Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee
Paper Industry
29 May 2013
Industrial Policy in Europe
Ewa Oney
European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry
Unit-F3 «Raw Materials, Metals, Minerals and Forest-based Industries»
AGENDA:
1. EU Industrial Policy
2. EU Strategy for forest-based industries
3. European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials
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Industrial Policy
EU Industrial Policy
• DG Enterprise & Industry
• Objective: develop and implement EU Industrial Policy to help
provide growth and jobs through enhanced competitiveness and
«re-industrialisation» (manufacturing regaining 20% share of
GDP)
• A Stronger European Industry for Growth and Economic Recovery
(COM(2012) 582 final of 10.10.2012)
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Industrial Policy
EU Industrial Policy – forest-based industries
• DG Enterprise & Industry Unit: "Raw Materials, Metals, Minerals &
Forest-based Industries", relevant activities to paper sector:
• Sectoral policy actions: Forest-based Sector Strategy
• European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials
• Vigilance and appropriate interventions concerning policies
affecting the sector
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2008 Strategy
2008 Strategy for forest-based industries
• Communication COM (2008)113: Innovative and sustainable
forest-based industries in the EU
• Scope: woodworking, pulp & paper, printing
• Challenges for the EU Forest-based Industries and actions to
address them:
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Access to raw materials
Impact of climate change policies
Innovation, Research and Development
Trade and co-operation with third countries
Communication and information
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2013 Strategy
Revised 2013 Strategy for forest-based industries
• Review of the challenges of 2008 Strategy
• Based on contributions from Forest-based Industries Advisory
Committee Working Group in 2012 (CEPI active member)
• Scope extended: woodworking, furniture, pulp & paper and
printing industries
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2013 Strategy
Revised 2013 Strategy for forest-based industries
• Enhance F-BI competitiveness by focusing on creating growth
and jobs through:
• boosting the demand and assuring an affordable raw
materials supply;
• improving resource and energy efficiency;
• ensuring a coherent regulatory framework, fostering
education, skills & training and promoting research &
innovation.
• Remedial actions for 2013-2020 address the sector's main
challenges
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2013 Strategy
Revised 2013 Strategy for forest-based industries
Challenges facing the EU forest-based & related industries:
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Stimulating growth
International competition, trade and co-operation
EU Resource efficiency objectives
Energy efficiency and costs
Raw materials, their sources and their flows
Logistics (wood harvesting, infrastructures & transport)
Implementation of EU climate policy, including 2020+
Coherence of EU legislation and costs arising
Structural adaptation
Education, training and skills, including shortages; ageing workforce
Innovation & RTD
Information, communications and image
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EIP-RM
European Innovation Partnership
On Raw Materials
• Objective: address challenge of the sustainable supply of raw
materials to European economy and society
• By bringing together all stakeholders (public & private sector) & a
single coherent policy framework: R&D, investment, regulations
and standards
• Scope: minerals (metallic, industrial and construction), natural
rubber, woodworking and pulp & paper
• Timeline: 2012: preparation, 2013: programming, 2014-2020:
implementation
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Orientation level
High Level Steering Group
+ Sherpa group
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WP3
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Planning / Monitoring
WP5
Actions/Projects
Operational groups
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Advice / Implementation
Thank you for your attention!
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