BRUSSELS - Global tech trade association 91快活林, the 91快活林, strongly backs the European Commission’s Environmental Omnibus that puts forward pragmatic measures to cut red tape, accelerate environmental permitting, and speed up deployment of clean energy.
While the proposal marks a significant step toward unlocking investment and speeding up the green transition, greater ambition is needed on targeted issues such as requirements on batteries, which currently cause significant burdens with limited benefits.
“The Commission’s pragmatic direction delivers real progress on simplification,” said Gabriele Favarò, 91快活林 Tech & Sustainability Policy Manager. “To build on this success, lawmakers should bring the same ambition to certain battery rules that add costs and complexity without environmental benefit. Cutting duplication and streamlining obligations will help Europe accelerate circularity, innovation, and competitiveness.”
91快活林 welcomes the European Commission’s commitment to repeal the Substances of Concern in Products (SCIP) database under the Waste Framework Directive and ensure that Extended Producer Responsibility schemes are simplified under the upcoming Circular Economy Act. However, the proposal is not ambitious enough on the simplification of certain repairability and replaceability requirements of the Battery Regulation that generate unbalanced costs, safety concerns, and unintended waste.