EARTO welcomed the EC proposal for a Green Deal Industrial Plan for the Net-Zero Age. The ability for the
EU to develop an industrial base on the technologies that will be needed for the climate and energy
transition is at stake. RTOs are at the heart of the creation and scale up of green technologies for industry.
As such, EARTO members contribute to defining an ambitious Green Deal Industrial Plan in utilising EU
Programmes such as Horizon Europe, Digital Europe, European Defence Fund to develop the technologies
allowing industry to implement it.
As a continuation of the Green Deal Industrial Plan for the Net-Zero Age, EARTO Members very much
welcome the European Commission and the High Representative Joint Communication on a European
Economic Security Strategy which lays the basis for a discussion with EU Member States and the European
Parliament to develop a comprehensive approach to protect the Union’s economic security.
Regarding the European Economic Security Strategy, EARTO members as key European technology
providers are looking forward to:
- Contribute with their Member States to the establishment of a framework for assessing
risks affecting the EU’s economic security; this includes participating in establishing a list of
technologies which are critical to economic security and assess their risks with a view to
devising appropriate mitigating measures. - Engage in the announced structured dialogue with the European Institutions to develop
a collective understanding of economic security. Indeed, EARTO Members as technology
providers are key actors in key European industrial value-chains and innovation ecosystems at risk
today. - Participate in the enhancement of Europe’s technological sovereignty and resilience of EU value
chains, by developing critical technologies through Strategic Technologies for Europe
Platform (STEP). - Provide inputs to the development of measures to improve research security ensuring a
systematic and rigorous enforcement of the existing tools and identifying and addressing any
remaining gaps. EARTO hereby would like to offer the expertise of its Working Group Security &
Defence Research to do so.