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Safran is a French aerospace and defense company with 100,000 employees worldwide, specializing in aircraft engines, space systems, and defense equipment.

Lobbying Activity

Aerospace group Safran urges fast-track material certification

13 Jan 2026
Topic — The European Commission is consulting on legislative measures for advanced materials.
Message — The industry requests strategic funding for research and industrial deployment across all technology levels. They advocate for fast-track certification and simplified permitting to accelerate market uptake.12
Why — Financial support and risk-based rules would reduce costs and accelerate innovation.3
Impact — Environmental regulators lose the ability to impose strict mandatory recycling quotas.4
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Meeting with Eddy Liegeois (Head of Unit Mobility and Transport)

17 Dec 2025 · Company presentation

Meeting with Jordan Bardella (Member of the European Parliament) and Airbus and

19 Nov 2025 · Salon MILIPOL

Meeting with Giorgio Gori (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

7 Nov 2025 · Space Act

Meeting with Elena Donazzan (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Isar Aerospace SE

7 Nov 2025 · Incontro e scambio di vedute su Space Act

Meeting with Aleksandra Baranska (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez)

4 Nov 2025 · EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) State aid Guidelines.

Meeting with Sacha Halphen (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

6 Oct 2025 · Compétitivité de l’industrie aéronautique européenne Coopération industrielle entre États membres Transition écologique du secteur aérien Souveraineté technologique et stratégique de l’Union

Meeting with Gustaf Winroth (Acting Head of Unit Defence Industry and Space)

1 Oct 2025 · EDIP’s and SAFE statu quo

Meeting with Pauline Weinzierl (Head of Unit Trade) and Airbus

25 Sept 2025 · Airbus and Safran shared the most recent information on the challenges related to their supply chains.

Meeting with Pauline Weinzierl (Head of Unit Trade)

23 Sept 2025 · Safran’s presentation of their company and key challenges notably in relation with their business operations and trade with the US.

Meeting with Apostolos Tzitzikostas (Commissioner) and

17 Jul 2025 · Implementation Dialogue on ramping up renewable and low-carbon maritime and aviation fuels production in the EU

Meeting with Thomas Skordas (Deputy Director-General Communications Networks, Content and Technology) and

11 Jul 2025 · Exchange on enabling scalable AI robotics through end-user leadership in industry.

Meeting with Vanesa Hernandez Guerrero (Head of Unit Taxation and Customs Union) and Airbus and

3 Jul 2025 · Exchange of views on commercial rebalancing measures set out in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/778 (currently suspended until 15 July 2025) , which have an impact on EU companies, especially in the EU aeronautical and space industry.

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and

26 Jun 2025 · Compétitivité; relations USE-UE, CSRD/CS3D, Simplification

Meeting with Damien Levie (Head of Unit Trade)

18 Jun 2025 · Exchange of views

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and

16 Jun 2025 · Compétitivité, Clean Industrial Deal, sécurité économique, SAF, Défense, Transport, souvenaineté, droits de douane. Visite conjointe avec le Commissaire Tzitzikostas et son cabinet.

Meeting with Nathalie Loiseau (Member of the European Parliament) and Airbus and

16 Jun 2025 · Défense européenne

Meeting with Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Jun 2025 · Current challenges for suppliers in the aviation industry

Meeting with Andrius Kubilius (Commissioner) and

5 Jun 2025 · Site visit.

Meeting with Christine Berg (Head of Unit Mobility and Transport)

4 Jun 2025 · Introductory meeting - exchange on SAFRAN’s ‘ENGINeUS100’ initiative.

Meeting with Roxana Mînzatu (Executive Vice-President) and

25 Apr 2025 · Visit to Safran Electronics & Defence

Safran urges EU to align Taxonomy with REACH chemical standards

26 Mar 2025
Topic — EU initiative to simplify sustainability reporting and reduce administrative costs for companies.
Message — Safran supports removing rules that label activities harmful just because they involve hazardous chemicals. They urge the EU to align Taxonomy requirements with existing chemical safety laws.123
Why — This alignment would reduce the administrative burden of performing redundant chemical assessments.4
Impact — Public health advocates might lose strict safeguards against toxic substances in manufacturing.5
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Meeting with Wopke Hoekstra (Commissioner) and

