cigars (France) Burger Söhne (Switzerland) Canariense de Tabacos (Spain, Canary Islands) Continental Tobacco Corporation (Hungary) Corita Cigars (France) Dannemann (Germany) De Olifant (Netherlands) Empresa Madeirense de Tabacos (Madeira, Portugal) Fábrica de Tabaco Micaelense S.A. (Açores, Portugal) Gesinta International (Spain) Joh. Wilh. Von Eicken GmbH (Germany) JL Tobacco (Malta) Flor de Selva (France) Manifatture Sigaro Toscano (Italy) Moderno Opificio del Sigaro Italiano (Italy) Meerapfel Companies (Belgium) Oettinger Davidoff (Switzerland) Ritmeester Cigars (Netherlands) Scandinavian Tobacco Group (Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium) Tabacalera S.L.U (Spain) Vandermarliere Cigar Family (Belgium) Wörmann & Scholle (Germany) Associated members: ANFICEC (Portugal) Asociacion Empresarial del Tabaco (Spain) Fédération des Fabricants de Cigares (France) Bundesverband der Zigarrenindustrie (Germany) Fecibel (Belgium) MY & MI (Slovakia) Nederlandse Vereniging voor de Sigarenindustrie (Netherlands) The Imported Tobacco Products Advisory Council (United Kingdom) Tobaksindustrien (Denmark)
Organisation Members: Paul Varakas is a Board member and President of the Society of European Affairs Professionals (SEAP) - https://seap.be