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From:
 (CAB-TIMMERMANS)
To:
Cc:
@eurofer.be; COLOMBANI Antoine (CAB-TIMMERMANS)
Subject:
RE: European Steel Association (EUROFER) position on EEAG and meeting request (linked to
Ares(2021)2761306)
Date:
mardi 21 septembre 2021 17:53:00
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Dear 
 
Kindly thank you for your mail. We would be pleased to propose you a follow-up meeting with
Mr Antoine Colombani on 26 October at 11h00, if this is also suitable on your side. Could you
please kindly check and let us know.
We would be pleased to set up the video-call. In relation to that, we would kindly ask you to
send us the names and the e-mail addresses of the participants on your side.
 
Kindly thank you in advance and looking forward to your feedback.
 
Kind regards,
 
 
Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
European Green Deal
 
 
European Commission
BERL
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
@ec.europa.eu
 
 
 
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Sent: Friday, September 17, 2021 3:30 PM
To: 
 (CAB-TIMMERMANS) 
@ec.europa.eu>
Cc: 
@eurofer.be; COLOMBANI Antoine (CAB-TIMMERMANS)
@ec.europa.eu>
Subject: RE: European Steel Association (EUROFER) position on EEAG and meeting
request
 
Dear 
,
 
We are following up to the meeting we have had with Mr Colombani on the revision of
the CEEAG back in May. We agreed to organise another meeting once the proposal of


the Commission was released.
 
Given that this has happened in June, and that the public consultation closed in August,
we wanted to use this opportunity to further exchange on the impact of the Commission
proposal on the steel sector, and further elaborate on our position.
 
We thank you for considering our request,
Kind regards
 
 
 
From: 
@ec.europa.eu> 
Sent: Monday, 26 April 2021 10:34
To: 
@eurofer.eu
Cc: 
@eurofer.be; COLOMBANI Antoine 
@ec.europa.eu>
Subject: RE: European Steel Association (EUROFER) position on EEAG and meeting
request
 
Dear 
,
 
Kindly thank you for your mail and request for a meeting with Mr Colombani. We
apologise for the delayed reply, which is due to high number of requests received by the
Cabinet.
We could propose you a meeting on 28 May at 15h00 if suitable on your side as well.
 
We will organise the meeting as a video-call via Webex platform and in order to set it up,
we would kindly ask you to confirm the names and the e-mail addresses of the
participants on your side.
 
Could you please kindly check and confirm whether this would be acceptable on your
side as well?
 
Kindly thank you in advance.
 
Kind regards,
 


 
Assistant
Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
European Green Deal
 
 
European Commission
BERL
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
@ec.europa.eu
 
 
 
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@eurofer.eu> 
Sent: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 11:55 AM
To: COLOMBANI Antoine (CAB-TIMMERMANS)
@ec.europa.eu>
Cc: 
 (CAB-TIMMERMANS)
@ec.europa.eu>; 
@eurofer.be
Subject: European Steel Association (EUROFER) position on EEAG and meeting
request
 
Dear Mr Colombani,
 
On behalf of the European steel industry, we would like to share with you our
position on the Environmental and Energy Guidelines (EEAG), in light of the
ongoing revision and in view of the future draft Commission proposal, which we
understand will be published in the course of the next months.
 
We believe that EU’s competition law rules should play an essential role in
ensuring the twin objectives of reaching climate neutrality by mid-century, while
maintaining a strong industrial base in Europe (see attached the Joint Submission
of the Alliance for Energy-Intensive Industries to the EC consultation on
Competition Policy & the Green Deal).
 
The revision of the EEAG will be in particular crucial for ensuring globally
competitive industrial electricity prices and for de-risking and innovation
support for low carbon technologies in energy intensive sectors, including in the
steel industry.
Access to abundant, competitively-priced low carbon energy, and electricity in
particular, is a key framework condition for the industrial transition to climate
neutrality. With intermittent renewables set to represent 85% of European
electricity by 2045, the Commission should strive to ensure that electricity
remains sufficient and globally competitive.
 


·       In our view, globally competitive industrial electricity prices can be
secured by ensuring that renewable surcharge exemptions are
maintained and by limiting future climate related costs impacting
electricity consumption prices that are not faced by our international
competitors.
·       With regard to the revisions of the EEAG, an essential modification for
supporting the low carbon transition of energy intensive industries (EIIs)
is the granting of aid, including operating aid, for industrial
decarbonisation technologies beyond carbon capture and storage. The
revision should be thus closely linked to the climate objectives set out in
the European Green Deal.
 
The transition of the steel industry – including setting-up of new low-carbon
production facilities, first deployment, their operational costs, and dismantling
and clean-up costs of the replaced facilities – will entail tremendous costs that
our sector will not be able to bear on its own. Thus, we cannot miss the
opportunity of setting the right framework for ambitious Carbon Contracts for
Difference (CCfDs) that cover the full abatement costs. We want the share with
you our contribution on the EEAG revision (see attached the EUROFER
accompanying document to the EEAG public consultation), which includes our
detailed position on CCfDs.
 
We kindly request to organise a meeting at your earliest convenience to
elaborate on our recommendations and proposals.
 
Thank you for considering our request,