Danfoss A/S

Danfoss Feedback on the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) Danfoss is a family-owned, global leader in energy efficiency and decarbonization technologies, headquartered in Denmark, and employing around 20,000 people in Europe, with more than 40 manufacturing sites.

Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)

Danfoss welcomes the inception impact assessment presented by the European Commission on the Renewable Energy Directive (RED). The European Union has settled to increase its climate ambition for 2030 and to become climate neutral by 2050. This requires a significant increase of the share of renewables in our energy mix, especially in the industry, buildings and transport sectors.

Danfoss welcomes the Commission’s proposal to revise the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) as part of the ‘Fit for 55 Package’. This is an opportune moment to increase energy savings, optimise energy consumption and reduce GHG emissions from the building sector across both new builds and the existing building stock.

The European Union has committed to a net-zero economy by 2050. To get there, we urgently need to increase ambition levels and actions across all climate levers at EU level. This includes vastly increasing the energy efficiency of the building stock: Around 75% of the EU’s building stock is currently energy inefficient, and almost 85-95% of today’s buildings will still be in use in 2050 .

Danfoss input to the European Commission’s roadmap on Substantiating Green Claims Ref. Ares(2020)4509060 - 31/08/2020 August 2020 Danfoss welcomes the European Commission’s inception roadmap on Substantiating Green Claims.

Opening of the attached position paper · the full paper is on the Commission’s record (source link above)

Danfoss welcomes the consulation launched by the European Commission on a Sustainable products initiative. The Ecodesign Directive has served as a useful tool for increasing the energy efficiency for energy related products and this could be further developed to support material efficiency within a broad range of product groups. Please refer to the document attached for the full position of Danfoss. Thank you.

Danfoss welcomes the evaluation launched by the European Commission on the Energy Efficiency Directive. With the presentation of the European Green Deal and the new climate objectives for 2030 and 2050, we agree with the Commission that the Directive must be revised, and it is also clear to us the ambition must be revised upwards so that it is fully aligned with the EU’s commitments.

Danfoss welcomes the evaluation launched by the European Commission on the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD). As we acknowledge the fact that the directive has played an important role to reduce pollution levels in water, we also believe that the directive should be updated to take into account other challenges, like climate change, resource scarcity and energy efficiency.

Danfoss Inputs to evaluation of PED 2014/68/EU, 2024-06-14 Effectiveness 1. Clarify the rules of using Digital instruction, safety manual etc.. (similar to Machinery Regulation) 2. Clear PED definition of sub-assembly (ex. condensing unit), and whether they should bear CE marking. 3. Clarify why PED Category I product can be excluded from PED if its incorporated into machine under Machinery Regulation.

ATEX products are designed for environment where reliability and safety are the key. ATEX equipment according to the corresponding directive (EU) 2014/34 must provide means to prevent the ignition of a potentially explosive atmosphere. This means that for example repairs may only be carried out by specialists with specific knowledge, competency and tools.