industriAll Europe Sector Committee Energy Luxemburg, 4 March 2014

Draft Agenda 1.Welcome and adoption of draft agenda 2.Approval of the minutes of the previous meeting 3.Secretariat report 4.Activities of the European Social Dialogue Committees in the relevant sectors 5.Presentation and discussion of the 2030 Framework for Energy and Climate Policies 6.Revised state aid guidelines for assessing public support projects in the field of energy and environment 7.Information about a potential workshop on energy and climate policy 8.Select Working Party for the Energy Sector Committee – nominations and planning 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  7 th 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 Guidelines Position 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 Guidelines Position 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 Guidelines Position 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?

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