Question 13760 — industry

Summary

Mr. Jean-Pierre Taite draws the attention of the Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial, Energy and Digital Sovereignty, responsible for industry, to the weakening of the glass company following the delay in the transposition of the European directive on indirect costs. Electricity producers pass on in the sale price of electricity the cost of the carbon quotas they must acquire within the framework of the European carbon market (ETS). Industrial companies in Europe therefore bear the cost of carbon in their electricity purchases. They face a competitiveness differential compared to non-European companies which do not include the cost of carbon. To limit this competitiveness differential, since 2013 the European Commission has authorized Member States to partially compensate for this additional carbon cost paid by companies in the most exposed industrial sectors. Establishing the list of eligible sectors is the responsibility of the European Commission, each Member State then being free to implement the compensation. By a decision dated December 23, 2025, thanks to the support of France, with Germany and Italy, the European Commission expanded the list of eligible sectors to glassmakers. The Government must still transpose the extension of the list of eligible sectors (before June 30, 2026) and define a budget line for the new eligible sectors. While Spain has decided to transpose this extension and allow its glass companies to benefit from compensation from this year, and Germany and Italy will do the same very quickly, France has still not implemented this transposition. The absence of a French decision seriously weakens the French glass industry compared to its Spanish, German and Italian competitors by exposing it to competitors made more competitive by the compensation for indirect costs that they will receive from this year. This is an additional risk of reduced activity, capacity closures and job losses in an already very difficult context for the sector. glassmaker. Also, he asks what the planned timetable is for the transposition of this extension of eligible sectors and if glass companies will be able to benefit from the compensation from this year.

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