CEFS - European Association of Sugar Manufacturers

The EU beet sugar sector uses the heat and fuel fallback benchmarks and, since 2025, process emissions have also been included under the EU ETS framework. The proposed values for the fallback benchmarks for 20262030 are highly concerning for the European beet sugar sector given the severe market difficulties currently facing the industry.

The GHG emissions saving criteria for biomass fuels are restrictive and add disproportionate obligations for sugar manufacturers when it comes to the production of solid and gaseous biomass fuels. Thanks to the energetic usability of biomass residues from biomass processing, the sugar industry should be able to decarbonise without any burden on electricity grids and without having to wait for RFNBOs to become…

CEFS, the European Association of Sugar Manufacturers, would like to take the opportunity of this call for evidence to comment on Directive 96/53/EC. In particular, we would like to highlight an issue regarding cross-border transport.

CEFS welcomes the European Commissions Environmental Omnibus initiative to reduce administrative burdens in environmental legislation. The objectives of simplifying requirements and improving regulatory efficiency are essential to ensure that the EU environmental policy remains both effective and implementable for industrial operators.

CEFS, the European Association of Sugar Manufacturers, represents at once an agricultural and an industrial sector. Beet sugar manufacturing is characterised by high energy- and trade-intensity, making it a carbon leakage sector under the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS). Sugar is the second largest energy user and the second largest CO2 emitter within the agri-food sector (after animal feed).

CEFS, the European Association of Sugar Manufacturers, represents at once an agricultural and an industrial sector. Beet sugar manufacturing is characterised by high energy- and trade-intensity, making it a carbon leakage sector under the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS). Sugar is the second largest energy user and the second largest CO2 emitter within the agri-food sector (after animal feed).

FULL SUBMISSION IN ATTACHMENT CEFS, representing EU sugar manufacturers, takes note of the draft Delegated Directive proposing amendments to Annexes V and VI to the Renewable Energy Directive (RED). Annex V Part C, Point 11 First, CEFS supports a technical correction in point 11 of Part C, where the reference to solid or gaseous biomass fuel should be corrected to biofuel, in line with the scope and terminology of…

In the sugar manufacturing sector, the heat and electricity required to produce beet sugar is generally provided by high efficiency Combined Heat and Power (CHP) systems. This form of self-supply is necessary in view of the deficit network situation in rural areas, and to ensure security of supply during the production campaign.

SUMMARY CEFS consistent position is to maintain unchanged the current and longstanding provisions on contractualisation in Art. 125 and Annex X of the Single CMO Regulation, which take into account the unique specificities of the sugar sector and its contractualisation practices in a balanced and effective way.

CEFS, the European Association of Sugar Manufacturers, represents at once an agricultural and an industrial sector. Beet sugar manufacturing is characterised by high energy- and trade-intensity, making it a carbon leakage sector under the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS). Sugar is the second largest energy user and the second largest CO2 emitter within the agri-food sector (after animal feed).