Advanced Materials Act

In view of the Commission’s future legislative work on the Advanced Materials Act, please find attached a document drawn up by the Directorate for Programmes and Industry of the Spanish Space Agency in which we have gathered comments and proposals from the Spanish R & D & I ecosystem on advanced materials for application to the space sector.

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Advanced materials are essential for strategic sectors e.g. energy storage, hydrogen technologies, power electronics, semiconductors, neuromorphic and quantum hardware, and sustainable industrial processes. Scientists at Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) conduct pioneering research on these fields structured around high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI), advanced experimentation, and large-scale…

The Commissions Advanced Materials Act (AMA) is welcome, as is the intention to introduce a coherent EU-level regulatory framework to strengthen research, innovation, production capacity and uptake of advanced materials. Advanced materials are essential enablers of the EUs green and digital transitions, industrial competitiveness, and strategic autonomy.

REBCO Superconductors as a Strategic Energy and Infrastructure Solution for Europe. REBCO (rare-earth-barium-copper-oxide) high-temperature superconductors represent a breakthrough energy technology with the potential to transform Europes energy landscape and industries.

Ecolab Life Sciences welcomes the European Commissions initiative to establish an Advanced Materials Act aimed at strengthening EU competitiveness, sustainability, and strategic autonomy. Our advanced resin technologies, including our bio-based solutions derived from red seaweed, are critical enablers for pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, supporting innovation, circularity, and resilience across…

Submitted in response to the European Commission invitation to provide feedback on the impact assessment for the Advanced Materials Act (legislative initiative: proposal for a Regulation of the Eu. Parliament and of the Council; indicative timetable: 4th quarter of 2026).

ANIVEC welcomes this call for evidence, recognising Advanced Materials as a strategic vector for the competitiveness of the European Textile and Clothing Industry (ITV). These materials are key to enabling sustainability and circularity, enabling the transition from a volume model to a model of higher added value.

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The Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS) considers the European Commissions initiative to prepare the Advanced Materials Act to be an important opportunity for the systematic support of the development and deployment of advanced materials in the European Union.

The University of Hasselt is active in the field of Advanced Materials within its Institute imo-imomec, the largest research institute of the university. The consultation contribution is being done from this perspective. Within the institute we bridge the gap between atomic-level research and real-world applications.

Perspective of a European Micro-SME Consultancy AcumenIST SRL is a European micro-SME consultancy active in the advanced materials ecosystem. We welcome the European Commissions initiative to develop an Advanced Materials Act. Advanced materials are a key enabling technology for Europes green and digital transitions, industrial competitiveness, and strategic autonomy.

Advanced materials are essential for Hungarys industrial competitiveness. Hungary hosts internationally competitive advanced materials activities, as demonstrated by Zolteks world-class carbon fibre production. However, downstream composite manufacturing, qualification and certification for key applications are largely carried out outside Hungary and sometimes outside the EU, due to the lack of pilot-scale…

We are extremely interested in hearing your request to express our opinion in support of this important topic regarding advanced and critical materials and the potential applications that promote their management and use.

The upcoming Advanced Materials Act is critically important for the European semiconductor industry. Next-generation chips will be defined as much by materials innovation as by lithography or design: new transistor architectures and scaling pathways require novel high-purity materials, new deposition/etch chemistries, improved dielectrics and conductors as well as advanced packaging materials for high-density…

IFF welcomes the European Commissions Advanced Materials Act (AMA) as a strategic opportunity to strengthen Europes industrial base and accelerate the uptake of sustainable, bio based advanced materials. As a global innovation leader with a strong European footprint, IFF emphasises the need for a predictable, innovation friendly regulatory framework that enables market access for new materials and recognises their…

The Advanced Materials Act (AMA) responds to the real and well-diagnosed challenges facing the European Union industry, in particular in the context of the competitiveness and resilience of supply chains. As entrepreneurs represented by the Polish Confederation Lewiatan, we fully support the direction of action proposed by the European Commission, especially in terms of shortening the time to market of innovative…

The overarching objective of DigiPass-CSA is to enhance the digital maturity of the European communities that develop materials and intermediate products. The key result of DigiPass is to create a sustainable platform which includes support for Digital Materials & Product Passport and for collaborative innovation-by-design processes in a circular economy served by Advanced Materials (AM).

Thank you for opening this call for evidence. Our feedback focuses on the following: REBCO high-temperature superconductors are a strategic advanced material for Europes future high-energy physics programme, with strong synergies in fusion, healthcare, and other systems.

EMMC represents stakeholders in materials modelling and digitalisation and the following comments pertain mainly to adanced materials research and innovation (R&I). We recognise that digitalisation, including the combination of modelling and experiment, supported by AI/ML, the improved management of data and knowledge, is rapidly changing the R&I landscape.

The European synchrotrons and free electron lasers united in LEAPS welcome the European Commissions initiative to develop an Advanced Materials Act (AMA) as a strategic instrument to strengthen Europes technological sovereignty, industrial competitiveness, and sustainability.

