APPLiA has co-signed a Joint Statement together with other European industry associations representing steel-using industries, expressing concerns about the European Commission’s proposal on EU steel safeguards.
While acknowledging the need to address global overcapacity in the steel sector, the signatories consider that the proposed parameters go too far in ring-fencing the EU market.
As currently designed, the measures would increase costs for downstream manufacturing activities, make it more difficult to source specialised, high-quality steel inputs not sufficiently available in the EU, and negatively affect industrial competitiveness.
The statement further highlights that these impacts come in addition to the combined effect of other measures, such as CBAM and the phase-out of free ETS allowances, which together raise the cost of both EU-produced and imported steel.
The signatories therefore urge EU policymakers to adopt a more careful and balanced approach that adequately reflects the concerns and challenges faced by Europe’s steel users.
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