18 Mar 2025 · Exchange of views on the decarbonisation agenda

Meeting with Ivars Ijabs (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

17 Mar 2025 · European defence industry programme (EDIP)

Meeting with Marina Mesure (Member of the European Parliament) and ENEDIS and RTE Réseau de transport d'électricité

14 Mar 2025 · Visite du salon Global Industries

Meeting with Christophe Kiener (Head of Unit Trade)

5 Mar 2025 · EU-Australia trade relations

Meeting with Grégory Allione (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Mar 2025 · Réunion Safran

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and

21 Feb 2025 · Simplification, marché interieur, compétitivité

Response to Delegated act on primarily used components under the Net-Zero Industry Act

20 Feb 2025

Safran welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on of the draft delegated act supporting the implementation of Article 46(7) of the NZIA. Safran considered, since its inception, that this new piece of legislation held potential to actively contribute to building a framework for innovating and scaling the manufacturing capacity of net-zero technologies necessary to deliver the EUs decarbonisation ambitions in the field of aeronautics. These net-zero technologies of relevance to the aeronautics industry include notably: sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), electric and hybrid-electric propulsion technologies, carbon capture and storage and carbon capture and utilisation technologies, and liquid hydrogen technologies. Given its direct relevance to our sector, Safran's comments will focus on this specific delegated act. For the sake of consistency, it should however be stressed that any modification of the Annex of the delegated act should be duly replicated in the implementing act also under consultation. Whilst the proposed wording of the sections related to CCUS technologies and SAF technologies seem overall comprehensive, Safran would like to express its deep concern about the failure of the draft delegated act to take into account the aeronautics industrys needs in the electric propulsion technologies and hydrogen categories. We believe that these sections should be further refined to appropriately cover our sectors decarbonisation industrial needs. Accordingly, Safrans contribution to this consultation focusses on electric/hybrid-electric technologies for aviation and hydrogen technologies, while a few additional suggestions address SAF related technologies, in a second stage. When it comes to electric and hybrid-electric propulsion in particular, at a time when Europe is preparing to bring the first generation of electric motors for aviation to the market, we cannot stress enough the need for the EU to support its manufacturers in the construction of a genuine European value chain for hybrid electric air transport, from critical raw materials to recycling. This will enable us to secure our supplies of raw materials (rare earths) and components (permanent magnets, batteries, semiconductors, etc.), thus contributing to the emergence of the world's leading electric engine production sector. In this regard, it is essential that all EU industrial policy instruments (such as the NZIA, the Critical Raw Materials Act, the Chips Act, AZEA, the European Battery Alliance, the European Raw Materials Alliance, etc.), upcoming new initiatives such as the Clean Industrial Deal, as well as financing instruments (e.g. STEP, Innovation Fund, Invest EU) are mobilised to achieve the industrial realisation of the decarbonisation roadmap for air transport. Please find enclosed our detailed comments.
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Meeting with Andrius Kubilius (Commissioner) and

18 Feb 2025 · Roundtable with industry

Meeting with Andrius Kubilius (Commissioner) and

5 Feb 2025 · Presentation of the Safran Group and its activities providing state-of-the-art technologies and equipment for aerospace and defence systems.

Meeting with Lina Gálvez (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Feb 2025 · Aeronautics, space and defense

Meeting with Magda Kopczynska (Director-General Mobility and Transport)

30 Jan 2025 · Exchange of views on Safran’s activities in the aeronautics sector, on the Future Research Framework Programme, current supply chains challenges and on EASA.

Meeting with Timo Pesonen (Director-General Defence Industry and Space)

28 Jan 2025 · Meeting on the side of Space Conference - discussion on space industrial strategy.

Meeting with Sylvia Kainz-Huber (Head of Unit Defence Industry and Space) and MTU Aero Engines AG

23 Jan 2025 · Exchange of views on the European Defence Fund calls on helicopters and engines.

Meeting with Francois Arbault (Director Defence Industry and Space) and MTU Aero Engines AG

23 Jan 2025 · Exchange of views on the European Defence Fund calls on helicopters and engines

Meeting with Magda Kopczynska (Director-General Mobility and Transport) and TotalEnergies SE and

