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Access to Infrastructure, Energy, Raw Materials
05 November 2025
Cement Europe’s Feedback to EC Circular Economy Act Public Consultation
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
09 October 2025
CBAM Sectors Statement - CBAM benchmarks
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
30 September 2025
EIIs 2040 Target - Joint Statement
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Lead Markets and Sustainable Construction
18 July 2025
CONCRETE EUROPE Position Paper on Affordable and Sustainable Housing
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
08 July 2025
Future EU ETS: Cement Europe assessment and strategic proposals
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy Lead Markets and Sustainable Construction
11 June 2025
Unlocking lead markets for low-carbon cement: a labelling proposal by Cement Europe
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
24 April 2025
Clean Industrial Deal Draft State Aid Framework - Comments by Cement Europe
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
20 February 2025
Enabling a competitive cement industry – Cement Europe Statement
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
04 February 2025
Joint Letter – Clean Industrial Deal and Carbon Capture
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
20 January 2025
A timely start of CBAM is critical for decarbonisation investments
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08 December 2024
Antwerp Dialogue on Industrial Electrification & Competitiveness - Recommendations
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
04 December 2024
A watertight implementation of CBAM – tackling the risks of fraud and circumvention in the cement sector
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
13 November 2024
Creating lead markets for low-carbon cements
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
05 November 2024
Ramping up financial support for decarbonisation investments
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
24 October 2024
Draft delegated act on the methodology to determine the greenhouse gas emission savings of low-carbon fuels
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
23 October 2024
Clean Industrial Deal – Cement Europe recommendations
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Lead Markets and Sustainable Construction
22 August 2024
Global Warming Potential for the EPBD: Parameters the Concrete & Cement Sector considers important for the development of GWP methodology
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
25 July 2024
Draft Monitoring and Reporting Regulation (MRR) for the EU ETS - Cement Europe position
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
15 July 2024
Draft Delegated Act on permanent emissions storage through carbon capture and utilisation – Cement Europe Position
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
17 June 2024
Green Deal and Industrial Deal - Joint statement
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
16 June 2024
IPCEI mechanism to accelerate carbon capture
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy Access to Infrastructure, Energy, Raw Materials Lead Markets and Sustainable Construction
27 May 2024
Cement Europe feedback on Commission call for evidence on DNSH
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26 May 2024
Enabling circular composites starts with waste codes - Joint position
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
07 March 2024
Draft EU Commission Guidance on the Free Allocation Regulation (FAR)
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy Lead Markets and Sustainable Construction
04 March 2024
Clinker substitution in the cement industry
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
19 February 2024
The Antwerp Declaration for a European Industrial Deal
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
05 February 2024
2040 climate target: Joint statement by the AEII
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
01 January 2024
EU ETS – update of free allocation rules
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
18 December 2023
Minimising the risks of fraud on CBAM in the cement sector
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
11 December 2023
NZIA Trilogue - Cement Europe Priorities
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
11 December 2023
Union Certification Framework for Carbon Removals Trilogues
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
03 December 2023
EMD Reform: Ensuring affordable electricity for European industry’s competitiveness and decarbonisation - AEII joint Statement
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
30 November 2023
Energy Intensive Industries welcome the EP vote on NZIA
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
07 November 2023
Joint Letter supporting NZIA chapters on CCS
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
25 October 2023
Permanence of CO2 storage in products
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Lead Markets and Sustainable Construction
15 October 2023
A new momentum for standardisation
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
03 October 2023
Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) should be recognised as a strategic net zero technology in the EU Net Zero Industry Act - Joint letter
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Responsible Business
01 October 2023
Transformation of the Workforce
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Lead Markets and Sustainable Construction
05 September 2023
Trilogues on CPR and ESPR - Cement Europe Position
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
27 August 2023
Industrial Carbon Management Strategy - Cement Europe recommendations
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Access to Infrastructure, Energy, Raw Materials
24 July 2023
Cement Europe’s feedback to the Polluter Pays Principle public consultation
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Access to Infrastructure, Energy, Raw Materials
04 July 2023
Cement co-processing is a sustainable solution for recycling end-of-life composite materials - Joint position
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
27 June 2023
Decarbonisation and Whole-Life Carbon Policies: Proposals from the Concrete and Cement Sector
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
21 June 2023
EU climate target for 2040
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Responsible Business
12 June 2023
European Nature Restoration Law - an opportunity for a win-win for nature and industry - Joint statement
