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We would like to thank all EPAL licensees, all users of EPAL pallets and all our network partners for the good cooperation in 2022 and we wish you, your families and your employees a wonderful Christmas time and much happiness and health in the new year 2023.

Already by the end of November, more than 100 million new EPAL euro pallets have been produced in 2022. The record result of the year 2021 will once again be clearly exceeded again in 2022.

The last Board meeting of 2022 of the European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) took place at EPAL International in Düsseldorf. The development of the EPAL Euro pallet pool in 2022 and the forecast for 2023 were at the heart of the Board meeting. Adapting the EPAL Technical Regulations to the demands of digitalising logistics was a particularly important theme.

The European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) was inducted as a new member of the Logistics Hall of Fame on 29 November 2022 at a gala reception in Berlin. The Presidents of EPAL, Dirk Hoferer and Jarek Maciążek, personally received the award from the Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and Transport, Dr. Volker Wissing.

For EPAL pallets and other transport packaging, the indication of the recycling code FOR 50 in the transport documents is sufficient.

On September 23, 2022, the Board of the European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) met in Lisbon for its third meeting in 2022. The board meeting has been chaired for the first time by the newly elected EPAL presidents in June 2022, Dirk Hoferer and Jarek Maciążek.

The 2022 General Assembly of the European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) took place in Zurich on 24 June 2022. The key element of this General Assembly was to bid farewell to the previous President Robert Holliger and elect the new Presidents, Jarek Maciążek and Dirk Hoferer.

On June 23, 2022 the Board meeting of the European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) took place in Zurich. Besides the situation in Ukraine, the EPAL Board discussed other current topics of the open EPAL European Pallet Pool.