{"id":459368,"date":"2026-07-09T11:40:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T09:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/07\/09\/lettera-di-confindustria-medef-e-bdi-a-von-der-leyen-serve-profonda-revisione-dellets\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T12:47:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:47:56","slug":"confindustria-medef-and-bdi-write-to-von-der-leyen-a-thorough-review-of-the-ets-is-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/07\/09\/confindustria-medef-and-bdi-write-to-von-der-leyen-a-thorough-review-of-the-ets-is-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"Confindustria, Medef and BDI write to von der Leyen: \u201cA thorough review of the ETS is needed\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 A \u201cthorough review\u201d of the ETS \u2013 the Emissions Trading Scheme \u2013 \u201cto ensure that the rules of the European CO\u2082 market are brought more into line with the realities of industry, taking into account available technologies, costs, infrastructure and international competition\u201d. This is the request that the industrial associations of Italy, France and Germany \u2013 Confindustria, Medef and BDI<\/strong> \u2013 have sent to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, ahead of the forthcoming review of the ETS, scheduled for 17 July. It is the first time the three associations have expressed a joint position on the issue ahead of next Friday\u2019s meeting. <\/p>\n

The letter also refers to a recent study by the University of Milan-Bicocca on the ETS, “according to which, between 2013 and 2024, the reduction in emissions was due more to company closures than to the mechanism\u2019s impact on decarbonisation.<\/strong>” In particular, \u201cthe number of manufacturing plants subject to the EU ETS fell by 14.6 per cent, while those remaining in operation recorded an average capacity utilisation of around 80 per cent,\u201d the document highlights. <\/p>\n

The leading industry organisations from Europe\u2019s top three economies \u2013 representing nearly 500,000 businesses \u2013 are also calling for a review of the Market Stability Reserve, the mechanism that regulates CO2 allowances on the European market, \u201cto avoid shortages caused by the current rules and to limit price volatility.\u201d In addition, they are calling for the strengthening of the CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism), that is, \u201cthe European duty on CO\u2082 emissions from imported goods, while maintaining free allowances and ETS cost compensation until there are effective alternative measures to prevent the relocation of production outside the EU.\u201d Finally, they call on the Commission to \u201callocate all ETS revenues entirely to decarbonisation;\u201d to \u201cintegrate, after 2030, solutions such as high-quality international credits, CO\u2082 capture and storage, and permanent carbon removals;\u201d and to \u201cexclude maritime transport and aviation from the scope of the mechanism.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the letter, which comes at a time when European industry \u201cis having to contend with persistently high energy costs and growing pressure from global competition,\u201d the three associations stress that \u201cEuropean industry reaffirms its commitment to the EU\u2019s long-term climate objectives,<\/strong>\u201d and<\/strong> that, \u201cprecisely for this reason, it considers it essential to set out a path towards climate neutrality that is also sustainable in terms of competitiveness.<\/strong>\u201d The document highlights that \u201cover the last two decades, the EU ETS has contributed to reducing emissions by providing a technology-neutral price signal and encouraging investment in low-carbon technologies.\u201d According to the three organisations, \u201cthe revision of the ETS must therefore be based on two fundamental principles. On the one hand, Europe must pursue the decarbonisation of its economy without compromising its industrial base; on the other, it is necessary to significantly improve the framework conditions for investment, so that the ETS can truly act as a driver of investment in decarbonisation across Europe.\u201d According to Confindustria, Medef, and BDI, \u201cclimate ambition and industrial competitiveness must be pursued jointly, as mutually complementary objectives that are fully consistent with the priorities set out in the Clean Industrial Deal.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to the three industry associations from Italy, France and Germany, it is \u201cessential to set out a path towards climate neutrality that is also sustainable in terms of competitiveness\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7874,"featured_media":459351,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25705,30800],"tags":[26324,32559,30396,29460,26190,29899,28097,29461,25921],"class_list":["post-459368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-energy","tag-bdi","tag-cbam-en","tag-neutralita-climatica-en","tag-confindustria-en-2","tag-ets-en","tag-coffeesand","tag-riforma-en","tag-von-der-leyen-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7874"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":459369,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459368\/revisions\/459369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}