Advanced Materials (AM) are essential system technologies for Europes industrial competitiveness, resilience and strategic autonomy, underpinning key value chains in mobility, energy, electronics, construction and health.

Element Six is a global leader in the design, development, and production of synthetic diamonds and tungsten carbide supermaterials. Part of the De Beers Group, Element Six employs over 1,200 people, with primary manufacturing sites in Europe located in Germany, Ireland, and the UK.

Advanced materials can offer huge benefits to a wide range of sectors, ranging from automotive to energy to healthcare. Europe has world leading and Nobel Prize winning academic capability for the discovery and early research of advanced materials.

FEAD, the European Waste Management Association, welcomes the European Commissions initiative to develop an Advanced Materials Act. Advanced materials will play a central role in decarbonisation, clean technologies and strategic value chains. At the same time, they are already creating new and increasingly complex waste streams that challenge existing collection, sorting, treatment and recycling systems.

Measurement science (metrology) is crucial in underpinning accuracy and standardization. To promote this, several European Metrology Networks (EMNs) have been established by EURAMET, the European Association of National Metrology Institutes. These networks are collaborative, topic-focused platforms designed to strengthen metrology research, innovation, and service provision across Europe.

We welcome the opportunity to provide feedback to the evidence collection supporting the preparation of the upcoming Advanced Materials Act and appreciate IAM-Is role in structuring industry input on key regulatory bottlenecks. Overall, we consider the proposed orientation highly relevant and timely.

Stora Enso appreciates the opportunity to contribute to the European Commissions call for evidence on the Advanced Materials Act. As a company pioneering bio-based solutions for the construction, battery, packaging, and other key sectors, we support efforts to accelerate innovation, scale up and deployment of advanced (including bio based) materials in the EU. Please find attached our response.

NON-FERROUS METALS INDUSTRY INPUT TO THE UPCOMING ADVANCED MATERIALS ACT The metals ecosystem is pivotal to Europe's industrial base and plays a critical role in enabling the twin green and digital transitions. Non-ferrous metals (NFM) - from the base metals (aluminium, copper, lead, nickel, tin, zinc) through technology metals (e.g.

Industrial Minerals Association Europe (IMA-Europe) welcomes the possibility to provide input to the open call for evidence for stakeholders interested in sharing their views which will serve as the basis for the impact assessment of the Advanced Materials Act (AMA) to be proposed by the Commission as a Regulation for the European Parliament and of the Council.

Polymeris, as the French competitiveness cluster for plastics, elastomers and composites, is in line with the initiative of the European Commission to develop an Advanced Materials Act. This Act is a great opportunity to reinforce the activities of actors like IAM-I and to support the actors of the R&I Advanced Materials value chain.

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, provides deep-tech expertise, R&I infrastructure, and long-term innovation support under its national mandate to foster technology-driven business growth. VTT welcomes the Commissions forthcoming Advanced Materials (AMs) Act, which aims to strengthen Europe's competitiveness and strategic autonomy through AMs development and deployment.

Advanced materials provide innovative solutions for a more efficient, sustainable, and competitive industry, playing a key role in achieving the EU objectives of strengthening competitiveness and achieving climate neutrality by 2050. BioChem Europe strongly welcomes the upcoming Act and its objective to reinforce the European Unions leadership in innovation, sustainability, and industrial competitiveness.

We support the objectives and actions for advanced materials (AdMas) but emphasise that their innovative character poses regulatory challenges for safety, sustainability, and circularity. Safety is insufficiently addressed in the Call for Evidence (CfE), while current regulation and test methods may not adequately assess AdMa safety and sustainability (S&S) to protect human health and the environment.

The consortium of the Horizon Europe project MACRAMÉ (Grand Agreement ID: 101092686) acknowledges the initiative by the Commission to strengthen research, innovation and uptake of advanced materials (AdMas) in Europe. MACRAMÉ emphasises the importance of purposeful measures towards the development of safe and sustainable AdMas.

The Advanced Materials Act constitutes a pivotal instrument for converting Europes research excellence into sustained industrial leadership. Such grand challenge can become feasible upon developing novel advanced materials with a clear focus on accelerating the transition from research to market, promoting circularity and sustainability, and ensuring technologies that underpin security, resilience, and strategic…

The European textile and apparel industry welcomes the European Commissions intention to develop an Advanced Materials Act and supports its objective of accelerating innovation, manufacturing capacity and uptake of advanced materials in Europe.

To address the structural problems that the Advanced Materials Act must address, the Commission proposes four sets of solutions that are subject to consultation. CSIC, through its Coordination of the Matter Area and in connection with its specialised research institutes, addresses these solutions in a series of statements that contextualise the state of the art in Advanced Materials, as well as the needs and…

From the perspective of an EU SME like Moses, the development of future advanced materials is not merely a scientific pursuit but a critical factor for industrial survival and global competitiveness. The integration of new materials must be practical, sustainable (economically and environmentally) viable, and strictly aligned with European regulatory demands.