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
22 May 2023
The Electricity Market Design reform ensuring European industry’s competitiveness and decarbonisation
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
14 May 2023
Electricity Market Reform
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
10 May 2023
A Comprehensive framework for Carbon Capture investments
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
10 May 2023
Simplifying and speeding up permitting
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
10 May 2023
Energy Intensive Industries - The Net Zero Industry Act requires a full value chain approach
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02 May 2023
The Electricity Market Design reform from the perspective of industrial consumers
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
10 April 2023
Joint letter calling for the recognition of Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) as strategic net zero technologies in the EU Net Zero Industry Act
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
20 March 2023
Draft Delegated Act on Greenhouse Gas Savings from RFNBOs & Recycled Carbon Fuels - Joint Statement
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
07 March 2023
A credible and efficient path for carbon removals
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
01 March 2023
Draft Delegated Act on Greenhouse Gas savings from RFNBOS & recycled carbon fuels
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Access to Infrastructure, Energy, Raw Materials
22 February 2023
Joint statement from the European non-energy extractive industry on the European Parliament’s Amendments to the Draft Report
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
14 February 2023
Revision of the EU electricity market design – Cement Europe contribution
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
13 February 2023
TEN-T Regulation: 24 Stakeholders call on TRAN Committee to recognise crucial ship, rail, barge and truck for transporting CO2 to storage
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Lead Markets and Sustainable Construction
01 February 2023
Cement belongs to the CPR
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
31 January 2023
Green Deal Industrial Plan – Cement Europe reaction
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
31 January 2023
Energy intensive industries should be at the heart of the Green Deal Industrial plan
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
11 January 2023
Time to act: Strengthening the EU’s leadership on green technologies and decarbonising the cement industry
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
07 December 2022
Energy Intensive Industries - RePowerEU and Innovation Fund must go hand in hand to stop EU’s de-industrialisation
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
04 December 2022
Trilogues on ETS and CBAM – Cement Europe statement
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
22 November 2022
It is time for a thorough debate on CO2 utilisation
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
25 October 2022
CBAM sectors statement on ETS and CBAM Trialogues
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Access to Infrastructure, Energy, Raw Materials
03 October 2022
Joint Position on IED from EU non-energy extractive industry
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
02 October 2022
CBAM and indirect emissions – Cement Europe note
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
27 September 2022
Energy Intensive Industries Statement ahead of the Energy Council of 30 September
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
21 September 2022
RePowerEU cannot come at the expense of carbon leakage protection - Joint Statement
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
12 September 2022
Energy Intensive Industries Statement on Energy Council of 13 September
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
28 August 2022
Cement Europe IED position
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Lead Markets and Sustainable Construction
11 July 2022
Cement Europe position on the new CPR proposal
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
16 June 2022
Draft delegated act on detailed rules for production of renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
16 June 2022
Draft delegated act on greenhouse gas savings from RFNBO
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
12 June 2022
EU Mineral Industry associations call for keeping mineralogical processes outside the scope of the Energy Taxation Directive
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Access to Infrastructure, Energy, Raw Materials
30 May 2022
EU Nature Restoration Law - joint letter
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
18 May 2022
REPowerEU – Reaction from Cement Europe
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
01 May 2022
The contribution of the cement and concrete sector to carbon removals
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
19 April 2022
The war in Ukraine, repower EU and the EU cement industry – taking decisive policy actions in a changing geopolitical context
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
20 March 2022
A CBAM that works for the European cement industry and workers - Joint Statement
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
08 March 2022
Joint Statement of Energy Intensive Industries on energy crisis
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
24 February 2022
Renewable Energy Directive (RED III)
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
24 January 2022
Joint Statement by energy intensive sectors on CBAM
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
19 January 2022
Designing a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) that works
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
17 January 2022
Proposal for a revision of the Energy Taxation Directive
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
14 December 2021
Cement Europe Statement on rising carbon prices and recent EU cement import trends
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Lead Markets and Sustainable Construction
13 December 2021
The sustainable built environment agenda: contribution from cement and concrete
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
21 November 2021
Commission document energy-intensive industries ecosystem: scenarios for a transition pathway
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
16 November 2021
Energy Intensive Industries issue joint position paper on CBAM
