Tuolla vielä teräsalan EU-lobbarin Euroferin kommentteja Industrial Accelerator Actin teräshommiin.
Toiveissa tiukempi kehikko EU-firmojen osallisuuden varmistamiseksi, varmaankin jos/kun CBAM ja tariffiuudistus vuotaa. EU:lla on taipumus olla vähän sinisilmäinen, joten voisi kai sitä olla enemmän fool proof -tsydeemit kun tämän päivän kauppapolitiikka ja geopolitiikka maailmassa on mitä on, ts eri suunta kuin aiemmin.
Edit: hyvä huomata että tämän mukaan IAA vaatisi vain 25% low carbon -osuutta julkisista hankinnoista, mikä vastaisi n 5% kokonaiskulutuksesta. Voisi olla myös non-EU kauppasopimustennpohjalta.
The proposal offers some welcome foundations that could stimulate demand for low-carbon steel.
But the demand signal remains limited.
The proposal requires 25% of steel in public procurement and public support schemes to be low-carbon - yet it does not require that this steel be produced in Europe.
This matters.
25% of public procurement represents less than 5% of the total steel market, and public support schemes vary widely across Member States.
Without stronger and clearer demand signals, these measures may not provide the long-term certainty needed for major industrial investments.
To make lead markets work, the EU must ensure it supports low-carbon steel made in Europe, not made in third-countries.
The Industrial Accelerator Act is a welcome start - but it must go further to increase demand for green steel made in Europe.
EUROFER therefore calls for:
a clear definition of “Made in Europe” for steel, based on steel melted and poured in the EU and EEA
the application of both low-carbon and European origin criteria in the Industrial Accelerator Act
a robust labelling framework to support lead markets
affordable electricity prices to further enable steel decarbonisation.