The European Vending Association (EVA) is a not-for-profit organisation established in Brussels.

It represents the interests of the whole European vending industry vis-à-vis the European Institutions and other relevant authorities or bodies.

A vending machine is defined in the EVA statutes as:
'A device aimed for the self-service sale or provision of goods and/or services that can be operated by entering a coin, a bank note, a token, a chip or other card/key or by other command. This does not cover entertainment and gambling machines.'