U. S. Steel, Košice, s.r.o.

The Circular Economy Act is a key opportunity to strengthen EU's circularity via targeted legislation that supports material-efficient and genuinely circular systems. Together with the Critical Raw Materials Act, the Net-Zero Industry Act and the Clean Industrial Deal, the Circular Economy Act should become a central pillar of the EUs regulatory framework, helping to secure secondary raw materials within Europe…

Dear Commission, We would like to fully support the comments and justification expressed by Eurofer in its position document (attached). As such we fully support the following key messages: • The achievement of targets on the integration of renewable and low carbon energy in the European industrial sector requires inevitably the deployment of a considerable amount of renewable and low carbon electricity and hydrogen…

We would hereby like to fully support the comments and justifications of Eurofer in its position document & that of Energy-intensive industries (EIIs) (both attached). As such our key messages are as follows: ➢Increasing climate ambition and rising carbon costs require strengthened rather than weakened carbon leakage protection ➢ The inclusion of the steel sector in the CBAM entails a high degree of complexity and…

Dear Commission, We would like to fully support the comments and justification expressed by Eurofer in its position document (attached). As such we fully support the following: • The Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) should remain focused on its primary objective of promoting energy efficiency and refrain from double regulation with other legislation.

Key messages: ➢ The higher 2030 target should be achieved in the most cost-efficient way: the one-off cancellation (rebasing) and strengthening of the Market Stability Reserve cause unnecessary additional costs for EU society that should be avoided ➢ Higher climate ambition and rising carbon costs require strengthened carbon leakage protection • Full benchmark based free allocation and indirect costs compensation…

Dear Commission, We would like to fully support the comments and justification expressed by Eurofer in its position document (attached). As such we fully support the following: • The alignment of the Energy Taxation Directive with the objectives of other EU legislation, especially in climate and energy policy shall be compatible with renewable and low carbon energy needs and mitigate the risks inherent to the…

U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o., shares the concerns expressed in the attached position paper, regarding the draft Implementing Regulation on the carbon price paid in third countries under CBAM. The submission highlights that any recognition of foreign carbon costs must remain fully aligned with EU ETS principles to preserve CBAMs integrity and ensure a level playing field.