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thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG

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thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG is one of the world's leading suppliers of carbon steel flat products and Germany's largest manufacturer.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Bonifacio Garcia Porras (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and Schaeffler AG

13 Jan 2026 · Implementation of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) and potential strategies by Chinese steel exporters to circumvent EU fair competition rules

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Dec 2025 · Exchange on Steel Áction Plan

Meeting with Philippe Lamberts (Principal Adviser Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action)

18 Nov 2025 · Brief update by TKS of the business situation of the steel industry in Europe and the urgency to act

Meeting with Estelle Goeger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné) and Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. and

4 Nov 2025 · Overview of the Commission's Single Market Strategy.

Meeting with Wopke Hoekstra (Commissioner) and

28 Oct 2025 · High Level Dialogue with Industry executives on the implementation of CBAM

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Oct 2025 · Exchange on safeguard measures for steel

Meeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament) and The European Steel Association

21 Oct 2025 · Commission Proposal to address the trade-related impacts of global overcapacity on the EU steel market

Meeting with Majdouline Sbai (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

21 Oct 2025 · Steel safeguards

Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament) and E-MOBILITY EUROPE and SEMI Europe GmbH

14 Oct 2025 · EU Energy and industry policy

Meeting with Adam Romanowski (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič)

24 Sept 2025 · Steel measure

Meeting with Aleksandra Kordecka (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné), Laia Pinos Mataro (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

17 Sept 2025 · Latest developments in the steel sector

Thyssenkrupp Steel urges two-year delay to EU carbon border tax

26 Aug 2025
Topic — The EU is consulting on expanding its carbon border tax to downstream products.
Message — Thyssenkrupp Steel calls for a two-year delay to the carbon border tax. They demand the scope include steel-intensive components to prevent firms from moving production abroad.12
Why — This proposal would lower competitive pressure by taxing finished imports containing cheap foreign steel.34
Impact — Manufacturers in China and Serbia would lose their ability to bypass European carbon costs.5
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thyssenkrupp Steel urges EU to slow ETS cap tightening

8 Jul 2025
Topic — EU review of Emissions Trading System for industry, power, and transport.
Message — The company requests a non-linear cap reduction trajectory from 2030, extending free allocation beyond 2040, and adjusting benchmarks to avoid abrupt cuts as plants decarbonize. They argue the current system threatens viable transformation investments.123
Why — This would preserve their investment capacity by reducing CO2 costs that currently equal half a new plant annually.45
Impact — Climate advocates lose faster emission reductions as the cap would reach zero later than 2039.67
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Meeting with Manfred Weber (Member of the European Parliament) and Schaeffler AG and ORMAZABAL ELECTRIC

2 Jul 2025 · Politischer Austausch

Meeting with Maria Elena Scoppio (Director Taxation and Customs Union)

1 Jul 2025 · Exchange of views on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)

Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and

1 Jul 2025 · Discussion on the current situation in the steel value chain.

Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action)

1 Jul 2025 · To discuss the need for robust “Made in Europe” policies, an effective and enforceable CBAM, and stronger trade defence instruments.

Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament) and AIR LIQUIDE

1 Jul 2025 · EU Energy and industry policy

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Jul 2025 · Exchange on the steel and metals action plan

Meeting with Joan Canton (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

25 Jun 2025 · Exchange on the situation of the steel sector and preparation of the instrument to replace the existing steel safeguards

Meeting with Maria Isabel Garcia Catalan (Head of Unit Taxation and Customs Union)

27 May 2025 · Clarification request on the interpretation of origin provisions under the EU-Mexico Free Trade Agreement impacting EU steel imports to Mexico

Meeting with Pascal Arimont (Member of the European Parliament)

26 May 2025 · Visit of Thyssenkrupp Duisburg

Meeting with Miguel Gil Tertre (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez), Thomas Auger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez)

22 May 2025 · Steel and decarbonisation technologies industries

Meeting with Aleksandra Kordecka (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné), Laia Pinos Mataro (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

