SGI Europe

Position Paper Response to the Call for Evidence - Digital Omnibus ––– 14 October 2025 Introduction SGI Europe, representing enterprises and employers providing services of general interest across Europe, welcomes the European Commission’s initiative to simplify and improve the coherence of the EU’s digital rulebook through the Digital Omnibus.

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Position Paper Revision of the EU public procurement rules Response to the Call for Evidence ––– 26 January 2026 Introduction In general, the 2014 Public Procurement Directives have made public procurement processes more complicated, rather than simpler, resulting in higher associated costs and lengthier procedures.

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Position Paper Industrial Accelerator Act Feedback to the publication of the Commission proposal ––– 18 June 2026 Introduction SGI Europe supports the objective of strengthening Europe’s industrial resilience and competitiveness in strategic sectors within a changed security, climate, economic and geopolitical environment.

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Position Paper Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act ––– 8 July 2025 Introduction SGI Europe, representing providers of Services of General Interest (SGIs), welcomes the European Commission’s upcoming proposal for an Industrial Decarbonisation Acceleration Act (IDAA) as part of the Clean Industrial Deal.

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SGI Europe represents employers and enterprises delivering services of general interest. We are part of the Coalition for the Freedom to Stay, which promotes a balanced vision of Europe in which the Freedom to Move is complemented by the Freedom to Stay.

SGI Europe welcomed in general the European Commission’s initiative for “A Renovation Wave for Europe”. Buildings in Europe consume around 40% of energy, therefore, to achieve the ambitious climate neutrality target and to successfully decarbonise the economy, as set in the EU Green Deal, the building and housing sector has to play a greater role.

CEEP, the European Centre of Employers and Enterprises providing Public Services and Services of General Interest (SGIs) is supporting the European Commission’s goals of making Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050.

CEEP welcomes the ambition of the European Commission to propose the first-ever EU Climate Law to ensure all EU policies contribute to the European Green Deal objectives to become the first climate-neutral continent by 2050.

SGI Europe, representing employers of public services and services of general interest, expresses strong opposition to the potential inclusion of Municipal Waste Incineration (MWI) under the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS 1).

CEEP, the European Centre of Employers and Enterprises providing Public Services and Services of General Interest (SGIs), welcomes the initiative to respond to the improvement of the carbon border adjustment mechanisms by the European Commission.

CEEP, the European Centre of Employers and Enterprises providing Public Services and Services of General Interest (SGIs), welcomes the revision of the Energy Taxation Directive proposed by the European Commission.

SGI Europe welcomes the Commission's proposal on a Data Act and the challenges raised by the proposed regulation, which will stimulate the development of a market for data from competitive connected objects and innovation based on this data.

SGI Europe welcomes the Digital Services Act (DSA) by the European Commission and the opportunity to reflect on the proposal for a regulation again in the public feedback consultation. Service providers of general interest serve to the public good and protect European fundamental rights. We are taking Europe forward in serving and acting in the general interest and in being key players in the digital environment.

CEEP, the European Centre of Employers and Enterprises providing Public Services and Services of General Interest (SGIs), welcomes the emphasis on the importance of digital services and the Commission’s plan to prepare an ambitious Digital Services Act (DSA) package later this year.

CEEP, the organization representing employers and enterprises providing public services and services of general interest in Europe since 1961, welcomes the opportunity to reply to the Inception Impact Assessment on the legislative framework for the governance of common European data spaces. In the enclosed opinion, we would like to emphasise some aspects of the legislative framework and highlight our position.

Position Paper SGI Europe response to the Call for Evidence on the EU Housing Simplification Package ––– 30 September 2026 Introduction SGI Europe welcomes the European Commission’s initiative to prepare a Housing Simplification Package as announced in the European Affordable Housing Plan and as part of the broader EU agenda to reduce unnecessary regulatory and administrative burdens.

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SGI Europe welcomes overall the Digital Markets Act (DMA) of the European Commission and the opportunity to reflect again on the proposal for a regulation in the public feedback consultation. The DMA is an important starting point to ensure fair competition in the digital world and increase consumer choice.

SGI Europe generally welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the recently adopted Directive on security of network and information systems (NIS 2 Directive) by the European Commission that introduces in our point of view significant and problematic changes compared with the first version of the Directive.

