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AGROFERT, a.s.

AGF

činnost účetních poradců, vedení účetnictví, vedení daňové evidence výroba, obchod a služby neuvedené v přílohách 1 až 3 živnostenského zákona výroba nebezpečných chemických látek a nebezpečných chemických směsí a prodej chemických látek a chemických směsí klasifikovaných jako vysoce toxické a toxické - specifické zaměření výroba hnojiv a speciální chemie činnost vázaného zástupce samostatného zprostředkovatele dle zákona o distribuci pojištění a zajištění zemědělská prvovýroba výroba zpracování potravin Register: https://or.justice.cz/ https://or.justice.cz/ias/ui/rejstrik-$firma?jenPlatne=PLATNEnazev=agrofertpolozek=50typHledani=STARTS_WITH Law: 455/1991 Sb. Živnostenský zákon

Lobbying Activity

Response to Technical updates of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) State aid guidelines

5 Sept 2025

We welcome the opportunity to contribute to the revision of the EU ETS State Aid Guidelines for indirect cost compensation and are prepared to provide further details and data as the process moves forward. Fertilizer production is a cornerstone of Europes chemical and agri-food value chains, but the sector is under mounting pressure from volatile gas prices, rising CO costs, and intensifying global competition. Incorporating the chemical sector into the ETS State Aid Guidelines is crucial for supporting its shift to low-carbon practices, preserving its competitiveness, and avoiding carbon leakage. Our detailed perspective is provided in the attached document.
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Response to Extension of the scope of the carbon border adjustment mechanism to downstream products and anti-circumvention measures

26 Aug 2025

We welcome the European Commissions initiative to expand the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) scope to downstream products. Without this, sectors such as melamine remain exposed to carbon leakage and risk losing competitiveness. European melamine producers face increasing pressure from cheaper, high-emission melamine imports, particularly from countries with weaker climate policies. Current CBAM coverage of only basic inputs like ammonia and urea increases costs for EU producers while offering no protection against downstream competition. As most carbon costs in melamine production stem from ammonia that is already included under CBAM, it is consistent and necessary to also include melamine. Extending CBAM to melamine would ensure fair treatment across the value chain, prevent carbon leakage, and help maintain production in the EU.
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Meeting with Fabien Santini (Head of Unit Agriculture and Rural Development)

15 Jul 2025 · Meeting to discuss the state of the fertiliser market, its drivers and the ongoing policy developments

Response to Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act

8 Jul 2025

We welcome the European Commissions initiative to accelerate industrial decarbonization through the Decarbonization Acceleration Act and appreciate the inclusive approach. We would like to draw particular attention to the fertilizer sector, especially ammonia production. The EU fertilizer industry has already made substantial strides in efficiency, reducing emissions and energy consumption over the past decades. Yet, to fully decarbonize, a paradigm shift is needed: replacing fossil-derived hydrogen with green hydrogen (from electrolysis) or blue hydrogen (coupled with carbon capture and storage). Ammonia is the foundation of the nitrogen fertilizer sector and thus central to modern food production. Europe has the opportunity to become a leader in clean ammonia production through decarbonizing agriculture by supplying fossil-free fertilizers, supporting the emerging hydrogen economy and enhancing resilience in food supply chains. However, the biggest obstacles to ammonia decarbonization are: The absence of commercially viable technologies for large-scale ammonia production using renewable energy sources, only. Limited availability of carbon capture and storage (CCS) infrastructure, including a lack of onshore storage capacity within Europe. The need for massive capital investmentsamounting to several billion Euros per ammonia plantcombined with uncompetitive electricity prices, regulatory complexity, and high operating costs, which together prevent the development of economically viable business cases. In the attached document are AGROFERT S key recommendation for the Industry Decarbonization Accelerator Act.
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Response to EU emissions trading system for maritime, aviation and stationary installations, and market stability reserve - review

30 Jun 2025

The European fertilizer industry is under mounting pressure from non-EU producers that benefit from lower environmental standards, subsidized energy, and cheaper raw materials. To ensure a genuine level playing field and defend Europes strategic industrial base, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) must be urgently and comprehensively reinforced. Its scope must be expanded to cover the full cost of CO emissions for all imported fertilizers and their precursors, including ammonia, urea, nitrates, and melamine. Indirect emissionsparticularly those associated with gas productionmust be captured to close loopholes that could otherwise drive carbon leakage through raw material imports. CBAM Implementation must be accelerated, with full operational enforcement no later than 2026, coupled with strict, verifiable reporting standards based on producer- or country-specific emissions baselines. Until CBAM is fully functional, the continued allocation of free allowances remains indispensable. The phase-out of free allowances must be halted beyond 2026 to reflect delays in essential decarbonization infrastructure, such as hydrogen networks. Rising operational expenditures are already eroding the sectors resilience. In this context, linking the phase-out of free allowances directly to CBAM deployment without sufficient safeguards risks severely undermining EU producers during the green transition. Export support mechanisms must be integrated into CBAM to safeguard EU competitiveness. The ETS market must be stabilized to prevent cost volatility, including through restrictions on speculative investments, ensuring a more predictable EUA price. Price shocks severely harm industrial planning and competitiveness and must be avoided. CCU/CCS projects must be incentivized and recognized for ETS crediting, and flexibility must be granted to allow companies to redirect ETS-related costs toward direct investments in decarbonization. Carbon Removals complement emission reductions and encourage investment in negative emissions technologies via ETS revenues. In addition, new fields for CCU should be made ETS creditable like ODDA process Recognition of the ODDA process as permanent carbon avoidance acknowledges its role as a form of permanent CCU, where transferred CO is chemically bound in precipitated calcium carbonate. This synthetic lime can replace mined limestone or dolomite, eliminating the need for extraction. By using CO from industrial sources (currently mainly ammonia production, and potentially others via future CCS networks), the process prevents emissions that would otherwise occur when natural carbonates are applied in fertilizers. The production of fertilizers with the NACE code 20.15 must be recognized again in order to grant electricity price compensation. Increasing electrification of plants/machines increases the demand for electricity and requires support for companies to further increase efficiency and reduce greenhouse gases, especially in view of high energy costs in Europe. A pragmatic, balanced strategy is essentialnot only to prevent circumvention and maintain fair competition, but also to anchor Europes industrial leadership in a decarbonized global economy.
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Meeting with Aleksandra Baranska (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez), Terhi Lehtonen (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez) and

20 Feb 2025 · To hear interest representatives’ view on the state of play of fertilizer production in Europe.

Meeting with Raphaël Glucksmann (Member of the European Parliament)

30 Jan 2025 · Tariffs on fertilisers

Meeting with Gabriela Keckesova (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

19 Nov 2024 · European fertilizer industry