6 Dec 2024 · Investments in sustainable liquid fuels production in the EU

Meeting with Timo Pesonen (Director-General Defence Industry and Space)

20 Nov 2024 · Meeting to discuss the EU defence programs and new initiatives.

Meeting with Christophe Grudler (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Nov 2024 · Politique industrielle européenne

Meeting with Nathalie Loiseau (Member of the European Parliament) and Airbus and

5 Nov 2024 · Défense européenne

Meeting with François-Xavier Bellamy (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

30 Oct 2024 · Défense

Meeting with François-Xavier Bellamy (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and FINCANTIERI SpA

25 Sept 2024 · Défense

Meeting with Laurent Castillo (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Sept 2024 · FF55

Meeting with Tobias Cremer (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Sept 2024 · Defence Industrial Policies

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President) and BUSINESSEUROPE and

10 Sept 2024 · Preventing the circumvention of EU sanctions on sensitive goods

Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner) and

10 Sept 2024 · High-level executive roundtable: preventing the circumvention of EU sanctions on sensitive goods.

Meeting with Johan Danielsson (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Sept 2024 · Förnybara bränslen och flygets omställning

Safran urges phased monitoring of non-CO2 aviation climate impacts

29 Jul 2024
Topic — This initiative updates rules for monitoring and reporting non-CO2 aviation emissions effects.
Message — Safran requests a phased approach excluding CO2-equivalent calculations during the initial period. They argue current scientific models are too uncertain for precise climate reporting. They also call for industry involvement in developing performance and emissions methodologies.123
Why — This prevents immediate regulatory costs and potential financial penalties from inaccurate climate models.45
Impact — Environmental advocates lose rapid implementation of comprehensive measures to address aviation's total climate impact.6
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Meeting with François Kalfon (Member of the European Parliament)

23 Jul 2024 · Priorités transport pour 2024-2029

Meeting with Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Member of the European Parliament)

15 May 2024 · Lobby Meeting

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) and

8 Apr 2024 · Dialogue on Clean Mobility

Meeting with Ditte Juul-Joergensen (Director-General Energy) and Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) and

8 Apr 2024 · Energy market

Meeting with Christophe Grudler (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Mar 2024 · Accélération industrie européenne de défense

Meeting with Timo Pesonen (Director-General Defence Industry and Space)

19 Mar 2024 · Meeting to exchange views on EU defence initiatives.

Meeting with Nathalie Loiseau (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

15 Mar 2024 · Défense européenne

Meeting with Timo Pesonen (Director-General Defence Industry and Space)

29 Nov 2023 · Meeting new DG Mr. Philippe Errera - to discuss major challenges in EU defence and space policy and initiatives

Meeting with Arnaud Danjean (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Nov 2023 · Général

Meeting with Marc Lemaitre (Director-General Research and Innovation)

19 Oct 2023 · Activities of Safran

Meeting with Erik Bergkvist (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Rolls-Royce

28 Sept 2023 · Möte (APA level)

Safran Urges Inclusion of Aviation Fuels in Strategic Tech List

27 Jun 2023
Topic — A proposal to scale manufacturing capacity for technologies needed for EU decarbonisation.
Message — Safran requests including sustainable aviation fuels and carbon capture in the strategic technologies list. They propose a revision clause to keep pace with rapid technological developments. They also call for industry involvement in the Net Zero Europe Platform.123
Why — Strategic status would accelerate production capacity and protect Safran's aviation market leadership.4
Impact — European manufacturers risk losing competitive ground to projects supported by US subsidies.5
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Meeting with Pierre Karleskind (Member of the European Parliament) and Airbus and

23 Jun 2023 · Aviation

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Member of the European Parliament) and Airbus and

22 Jun 2023 · Sujets français et européens

Meeting with Timo Pesonen (Director-General Defence Industry and Space)

20 Jun 2023 · Exchange of views on the side of the visit to the Paris Air Show (Le Bourget).

Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Jun 2023 · EU-Defence Policy, ASAP

Meeting with Dragoş Tudorache (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

14 Jun 2023 · EDIRPA

Meeting with Tsvetelina Penkova (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

5 Jun 2023 · Meeting with SAFRAN on NZIA

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament)

