Europump Annual Meetings & Joint Conference

Sustainability and Decarbonisation:

9th - 11th May 2022

how can the EU’s industrial policy support the industry’s efforts?

With its Communication of 5 May 2021 updating the New Industrial Strategy proposed in 2020, the European Commission has further indicated that it relies on industry to deliver on the major challenges faced by our economies and societies in Europe: sustainability, digital transformation and global competitiveness, as well as on the need to overcome the crisis provoked by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The EU Recovery and Resilience Plan launched in Spring 2021 is largely building on the capability of European industry to design and produce the building blocks of the twin green and digital transition. At the same time, the EU is shaping a dense regulatory framework that does not always support the freedom and flexibility needed for companies to grow and compete globally.

The European technology industries, and in particular our pumps, compressors and taps and valves sectors, have for a long time considered the enhancement of their global competitiveness within the challenges of societal and environmental challenges, notably by contributing to the preparation of energy efficiency and ecolabel regulations. In parallel, digitalisation has provided increased opportunities and brought new challenges, including debates on the appropriate regulatory level (sharing of industrial data, Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, etc).