SGI Europe, representing employers of public services and services of general interest in the energy, water, waste management, telecommunication, transport and local and regional authorities, welcomes the opportunity to submit recommendations to the Water Resilience research and innovation strategy to reach the EU Water Resilience Strategy's goal of 10 % Water efficiency.

With this contribution, SGI Europe puts forward the key messages from employers and providers of services of general interest (SGIs) across Europe. As one of the cross-industry EU social partners, SGI Europe represents its members active in, amongst others, energy, healthcare, telecommunications, waste management, and water distribution.

SGI Europe urges that the new EU climate architecture, together with the upcoming Clean Industrial Deal, must decisively reinforce the role of Services of General Interest (SGIs) as key enablers of Europes transition to climate neutrality by 2050. SGIs form the backbone of Europes economy and society, providing essential services that are fundamental in achieving a fair and sustainable transition.

SGI Europe urges that the new EU climate architecture, together with the upcoming Clean Industrial Deal, must decisively reinforce the role of Services of General Interest (SGIs). By prioritising technology neutrality, local governance, and infrastructure resilience, the EU can ensure that the journey toward the 2040 climate target is both industrially competitive and socially just.

STAKEHOLDER’S CONSULTATION ON THE COMMISSION’S PROPOSAL ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE JUST TRANSITION FUND CEEP DRAFT RESPONSE As CEEP, we believe that the Proposal for a Regulation on the establishment of the Just Transition Fund (JTF) is well-articulated, both internally as well as within the broader context of the current EU policy agenda.

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SGI Europe welcomes the preparation of the 10th Cohesion Report and its ambition to strengthen the evidence base on economic, social and territorial disparities, the effectiveness of place-based policies and the contribution of cohesion policy to European competitiveness. For SGI Europe, the concept of the Freedom to Stay should provide an important analytical lens for this work.

SGI Europe strongly supports the Commission’s aim at building a strong legal framework regulating data by imposing high ethical and regulatory standards. Furthermore, SGI Europe generally welcomes the Commission’s aim to make transport more sustainable and its efforts to deliver effective and seamless multimodality. We understand that data-driven innovation will play a crucial role in achieving these goals.

SGI Europe is the European representation of employers of services of general interest in the energy, transport, water, waste management, telecommunication, education and health sector and welcomes the public consultation on the mid-term evaluation of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Fund for the Transport, Energy and Digital sector.

SGI Europe – response to open consultation on minimum wage directive proposal December 2020 SGI Europe agrees with the overall objectives of achieving adequate wages across the EU, making work pay, fighting poverty, and strengthening the role of social partners and social dialogue, in line with national industrial relations systems. A lot of work is done, in particular in the European semester.

SGI Europe welcomes the Commissions Call for Evidence on the evaluation of the European Labour Authority (ELA) and supports the objective of assessing how the Authority can further improve its effectiveness in supporting fair and well-functioning labour mobility within the European Union.

SGI Europe welcomes the European Commissions initiative to revise key EU legislative acts to reduce administrative burden, improve clarity, and enhance proportionality under the Omnibus IV package. However, we would like to raise a horizontal issue that cuts across several of the targeted regulations: the way in which public and non-profit enterprises are excluded from simplified or proportionate regimes due to the…

On the 4th of March 2020, the European Commission proposed the decision to make the year 2021 “the European year of rail” [2020/0035 (COD)]. CEEP, the European Centre of Employers and Enterprises providing Public Services and Services of General Interest (SGIs), appreciates this proposal and welcomes the recognition of rail as sustainable mode of transport that needs more (European) support.

CEEP is highly skeptical about the opportunity to use, in the present political context, the passerelle clause of the Lisbonne treaty in the social sphere. CEEP is an organisation which, together with its employers and trade-union counterparts, contributed to the very definition and constitution of Europe’s social dimension and its legislative and non-legislative tools, through constant negotiations, debates and…

SGI Europe welcomes the European Commissions Pensions Package, including the proposal to revise the Directive on Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision (IORP II) and the review of the Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) Regulation, as well as the accompanying Recommendation on pension tracking systems, dashboards and auto-enrolment.