4 May 2023 · Green Deal

Meeting with Adina-Ioana Vălean (Commissioner) and

4 May 2023 · Meeting on aviation developments.

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)

4 May 2023 · - current geo-political environment - decarbonisation of the aviation sector - critical raw materials, with focus on recycling - outlook for the aviation market - European Defence Fund - taxonomy

Safran urges broader aviation inclusion in EU green taxonomy

3 May 2023
Topic — The initiative establishes criteria for identifying environmentally sustainable economic activities for investment purposes.
Message — Safran calls for including engine leasing and maintenance services within the green investment framework. They suggest aligning sustainable fuel and noise standards with existing international certification processes. Additionally, they advocate for the inclusion of business aviation and emergency aircraft.123
Why — These changes would protect the group's eligibility for green funding across its diverse business lines.45
Impact — Environmental groups lose stricter noise protections and limits on high-emission private jet travel.67
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Meeting with Nicola Beer (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

20 Mar 2023 · Critical Raw Materials Act (Meeting held by parliamentary assistant)

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President) and BUSINESSEUROPE and

16 Feb 2023 · Critical Raw Materials package

Meeting with Christophe Grudler (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Feb 2023 · Base industrielle européenne de défense

Meeting with Michael Gahler (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

6 Feb 2023 · EDIRPA Regulation

Meeting with Timo Pesonen (Director-General Defence Industry and Space)

6 Feb 2023 · Meeting organised to discuss on EDF, EDIRPA & SSSD.

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Member of the European Parliament) and Airbus

24 Jan 2023 · Data Act (équipe)

Meeting with Alin Mituța (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Airbus

11 Jan 2023 · Data Act

Meeting with Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

1 Dec 2022 · Chips Act

Meeting with Marian-Jean Marinescu (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Nov 2022 · EU Chips Act regulation

Meeting with Nathalie Loiseau (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Nov 2022 · Défense

Meeting with Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

8 Nov 2022 · Chips Act

Meeting with Dominique Riquet (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

7 Nov 2022 · Industrie de défense

Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport) and FuelsEurope and

12 Jul 2022 · Working plan of the alliance

SAFRAN Urges Sectoral Exemptions and Limited Data Scope

13 May 2022
Topic — The European Commission is proposing harmonised rules for data access and use.
Message — SAFRAN requests that the regulation only apply to raw data. They propose a differentiated regime for the sensitive aerospace and defense sectors. They also seek to prevent technical data transfers to third countries.123
Why — Limiting the scope would reduce implementation costs and protect proprietary technical designs.45
Impact — Non-EU users and competitors would face restricted access to industrial technical information.6
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Response to European chips act package – Regulation

9 May 2022

The aeronautics, defence and space ecosystem is crucial for the European Union connectivity and its strategic autonomy and sovereignty. Electronics are critical components for these sectors. Chips are, for instance, key elements of the energy performance of aircraft and engines and are essential for the optimisation of flights (trajectory management computers) contributing therefore directly to the green transition of the aviation sector. This ecosystem represents only a very small volume of the electronics component/chips market. Despite its strategic role, the aerospace, defence and space ecosystem has only a very limited market power and its specific needs are partially served by the component suppliers. The EU Chips Act is a unique opportunity to take fully into account the specificities and needs of this sector.
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Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport)

4 Feb 2022 · Low carbon fuel alliance

Meeting with Olivier Guersent (Director-General Competition)

18 Jan 2022 · Discussion on competition and industrial policy, IPCEI

Meeting with Christophe Grudler (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

11 Jan 2022 · Révision de RED II

Meeting with Cláudia Monteiro De Aguiar (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

1 Dec 2021 · Refuel Aviation

Meeting with Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton), Valère Moutarlier (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

21 May 2021 · Discussion sur les alliances « Fuels propres » et « avion zéro émissions »

Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport)

7 May 2021 · European Sustainable Aviation Fuels Alliance

Meeting with Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General Research and Innovation)

26 Nov 2020 · Clean Aviation Memorandum of Committment

Meeting with Timo Pesonen (Director-General Defence Industry and Space)

16 Nov 2020 · Call to exchange views on Research budgets & Sustainable Fuels.

Meeting with Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton), Valère Moutarlier (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

