Automatic classification as a 'strategic project' contributing to resilience and decarbonisation or resource efficiency, granting access to the priority/streamlined treatment of the future Environmental Assessment Regulation.
Promoters of energy-intensive industry decarbonisation projects are given a right, 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. 6(2), in the Industrial Accelerator Act. as of 2026-08-17
- The act gives its timing as: From entry into force. as of 2026-08-17
- It names 4 industries by name: Steel, Cement, Aluminium and Chemicals. as of 2026-08-17
- Compliance is checked by competent authority, per project. as of 2026-08-17
The rule
Project qualifies as an 'energy-intensive industry decarbonisation project' under Art. 3(3)/Annex I
Automatic classification as a 'strategic project' contributing to resilience and decarbonisation or resource efficiency, granting access to the priority/streamlined treatment of the future Environmental Assessment Regulation.
Who is affected
Burden drivers
Source text
All energy-intensive industry decarbonisation projects shall be considered strategic projects contributing to resilience and decarbonisation or resource efficiency for the purposes of [Article 14 of Proposal for a Regulation on speeding-up environmental assessment].
View source →Settled later in secondary legislation. Benefit operationalised via the not-yet-adopted Proposal for a Regulation on speeding-up environmental assessment (Article 14 and its Annex).