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Name of the Director who has cleared the briefing: C. Pettinel i
BASIS request ID: 7757
Participants: K. JORNA, joined by
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WHO
Meeting with
Cefic represented by
WHEN
1 December 2020, 11:30 – 12:00
WHERE
Online
WHY
Topics for discussion: (i) H2 Alliance, (ii) Chemicals Strategy Round Table, enforcement,
innovation agenda, (iii) Upgrade of industrial policy
MESSAGE
European Clean Hydrogen Alliance
• The
key objective of the Alliance is an investment agenda that supports an
ambitious deployment of hydrogen technologies in line with the EU Hydrogen
Strategy; the Alliance will deliver a project pipeline until 2030.
• The
project pipeline wil be drafted with support from the Roundtables, based on
project proposals from Alliance members and maximising synergies along the value
chain; it is expected to be ready by end of February.
• Active participation of the chemicals industries in the preparations of the project
pipeline will be mutually beneficial for the industries and the clean hydrogen value
chain, helping to optimise the deployment of large clean hydrogen projects along
the full value chain. This is especially relevant, as currently the fertilisers and
petrochemicals industries are the biggest users of hydrogen.
Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability
•
Enforcement of chemicals policy remains key for GROW. We will further improve
enforcement of EU rules internal y and at the borders by (i) strengthening the ‘no
data, no market principle’, (ii) audits in EU countries and (iii) setting uniform
conditions and frequency of checks for specific products.
• We will establish a high-level
round table with experts from industry, science and
the civil society to achieve the Strategy’s objectives in dialogue. The round table
will focus on how to make the chemicals legislation work more efficiently and
effectively, but also on how to boost the development and uptake of innovative
safe and sustainable chemicals across sectors.
• The transition to safe and sustainable by design chemicals requires
innovation.
The Strategy wil steer and support industry in its green transition; the Recovery
and Resilience Facility encourages Member States to invest in projects facilitating
green and digital transition; the Commission will provide support through its
financial instruments and research and innovation programs.
Upgrade of industrial policy
• An update of our industrial policy - to take into account the lessons learnt from the
COVID crisis - was announced by President von der Leyen and wil be presented by
Q2 of 2021. We are mapping the value and supply chains for each industrial
ecosystem to identify needs and mobilise tools where they are most needed.
• This mapping will enable us to target our collective efforts to most needed areas
such as financing, regulation, trade and competition policies, partnerships and
transversal initiatives such as Alliances; as these will bring benefit to several
industrial ecosystems at the same time. I am firmly convinced that such inclusive
approach that places our industry and our single market at the centre wil be key
to our recovery.
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Name of the Director who has cleared the briefing: C. Pettinel i
BASIS request ID: 7757
Participants: K. JORNA, joined by
Main contact person: