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European Bioeconomy Policy: Stocktaking and future developments

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This report responds to a Council’s request. It will assess the implementation of the 14 actions of the 2018 Bioeconomy Strategy and present preliminary results. Furthermore, it will explain the contribution of the bioeconomy to the Green Deal objectives.

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29 responses

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European Chemical Industry Council, 9 Aug 2021

The revised 2018 Bioeconomy strategy spells out 14 actions clustered around 3 key pillars. Several of these actions have been successfully implemented or will soon be (e.g. the establishment of the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking and of the European Circular Bioeconomy Fund, the…

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European farmers, 30 Jul 2021

We strongly believe that the circular bioeconomy provides concrete solutions to implement the EU Green Deal not only in terms of climate neutrality but also efficient use of resources through circularity, environmental protection, stimulating sustainable businesses, and providing additional revenue…

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Finnish Forest Industries Federation (Metsäteollisuus ry), 31 Aug 2021

The Finnish Forest Industries Federation welcomes the proposal of the EU Commission to consider an update of the Bioeconomy Strategy and its action plan and stresses the following aspects in the development of an effective, updated strategy: 1. The Bioeconomy Strategy needs to be fundamentally…

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Neste Oyj, 27 Jul 2021

Neste response on the Roadmap on European bioeconomy policy: stocktaking and future developments A strong European bio-based sector is indispensable to achieve the European Green Deal’s climate neutrality target by 2050, while accelerating the economic recovery. A comprehensive approach…

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EuropaBio, 26 Aug 2021

EuropaBio supports an ambitious implementation of the updated 2018 EU Bioeconomy Strategy and welcomes the activity to assess the progress of the Strategy and the 14 actions outlined therein. In the bioeconomy, land use and food security are optimised through a sustainable, resource-efficient,…

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Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V., 30 Aug 2021

Following feedback from VCI you can also find in the attachment, including contact details. The bioeconomy has strategic importance for the chemical-pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry in Germany in a global growth strategy. The German Chemical Industry Association therefore supports an…

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Bioenergy Europe, 31 Aug 2021

To achieve the ambitious climate goals, it will be important not only to reform the EU’s energy sector, but also to encourage material substitution: shifting away from harmful fossil-based products to sustainably produced bio-based ones. Bioenergy plays an essential role in promoting and supporting…

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Conféderation Européenne des Propriétaires Forestiers, 30 Aug 2021

The Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF) welcomes the European Commission’s initiative to take stock of the progress of the Bioeconomy Strategy and its action plan. We would like to highlight the importance of the Bioeconomy Strategy’s holistic approach which we regard as essential…

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Fédération Européenne des Fabricants d'Aliments Composés, 9 Aug 2021

FEFAC greatly values the importance of stimulating the bio-economy in Europe and welcomes policy development that can help drive positive change. The EU livestock production is an essential component of the circular bio-economy. The feeding of animals with biomass not used for direct human…

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The Food and Beverage Carton Alliance, 31 Aug 2021

ACE welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the European Commission Roadmap “European bioeconomy policy: stocktaking and future developments”. Please find our contribution attached below.

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European State Forest Association, 31 Aug 2021

EUSTAFOR welcomes the Commission's initiative to discuss the main opportunities and challenges of the bioeconomy in relation to the adopted European Green Deal. While initiatives presented so far under the European Green Deal have mainly focused on the environmental pillar of sustainable…

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Suomen luonnonsuojeluliitto - The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation, 31 Aug 2021

The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation (FANC) thanks for the opportunity to give feedback about the European Bioeconomy Policy. FANC emphasizes the importance of stopping the biodiversity loss and increasing the natural carbons sinks and maintaining carbon storages and the central role the…

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Bio-based Industries Consortium, 30 Jul 2021

A strong European bio-based sector is indispensable to achieve the European Green Deal’s ambitions. For transforming further the EU economy with the economic, social and environmental ambition of the Green Deal, while making it more resilient, we need to give the Bioeconomy a dedicated policy push.…

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European Bioplastics, 31 Aug 2021

European Bioplastics (EUBP) represents the entire value-chain of bio-based, recyclable and biodegradable/compostable materials and products, which provide a key value proposition within the sustainable, circular bioeconomy. Over the past 25 years, innovation by this sector has delivered many new…

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US Industrial Pellet Association, 31 Aug 2021

