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

July 19, 2019

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.)

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19 July 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 HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. 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

	Aggregate number of
	ordinary shares of			Volume weighted
	EUR 0.01 each	Lowest price paid per	Highest price paid per	average price paid
Date of purchase	purchased	share (USX)	share (USX)	per share (USX)	Trading venue
12 July 2019	100,000	56.71	57.15	56.932761	New York Stock
					Exchange (" NYSE ")
15 July 2019	100,000	57.36	57.87	57.577632	NYSE
16 July 2019	100,000	56.95	57.56	57.270071	NYSE
17 July 2019	110,000	56.45	57.29	56.739599	NYSE
18 July 2019	107,000	56.15	56.76	56.459616	NYSE

Transaction details

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

Schedule of purchases

			Coca-Cola European Partners plc
	Shares purchased:		(ISIN: GB00BDCPN049)
	Dates of purchases:		12, 15, 16, 17 and 18 July 2019
	Investment firm:		HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
Individual transactions
A full breakdown of the individual transactions can be viewed at:

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https://www.ccep.com/system/file_resources/6391/190719_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: July 19, 2019	By:	/s/ Clare Wardle
	Name:	Clare Wardle
	Title:	General Counsel & Company Secretary
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