As the EU prepares to launch the Advanced Materials Act, APAG Oleochemicals Europe, a sector group of Cefic, is calling for recognition as a strategic player that deploys high-performance applications to the market: -Polymers: Beyond its well-established applications as stabilisers and lubricants for polymers, oleochemicals are renewable building blocks used to create biodegradable polymers.

The development of future advanced materials is the challenge of transforming cutting-edge research into scalable, sustainable, and regulatory-compliant industrial solutions. Aitiip focuses on bridging the gap between the laboratory and the market, acting as a transfer engine that integrates materials science with next-generation manufacturing. 1.

As representative of a company manufacturing advanced carbon nanomaterials, we strongly support this initiative and believe that advanced materials play a crucial role in the European economy in many different sectors. They are the essential building blocks of advanced manufacturing in sectors such as transport, energy, electronics, construction, medical devices and many others.

Submitted on behalf of the Horizon Europe project PINK (Grant Agreement ID: 101137809): We welcome the objectives of the Advanced Materials Act striving to establish a horizontal framework and setting the conditions for the development and market introduction of innovative advanced materials.

The CEA welcomes the forthcoming regulation on advanced materials, which aims to strengthen the European Union’s industrial leadership in this field. As highlighted by the Commission in its Communication of 27 February 2024, the development of advanced materials is a key lever for Europe’s competitiveness.

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An effective way to address the objectives of this action is to establish dedicated funding instruments for foundational, multidisciplinary research on advanced materials discovery, integrating materials physics, machine learning, statistical physics, and network theory.

Technology Industries of Sweden (Teknikföretagen), the primary representative for Swedish industry 1. supports the objective of the Advanced Materials Act to strengthen Europes capacity to innovate, produce, and deploy advanced materials. 2.

We believe the Advanced Materials Act must deploy a comprehensive suite of demand-side policies to create a predictable market, as existing instruments for research and scale-up cannot alone bridge the "valley of death" to profitable production.

For the success and effectiveness of the Advanced Materials Act we consider clarity as essential. This starts with a clear focus on what is considered an advanced material. It must also mandatorily integrate R&D in regulatory science and safety research because only adequate, appropriate test methods create clarity for both industry and regulators and thus speed-up the regulatory process and market access.

The Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA), the global industry association for the nanotechnology sector, welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the Advanced Materials Act. This initiative must allow advanced materials to be supported as a critical and vital sector within Europe.

In the February 2024 communication, the European Commission explicitly recognises dynamic optically transparent and glazing technologies as advanced materials. These technologies qualify as advanced materials as they enable energy-efficient buildings, clean mobility, enhance occupant wellbeing, and increase circularity and overall environmental performance.

Input from EIC Engineered Living Materials (ELM) Portfolio Projects: REMEDY, Bio-HhOST, BIOACTION, Fungateria, LoopOfFun, SUMO The EIC Engineered Living Materials (ELMs) portfolio comprises 10 collaborative projects, bringing together a broad network of partners across Europe, including leading universities, research institutes, and SMEs, and collectively covering the comprehensive European research and innovation…

The European Wood Policy Platform (WoodPoP) welcomes the initiative on the Advanced Materials Act and calls for targeted measures to ensure that renewable bio-based materialsparticularly woodare explicitly recognised as advanced materials. Wood is an essential raw material for Europes green transition, generating climate benefits, enabling circularity, and fostering strategic autonomy.

ASD welcomes the Commission's initiative to develop an Advanced Materials Act and shares the ambition for increasing the efficiency, sustainability and competitiveness of European industry. The Commission rightly highlights that advanced materials play a key role in areas such as space and defence - but also civil aeronautics.

In the attached file I provide the example of a practical use case of a regulatory burden to introduce graphene in a starch-based additive for corrugated board manufacturing. After a 6 years long process, in 2025 the BfR (German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment) went back to the original concern raised by one of their panels in 2020 that we thought had been addressed in 2023.

Tyndall is Irelands largest RTO focusing on electronics and photonics. We have a core role in the Irish ecosystem for implementation of the Government Strategy on Semiconductors and Advanced Materials. We are supporting large industry, SMEs and startups in the development and integration of advanced materials and their processing including novel magnetics, 2D semiconducting materials, UV emitters, energy storage and…

The Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency (Tukes) would like to thank the Commission for the opportunity to give feedback regarding the forthcoming proposal for a Regulation on Advanced Materials (AdMa). Our views are given from the perspective of the chemicals safety sector.

ScotChem welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the Advanced Materials Act and supports its development. Advanced materials (AM) are essential to the energy, transport, construction, electronics, communications, health, and defence industries. They enable transformation and are key drivers of Europe's competitiveness.

