The European Commission presents today the Clean Industrial Deal (CID), a bold business plan to support the competitiveness and resilience of our industry. The Deal will accelerate decarbonisation, while securing the future of manufacturing in Europe.

Faced with high energy costs and fierce and often unfair global competition, our industries need urgent support. This Deal positions decarbonisation as a powerful driver of growth for European industries. This framework can drive competitiveness as it gives certainty and predictability to companies and investors that Europe remains committed to become a decarbonised economy by 2050.

The Commission is also taking actions to make our regulatory environment more efficient while reducing bureaucratic hurdles for businesses. Today's measures are the results of the active engagement with industry leaders, social partners and civil society in the context of the Antwerp Declaration for a European Industrial Deal and the European Commission's Clean Transition Dialogues.

A business plan to decarbonise, reindustrialise and innovate

The Deal focuses mainly on two closely linked sectors: energy-intensive industries and clean tech.
i) Energy-intensive industries as they require urgent support to decarbonise and electrify. The sector faces high energy costs, unfair global competition and complex regulations, harming its competitiveness. 

ii) Clean Tech is at the heart of future competitiveness and growth as well as crucial for industrial transformation. Circularity is also a central element of the Deal, as we need to maximise EU's limited resources and reduce over dependencies on third country suppliers for raw materials.

The Deal presents measures strengthening the entire value chain. It serves as a framework to tailor action in specific sectors.