This Regulation also known as the Net-Zero Industry Act establishes a framework to strengthen Europe’s net-zero technology manufacturing ecosystem and amends Regulation (EU) 2018/1724. Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 is amended by including provisions related to the online availability of information and assistance for businesses in the net-zero technology sector, simplifying the process for companies to comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, among others.
The Regulation aims to ensure the European Union's access to a secure and sustainable supply of net-zero technologies by scaling up the manufacturing capacity of net-zero technologies and their supply chains to safeguard their resilience while also contributing to achieving the union’s climate targets and climate neutrality objective. It intends to decarbonise the EU’s economy and society by contributing to the creation of quality jobs in net-zero technologies and improving the competitiveness of the union.
Article 1 provides that the measures set in the regulation aim to:
“(a) lower the risk of supply disruptions related to net-zero technologies likely to distort competition and fragment the internal market, in particular by identifying and supporting the scale-up of the manufacturing capacity of net-zero technologies and their supply chains;
(b) establish a Union market for CO 2 storage services;
(c) encourage demand for sustainable and resilient net-zero technologies through public procurement procedures, auctioning and other forms of public intervention;
(d) enhance skills through the support of the Academies, thereby safeguarding and creating quality jobs;
(e) support innovation through the creation of net-zero regulatory sandboxes, coordination of research and innovation activities through the Strategic Energy Technologies Plan Steering Group, as well as through the use of pre-commercial procurement and public procurement of innovative solutions;
(f) improve the Union’s ability to monitor and mitigate supply risks related to net-zero technologies.”
