October 19, 2026

Make CBAM work for Europe’s downstream manufacturing competitiveness

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As Europe’s largest manufacturing sector, sourcing materials and components from all over the world and as a strongly export-oriented industry, technology manufacturers are major downstream users of CBAM goods such as steel and aluminium. Orgalim is concerned that, without decisive improvements, CBAM and the parallel phase-out of free allocation under the EU ETS will severely increase the risk of carbon leakage, weaken Europe’s downstream industrial base and make it harder for companies to compete both in the EU and on global markets.

Decision-makers are therefore at a critical point.

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Author

  
Laure Dulière
Manager – Energy, Climate and Innovation
  

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