UNESID

UNESID welcomes the European Commissions proposal for an Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA), which represents an important step towards creating lead markets for low-carbon industrial products and strengthening Europes competitiveness, resilience and strategic autonomy.

Spains steel industry feedback on the Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act (IDAA) The Spanish steel sector strongly supports the objectives of the IDAA and the need to rapidly create effective lead markets for low-carbon industrial products.

The revision of the EU public procurement framework represents an important opportunity to further develop procurement practices that support the green transition, industrial competitiveness and economic resilience, while ensuring value for money.

The Spanish Steel Association, UNESID, in representation of the Spanish Steel Industry welcomes the opportunity to give feedback on the initiative which aims to define a framework to regulate and harmonize the environmental claims and, as a result, to boost the participation and empowerment of costumer in the ecological transition through the disposal of accurate and comparable environmental information for their…

Contribution of UNESID Spanish Steelmaking and Steel Transforming Association UNESID welcomes the opportunity to comment on the draft Commission Implementing Regulation revising the ETS benchmark values for free allocation in 2026-2030. The full UNESID position is attached as an annex. This summary focuses on one issue: the proposed fuel fallback benchmark.

UNESID, the Spanish Steel Association, welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the draft Commission Delegated Regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2486. Our comments on specific provisions of the draft acts are set out in the attached document.

Carbon price paid in third countries. A fair and detailed view is needed. UNESID supports the principle that CBAM should recognise carbon prices already paid abroad, but this must be applied with extreme caution. Our main concerns are: 1. Only net, effective carbon costs. Recognition should be limited to explicit and verifiable CO prices that apply equally to all domestic producers in the exporting country.

Unesid, representing the steel and first steel processing industry, supports the increase in the maximum mass of lorries to 44 tonnes and the free transit between Member States of vehicles of this tonnage. There are several reasons for this: On the one hand, climate efficiency: each journey by which the load carried increases from the current approximately 22 t in different MSs to 26 t represents a very significant…

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CBAM Methodology (definitive period from 2026) UNESID values the opportunity to comment on the CBAM methodology. We believe several elements require clarification or reinforcement: 1. Melted and poured + mechanical transformation. CBAM must require proof of the plant where the steel was melted and poured, complemented with information on subsequent thermo-mechanical transformation (rolling, coating, etc.).

The Commissions initiative to ensure sufficient availability of aluminium scrap within the EU is fully consistent with the Unions renewed approach to economic security, industrial resilience and the effective implementation of the circular economy, in line with the objectives of the Steel and Metals Action Plan and the EU agenda to safeguard strategic inputs for the green and digital transitions.

CBAM Benchmarks (ETS references) CBAM Benchmarks should reflect the best environmental practices and reducing the risk of circumvention. UNESID welcomes the Commissions consultation on CBAM benchmarks. We agree that benchmarks must reflect the principles of the ETS, ensuring both environmental integrity and a fair level playing field. However, several points deserve stronger emphasis: 1.

See ESPR Iron and Steel Questionnaire UNESID Final including rational v4 Harmonised definition of \"green steel\". Methodological Principles [1] agreed by UNESID partners UNESID Low-carbon steel labelling reference values EN v4 (non-paper) The three documents has been integrated in the first one in a row.