industriAll Europe Sector Committee Energy

Luxemburg, 4 March 2014

Draft Agenda1. Welcome and adoption of draft agenda2. Approval of the minutes of the previous meeting3. Secretariat report4. Activities of the European Social Dialogue Committees in the relevant

sectors5. Presentation and discussion of the 2030 Framework for Energy and

Climate Policies6. Revised state aid guidelines for assessing public support projects in

the field of energy and environment7. Information about a potential workshop on energy and climate policy8. Select Working Party for the Energy Sector Committee – nominations

and planning 20149. Any other business

3. Report of the Secretariat

• Industriall European, High-Level Conference, Madrid 2nd April 2014 with manifesto to put industry back to work

• Hairdressing Social Partners‘ Agreement• 15 Years of EU Sectoral Social Dialogue – 11 December 2013• Meeting of the Social Dialogue Committee 20/02/14 ETUC• Proposal to set up a Think Tank for the next congress• Information on the solidarity for the Greece• Employment in Europe (younger and older workers)• Information on Refining “What Future”

4. Activities of the European Social Dialogue Committees

- SD Electricity- SD Gas - SD Extractive Industries

4.1 Sector Social Dialogue Committee Electricity

2030 Framework focus on just transition/social dialogue Nuclear safety/nuclear liability Joint Framework of actions training and competences –

implementation/progress reports Skills and qualifications in the electricity sector – setting up a WG CSR Declaration adopted early 2014 follow up with Eurelectric European Energy Community – Social Forum/Creating a WG on SD

in Countries of the SEE Energy Community

4.2 Sector Social Dialogue Committee Gas

• What relation with Eurogas

• Meeting in late 2013 with Jean Paul Tricart

• Position of EPSU and Industriall European Trade Union

4.3 Sector Social Dialogue Committee Extractive Industries

NO2 occupational exposure limits – joint response to the Commission consultation(s)

Unconventional fossil fuels 7th environment action programme – soil and water quality 2030 Framework Carbon leakage and the value of indigenous resources Restructuring of the extractive industries in Europe, and setting

up of a European database on skills (ESCO working group for mining and heavy industries)

5. Presentation and discussion of the 2030 Framework for Energy and Climate Policies

industriAll Europe response to consultation on the Green

Paper „A 2030 framework for climate and energy policies“ 2030 Framework published on 22 Jan 2014:

Binding GHG reduction target 40% Binding (on EU level) Renewables target 27% No binding target on energy efficiency implementation of the

directive due in June 2014 (assessment

Public consultation on energy efficiency policy until 28 April 2014

5. Drafting an industriAll position

Work on 5 priority headings:

1. Reflection on legislative process Cop 2015, EU 2030 Energy Framework

2. Trade union vision Longterm targets 2050 Just Transition

3. Employment Skills and Training Just transition principles

4. Competitiveness Carbon (investment) leakage development of energy costs Investments in all energy technologies

5. Demands Role of energy intensive industry, ETS reform, energy efficiency target, R&D, role of renewables,

completion of the internal energy market, technological deveopment

6. Draft Energy and Environmental Aid GuidelinesPosition by the industriAll European Trade Union development and promotion of renewable sources of energy without any

threat to jobs compatible with the goals to revitalise European industry, combat global

warming and develop renewable energy sources Restriction of the current support schemes for renewable energy sources

only advisable for mature technologies State aids to promote renewable energy sources must under no

circumstances be more conducive to precarious forms of employment such as temporary work and contracts for work labour, than to regular, insurable, normal employment relationships.

6. Draft Energy and Environmental Aid GuidelinesPosition by the industriAll European Trade Union

• Energy-intensive companies are exposed to international competition with

their products inside and outside the EU Limitations to the allocation of

costs for the promotion of renewable energy sources

• Innovative products constitute a precondition for the successful

development of industry and employment in the EU and its Member States.

• A tax-financed promotion of renewable energy sources should not be taken

out of the environmental and energy aid rules,

• nor should efficiency-conducive, industrial own power generation be

burdened with the costs for the promotion of renewable energy sources

6. Draft Energy and Environmental Aid GuidelinesPosition by the industriAll European Trade Union• Efficiency-conducive, industrial own power generation should not be

burdened with the costs for the promotion of renewable energy sources• The plants therefore must be able to fulfil the following criteria as an

alternative: – Rise in costs with regard to the gross value creation and intensity of

trade inside and outside the EU to a relevant extent or, – Rise in costs to a great extent with regard to the gross value added, or – Particularly high intensity of trade inside and outside the EU and rise in

costs above a minimum threshold, or– Consumption level by added value (kWh/€VA) which can be modulated

by sector.

7. Information: Conference on energy policy

“Creating Industrial Jobs in East and West: What European Industrial Unions expect from EU Energy Policy”

Cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Regional Project Labour Relations and Social Dialogue in CEE

When: September 2014 in Warsaw (tbc.)

7. Information: Conference on energy policy

Idea Energy policy extremely politicised in EU Different economic capacities/perspectives TUs in CEE feel singled out in the discussion with other regions Invite TUs to Poland to discuss adopt different perspectives

Objectives Learn about different viewpoints on energy policy Discuss TU demands/ opportunities of policy choices Formulate expectations towards the new European Parliament

8. Select Working Group for the Energy Sector Committee – nominations and planning 2014

9. Any other business?

Thank you for your attention!

Contacts:

sylvain.lefebvre@industriall-europe.eu corinna.zierold@industriall-europe.eu