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Environmentally sustainable taxonomy eligibility criteria
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The steel industry has been invited to participate in the Technical Expert Group (TEG) on sustainable finance, and has provided comments on the second round consultation. As yet these comments have not been considered in the latest draft, and so this paper sets out in further detail the concerns of the steel industry and workable proposals to improve the taxonomy.
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Brussels, 25 June 2024 – The EU decision to continue the steel safeguard for another two-year period is a much-needed step towards ensuring the stability of the steel market amidst the highest levels of import penetration ever recorded in the EU. However, as global excess capacity is projected to increase even further in the coming years, a longer-term solution needs to be developed to address this structural challenge, says the European Steel Association.
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The existential threat posed by worsening non-market excess capacity cannot be ignored.