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Annual Reports

The Annual Reports provide a comprehensive review of the association’s performance while evaluating our activities over the years based on our strategic priorities.

These years of major disturbances and fast changing flows around the world have set a challenging and unpredictable landscape for our activities. Always in contact with our unique network of experts across Europe within our members organisations and companies, the activities of the Association continue to intensify and issues placed on the table have been carried successfully. 

Annual Report 2016

It is always a pleasure to look back, to appreciate what has been achieved while learning lessons for the future. 2016 was a year of change for business, markets and politics, with numerous challenges to be addressed by the trading sector. COCERAL, its member associations and companies worked tirelessly to successfully mitigate risks and find solutions to ever-changing legislation. The examples presented in this report are just a sample of the efforts undertaken last year. However, they help to illustrate the diversity of regulatory and political risks the sector faces Predictability and damage limitation are key benefits enjoyed by COCERAL members in an increasingly uncertain regulatory environment. There is no let-up in these challenges, as the first months of 2017 have already shown. COCERAL will therefore continue to review its operations and capabilities while always striving for excellence. As a leading association in the value chain, COCERAL will continue to position itself as a knowledgeable partner, putting its members’ needs first, and help to educate administrations and  politicians about the impact of their decisions on our business.

Jaana Kleinschmit von Lengefeld