Designate at least one industrial manufacturing acceleration area to cluster industrial manufacturing projects in one or more strategic sectors listed in Annex I.

Member States must comply, and this is not law yet.

Why it matters

This is a Commission proposal: it is not law yet, and it can change before it is.

It is Art. 25(1), in the Industrial Accelerator Act. as of 2026-08-17
The act gives its timing as: By [12 months after entry into force]. as of 2026-08-17
It names no industry: it applies across the economy rather than to one of them. as of 2026-08-17
Compliance is checked by none, one-off. as of 2026-08-17

Addressee Member StatesAct COM(2026) 100 final, 2026/0068 (COD)Article Art. 25(1)Class Governments

The rule

New — no predecessor

Trigger

At least one area per Member State

Obligation

Designate at least one industrial manufacturing acceleration area to cluster industrial manufacturing projects in one or more strategic sectors listed in Annex I.

Who is affected

Addressee

Member States

Class

Governments

Sectors

Reaches Steel, Cement and concrete, Aluminium and metals, Chemicals and refining, Automotive, Batteries and solar, Wind, heat pumps, hydrogen

Applies

By [12 months after entry into force]

Burden drivers

D1 — 1 of 7 marks fire on this provision.

Source text

Verbatim

Member States shall designate at least one industrial manufacturing acceleration area on their territory by [OP please insert date: 12 months following the entry into force of this Regulation] to cluster industrial manufacturing projects in one or several of the strategic sectors listed in Annex I.

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