KTH Royal Institute of Technology welcomes the European Commissions initiative to develop an Advanced Materials Act to strengthen Europes research excellence, industrial capacity, and resilience in advanced materials.

NanoMesureFrance, as key player in metrology and the characterization of advanced materials in France, welcomes the European Commissions initiative to strengthen the EUs competitiveness, sustainability, and technological sovereignty through the Advanced Materials Act. This proposal is timely, as innovation in materials is essential for achieving Europes climate, industrial, and economic objectives.

The European space sector is a structurally distinct user of advanced materials. It operates with very low production volumes, extreme performance and reliability requirements, long qualification cycles, and mission lifetimes spanning decades. As a result, any disruption in advanced material availability has immediate and disproportionate system-level consequences for European space programmes.

TNO welcomes the European Commissions ambition to address the challenges identified in this consultation and strongly supports the initiative to strengthen Europes leadership in advanced materials. Advanced materials are critical enablers of Europes green and digital transitions, industrial competitiveness, and strategic autonomy.

The European Commissions initiative to establish an Advanced Materials Act comes at a critical moment for Europes industrial competitiveness, innovation capacity, and strategic autonomy. As global demand for advanced materials growsdriven by the green and digital transitions, geopolitical developments, and the need for resilient value chainsthe EU must ensure that its policy framework fully reflects the materials…

SINTEF provides input to this public consultation by answering the on-line questionnaire. SINTEF is a member of the Innovative Advanced Materials Initiative (IAM-I) and supports their main recommendations as expressed in IAM-Is Position Paper on the Advanced Materials Act. In addition, SINTEF takes the opportunity to emphasise some important issues from our perspective.

The Fusion Industry Association (FIA) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the European Commission's call for evidence for the impact assessment of the upcoming Advanced Materials Act, which aims to strengthen Europes open strategic autonomy in advanced materials, reduce dependencies on critical resources, and boost EU industrial competitiveness.

Europes advanced materials ecosystem combines world-class research with persistent gaps in scale-up, qualification and industrial deployment. The Advanced Materials Act can add value if designed as a medium-term industrial strategy (not a broad umbrella initiative) and if it supports alignment of advanced materials supply chains with net-zero and strategic technology deployment.

Sirk Norge represents Norway's waste and recycling industry and its stakeholders. Our 200 members (private and public companies) handle materials across all waste streams. We have over 30 years of industry-specific expertise in promoting and developing responsible waste management and circular economy policies.

CATF welcomes the opportunity to respond to this call for evidence. The Advanced Materials Act is an opportunity for Europe to prepare for the commercial deployment of fusion energy in the 2030s. The document attached outlines CATF inputs and suggestions.

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) supports the objectives of the Advanced Materials Act which facilitates innovation at the societal-technological level and enables the large-scale deployment of Innovative Advanced Materials (IAMs).

The Life Sciences Manufacturers' Association (LSMA) welcomes the proposed Advanced Materials Act (AMA). We strongly support strengthening the EUs economic security and industrial competitiveness by boosting advanced materials research. However, the AMA must achieve these goals without placing disproportionate burdens on the highly regulated Life Sciences supply chain.

Complex materials are basis for the technological advancement of society. At the same time, increasing number of raw materials required by many of these advanced materials are being categorized as critical by the EU. To mitigate climate change and geopolitical challenges related to production of advanced materials, their efficient recycling should be given attention.

The Austrian Academy of Sciences Contribution to the Call for Evidence for an Impact Assessment on the EU Advanced Materials Act In the light of their strategic relevance and Advanced Materials being included in the list of 10 critical technology areas for the EUs economic security, the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) welcomes the European Commissions initiative of a legislative proposal for a Regulation on an…

TECNALIA strongly supports the European Commissions initiative to establish a coherent framework for advanced materials. This Act represents a strategic opportunity to reinforce Europes industrial sovereignty, accelerate the green and digital transitions, and ensure global competitiveness in a rapidly evolving technological landscape.

Advanced materials represent a key enabling factor for the development and maturation of quantum technologies. The performance, reliability, and scalability of quantum devices critically depend on innovative materials that are designed and optimized to meet extremely demanding requirements.

The Pioneer Center for Accelerating P2X Materials Discovery (CAPeX) at the Technical University of Denmark welcomes the Advanced Materials Act and hereby submits the following feedback. Europes ability to meet its ambitious goals for climate neutrality, competitiveness, and strategic autonomy depends on shortening the discovery-to-deployment cycle for advanced materials while maintaining safety, sustainability, and…

The EUs Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) and Construction Products Regulation (CPR) set a clear path toward a climate-neutral building stock and decarbonised construction products by 2050, while also addressing housing affordability. The construction sector is pivotal for delivering safe, sustainable and affordable homes and is central to EU competitiveness.

ESWET - the European Suppliers of Waste-to-Energy Technology represents companies that have built and supplied over 95% of the Waste-to Energy (WtE) plants in operation in Europe. It seeks to promote the technologies which recover both energy and materials from non-recyclable waste that would otherwise end up in landfills.

