Coca Cola European Partners : Description Report of Foreign Issuer

United States

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

November 8, 2019

Commission File Number 001-37791

COCA-COLA EUROPEAN PARTNERS PLC

Pemberton House, Bakers Road

Uxbridge, UB8 1EZ, United Kingdom

(Address of principal executive office)

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8 November 2019

COCA-COLA EUROPEAN PARTNERS PLC (the "Company")

Transactions in Own Shares

The Company announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of EUR 0.01 each through Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC. The purchased shares have all been cancelled.

These share purchases form part of the Company's existing buyback programme, as announced on 12 September 2018, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 29 May 2019 (the "Buyback Programme"). The Company will make further announcements in due course following the completion of any further purchases pursuant to the Buyback Programme.

USX purchases

Daily aggregated information by trading venue

Date of purchase	Aggregate number of	Highest price	Lowest price	Volume weighted	Trading venue
	ordinary shares of EUR	paid per	paid per	average price paid
	0.01 each purchased	share (USX)	share (USX)	per share (USX)
1 November 2019	70,000	54.48	53.69	53.936599	New York Stock
					Exchange
					("NYSE")
4 November 2019	200	52.75	52.75	52.750000	BATS Global
					Markets
					("BATS")
4 November 2019	100	52.75	52.75	52.750000	BATS Global
					Markets
					Secondary
					Exchange
					("BYX")
4 November 2019	1,000	52.75	52.33	52.649000	CFX Alternative
					Trading
					("CFX")
4 November 2019	9,951	52.75	51.925	52.157546	IEX ("IEXG")
4 November 2019	100	52.74	52.74	52.740000	NASDAQ
					("NASDAQ")
4 November 2019	98,298	53.75	51.32	52.184815	NYSE
4 November 2019	1,000	52.74	52.33	52.685000	OTC Markets
					("OTC")
4 November 2019	9,251	52.75	52.33	52.543269	NYSE Arca
					("PSE")
4 November 2019	100	52.75	52.75	52.750000	CBOE EDGA
					Equity Exchange
					("XDEA")
5 November 2019	70,000	52.115	51.29	51.898042	NYSE
6 November 2019	80,000	52.25	51.48	51.727130	NYSE
7 November 2019	85,000	52.14	51.18	51.467301	NYSE

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Transaction details

The table below contains detailed information of the individual USX trades made by Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as part of the Buyback Programme.

Schedule of purchases

	Coca-Cola European Partners plc
Shares purchased:	(ISIN: GB00BDCPN049)
Dates of purchases:	1, 4, 5, 6 and 7 November 2019
Investment firm:	Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

Individual transactions

A full breakdown of the individual transactions can be viewed at:

https://www.ccep.com/system/file_resources/7381/191108_Weekly_Buyback_Programme_trade_details.pdf

COCA-COLA EUROPEAN PARTNERS PLC

Paul van Reesch

Deputy Company Secretary [phone]

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	COCA-COLA EUROPEAN PARTNERS PLC
		(Registrant)
Date: November 8, 2019	By:	/s/ Clare Wardle
	Name:	Clare Wardle
	Title:	General Counsel & Company Secretary
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