This submission is on behalf of the US Industrial Pellet Association (USIPA), whose members have been supplying European energy producers with sustainable woody biomass from managed forests in the SE US for over a decade, enabling them to reduce their emissions and deliver on the EU’s climate and…

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European Panel Federation, 3 Aug 2021

The European Panel Federation (EPF) warmly welcomes the possibility to provide a feedback on the roadmap on “European Bioeconomy Policy: Stocktaking and future developments” and would be glad to actively participate in the stakeholder workshop that will be organised as part of the preparation of…

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Luonnonvarakeskus, 31 Aug 2021

National Resources Institute Finland (Luke) thanks the Commission for the possibility to give feedback and suggestions to the bioeconomy policy roadmap. Luke sees as important to ensure that the development and deployment of the bioeconomy is on track towards the objectives of the Bioeconomy…

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Kaneka Europe Holding Company N.V., 2 Aug 2021

Within the Commission’s Bioeconomy Strategy of 2018, action 1.6 mobilise the key actors in the plastics value chain to support the development of substitutes to fossil resources, in particular bio-based, recyclable and marine biodegradable substitutes for plastic. This action has been set in an…

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Novamont SpA, 30 Jul 2021

The circular bioeconomy is a cornerstone between agriculture and industrial production of food, feed and biobased products that are functional to both sustainable agriculture practices and soil protection. The systemic adoption of a circular bioeconomy approach in agricultural and industrial…

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Fédération Nationale des Activités de Dépollution et de l'Environnement, 31 Aug 2021

FNADE is the French waste management and environmental services private companies’ association. As an essential stakeholder in environment services, FNADE very welcomes the Bioeconomy Strategy. As a waste management key player FNADE would like to share with the Commission its position on this wide…

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European Organisation of the Sawmill industry, 8 Aug 2021

The European Confederation of the Woodworking Industries and the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry fully support the proposal of the EU Commission to publish an update of the Bioeconomy Strategy. To be noted: comments reported below refer only to the forest-based bioeconomy. The…

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Forestiers Privés de France, 11 Aug 2021

La Fédération des Forestiers Privés de France (Fransylva) salue l'initiative de la Commission européenne de faire le point sur l'avancement de la Stratégie de bioéconomie et de son plan d'action. Nous tenons à souligner l'importance de l'approche holistique de la Stratégie de bioéconomie qui est…

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SEKAB Biofuels & Chemicals AB, 30 Aug 2021

Sekab welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the European Commission Roadmap “European bioeconomy policy: stocktaking and future developments”. On the one hand, we believe that the Bioeconomy Strategy as a whole and the future progress report have the potential to support an industry that…

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European Parquet Federation, 4 Aug 2021

FEP – the European Federation of the Parquet industry – is welcoming the Roadmap on the “European Bioeconomy Policy: Stocktaking and future developments” and the possibility to comment it. Bioeconomy is indeed an important actor to help the EU meeting its Green Deal main objective of carbon…

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European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform, 3 Aug 2021

ESPP welcomes the aim of development of bio-economy policy in line with the Green Deal objectives. Phosphorus is critical for the Bioeconomy and is recognised on the EU Critical Raw Materials list (phosphate rock and phosphorus – P4). We welcome that “nutrient overload in soil and water” is…

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European Compost Network ECN e.V., 23 Jul 2021

The European Compost Network supports the further development of the EU Bioeconomy Strategy and to align this with the European Green Deal. There is a need to set concrete actions and targets within the European Bioeconomy policies to achieve the European Green Deal aim to become climate-neutral by…

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FarmTech Society, 31 Aug 2021

The FarmTech Society supports the implementation of the updated 2018 EU Bio economy Strategy, its five primary goals, and the fourteen actions outlined in its communications. The cultivation of a robust bio economy, and the development of appropriate funding and regulatory frameworks to support…

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European Bioeconomy Bureau, 6 Aug 2021

The ECBPI welcome the consultation and believes that the Commission has to strongly focus actions to prevent them being weak and diluted. Our suggested priorities are 1. a holistic, cross sectorial view of the circular bioeconomy is needed to integrate environmental, economic and social…

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, 4 Aug 2021

To be sustainable, circular, and resilient, the European bioeconomy must be aligned with the European Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy in explicitly recognising the transformative potential of alternative proteins to make our food system sustainable, healthy, and secure. To make sure that…