29 Oct 2020 · Impact de la crise sur le secteur defense / espace

Response to Action Plan on synergies and cross-fertilisation between the civil, defence and space industries

23 Oct 2020

In a rapidly changing international context and in the race for technological advances, it’s important to support the sectors contributing to the EU's sovereignty and technological independence, especially in the current crisis context. Each sector has its own specificity and support for synergies must bring added value to each of them, operating in a complementary manner. Lack of level playing field at the international level Synergies between defence, space and civil aeronautics are paramount for the competitiveness of the related industries. In countries such as the USA and China, defence and space R&D budgets are massively high as per EU standards: these countries are leaders in defence and space. These investments directly and indirectly benefit their civil aviation industry. Today, Europe remains in Space number one for the commercialisation/export of telecom and earth observation satellite but, without an effort in R&T/I, it could erode rapidly. Innovation for defence purposes serves protection of the operational advantage and then can fertilize civil innovation. Defence, space and civil aeronautics • Are strategic by nature: They contribute to the strategic autonomy of the EU, as recognized in regulations (see FDI). The space and civil aeronautics sector, by offering unique services to all sectors of the economy and to the implementation of many public policies, contributes to EU’ sovereignty and competitiveness. Space infrastructure increases the resilience of industrial offerings and complements other land-based assets. • Have a leverage effect on the rest of the industry in terms of innovation and environment goals, by virtue of their high technological level. They also integrate innovations from others (digital, hydrogen...). Severe conditions of operation in stringent environments, explain their leadership in innovation. Through the modernization of the manufacturing processes, they contribute to achieving the EU's environmental objectives (ex: reduction of energy consumption and generation of waste). Annex 1 provides examples of synergies and cross-fertilizations. • Benefit to the whole value chain: The investments in R&D generate positive spill-overs across the whole chain, providing benefits especially to EU SMEs and mid-caps. • Contribute to education and skills cross-fertilization: The sector continuously needs talented workers with forefront competences in multiple areas, used to manage complex programmes. In particular, a high demand for data scientists, electric engineers, digital experts and AI experts is emerging. Fundings /The above elements imply that we need more support for our sectors, not less. The search for synergies at EU level must not lead to a contraction of the R&D budgets of these three sectors which do not benefit from a level of support comparable to their competitors. The long-term competitiveness of the EU defence, space and civil aviation industries and the EU’ strategic autonomy depend on the R&D effort. As these R&D efforts are provided by companies, it’s therefore important to consider that the vectors of synergy are first the companies based on their Technologies (IP). Obvious synergies would need additional financings. What would be a sovereign cloud, such as Gaia-X, without sovereign means of communication (see proposal of satellite constellation in annex 2)? General recommendations • Keep the specificity of each sector • The dedicated EU budgets for space, defence and aeronautics research will soon be adopted. They are not permeable and intend to finance finished products in these sectors. Any new initiative requiring new funding should have its own funding plan. • Provide an IP protection consistent with sensitive technologies used in Defence and Space; • Maintain coherence and continuity, between existing programmes and new initiatives, • Call for good cooperation and coordination upstream of the process with other relevant DGs.
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Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and

16 Oct 2020 · Pact for Skills Roundtable on Aerospace & Defence.

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

16 Oct 2020 · Roundtable on Aerospace & Defence Pact for Skills

Meeting with Timo Pesonen (Director-General Defence Industry and Space)

30 Sept 2020 · Videoconference to exchange views on European defence, on strategic autonomy and technological sovereignty, on European defence fund, and on impacts of the COVID 19 crisis.

Meeting with Gaëlle Michelier (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)

30 Jun 2020 · Meeting to discuss aviation and green deal

Meeting with Jean-Eric Paquet (Director-General Research and Innovation)

5 Jun 2020 · Clean Aviation Partnership (also with Airbus, Leonardo, EREA and EASN, all in the Transparency Register)

Meeting with Timo Pesonen (Director-General Defence Industry and Space)

6 May 2020 · Meeting to discuss the recovery plan for the aeronautics industry and the European Partnership on Clean Aviation (EPCA).

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

1 Apr 2020 · COVID-19 & impact on the Aeronautic (civil and defence) industry

Meeting with Ursula von der Leyen (President) and

25 Mar 2020 · Videoconference with CEOs on COVID-19