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EU emissions-trading reform 'will raise steel production costs, put sector at risk'
A new reform of the agreement for the European Union’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is an improvement on the initial proposal, but it still fails to secure a global level playing field for the region’s steel industry, a major sector group says.
The latest proposal will expose the EU steel sector to fierce global competition, European steel association Eurofer said on Thursday November 9.
The European Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on November 9 to revise the EU ETS for the period after 2020. This revision will help to put the EU on track to achieve a significant part of its commitment under the Paris Agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by 2030, the European Commission (EC) said.
Negotiations on the reform of the EU ETS were concluded on November 8 after a legislative process which lasted more than two years.
“We recognize the efforts made by the European Parliament to secure the global competitiveness of the EU steel industry. However, the agreement falls short in achieving this objective because even the most efficient steel plants in Europe are likely to face significant [additional] costs resulting from the system,” Eurofer director general Axel Eggert said.
“These are costs that other steel industry contenders [in other regions] do not have to bear, putting at risk a sector that is more exposed than most to global competitive pressures,” he added.