Proplast welcomes the European Commissions initiative to establish an Advanced Materials Act, viewing it as a pivotal opportunity to modernize the EUs innovation landscape and bridge existing gaps in the value chain.

The European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) is Europes largest low-carbon energy research community, uniting over 250 organisations across more than 30 countries. Its mission is to catalyse low-carbon energy research in support of science-based policymaking and world-class innovation.

The Advanced Materials Act is a necessary initiative to keep the Europes industrial competitiveness, technological leadership, and strategic autonomy. The Advanced Materials Act identifies strategic areas such as energy, mobility, construction, and electronics. All these sectors rely on plastics and composite products that are difficult to substitute, but which can become more circular and sustainable.

EUMAT Feedback to the Advanced Materials Act Executive Summary The Advanced Materials Act should establish a coherent and operational European framework supporting the entire innovation lifecycle of advanced materials, from fundamental research to industrial deployment.

BASF welcomes the European Commissions Advanced Materials Act and its goal to strengthen Europes advanced materials ecosystem. However, the current regulatory environment is fragmented and extra cautious, which slows innovation and market entry. For the Act to be successful, it must address major challenges faced by European companies as they research and invest in new materials.

The Division 4 Hazardous Substances and Biological Agents of the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) in Germany acknowledges the activity towards the Advanced Materials Act of the Commission to support European innovation and application of advanced materials.

The Board of the Malta Initiative acknowledges the activity of the Commission to support innovation and deployment in advanced materials, considering also the advancement of circularity and sustainability as well as regulatory procedures to support a streamlined market access of advanced materials. We consider clarity as essential for the success and effectiveness of the Advanced Materials Act.

The Advanced Materials Act (AMA) represents a decisive opportunity to translate Europes research excellence into industrial leadership. It must unlock the full potential of AMs´ innovation by facilitating the commercialization of research, supporting circular and sustainable solutions, and ensuring dual-use readiness for technologies that strengthen Europes security, resilience, and strategic autonomy.

EuropaBio considers the Advanced Materials Act a timely and strategic initiative to reinforce biotechnologys role in building Europes clean, competitive and resilient industrial base. To maximise impact, the Act should: 1) Fully integrate biotechnology as a design, production and scaleup pathway for advanced materials; 2) Enable industrial deployment through expanded biomanufacturing capacity, predictable regulatory…

The development of advanced structural materials is a key activity in view of the design of high performance zero emission power plants, in particular nuclear fusion ones. The quickest path towards finding and producing those advanced structural material qualified for extreme environments (liquid metal corrosion, high temperature strength, plasma bombardment) is likely to start from known materials like steels and…

Helmholtz Zentrum Hereon strongly supports the Advanced Materials Act as a cornerstone for advancing the entire research and innovation process, from material design and development to manufacturing and deployment. Advanced materials are pivotal for Europes transition toward a sustainable, resilient, and competitive economy.

Thank you for the opportunity to contribute to this important consultation; REMHub, a Horizon Europe funded consortia for rare earth elements (REE) and permanent magnets, appreciate the EUs commitment to engaging stakeholders in shaping effective and forward-looking regulation.

The European Chemical Regions Network (ECRN) welcomes the European Commissions initiative to establish an Advanced Materials Act (AMA) and strongly supports its objective to strengthen Europes industrial competitiveness, innovation capacity, resilience, and green and digital transitions.

Consolidated Statement of consortium of InnoMatSyn-CSA project to the Call for Evidence of the Advanced Materials Act The Advanced Materials Act is very important to alert the European stakeholders and dedicate significant resources to this field.

FEICA Recommendation for a Stronger European Advanced Materials Industry Adhesives and sealants meet the criteria for advanced materials as defined by the European Commission. They are engineered and customisable; they address key economic and ecological requirements and enable strategic collaborations between partners across multiple value chains.

Advanced Materials Act Feedback from The Research Council of Norway (RCN) The Research Council of Norway is grateful for the opportunity to provide feedback on the Commissions forthcoming Advanced Materials Act. Our contribution reflects overarching national research and innovation policy, with thematic breadth supported by Norways advanced materials ecosystem. Please find a more elaborated input in the attachment.

Advanced materials are hailed as key components driving innovation and sustainability within the EU economy. This makes them essential for the EUs strategic autonomy, global competitiveness, and green and digital transition objectives. The potential of these materials, however, cannot be achieved without securing the supply of upstream raw materials like precious metals.

The Advanced Materials Act should focus on the current missing of the entire middle value chain since apart Raw Materials that are another issue, the manufacturers of products register a missing of the entire value chain in the material production. The main issues are the following: 1) Market demand and volume 2) Time to product and scale 3) Regulatory and investment uncertainty 4) Value-chain fragmentation.