28 Apr 2025 · Steel and Metals Action Plan: Follow-up

Meeting with Terry Reintke (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Mar 2025 · Steel Action Plan, Green Transformation, Industry Policies

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and

20 Mar 2025 · Exchange of views regarding the forthcoming Steel and Metals Action Plan.

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and

20 Mar 2025 · Plan sur l’acier Marché US/EU Simplification

Meeting with Aleksandra Kordecka (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

13 Mar 2025 · Exchange of views regarding the forthcoming Steel and Metals Action Plan.

Meeting with Willem Van Ierland (Head of Unit Climate Action)

6 Mar 2025 · Steel labelling and lead markets

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and

19 Feb 2025 · Dialogue on the future of the automotive sector – Suppliers Session

Meeting with Teresa Ribera Rodríguez (Executive Vice-President) and

13 Feb 2025 · To discuss solutions aimed at keeping steel sector competitive and bringing forward the necessary investments in decarbonization.

Meeting with Joan Canton (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

24 Jan 2025 · Clean industrial deal

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Jan 2025 · Exchange on the steel action plan

Meeting with Philippe Lamberts (Principal Adviser Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action)

7 Jan 2025 · Need for urgent action to preserve the EU steel sector

Meeting with Jens Gieseke (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

20 Dec 2024 · Altfahrzeuge-Verordnung

Meeting with Adam Romanowski (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič), Chiara Galiffa (Cabinet of Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič)

17 Dec 2024 · Trade measures in steel action plan

Meeting with Aleksandra Kordecka (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné), Arthur Corbin (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné), Laia Pinos Mataro (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

10 Dec 2024 · Meeting on steel action plan

Meeting with Raphaël Glucksmann (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Nov 2024 · Steel

Meeting with Terry Reintke (Member of the European Parliament) and ArcelorMittal and

6 Nov 2024 · Steel, Green Transition, Industrial Policy

Meeting with Raphaël Glucksmann (Member of the European Parliament)

23 Oct 2024 · Steel

Meeting with Andrea Wechsler (Member of the European Parliament) and FuelsEurope and Miele Cie. KG

22 Oct 2024 · EU Energy and Industry Policy

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)

23 Sept 2024 · Competitive Energy Prices/CBAM/Green Lead Market/ Raw Materials/Financing Transition

Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

16 Sept 2024 · Plant tour at thyssenkrupp Steel Europe in Duisburg

Meeting with Dennis Radtke (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Sept 2024 · Situation Stahl

Meeting with Tobias Cremer (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Jul 2024 · Industrial defense policy

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Jul 2024 · Exchange on Expectations on the new European Parliament and EU Commission (EU Industry Policy, Global Trade, Green Deal, Energy Policy, decarbonisation of industry)

Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament) and BASF SE

16 Jul 2024 · EU Industry Policy

Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

14 Jun 2024 · Exchange on European steel industry and its challenges

Meeting with Tomas Baert (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

30 May 2024 · Anti-dumping practices and overcapacity in the steel sector

Meeting with Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit)

16 May 2024 · Meeting with steel industry representatives following clean transition dialogues.

Meeting with Michael Bloss (Member of the European Parliament) and Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) and

2 May 2024 · Green Industrial Deal

Meeting with Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President) and

22 Mar 2024 · Discussion of current challenges facing the European Steel sector attended by private industry as well as Ministers and official representatives of Italy, Romania, Poland, Czechia, Belgium, Hungary and Luxembourg

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) and

22 Mar 2024 · Clean Transition Dialogue with the Steel Sector

Thyssenkrupp Steel urges EU to favor European green steel

1 Mar 2024
Topic — New guidance on using qualitative criteria for renewable energy project auctions.
Message — Incentivise the use of green materials and technologies made in the EU. Award criteria should require minimum levels of EU-content and decarbonization. They also want these criteria to be legally binding.12
Why — This would shield the company from international competition and ensure domestic demand for products.3
Impact — Project developers would lose access to the cheapest components from outside the European Union.4
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Meeting with Terry Reintke (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Feb 2024 · Green Transformation

