Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) and amending Directive 2003/87/EC, Regulations (EU) 2021/1058, (EU) 2021/1056, (EU) 2021/1057, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) 2021/1060, (EU) 2021/523, (EU) 2021/695, (EU) 2021/697 and (EU) 2021/241 (COM(2023) 335 final — 2023/0199 (COD))

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Official Journal of the European Union

EN

Series C

C/2023/866

8.12.2023

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) and amending Directive 2003/87/EC, Regulations (EU) 2021/1058, (EU) 2021/1056, (EU) 2021/1057, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) 2021/1060, (EU) 2021/523, (EU) 2021/695, (EU) 2021/697 and (EU) 2021/241

(COM(2023) 335 final — 2023/0199 (COD))

(C/2023/866)

Rapporteur-general:

Matteo Carlo BORSANI

Referral

Council, 17.7.2023

European Parliament, 13.7.2023

Legal basis

Articles 164, 173, 175, 177, 178, 182 (1) and 192 (1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

Section responsible

Single Market, Production and Consumption

Adopted at plenary

20.9.2023

Plenary session No

581

Outcome of vote

(for/against/abstentions)

181/1/3

1. Conclusions and recommendations

1.9. 2. Background to the proposal

2.4. 3. General observations

Strengthening competitiveness

3.1. Keeping up the level playing field

3.3. Reducing strategic dependencies

3.4. Access to the Structural Funds for large enterprises

3.5. Allocation of new resources

3.6. Closure of Cohesion Fund programmes (2014-2020 and 2021-2027)

3.8. Vocational training policies

3.11. Social and environmental conditionalities

3.12. Sovereignty Seal

3.14. List of strategic technologies

3.15. European Sovereignty Fund

3.16. 4. Specific comments

4.7. Brussels, 20 September 2023.

The President of the European Economic and Social Committee

Oliver RÖPKE

(1) Regulation (EU) 2023/435 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 February 2023 amending Regulation (EU) 2021/241 as regards REPowerEU chapters in recovery and resilience plans and amending Regulations (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) 2021/1060 and (EU) 2021/1755, and Directive 2003/87/EC (OJ L 63, 28.2.2023, p. 1).

(2) Proposal for a regulation establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero technology products manufacturing ecosystem (COM(2023) 161 final).

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/866/oj

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