Key System-Level Messages from Stakeholder Feedback: This feedback is intended as system-level input to inform the design of the Advanced Materials Act as a competitiveness and industrial deployment instrument. It focuses on the structural factors that determine whether advanced materials innovation in Europe translates into repeatable industrial adoption, scaled production, and retained value chains within the EU.

EIT RawMaterials is Europes engine for advanced materials innovation. It drives the EUs twin green and digital transitions, strengthens industrial competitiveness, and ensures Europes leadership in sustainable manufacturing.

The BDE (Federation of the German Waste, Water and Circular Economy Management Industry) welcomes the European Commission's initiative to introduce an Advanced Materials Act. From the perspective of the recycling and waste management industry, it is crucial that, in conjunction with novel high-tech materials, advanced materials from existing recycling streams are also covered.

Feedback on Advanced Materials Act We are grateful for the opportunity to provide feedback on the current EU strategy for materials research, development, and innovation. Drawing on our experience in both fundamental and applied materials science and engineering, we would like to share several observations and considerations that we believe are important for ensuring the long-term competitiveness and sustainability…

UGA feedback on the Advanced Materials Act Call for Evidence Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) welcomes the European Commissions initiative to address the strategic challenges related to advanced materials and strongly supports the ambition of the Advanced Materials Act to reinforce Europes leadership in this field.

It is crucial for the German economy that the Advanced Materials Act brings tangible economic added value to businesses and gives new impetus to innovation, transfer and the circular economy. The Act should fit well into existing EU legislation and avoid duplication with other EU innovation, environmental and funding projects.

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CSGI (Center for Colloid and Surface Science) is an inter-university research consortium devoted to basic research and the development of high-tech new processes in several different fields, supporting SMEs in soft matter and colloids.

This document presents the position of the Circular Economy and Recycling Cluster a National Key Cluster in response to the European Commissions consu as part of the Inception impact assessment for the forthcoming Advanced Materials Act.

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(Also check the formatted attached file) Swedish stakeholders within advanced materials have been invited to contribute to a new Swedish roadmap for advanced materials. The work started in June 2025 and is expected to be finalized in March 2026. Five open, round-table meetings were held in September and October, and a survey was sent out in late November.

Europe's Advanced Materials (AM) ecosystem is at a critical juncture. The primary challenge is no longer inventionEurope remains strong in researchbut rather the pace of industrial adoption and scale. In a global race dominated by speed, market volume, cost optimization, and integrated value chains, Europe is falling behind.

Advanced Materials constitute a critical foundation for Europes industrial competitiveness, strategic resilience, and technological autonomy. Without the development of a strong and coordinated mid-tier segment within the Advanced Materials value chain, Europe faces substantial risks.

The Swedish Chemicals Agency (KEMI) would like to thank the Commission for the opportunity to provide feedback on the upcoming Advanced Materials Act. Advanced materials can play a central role in strategic areas supporting a green and digital transition. To successfully develop and deploy European advanced materials for this purpose, it is essential to make sure that they are both safe and sustainable.

ECP4 welcomes the European Commissions initiative to develop an Advanced Materials Act, which represents an important opportunity to modernise the EUs innovation framework and address critical value chain gaps. In this context, we underline the importance of recognising plastics as strategic, high-performance advanced materials that deserve dedicated support throughout the R&I, manufacturing, and deployment…

As Director of the CNRS GDR IAMAT, a French national research network on AI & Materials, more than 800 members/100 research units in France, I welcome the EC initiative to establish an Advanced Materials Act and broadly endorse its ambition to strengthen EU competitiveness, sustainability, and strategic autonomy across the full materials value chain.

The impact assessment should consider not only the production and use of advanced materials, but also the common end-of-life treatments associated with the specific market and technological sectors in which they are used.

Advanced materials are in many cases different from classical chemicals. We see that there is a risk that not all relevant concerns are properly controlled in the current legislation, and this should be addressed in the impact assessment. It is important with timely and appropriate measures assuring legal clarity, safety, trust, competitiveness and to avoid harm from advanced materials.

We highly value the forthcoming Advanced Materials Act as a strategic initiative to strengthen the industrial and technological competitiveness of the European Union. We consider its integrated approach particularly relevant, as it is aimed at accelerating innovation, reducing structural barriers, and strengthening the connection between research, industry, and the market.

The call for evidence for material assessment (Ares(2025)8964326) addresses, in its objectives, impacts, and policy options, all the themes that must currently be considered central to the development of advanced materials. I would like to submit a few additional points for consideration: 1.

The Advanced Materials Act should be understood as a strategic instrument at the core of the European Unions objectives on sovereignty, economic security and geopolitical relevance. Advanced materials are enabling technologies that underpin almost all sectors identified as critical for Europes future - energy transition, defence and security, digitalisation, semiconductors, mobility, aerospace, construction and…

Advanced materials underpin Europes industrial value chain, from raw material suppliers and component manufacturers to system integrators and end-of-life product recyclers. They are essential for transport, energy, electronics, construction, defence and health industries, stimulating innovation and sustainability.

