EMPM overall objective is to defend and promote the interests of the European media packaging manufacturers through the following activities:

	Defining and communicating EMPM position on European regulations and policies;
	Influencing the law-making process on legislation affecting its activity;
	Maintaining and improving relationships with the European institutions, other professional bodies and non-governmental organisations;
	Carrying out business surveys to enable members to compare their companies’ performance with the European trends, thus helping them to undertake necessary actions to better meet the demand of the market.

	Developing Countries, International Trade and Sustainable Development: the function of the Community's generalised systems of preferences (GSP) for the ten-year perdiod from 2003 to 2015
	Green Paper on the Future of Rules of Origin in Preferential Trade Arrangements
	European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC on Packaging and Packaging Waste
	Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 94/62/EC on Packaging and Packaging Waste