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

September 25, 2018

COCA-COLA EUROPEAN PARTNERS PLC

Pemberton House, Bakers Road

Uxbridge, UB8 1EZ, United Kingdom

(Address of principal executive office)

(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)

(Check One) Form 20-F ý

Form 40-F D ¨

(Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1))

(Check One) Yes ¨

No ý

(Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7))

(Check One) Yes ¨

No ý

25 September 2018

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 31 May 2018 (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 ordinary shares of EUR 0.01 each purchased

Lowest price paid per share (USX)

Highest price paid per share (USX)

Volume weighted average price paid per share (USX) (to 6 decimal places)

Trading venue

14 September 2018

7,819

45.38

45.61

45.482262

CBOE BZX Equity Exchange (" BATS ")

14 September 2018

1,484

45.395

45.63

45.507183

Boston Stock Exchange (" BSE ")

14 September 2018

127

45.4

45.5

45.421260

BATS Global Markets Secondary Exchange (" BYX ")

14 September 2018

4,200

45.445

45.7

45.591429

CFX Alternative Trading (" CFX ")

14 September 2018

981

45.45

45.53

45.490000

IEX (" IEXG ")

14 September 2018

7,557

45.41

45.72

45.512910

NASDAQ

14 September 2018

200

45.48

45.52

45.500000

NYSE - National Exchange (" NSX ")B

14 September 2018

10,789

45.35

45.64

45.476508

New York Stock Exchange (" NYSE ")

14 September 2018

24,216

45.43

45.67

45.484714

OTC Markets (" OTC ")

14 September 2018

100

45.52

45.52

45.520000

Nasdaq PSX (" PHLX ")

14 September 2018

139,898

45.27

45.78

45.490930

NYSE Arca (" PSE ")

14 September 2018

100

45.39

45.39

45.390000

CBOE EDGA Equity Exchange (" XDEA ")

14 September 2018

529

45.46

45.6

45.527013

CBOE EDGX Equity Exchange (" XDEX ")

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Date of purchase

Aggregate number of ordinary shares of EUR 0.01 each purchased

Lowest price paid per share (USX)

Highest price paid per share (USX)

Volume weighted average price paid per share (USX) (to 6 decimal places)

Trading venue

17 September 2018

8,172

45.7

45.84

45.776908

BATS

17 September 2018

4,231

45.71

45.85

45.810584

BSE

17 September 2018

1,629

45.71

45.82

45.775862

BYX

17 September 2018

29,873

45.705

45.895

45.794180

CFX

17 September 2018

310

45.69

45.77

45.767419

IEX

17 September 2018

20,108

45.68

45.91

45.774934

NASDAQ

17 September 2018

400

45.71

45.77

45.740000

NSX

17 September 2018

19,015

45.68

45.88

45.782771

NYSE

17 September 2018

72,271

45.71

45.89

45.800716

OTC

17 September 2018

100

45.74

45.74

45.740000

PHLX

17 September 2018

91,899

45.68

45.89

45.766460

PSE

17 September 2018

600

45.71

45.8

45.753333

XDEA

17 September 2018

2,392

45.7

45.89

45.770334

XDEX

18 September 2018

8,041

45.84

45.94

45.896347

BATS

18 September 2018

14,353

45.84

45.95

45.930419

BSE

18 September 2018

1,553

45.84

45.95

45.893706

BYX

18 September 2018

2,890

45.855

45.95

45.898287

CFX

18 September 2018

1,600

45.84

45.93

45.903000

IEX

18 September 2018

3

45.84

45.84

45.840000

Chicago Stock Exchange (" MSE ")

18 September 2018

157,414

45.73

45.94

45.880520

NASDAQ

18 September 2018

300

45.84

45.93

45.880000

NSX

18 September 2018

20,059

45.8

45.95

45.891273

NYSE

18 September 2018

39,705

45.75

45.95

45.905412

OTC

18 September 2018

3,200

45.73

45.94

45.813125

PSE

18 September 2018

225

45.84

45.95

45.886222

XDEA

18 September 2018

1,657

45.84

45.93

45.881068

XDEX

19 September 2018

7,926

45.54

45.76

45.684649

BATS

19 September 2018

3,027

45.6

45.77

45.701341

BSE

19 September 2018

2,346

45.585

45.765

45.708312

BYX

19 September 2018

8,220

45.5

45.75

45.612713

CFX

19 September 2018

2,900

45.5

45.77

45.663233

IEX

19 September 2018

11,476

45.49

45.76

45.704800

NASDAQ

19 September 2018

100

45.73

45.73

45.730000

NSX

19 September 2018

162,018

45.47

45.77

45.653430

NYSE

19 September 2018

15,955

45.5

45.77

45.634193

OTC

19 September 2018

1,600

45.63

45.76

45.670625

PSE

19 September 2018

261

45.69

45.74

45.717395

XDEA

19 September 2018

171

45.62

45.75

45.696491

XDEX

20 September 2018

14,779

45.93

46.13

46.029815

BATS

20 September 2018

15,333

45.96

46.09

46.063039

BSE

20 September 2018

586

45.96

46.03

45.997270

BYX

20 September 2018

3,400

45.99

46.125

46.035882

CFX

20 September 2018

990

45.93

46.06

45.999192

IEX

20 September 2018

141,411

45.89

46.13

46.012492

NASDAQ

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Date of purchase

Aggregate number of ordinary shares of EUR 0.01 each purchased

Lowest price paid per share (USX)

Highest price paid per share (USX)

Volume weighted average price paid per share (USX) (to 6 decimal places)

Trading venue

20 September 2018

300

45.93

45.99

45.950000

NSX

20 September 2018

6,137

45.95

46.12

46.017515

NYSE

20 September 2018

30,602

45.94

46.09

46.036683

OTC

20 September 2018

200

46

46

46.000000

PHLX

20 September 2018

122

45.99

46

45.991803

PSE

20 September 2018

1,279

45.99

46.09

46.033886

XDEA

20 September 2018

1,461

45.86

46.08

46.003190

XDEX

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

Shares purchased:

Coca-Cola European Partners plc (ISIN: GB00BDCPN049)

Dates of purchases:

14, 17, 18, 19 and 20 September 2018

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/4191/180925_Weekly_Buyback_Programme_indiv_trade_details.pdf

COCA-COLA EUROPEAN PARTNERS PLC

Paul van Reesch

Deputy Company Secretary +44 7890 123911

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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: September 25, 2018

By:

/s/ Clare Wardle

Name:

Clare Wardle

Title:

General Counsel & Company Secretary

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