AIMEN Technology Centre welcomes and strongly supports the Advanced Materials Act, which represents a timely and strategic opportunity to strengthen Europes industrial competitiveness, sustainability and technological sovereignty. Advanced materials are key enablers of the green and digital transitions, and a coordinated EU framework is essential to accelerate their development, scale-up and industrial uptake.

The Federal Federal Office for Chemicals (BfC) in Germany acknowledges the activity towards the Advanced Materials Act of the Commission to support European innovation and application of advanced materials. It is especially acknowledged that the activity includes advancement of circularity and sustainability along the advanced materials value chains and that regulatory procedures to support a streamlined market…

The Materials innovation institute M2i, the Dutch network organization that brings together industry, universities and research organizations for the development and deployment of Advanced Materials, welcomes the European Commissions initiative to create a cohesive EU legislative framework to support the European Advanced Materials ecosystem (from research to industrial deployment) via the forthcoming Advanced…

As CEO of a Portuguese graphene materials company scaling from pilot to industrial production, I provide this feedback with direct experience of barriers preventing European advanced materials companies from competing globally. Reality Check on Objective 1 (R&I Capacity): The Act misses the critical bottleneck: regulatory validation for novel materials takes 3-5 years at best, in Europe, versus 12-18 months in Asia.

The Call for Evidence for the Advanced Materials Act is a timely and well-structured initiative that clearly articulates both the strategic relevance of advanced materials and the urgency of accelerating their development, scale-up, and uptake in the EU.

We welcome the European Commissions initiative to develop an Advanced Materials Act, which represents an important opportunity to modernise the EUs innovation framework and address critical value chain gaps. In this context, we underline the importance of recognising polymers, plastics and composites as strategic, high-performance advanced materials that deserve dedicated support throughout the R&I, manufacturing…

This initiative is particularly welcome and timely, as new and improved materials constitute a critical foundation for emerging technologies and for reducing the environmental impact of established industrial sectors. The challenge extends far beyond aerospace, biotechnology, or quantum computing.

The plastics sector is a cornerstone of the European economy, supporting over 1.5 million jobs and generating significant turnover across a wide range of industries, including automotive, electronics, construction, packaging, energy, healthcare, and more.

I welcome this initiative given that in Europe there are brilliant minds that could make sure to secure a strategic position in the advanced materials global market. Here are my thoughts and feedback on the document: - It is true, in general, that the industry and SME ecosystem in Europe often struggles.

The Critical Raw Materials Alliance (CRM Alliance) welcomes the initiative to develop an Advanced Materials Act (AMA) as a valuable addition to the EUs broader framework for industrial competitiveness, innovation, and resilience. We strongly support efforts to strengthen Europes technological leadership and to accelerate the transition towards a sustainable, circular, and low-carbon economy.

BRIKI draws strategic inspiration from bees: when resources flourish, bees collect nectar from flowers to produce and store honey; when a crisis affects flower availability, the hive shifts to stored honey and pollen as alternative nutrient. This natural model reflects resilience, resource efficiency, and internal reuse loops along with societal impact.

We are submitting this contribution with a constructive spirit, aiming to provide concrete and experience-based input for the definition of the future Advanced Materials Act. In order to contribute meaningfully to the public consultation, we unfortunately need to publicly share our experience and thoughts.

Stanovisko SOVAK ČR, začleněného společenstva Hospodářské komory ČR: Výzva k Aktu o pokročilých materiálech vodu přímo neřeší, její kontext však spadá do širší politiky EU v oblasti udržitelnosti, cirkulární ekonomiky a environmentálních opatření.

Bio-based and/or compostable materials can play a pivotal role in advancing the EUs strategic objectives by combining environmental performance with industrial competitiveness, two priorities at the heart of the Clean Industrial Deal.

Based on my experience in research and innovation on advanced materials, I would like to highlight several priority areas: 1) Strengthening EU Academic Institution: Based on my academic experience, I would suggest as a priority to reinforce the operational capacity of EU academic institutions, which are increasingly affected by recurring funding cuts.

Łukasiewicz Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics at a Poland-based research institute dedicated to the development of advanced technologies and materials, strongly welcomes the European Commissions initiative to introduce an Advanced Materials Act.

We welcome the Advanced Materials Act (AMA). Indeed Advanced Materials (AM) are strategic assets for Europes competitiveness, resilience, and technological sovereignty. The AMA should lay the foundations for a cohesive integrated and forward-looking AM ecosystem that drives Europes future industrial leadership.

SPRING the Italian Circular Bioeconomy Cluster welcomes the Advanced Materials Act, which addresses some of the main bottlenecks currently limiting EU competitiveness in strategic sectors, including excessively long approval procedures, administrative burdens, and regulatory complexity that hinder innovation.

Advanced materials are intentionally engineered to deliver innovative solutions needed for a more efficient, sustainable and competitive industry, and Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) meets this definition. Continuous improvements in its formulation, processing and recycling have made PVC a high-performance, adaptable and circular material with long service life, lightweight and energy efficiency properties.

