Response to the public consultation on the draft CISAF

On 25 April 2025, the Zero Emission Platform (ZEP) provided feedback on the European Commission’s draft Communication establishing a Framework for state aid measures to support the Clean Industrial Deal (CISAF).

Foreword

The CISAF’s aim to simplify state aid rules will allow Member States to accelerate the roll-out of renewable energy, deploy industrial decarbonisation, and ensure a sufficient capacity of clean tech manufacturing in Europe.

ZEP especially supports the CISAF as a pivotal instrument to crowd in and de-risk private investments
that deploy industrial decarbonisation, insofar as insufficient private and public investments are one of the most pressing challenges in proving a business case for industrial carbon management.

This was highlighted by the Commission in the Industrial Carbon Management Strategy (ICMS), adopted in February 2024. Point (4) in the draft CISAF also stresses the importance of enabling “a longer planning horizon for Member States and investment predictability for businesses, without unduly distorting competition and trade while preserving cohesion objectives”.

ZEP commends the work of the Commission to ensure that the CISAF delivers meaningful and
impactful support on investments towards a full European value chain for the capture, transport,
storage, and utilisation of CO₂. ZEP remains committed to assisting European policymakers as much
as possible on all topics related to industrial carbon management.