Meeting with Philippe Lamberts (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Feb 2024 · Europrean steel industry

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)

19 Feb 2024 · • Steel overcapacity • EU's steel safeguard extension • GSA – decarbonisation of steel

Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and

19 Feb 2024 · The transformation of the steel industry

Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament) and industriAll European Trade Union and

13 Feb 2024 · Roundtable on Green Deal and Industrial Policy

Meeting with Hildegard Bentele (Member of the European Parliament) and DHL Group and

15 Nov 2023 · “Ramp-Up of Green Fuels for Aviation and Shipping - An Opportunity for Climate Protection, Industrial Policy and International Cooperation” - Panelist

Meeting with Rasmus Andresen (Member of the European Parliament)

27 Oct 2023 · socio-economic situation in Europe

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Oct 2023 · Exchange on European industry policy

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) and

10 Oct 2023 · Hydrogen

Meeting with Reinhard Bütikofer (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Aug 2023 · High-Level Workshop “Global Arrangement onSustainable Steel

Meeting with Michael Bloss (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Jul 2023 · Industrietransformation

Meeting with Terry Reintke (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Jul 2023 · Green Transformation

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Jul 2023 · Unternehmensbesuch

Meeting with Philippe Lamberts (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Jul 2023 · Visit of the ThyssenKrupp Steel headquarters in Duisburg, witnessing its green transformation replacing its CO2-intensive steel production by climate-friendly hydrogen technologies.

Meeting with Sara Matthieu (Member of the European Parliament) and APERAM SA

31 May 2023 · Dinner debate with EU steel company CEOs on industrial policy

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Apr 2023 · Exchange on the electricity market design (staff level)

Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and ArcelorMittal and

18 Apr 2023 · Current situation of the steel sector in Europe. State-of-play regarding the negotiations on the GSA with the US.

Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Germanwatch and Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung

14 Apr 2023 · ETS

Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action)

31 Mar 2023 · Decarbonization

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President) and The European Steel Association and

28 Mar 2023 · Decarbonisation of the steel sector, circular economy, trade aspects

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Mar 2023 · Net-Zero Industry Act (staff level)

Meeting with Norbert Lins (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. and Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V.

9 Mar 2023 · AAQD

Meeting with Michael Hager (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis) and Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl

28 Feb 2023 · Current issues of the steel sector in Europe

Meeting with Terry Reintke (Member of the European Parliament) and AIR LIQUIDE and

23 Feb 2023 · Austausch mit Vertretern NRW Wirtschaft

Meeting with Terry Reintke (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Feb 2023 · Besprechung und Betriebsbesichtigung

Meeting with Martin Hojsík (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Jan 2023 · Cleantech, steel, innovation

Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and BUSINESSEUROPE and

20 Dec 2022 · ETS

Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

28 Oct 2022 · IRA impact on steel

Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and European Environmental Bureau and

14 Oct 2022 · ETS

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Oct 2022 · ETS

Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl

5 Oct 2022 · ETS

Meeting with Rosa D'Amato (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Jun 2022 · Green H

Meeting with Jens Gieseke (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Jun 2022 · Austausch zur Industriepolitik

Meeting with Petra Kammerevert (Member of the European Parliament)

31 May 2022 · Reform des Europäischen Emissionshandels

Meeting with Henrike Hahn (Member of the European Parliament)

24 May 2022 · ETS

Meeting with Michael Bloss (Member of the European Parliament)

5 May 2022 · ETS, Dekarbonisierung der Industrie

Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

27 Apr 2022 · ETS Revision

Response to Revision of EU rules on Gas

12 Apr 2022

Dear Sir/Madam, please find attached thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG´s position paper. Kind regards,
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Response to Revision of EU rules on Gas

12 Apr 2022

Dear Sir/Madam, please find attached thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG´s position paper. Kind regards,
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Meeting with Michael Bloss (Member of the European Parliament)