The Act should introduce a tiered, risk-based regulatory framework that reduces procedural burdens specifically for SMEs and early-stage developers. This could include abbreviated documentation requirements and clearer guidance on compliance expectations for low-risk advanced materials.

The Advanced Materials Act will offer solutions for successful implementation of the European Green Deal, improving the environmental performance of products and processes. Therefore, we would like to highlight how paludiculture biomass applications could ensure cohesion between the Advanced Materials Act and other climate objectives, maximising co-benefits in achieving the targets of EU Climate Law and LULUCF.

Kemira supports the Advanced Materials Act and urges a holistic definition of advanced materials that goes beyond physical properties to include sustainable production methods, life-cycle impacts, and digital integration. Please find our detailed feedback attached.

For the chemical industry, the next steps in implementing the EU Commission's support efforts are crucial, in particular the strengthening of short- to long-term support measures in the pilot and demonstration phases; it is crucial to coordinate policy support measures across DGs of EU COM in order to accelerate approval procedures, remove regulatory barriers to scale-up, and simplify the administration of…

Advanced materials are central to Europes ability to lead in clean industrial technologies, including fusion energy. For stellarators in particular, material performance under high neutron flux, complex geometries and strict magnetic tolerances determines both feasibility and cost. Current material families present significant limitations.

The Federation of Norwegian Industries support the development of a European Advanced Material Act. We agree that there is a need to align priorities for advanced materials in the EEA states, strengthen innovation and production of advanced materials and simplify policies and laws to boost investments in Europe.

Thank you for providing the opportunity to give feedback on the envisaged Advanced Materials Act and its purpose. In our opinion, advanced materials (AdMa) can play a pivotal role for providing technical solution in strategic areas needed for the societal and industrial transformation, including renewable energies, improved circularity, more sustainable products and procedures, but potentially also to reduce…

The measure addresses several relevant problem areas: a fragmented research and innovation system, insufficient scale up capacities, and limited progress in circular economy and material efficiency. The administrative and regulatory framework is rightly identified as too burdensome and inflexible.

The Advanced Materials Act (AMA) represents a decisive opportunity to translate Europes research excellence into industrial leadership. It must unlock the full potential of AMs´ innovation by facilitating the commercialization of research, supporting circular and sustainable solutions, and ensuring dual-use readiness for technologies that strengthen Europes security, resilience, and strategic autonomy.

Prospective on material future needs has to be taken into account as well as information coming from organizations as IAM-I to deploy effective fostering policies. Sinergies between sectors have to be promoted as far as many current materials knowledge could be transferred from one sector to another after deep analysis and comparision.

UAP Coalition Netherlands welcomes the Commissions initiative to strengthen the EUs ecosystem for advanced materials. Representing aviation and security professionals who have encountered Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), we submit that true strategic autonomy requires the study of "frontier" materials, including those potentially displayed by anomalous aerospace occurrences.

Sorbonne University supports the primary objective of the Advanced Materials Act to foster innovation and the large-scale deployment of advanced materials. Progress in both emerging and existing technologiesparticularly those aimed at environmental sustainabilitydepends on the development of new materials.

he German Rubber Manufacturers Association wdk welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the initiative on the planned Advanced Materials Act. Rubbers and elastomers are materials that are essential for components that are indispensable for various sustainable and critical technologies. Rubber and elastomer materials are designed to meet the specific requirements of their respective application.

i-TRIBOMAT The European Tribology Centre welcomes the Advanced Materials Act and fully supports its ambition to shorten time-to-market, strengthen industrial uptake, and improve access to specialised R&I infrastructures. 1.

AMAZEMET welcomes the Commissions initiative to develop an Advanced Materials Act and strongly supports its focus on accelerating the time from discovery to deployment of new materials, strengthening EU competitiveness and reducing strategic dependencies.

If fusion is to be realised as a low-carbon, low-waste energy source, in line with the policies of the EC and a number of its member states, Europe needs a source of low-activation steels, and routes to decontaminating and recycling activated materials produced in fusion reactors.

Initiative Submitted by: Anders, Founder & Technical Lead, Elemenos (Gothenburg, Sweden) Problem Summary Europe faces a strategic vulnerability arising from its heavy dependence on external processing capacity for critical raw materials and advanced functional materials.

Scaling up Europes research and production capabilities for PFAS-free battery materials will be a crucial enabler of a sustainable and resilient energy transition. Several European companies are already successfully developing and commercializing alternative materials, but these innovations require targeted support to become fully viable competitors to the PFAS-based materials currently dominating the market.

With changes in our planet's climate comes changes in materials composition, character and quality requirements. The European Union needs to cope up with the changes. Let us take for example materials from volcanic activities. It is very important for EU to take a closer look at this knowing that research and innovation related to volcanology is, sort of neglected.

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