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TEPPFA supports the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA)’s goal of strengthening the EU’s industrial base and creating lead markets for clean, low carbon and sustainable construction products and strategically important industrial products. However, if poorly designed, the Act risks creating market distortions that would penalise European sectors delivering essential products already contributing to the green transition.

Above all, TEPPFA stresses that the competitiveness of European pipe producers requires a “level playing field” with producers from other regions. Reducing energy costs is critically important. The IAA’s demand-side ambitions cannot succeed unless they are paired with urgent action on energy in the entire value chain.

TEPPFA stands ready to work with the European Commission and other stakeholders on a simple, verifiable framework that delivers a genuine European preference while avoiding unnecessary complexity and cost for downstream converters and SMEs.

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