Euroalliages

The European association for ferro-alloys and silicon producers, Euroalliages, welcomes the European Commissions initiative to strengthen the circular economy and reduce dependency on imported raw materials. The Circular Economy Act has the potential to improve resilience, foster innovation, and cut emissions for the raw materials sector.

The European ferroalloys and silicon association, Euroalliages, welcomes the European Commissions intention to strengthen the role of non-price criteria in public procurement, including sustainability, resilience and European preference considerations.

The European association for ferro-alloys and silicon, Euroalliages, welcomes the objectives of the Industrial Accelerator Act and supports the European Unions efforts to accelerate the green transition, reinforce Europes industrial base and strengthen the resilience of strategic value chains.

21 September 2020 EUROALLIAGES’ submission to European Commission’s public consultation on the Inception Impact Assessment of the Revision of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources EUROALLIAGES1 is the voice of ferro-alloys and silicon industry in Europe.

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

THE Critical Raw Materials ACT: ACTION MODE ON The European association for ferro-alloys and silicon industries, Euroalliages, welcomes the European Commission’s proposal on Critical Raw Materials. It is a key starting point to prevent shifting our industrial base outside Europe.

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

The European association for ferro-alloys and silicon producers, Euroalliages, welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the revision of the simplified European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). We support the European Commission's efforts to reduce administrative burdens on companies, improve the usability of sustainability reporting, and ensure that reporting requirements remain proportionate…

Please see our contribution to the roadmap consultation. In addition, we call for a full and robust ex-ante impact assessment that shows all the scenarios and regulation needed to support such an ambitious acceleration of the decarbonisation with particular consideration to regions, industries and communities highly challenged by the costs of climate change policies.

EUROALLIAGES members, ferro-alloys and silicon companies located in Europe, will play a fundamental role in shaping more sustainable value chains (batteries, solar panels, steel and aluminium supply chains) across the continent in the next decades. The transition will take place in a highly competitive and dynamic international environment and massive investments will be needed.

EUROALLIAGES calls for a serious multi-dimensional assessment that includes not only energy and climate angles but also fundamental aspects of EU’s trade and single market instruments and goals. EUROALLIAGES recommends the following: 1. Any CBAM system that intends to replace or remove the carbon leakage regime featured by the ETS Directive should be disregarded.

Any proposal to revise the current Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) should be based on solid evidence and relevant measures for sectors that are struggling to identify energy efficiency gains. The ferro-alloys and silicon sector support an exhaustive assessment (fitness check) of the current framework to overcome non-regulatory barriers, market failures and weaknesses that may arise in the aftermath of COVID-19…

EUROALLIAGES welcomes the opportunity to give feedback on the Revision of the Union Customs Code. EUROALLIAGES is the association representing European ferro-alloys and silicon producers. Its objective is to promote a safe, environmentally friendly and competitive production of ferro-alloys and silicon in Europe.

The European association for ferroalloys and silicon, Euroalliages, welcomes the European Commissions initiative to develop Ecodesign requirements and performance classes for iron and steel products. Establishing a robust and transparent framework for assessing the environmental performance of these products can contribute to the decarbonisation of the European steel industry and its value chain, stimulate demand…

The European ferro-alloys and silicon association, Euroalliages, welcomes the European Commissions initiative to enhance the recovery of critical raw materials (CRMs) from secondary sources such as slags. Slags, a by-product of the ferro-alloys and silicon industrial processes, offer significant potential for circular useparticularly in construction and, in some cases, CRM recovery.

The European ferroalloys and silicon sector represented by Euroalliages is 100 % process emission and fully electrified. The sector is committed to find viable and sustainable solutions to further reduce CO2 emissions even though the production process has reached physical limits in terms of process CO2 emissions.

EUROALLIAGES is the association representing European Silicon and ferro-alloys producers. While EUROALLIAGES very much supports the basic principles and objectives pursued by GSP, EUROALLIAGS would like to make the following comments: - Within the overall objectives of the GSP – promotion of sustainable development of developing countries -, there was a common understanding that GSP should focus more on the…