In view of the forthcoming legislative proposal of the European Commission on Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), within the "Fit for 55" Package, AFEP is advocating for the EU to take concrete measures to fight against carbon leakage and related competitiveness gaps at the expense of EU-based industries.

AFEP recently contributed to the public consultation from the European Commission on the Review of the Communication on important projects of common European interest (IPCEI).

AFEP member companies have been engaged for many years in putting CSR at the heart of their strategies and operations. Based on this experience, they have submitted their proposals on sustainable governance and due diligence to the EU Commission in the context of its public consultation.

With the new climate objectives, the European Commission intends to revise the EU-ETS. AFEP supports the EU-ETS, and shares its proposals to maintain the competitiveness of companies in a context of increased risks of carbon leakage associated with higher climate ambition.

The European Commission consulted stakeholders on its inception impact assessment on the revision of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation which expires on May 31 2022.

The Recommendation 01/2020 on measures that supplement transfer tool to ensure compliance with the EU protection of personal data raises serious concerns from companies:

The European Commission consulted stakeholders on draft implementing decision on standard contractual clauses (“SCC”) for the transfer of personal data to third countries. AFEP, which supports the Commission’s work on the SCC remaining GDPR compliant, nevertheless stress that this must go hand in hand with smooth global data flows. They raise serious concerns: