# Clean Industrial Deal Canonical URL: https://digital-acquis.eu/initiative/clean-industrial-deal Entry type: policy initiative Source edition current through: 31 August 2026 (2026-08-31). This is not a page modification date. Status: not recorded. A delivered policy initiative is not necessarily legislation in force. Document type: Communication Release date: 2025-02-26 ## Summary The Clean Industrial Deal connects industrial decarbonisation with affordable energy, investment and demand for cleaner products. Its measures address electricity costs, permitting, grid infrastructure, state aid and finance for industrial projects. Product standards, procurement and support for circular production are intended to strengthen markets for low-carbon goods and access to raw materials. The programme also covers trade partnerships and changes to the carbon border mechanism. Skills, quality jobs and measures supporting a fair transition accompany the industrial agenda, linking changes in production with the needs of workers and communities. ## Sources - [Official source]() ## Action items (42; complete published list) ### 1. Action item 220001 Action Plan on Affordable Energy Q1 2025 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 1. Digital dimension: yes. ### 2. Action item 220002 EIB pilot offering financial guarantees for PPA off takers, with a focus on SMEs and energy-intensive industry Q2 2025 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 2. Digital dimension: yes. ### 3. Action item 220003 Legislative proposal on the extension of the Gas Storage Regulation Q1 2025 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 3. Digital dimension: no. ### 4. Action item 220004 Clean Industrial Deal State aid framework Q2 2025 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 4. Digital dimension: yes. ### 5. Action item 220005 Recommendation on network charges Q2 2025 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 5. Digital dimension: yes. ### 6. Action item 220006 Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: Speed-up permitting for industrial access to energy and industrial decarbonisation Q4 2025 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 6. Digital dimension: yes. ### 7. Action item 220007 Recommendation on energy taxation Q4 2025 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 7. Digital dimension: no. ### 8. Action item 220008 Guidance on CfD design, including on combining CfDs and PPAs Q4 2025 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 8. Digital dimension: no. ### 9. Action item 220009 Guidance on promoting remuneration of flexibility in retail contracts Q4 2025 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 9. Digital dimension: no. ### 10. Action item 220010 European Grids Package Q1 2026 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 10. Digital dimension: yes. ### 11. Action item 220011 Delegated act on low carbon hydrogen, providing regulatory certainty to producers of low carbon hydrogen Q1 2025 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 11. Digital dimension: no. ### 12. Action item 220012 Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act: Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 12. Digital dimension: yes. ### 13. Action item 220013 Establish a low-carbon product label Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 13. Digital dimension: yes. ### 14. Action item 220014 Apply sustainability, resilience and minimum EU content requirement in public and private procurement in strategic sectors to ensure lead markets for low-carbon products Q4 2025 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 14. Digital dimension: yes. ### 15. Action item 220015 Communication and legislative proposal on greening corporate fleets 2025/2026 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 15. Digital dimension: no. ### 16. Action item 220016 Revision of Public Procurement Directives to mainstream the use of non-price criteria Q4 2026 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 16. Digital dimension: yes. ### 17. Action item 220017 Increase InvestEU’s risk bearing capacity Q1 2025 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 17. Digital dimension: yes. ### 18. Action item 220018 IPCEI Design Support Hub 2025 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 18. Digital dimension: yes. ### 19. Action item 220019 Clean Industrial Deal State aid framework Q2 2025 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 19. Digital dimension: yes. ### 20. Action item 220020 Recommendation to Member States to adopt tax incentives to support the Clean Industrial Deal Q2 2025 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 20. Digital dimension: yes. ### 21. Action item 220021 Flagship call under Horizon Europe Q4 2025 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 21. Digital dimension: yes. ### 22. Action item 220022 Pilot auction under the Innovation Fund 2025 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 22. Digital dimension: yes. ### 23. Action item 220023 Industrial Decarbonisation Bank Q2 2026 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 23. Digital dimension: no. ### 24. Action item 220024 TechEU investment programme on scale-ups with the EIB Group and private sector 2026 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 24. Digital dimension: yes. ### 25. Action item 220025 First list of Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act Q1 2025 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 25. Digital dimension: yes. ### 26. Action item 220026 Ecodesign Work Plan adoption Q2 2025 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 26. Digital dimension: no. ### 27. Action item 220027 EU Critical Raw Materials Centre for joint purchases and management of strategic stockpiles Q4 2026 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 27. Digital dimension: yes. ### 28. Action item 220028 Circular Economy Act Q4 2026 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 28. Digital dimension: yes. ### 29. Action item 220029 Green VAT initiative Q4 2026 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 29. Digital dimension: no. ### 30. Action item 220030 Trans-Regional Circularity Hubs Q4 2026 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 30. Digital dimension: yes. ### 31. Action item 220031 Launch negotiations for the first Clean Trade and Investment Partnership Q1 2025 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 31. Digital dimension: yes. ### 32. Action item 220032 Simplification of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) Q1 2025 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 32. Digital dimension: no. ### 33. Action item 220033 Comprehensive CBAM review assessing the feasibility of extending the CBAM scope to other EU ETS sectors at risk of carbon leakage, to downstream sectors and to indirect emissions and support to exporters, closing loopholes Q3 2025 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 33. Digital dimension: no. ### 34. Action item 220034 Trans-mediterranean Energy and Clean tech cooperation initiative Q4 2025 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 34. Digital dimension: yes. ### 35. Action item 220035 Legislative proposal on an extension of CBAM Q1 2026 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 35. Digital dimension: no. ### 36. Action item 220036 Guidelines on Foreign Subsidies Regulation Q1 2026 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 36. Digital dimension: yes. ### 37. Action item 220037 Union of Skills Q1 2025 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 37. Digital dimension: yes. ### 38. Action item 220038 Quality Jobs Roadmap Q4 2025 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 38. Digital dimension: yes. ### 39. Action item 220039 Guidance on social leasing for clean products 2025 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 39. Digital dimension: no. ### 40. Action item 220040 European Fair Transition Observatory Q1 2026 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 40. Digital dimension: no. ### 41. Action item 220041 Skills Portability Initiative 2026 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 41. Digital dimension: yes. ### 42. Action item 220042 Review of State aid GBER rules for social enterprises and recruitment of disadvantaged workers Q4 2027 Provenance: source document doc-023, paragraph 42. Digital dimension: no. ## Referenced entries - [Quality Jobs Roadmap]() — status: not recorded. Source document doc-023, action item 220038: > Quality Jobs Roadmap Q4 2025 - [Action Plan on Affordable Energy]() — status: delivered. The Affordable Energy Action Plan seeks to lower energy costs while supporting competitiveness, security and sustainability for households and businesses. Its actions cover electricity bills and supply, gas markets, energy efficiency, completion of the Energy Union, tripartite agreements for industry, security of supply and price-crisis preparedness. The Commission presented the plan as part of the Clean Industrial Deal, and says delivery also depends on measures by EU countries. Source document doc-023, action item 220001: > Action Plan on Affordable Energy Q1 2025 - [EU Critical Raw Materials Centre]() — status: forthcoming. The EU will establish the Platform to aggregate industrial demand, coordinate tenders, and secure diversified supplies for strategic value chains. Building on AggregateEU and complementing the Critical Raw Materials Act, the platform will align procurement across sectors, lower transaction costs for SMEs, and leverage EU and national de-risking tools. A dedicated EU Critical Raw Materials Centre will provide the purchasing backbone, organising joint buying for interested firms with Member States, coordinating strategic stockpiles, monitoring supply chains, and designing financial products for upstream projects in the EU and partner countries. Source document doc-023, action item 220027: > EU Critical Raw Materials Centre for joint purchases and management of strategic stockpiles Q4 2026 - [European Grids Package]() — status: delivered. The European Grid Package will fast-track expansion and modernisation of transmission and distribution networks, deepening market integration and lowering bills. It streamlines TEN-E, accelerates permitting — including environmental assessments — and mandates integrated, cross-border planning with effective cost-sharing, focusing on interconnectors and distribution grids. It prioritises digitalisation, flexibility and efficient use of existing assets, while increasing visibility of manufacturing supply needs. An EIB “grids manufacturing package” (≈€1.5 bn) will underpin EU component capacity, and an “Energy Highways” effort will tackle critical bottlenecks. Together, the measures unlock renewables and storage, strengthen security of supply, and support electrification at least cost. Source document doc-023, action item 220010: > European Grids Package Q1 2026 - [Skills Portability Initiative (SPI)]() — status: forthcoming. The initiative will remove barriers to cross-border work by making skills and qualifications usable across the Single Market. It will consider a legislative proposal to ease mobility and promote common EU formats for interoperable digital credentials, building on EQF, Europass and ESCO. Recognition in regulated professions will be expanded and modernised using digital tools, while simpler common rules will be explored to recognise third-country nationals’ skills. In parallel, the EU will develop a framework for automatic recognition of qualifications and learning periods in school, VET and higher education, and examine accession to the Lisbon Recognition Convention. Source document doc-023, action item 220041: > Skills Portability Initiative 2026 - [Union of Skills]() — status: delivered. Union of Skills measures span basic education, digital learning, science and technology education, vocational training, higher education and labour-market mobility. The programme lists action on basic skills, a Skills Guarantee, skills academies, university-business partnerships, portability and recognition of qualifications, a European degree or label, and talent attraction. Its timetable includes pilots, strategies, frameworks and legal arrangements. Source document doc-023, action item 220037: > Union of Skills Q1 2025 - [Circular Economy Act (CEA)]() — status: forthcoming. The Act will create a true Single Market for waste and secondary raw materials, boosting supply and demand for quality recyclates at competitive prices. It will harmonise end-of-waste criteria, simplify and expand extended producer responsibility (including a one-stop producer registry), and revise e-waste rules to recover critical materials, while aligning with the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products framework. Public procurement criteria, incentives for scrap use, and digitalised demolition permits will accelerate circular design and recycling. Strong enforcement—including for e-commerce channels—will ensure compliance. Source document doc-023, action item 220028: > Circular Economy Act Q4 2026 ## Associated policy priorities - [Infrastructure & Strategic Resources]() - [Competitiveness, Innovation & Strategic Investment]() - [Human Capital, Skills & Talent Mobility]() - [Single Market Deepening & Harmonisation]() --- [Reading guide and interpretation notes]() · [Methodology]()