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
19 October 2021
Energy intensive industries urge swift action to tackle unprecedented energy crisis
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
10 October 2021
Proposal for a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM)
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
10 October 2021
Review of the EU Emission Trading Scheme
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
06 October 2021
Cement Europe Feedback to the Commission Roadmap on restoring sustainable carbon cycles
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Access to Infrastructure, Energy, Raw Materials
29 September 2021
Cement Europe’s feedback to the Waste Shipment EU rules revision
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Lead Markets and Sustainable Construction
08 August 2021
Harmonised Cement Standards for the Single Market
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
07 July 2021
Energy Intensive Industries’ recommendations to the EU Emission Trading Scheme reform
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy Access to Infrastructure, Energy, Raw Materials
06 July 2021
Cement Europe's Response to the Draft Climate, Energy & Environment State Aid Guidelines
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
22 June 2021
Statement on Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms and Fit for 55 package
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Lead Markets and Sustainable Construction
21 June 2021
The EPBD revision: An occasion to unleash the potential of thermal mass for electricity grid flexibility with benefits for the environment and households
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
15 April 2021
The new EU Forest Strategy should not hamper efforts to decarbonise European buildings
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
11 April 2021
Joint industry statement: IED & climate change policy options
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Responsible Business
08 March 2021
Rethinking Europe’s approach to Health & Safety at Work
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
04 February 2021
Recommendations from the Alliance of Energy Intensive Industries on the review of the EU Emissions Trading System
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
01 February 2021
Cement Europe feedback to the European Commission’s public consultation on energy from renewable sources (RED II)
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
01 February 2021
Cement Europe feedback to the European Commission’s public consultation on energy efficiency Directive
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
31 January 2021
Feedback on the European Commission Public Consultation for the Amendment of the ESR (Regulation EU 2018/842)
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
31 January 2021
Review of the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS)
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
04 January 2021
Review of the State Aid Guidelines for Environmental Protection and Energy
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
08 December 2020
Cement Europe feedback to Commission draft delegated regulation on Mitigation Adaptation technical criteria (EU Taxonomy)
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
18 November 2020
Competition policy supporting the Green Deal - Cement Europe input
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
18 November 2020
Feedback on the European Commission Inception Impact Assessment for the Amendment of the EU ETS (Directive 2003/87/EC)
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Lead Markets and Sustainable Construction
15 November 2020
Cement Europe feedback to the European Commission’s inception impact assessment on a sustainable products initiative
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Access to Infrastructure, Energy, Raw Materials
09 November 2020
Cement Europe’s feedback to the EU Action Plan towards a Zero Pollution Ambition for air, water and soil
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
20 September 2020
Feedback to the European Commission's Inception Impact Assessment on RED II
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07 September 2020
Feedback on the Commission Delegated Regulation on Taxonomy-Related Disclosures by Undertakings Reporting Non-Financial Information
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Lead Markets and Sustainable Construction
31 August 2020
Feedback to the Inception Impact Assessment on Empowering the Consumer
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Lead Markets and Sustainable Construction
30 August 2020
Cement Europe feedback to EC Inception impact assessment on a legislative proposal on substantiating green claims
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Access to Infrastructure, Energy, Raw Materials
30 August 2020
Concrete Recycling
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
12 August 2020
Cement Europe feedback to Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy
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Lead Markets and Sustainable Construction
11 August 2020
Cement Europe's Position on the Future of the CPR
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Access to Infrastructure, Energy, Raw Materials
19 July 2020
Cement Europe Feedback on draft delegated regulation amending Shipments of Waste Regulation Annexes III, IIIA, IV, V and VIII
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Access to Infrastructure, Energy, Raw Materials
19 July 2020
Cement Europe Feedback on draft implementing regulation 2018-2066 – EU ETS MRR
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Lead Markets and Sustainable Construction
08 July 2020
EU Renovation Wave
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
06 July 2020
Submission to the Review of the TEN-E Regulation
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
29 June 2020
Cement Europe feedback to the European Commission’s inception impact assessment on climate adaptation
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Climate & CO₂ Strategy
23 June 2020
Cement Europe’s response to the public consultation for the EU climate ambition for 2030
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02 June 2020
Joint Statement - Demand Response in industry: when industrial flexibility supports competitiveness and climate neutrality
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07 May 2020
Building a successful recovery after COVID 19
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