cepi.org

CEPI (the Confederation of European Paper Industries) publishes its news, policy positions and monitoring reports on its website, cepi.org. The site carries a News section and a Publications section, and the two overlap: items such as the joint letter from Energy Intensive Industries ahead of the 15 October EU Council are filed under both "Energy Transition and Green Deal" and "Publications." If you are looking for a specific document type, the practical route is to start from the News listing for dated announcements and from the Publications tag for formal papers and reports.

What You Can Find on cepi.org

The site's own headings show the main content streams:

The topic tags shown alongside items ("Energy Transition and Green Deal," "Publications") indicate how the site groups material, so a document on energy or Green Deal matters will typically appear under both a topic and the Publications label.

How to Locate a Specific Document

1. Decide what you need. A dated reaction to an EU Council meeting is a news item; a recycling performance report is a publication.
2. Open the News section for announcements and letters. Check the date line — items are dated, e.g. 14/10/2026 — to confirm you have the current version.
3. Open the Publications section for reports and formal papers. The recycling monitoring report is the reference point for progress under the European Declaration on Paper Recycling 2021–2030.
4. Verify the scope. For the recycling report, confirm the year in the title (2025) and the declaration period it covers (2021–2030) before citing figures.

Expected result: you should land on a page that names the document, its date or reporting year, and its topic tag. If a search result lacks a date or year, treat it as unverified and go back to the section listing.

Common Sticking Points

• News vs. Publications confusion. Some items appear in both. If a search fails in one section, check the other before assuming the document is unavailable.
• Undated copies. Third-party reposts of CEPI letters often drop the date. Use the dated version on cepi.org when citing.
• Report year vs. declaration period. The recycling monitoring report is annual, but it measures the multi-year 2021–2030 declaration. Do not read a single year's report as the full-period result.
• Access terms. The site materials reviewed do not state pricing or login requirements for these pages; confirm access conditions on the page itself rather than assuming open or restricted availability.

Choosing the Right Entry Point

• Tracking EU policy developments → News, filtered by topic such as Energy Transition and Green Deal.
• Citing CEPI's official position → Publications, using the full title of the position paper.
• Benchmarking recycling performance → the European Paper Recycling Council Monitoring Report, checking the year in the title.
• Sector skills and workforce questions → project pages such as FUPROJOB4PAPER.

For background on what CEPI is and which EU policy areas it covers, the site's own news and publication topics — energy transition, the Green Deal, carbon leakage protection and circular bioeconomy — give a reliable picture of its current focus areas.

CEPI tracks progress through the European Paper Recycling Council (EPRC), which publishes a Monitoring Report for the European Declaration on Paper Recycling 2021–2030. The report assesses recycling performance against the declaration's commitments and is listed among CEPI's publications, so it serves as the public record of whether the 2021–2030 goals are being met.

Who does the tracking

The European Declaration on Paper Recycling is a voluntary commitment covering the 2021–2030 period. The European Paper Recycling Council — the body that monitors the declaration — issues the Monitoring Report. CEPI, as the Confederation of European Paper Industries, hosts and disseminates the report through its publications, which is why the 2025 edition appears on cepi.org.

This division matters if you are citing the work: the declaration and its monitoring sit with the EPRC, while CEPI is the industry confederation publishing and communicating the results.

What the Monitoring Report covers

The report evaluates recycling performance and progress toward the declaration's objectives for the 2021–2030 cycle. In practical terms, it is the document to consult when you need to know:

• whether the declared recycling commitments are on track for the current period;
• how performance is being assessed across the signatories and the sector;
• what the EPRC records as the state of play in a given reporting year.

The 2025 Monitoring Report is the current edition referenced on the site. Because the declaration runs to 2030, each annual report is a checkpoint rather than a final verdict.

How to use it

If your task is to check progress or cite a figure, start from the CEPI publications listing and open the EPRC Monitoring Report 2025. Read it as the EPRC's own assessment of the declaration, and attribute findings to the EPRC rather than to CEPI directly. For the policy context around recycling and circularity, CEPI's news and publications sections carry related items — for example, its coverage of carbon leakage protection and the circular bioeconomy — but the Monitoring Report remains the specific instrument for declaration progress.

What this does and does not tell you

The Monitoring Report answers "how is the declaration doing?" It does not by itself establish the legal status of the declaration (it is a voluntary commitment, not regulation), nor does it replace EU-level statistics. If you need binding targets or official EU data, treat the report as industry self-monitoring and cross-check against the relevant official sources.

CEPI (the Confederation of European Paper Industries) focuses its EU policy work on four areas visible on its site: energy-intensive industry positions tied to the Energy Transition and Green Deal, carbon leakage protection and global competitiveness, paper recycling under the European Declaration on Paper Recycling 2021–2030, and sector skills and workforce development. These are the topics CEPI communicates publicly; the site does not set out a full policy programme or membership terms, so treat this as the agenda CEPI is actively publishing on rather than an exhaustive list.

Energy-intensive industry and the Green Deal

CEPI groups its energy and climate messaging under "Energy Transition and Green Deal." A clear example is the joint letter from Energy Intensive Industries ahead of the 15 October EU Council, published 14 October 2026 and filed under both Energy Transition and Green Deal and Publications.

