essenscia

essenscia is the Belgian federation of the chemical industry and life sciences sector. The organisation defends the specific interests of more than 720 companies active in chemistry, plastics, pharma and biotech. The chemistry and life sciences industry is key to a sustainable future and continuous improvement in the quality of life for everyone.

The paper in attachment contains essenscias position on the draft implementing regulation on Benchmark updates for the period 2026-2030, published on the 11th of May by the commission. The update of EU-ETS benchmarks for the 2026-2030 period will play a key role in ensuring that Europe can maintain a strong industrial base while delivering on its climate ambitions, thereby avoiding further deindustrialisation.

essenscia supports the measures to meet the climate goals, the free trade and fair conditions of competition in transport, therefor we are supportive to this proposal on the revision of the Council Directive 96/53/EC on the maximum weights and dimensions of heavy-duty vehicles (the 'weights and dimensions directive') as part of the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy and its action plan.

It should be noted and the Commission should be aware of that the EuroStat reporting tool does not allow to report mass balance related recycling rate and recycling goals. The entry into force of the implementing act or the reporting obligations cannot be hindered by a technical issue in the reporting system the Commission is using to track evidences of compliance.

Final 03/08/2025 Ref. Ares(2025)6333839 - 04/08/2025 The EU Grid Package: Enabling Europe's Chemical and Life Sciences Sectors in the Energy Transition essenscia position paper 1. Introduction Europe’s ambition to reach climate neutrality by 2050 stands on three equally vital pillars: affordable low-carbon energy, resilient infrastructure, and a strong industrial base. One cannot succeed without the others.

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

essenscia, the sector federation for chemical and life sciences, represents one of the most significant export sectors and a key rail freight customer. We fully support the principal idea of this initiative to enhance data sharing in rail freight transport through improved digitalization and standard-setting.

essenscia, representing producers of industrial and medical gases in Belgium, supports the proposal to introduce a derogation on the consumer sales ban on nitrous oxide (NO) under REACH Annex XVII (point (6) b) of the annex).