European Aluminium

European Aluminium, the association representing the full aluminium value chain in Europe, welcomes the European Commissions consultation on the Circular Economy Act (CEA) and restates its commitment to continue boosting the growth of aluminium recycling in Europe and alongside secure Europes economic security, strategic autonomy, decarbonisation objectives and competitiveness.

European Aluminium welcomes the Industrial Accelerator Act proposal as a first step towards a more proactive EU industrial policy supporting European industry and countering third countries' aggressive industrial strategies. For the IAA to deliver on its objectives, we recommend the following: On Union origin: The geographical scope should be limited to the EU27, EEA, Switzerland and the UK.

The Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act is a key legislative initiative in the Clean Industrial Deal. European Aluminium welcomes its ambition and sees it as an important opportunity to support Europes industrial base while accelerating progress towards climate neutrality.

European Aluminium is the voice of the aluminium industry in Europe, actively engaging with decision makers and the wider stakeholder community to promote the outstanding properties of aluminium, secure growth and optimise the contribution our metal can make to meeting Europes sustainability challenges.

The Clean Corporate Fleets regulation represents a strategic lever to accelerate the decarbonisation of Europes automotive ecosystemaddressing not only tailpipe emissions but also broader systemic emissions across the value chain. Introducing European content requirements for components and materials can help boost demand for European-made products, if the definition also includes EEA and EFTA countries.

The current technologies for reducing emissions in the aluminium sector are at their limits of what is feasibly possible: this is well illustrated by the proposed two aluminium product benchmarks, which are obtained by comparing peer performance.

Anti-circumvention measures To ensure CBAM achieves its core objective preventing carbon leakage while maintaining fair competition the Regulation must comprehensively address circumvention risks. These include resource shuffling, unverifiable emissions claims, and regulatory loopholes that benefit importers over European producers.

European Aluminium, on behalf of the European Aluminium value chain, welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the draft delegated acts. The attached paper presents our views and recommendations, which we kindly invite you to take into consideration. We are happy to further discuss and remain available to provide additional information.

European Aluminium welcomes the possibility to provide input to the review of the EU Taxonomy criteria. Detailed comments and suggestions related to windows and curtain walling are provded here below. Windows and curtain walling in climate delegated act Mitigation, amendment to Section 3.5 Issue: While a step forward has been made by considering transparent curtain walls as widows, still climate differentiation and…

European Aluminium, the association representing the full aluminium value chain in Europe, welcomes the European Commissions consultation on the Digital Product Passport Registry. The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) can help facilitate a smooth and accelerated transition towards a circular, resource-efficient, and low-carbon economy, while contributing to the EUs Green Deal sustainability…

Aluminium is a critical and strategic raw material for the EU's green transition under the Critical Raw Materials Act and Net-Zero Industry Act. It is a core component of applications like renewable energy technologies, batteries, transmission cables, renewable grids, and electricity systems. Thus, a competitive European aluminium industry is crucial for achieving a 2030 electrification target of 33% in 2030.

The Revision of the CO2 standards for LDVs Regulation represents a strategic lever to accelerate the decarbonisation of Europes automotive ecosystem while at the same time balancing the competitiveness of the European Automotive sector and its suppliers. European Aluminium believes that technology neutrality should be a guiding principle in the upcoming revision.

European Aluminium welcomes and supports the European Commissions Call for Evidence on trade measures to ensure sufficient availability of aluminium scrap on the EU market. Representing the entire aluminium value chain, the association recognizes aluminium scrap as a strategic secondary raw material essential for the EUs decarbonisation objectives, circular economy, and industrial resilience, as acknowledged in the…

CBAM IMPLEMENTATION: RULES ON THE METHODOLOGY FOR CALCULATING EMBEDDED EMISSIONS, THE ADJUSTMENT OF CBAM CERTIFICATES & THE CARBON PRICE PAID IN A THIRD COUNTRY EUROPEAN ALUMINIUM RESPONSE TO THE CALLS FOR EVIDENCE Brussels, September 2025 Background We fully support the EU’s climate objectives and the prevention of carbon leakage.

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

Aluminium is recognised under the Critical Raw Materials Act and by NATO as both a critical and strategic raw material for the European economy. The EU CRM Centre should facilitate and enable EU strategic autonomy by reducing dependencies on third-country supply and strengthening domestic opportunities across the entire value chain, from extraction and processing to recycling.

European Aluminium welcomes the publication of the draft Commission Delegated Regulation in its current version. European Aluminium in particular wishes to share its support for the choices made concerning the end-of-life modelling of EV batteries and their consistency with Recommendation 9332/2021, in particular related to the use of the Circular Footprint Formula, its parameters and default values.

European Aluminium represents the entire Aluminium value chain in Europe, from refiners and smelters to manufacturers of semi-finished products, recyclers, and national aluminium associations. European Aluminium fully supports the protection of workers through Union legislation on occupational health and safety.

European Aluminium welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the European Commissions Call for Evidence on evaluating EU non-preferential Rules of Origin (RoO). Under the current non-preferential rules, it is impossible to determine where primary aluminium was originally smelted and cast, creating an information gap that facilitates circumvention of EU sanctions on Russian metal and of the Carbon Border Adjustment…