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Schneider Electric welcomes the European Commissions willingness to simplify the European digital regulatory acquis. Targeted simplification will bring enhanced regulatory stability by addressing the most significant hurdles to European competitiveness.

Schneider Electric welcomes the future publication of the EU Circular Economy Act, viewing the circular economy not merely as an environmental initiative, but as a strategic framework that can help meet the goals of both the European Green Deal and the Clean Industrial Deal. Schneider Electric outlines four key policy recommendations to make the Circular Economy Act effective and impactful: 1.

Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act (IDAA) Schneider Electric’s Commitment to competitive decarbonization Schneider Electric is a global leader in electrification, automation, and digitalisation. With over 45,000 employees and 62 manufacturing and distribution sites across Europe, we support customers across all sectors in their sustainability journeys, enhancing productivity, efficiency, and…

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Schneider Electric welcomes the European Commission proposal for a Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) Act. It is a great opportunity to strengthen EU resilience and security of supply of CRMs. The most important aspect will be getting the scope right. We wish to highlight copper, nickel, high-purity manganese, light rare earth elements, cobalt, graphite, silicon, and silver, as strategic materials.

Schneider Electric welcomes the opportunity to share its feedback on the EPBD inception impact assessment. Buildings are the bedrock of Europe's decarbonization. We cannot solve climate change without transforming our buildings. This requires massive efforts from the private and public sectors, and support from the regulatory framework. First, the EPBD 2018 implementation must be strongly enforced.

Schneider Electric welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the European Commission on the revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). We support the European Commission's intention to simplify the ESRS, in line with the initial work made by EFRAG.

RESPONSE TO THE COMMISSION ROADMAP CONSULTATION ON THE EU CLIMATE LAW 1. Europe must pave the way for a zero-carbon world by putting climate neutrality by 2050 into law: At Schneider Electric, we want to lead by example. In 2019, we have committed to 1 become carbon neutral by 2025 . Intermediate targets and milestones are also critical to ensure Europe is on the right path to become climate neutral mid-century.

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Schneider Electric welcomes the Directive on substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive). We support the Green Claims Directives ambition to combat greenwashing practices and false environmental claims that are deceiving consumers in the European Union (EU).

The EU Green Deal must become a driver for Europe’s strategy and rebuild the European economy, in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, with decarbonization as the main driver. Achieving climate neutrality will require bold actions to build an ultra-efficient economy and accelerating direct electrification. Within the green deal it is the right moment to reevaluate the carbon pricing instruments.

Schneider Electric, recognised by Corporate Knights as the most sustainable company in the world, welcome the ambition of the Directive with the increase of both the energy efficiency target and the annual energy savings target. However, addressing the structural shortcomings of the current Directive is a paramount to bolster energy efficiency actions.

Energy Efficiency Directive evaluation and review Schneider Electric recommendations September 21st, 2020 Schneider Electric welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the European Commission’s publication impact assessment on the revision of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED).

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The EU Green Deal must become a driver for Europe’s strategy and rebuild the European economy, in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, with decarbonization as the main driver. Achieving climate neutrality will require bold actions to build an ultra-efficient economy and accelerating direct electrification. Within the green deal it is the right moment to reevaluate the carbon pricing instruments.

Schneider Electric welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the public consultation on the revision of the EU Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act. Our company supports the Commissions objective of making this strategic framework more usable and simpler. While we acknowledge some positive improvements, we strongly reiterate our call for the inclusion of energyefficient equipment for data centres in the EU Taxonomy.

Schneider Electric is the global leader for energy and automation digital solutions for efficiency and sustainability. We combine world-leading energy technologies, real-time automation, software and services into integrated solutions for Homes, Buildings, Data Centers, Infrastructure and Industries.

Schneider Electric's response to the proposal for a regulation on F-gases Today, distribution networks and installations commonly rely on SF6 gas. Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) is a man-made fluorinated gas (F-gas) that has outstanding dielectric properties, which allows for safe and compact equipment. This is critical in many buildings and applications where space is scarce.

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date –1– titre Schneider Electric endorses the feedbacks given by T&D Europe, the European Association of the Electricity Transmission and Distribution Equipment and Services Industry regarding aspects of SF6 managements in Medium Voltage (MV).

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Schneider Electric welcomes the opportunity participate to the consultation process of the European Commission on the proposed Cyber Resilience Act. Overall, Schneider Electric supports the European Commissions objective to create a uniform legal framework of essential cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements.

Revision of the Regulation on European Standardisation Call for evidence for an impact assessment – Input from Schneider Electric Standardisation, most specifically Regulation 1025/2012 on European standardisation, is key to Schneider Electric’s activities and the cornerstone of the European Single Market, product safety, industrial innovation, and Europe’s global competitiveness.

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Schneider Electric welcomes the European Commissions Grid Package as a critical step toward a smarter, more resilient energy system. To accelerate the energy transition, we call for urgent action in five areas: 1. aligning tariff methodologies with EU law to support OpEx-based solutions; 2. embedding flexibility as a strategic asset; 3. accelerating smart grid digitalisation; 4.

Schneider Electric welcomes the objective of the European Commission to accelerate electrification in Europe and come forward with an Electrification Action plan. We identify three priorities to accelerate cost-efficient electrification and its flexible integration into the energy system: 1. Prepare the grids and demand side for a digital, flexible electrification 2.

Schneider Electric welcomes the publication of the draft CRA Guidance and the opportunity to provide feedback. The draft provides valuable clarifications and represents a positive step toward more practical implementation of the Regulation, particularly for complex industrial, OT, software-enabled, and distributed products.

Schneider Electric welcomes the European Commissions Digital Fitness Check, a timely and necessary initiative to assess the coherence, cumulative impact, and practical effectiveness of the EUs digital rulebook. We focus our response on the practical interactions between the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and other parts of the EU digital rulebook.

Schneider Electric welcomes the draft Delegated Regulation establishing a common Union rating scheme for data centres. We support the Commissions objective of improving transparency, comparability and sustainability across the sector through an automatically generated EU label based on reported data.

Schneider Electric welcomes the opportunity to contribute to this consultation. Building on our experience, we call the European Commission to limit Ecodesign requirements for iron and steel products to intermediary products only. Please find attached our position.

Schneider Electric, leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation welcomes the opportunity to comment on this future regulation. We would like to share two specific points of concern: 1) on product information on temperature control classes. 2) on energy-smart appliances supporting energy flexibility. See more details in the attached document.

Schneider Electric, leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation welcomes the opportunity to comment on this future regulation. We would like to share two specific points of concern: 1) on product information on temperature control classes. 2) on energy-smart appliances supporting energy flexibility. See more details in the attached document.