The pattern to note: CEPI acts jointly with other energy-intensive sectors rather than alone on energy costs and decarbonisation. If you are tracking how the pulp and paper sector positions itself on energy policy, the joint industry letters are the documents to follow, and they appear in the Publications section.

Carbon leakage protection and competitiveness

CEPI frames carbon leakage protection as a competitiveness issue for what it calls Europe's Circular Bioeconomy. The site headline is explicit: "Restoring carbon leakage protection to safeguard the global competitiveness of Europe's Circular Bioeconomy."

Two things follow for a reader:

• CEPI's argument links environmental policy design to the sector's ability to compete globally, not just to emissions outcomes.
• The word "restoring" signals that CEPI sees current protection as weakened and is advocating a change, not defending the status quo.

This is a position, not a neutral summary. Use it as evidence of where the industry body stands when you need to characterise industry views in a policy analysis.

Paper recycling: the 2021–2030 declaration

Recycling is a distinct workstream with a monitoring mechanism attached. CEPI's site lists the "European Paper Recycling Council Monitoring Report 2025 for the European Declaration on Paper Recycling 2021-2030."

For practical use, this gives you a dated, checkable source: the declaration sets the 2021–2030 commitments, and the Monitoring Report tracks progress against them. If you need recycling performance figures for the European paper sector, start from the Monitoring Report rather than from general industry claims, and cite the report year you actually used.

Skills and workforce development

CEPI also covers labour and skills through projects such as FUPROJOB4PAPER, described on the site as "building skills for the future of Europe's pulp and paper sector."

This matters if your interest is industrial policy beyond emissions — workforce capacity is treated as part of the sector's future competitiveness, alongside energy and trade exposure.

How to use these topics

Limits to keep in mind

The site evidence covers news headlines, publication categories and excerpts — not full policy papers. Before relying on a position, open the underlying publication, note its date (the energy letter is dated 14 October 2026), and check whether it is a CEPI-only statement or a joint industry letter, since the two carry different weight. Nothing on the site indicates public access terms for members-only material, so verify availability before planning to cite a document you have not opened.

CEPI is the Confederation of European Paper Industries, a trade federation that represents Europe's pulp and paper sector. Its website, cepi.org, is the organization's public information hub: it publishes industry news, policy positions, publications, and project updates on topics such as energy transition, the EU Green Deal, circular bioeconomy, and paper recycling. If you want to understand who speaks for the European paper industry on policy or where to find its published positions and monitoring reports, cepi.org is the primary source.

What CEPI is and who it represents

CEPI is a confederation, meaning it brings together national paper industry associations and, through them, companies across Europe's pulp and paper sector. Its role is representative and informational rather than regulatory: it advocates on behalf of the industry toward EU institutions and communicates the sector's positions and data publicly.

The website's own title identifies it as the "Confederation of European Paper Industries," which is the clearest confirmation of scope. The sector it covers spans pulp production, paper and board manufacturing, and the linked recycling chain.

What the website covers

The homepage is organized around news and publications. The topics visible in its current content give a practical picture of what CEPI communicates:

Two things follow from this. First, CEPI's output is heavily policy-oriented — letters, positions, and reports aimed at EU decision-making. Second, it publishes monitoring and project material, not just advocacy, so the site is also a place to find sector data and program updates.

How to use the site

The site is a reference resource, not a service portal. There is no indication in the available material of pricing, membership sign-up flows, or login-restricted content, so treat what you see as public-facing information.

Practical uses:

• Tracking policy positions. If you need to know where the European paper industry stands on energy costs, carbon leakage, or the Green Deal, the news and publications sections carry the official statements.
• Finding sector reports. The recycling monitoring report is an example of a recurring publication tied to a specific commitment (the 2021–2030 declaration). Look for annual editions under the same topic.
• Following projects. Items like FUPROJOB4PAPER show workforce and skills initiatives; these pages typically explain the project's purpose and partners.
• Citing the organization correctly. When referencing CEPI, use its full name, Confederation of European Paper Industries, and link to the specific publication rather than the homepage.

A concrete example

Suppose you are preparing a briefing on how EU energy policy affects paper manufacturers. You would go to cepi.org, open the news item on the Energy Intensive Industries letter ahead of the 15 October EU Council, and use it to identify the industry's stated concerns and the coalition it signs with. You would then check the publications section for the carbon leakage position to see the sector's proposed policy fix. Both are primary-source documents you can cite directly.

What to keep in mind

• It is an industry body. Positions published on cepi.org represent the sector's interests. Use them as evidence of industry views, not as neutral analysis.
• Content is EU-focused. The policy framing centers on European institutions and directives, which is appropriate if your question concerns Europe but not if you need global paper industry data.
• Dates matter. Policy letters and monitoring reports are tied to specific moments (a Council meeting, an annual reporting cycle). Check the publication date before relying on a position as current.

If your goal is simply to confirm what CEPI is, the answer is above. If your goal is to use its material, start from the news and publications sections and follow the topic that matches your question — energy and climate, competitiveness, skills, or recycling.