23 Mar 2022 · Klimawandel und Industrie

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

2 Feb 2022 · Exchange on energy price surges, investment needs and support to decarbonisation objectives

ThyssenKrupp Steel Demands Five-Year CBAM Test Phase with Full Free Allowances

18 Nov 2021
Topic — EU proposal to establish carbon border adjustment mechanism for imported products.
Message — The company requests exclusion of steel from CBAM or at minimum a five-year test phase without reducing free allowances. They argue the proposed reduction in free allowances would double operating costs and undermine investment capacity for decarbonisation technologies.123
Why — This would preserve financial capacity to invest in direct reduction plants and breakthrough technologies.45
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German steelmaker urges full free allocation retention amid EU carbon market tightening

8 Nov 2021
Topic — EU Emissions Trading System revision to achieve 55% emission reduction by 2030.
Message — The company requests maintaining full benchmark-based free allocation and indirect cost compensation at least until 2030, complemented by the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. They oppose the proposed phase-out of free allowances starting in 2026, arguing companies need to focus on low-carbon investment rather than face increased compliance costs.123
Why — This would reduce their compliance costs by billions of euros annually during the transition.45
Impact — No specific groups harmed are identified; concerns focus on protecting EU industry competitiveness.
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Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)

8 Nov 2021 · to discuss the green transition of the steel industry (including ETS and CBAM) and hydrogen.

Meeting with Anne Funch Jensen (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

24 Sept 2021 · State Aid issues

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and European Environmental Bureau and

10 Jun 2021 · Roundtable of the Clean Hydrogen Alliance: 3rd meeting of the co-chairs

Meeting with Aliénor Margerit (Cabinet of Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni)

2 Jun 2021 · legal framework for decarbonization of steel industry

Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and

31 May 2021 · European Green Deal objectives.

Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

13 Apr 2021 · Industrial strategy, fit for 55

Meeting with Gints Freimanis (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

11 Mar 2021 · • Carbon Boarder Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) & ETS for steel • The Role of G20 (steel access capacities, carbon price mechanism) • Trade defence instruments (e.g. AD/AS cases Turkey and Russia)

Meeting with Stefanie Hiesinger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

15 Jan 2021 · Follow-up meeting to discuss the Green Deal and the steel industry

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)

4 Dec 2020 · The decarbonisation of the steel sector and the use of hydrogen for steel production

Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and

10 Sept 2020 · EU industrial strategy

Response to A EU hydrogen strategy

8 Jun 2020

thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG is a subsidiary of thyssenkrupp AG and one of the world's leading suppliers of carbon steel flat products. With around 27,000 employees we supply high-quality steel products for innovative and demanding applications. With an annual production volume of around 12 million metric tons of crude steel, we are Germany's biggest flat steel producer. Please find our feedback within attached document.
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Response to EU rules on industrial emissions - revision

21 Apr 2020

thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG is a subsidiary of thyssenkrupp AG and one of the world's leading suppliers of carbon steel flat products. With around 27,000 employees we supply high-quality steel products for innovative and demanding applications. With an annual production volume of around 12 million metric tons of crude steel, we are Germany's biggest flat steel producer. Please find our feedback in attached document.
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Meeting with Sabine Weyand (Director-General Trade)

17 Apr 2020 · Implication of Coronavirus on steel industry

Thyssenkrupp Steel Urges Caution Over Raising 2030 Climate Targets

15 Apr 2020
Topic — The European Commission is proposing more ambitious 2030 greenhouse gas reduction targets.
Message — The company opposes higher targets without improved economic frameworks and financial support. They demand long-term certainty and affordable energy to transition to carbon-neutral production.12
Why — Avoiding stricter targets prevents massive cost increases and keeps European steel plants competitive globally.3
Impact — General consumers lose as they would eventually pay higher prices for steel-based products.4
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Thyssenkrupp Steel urges border tax to protect global competitiveness

31 Mar 2020
Topic — The EU is consulting on a carbon border price for imports to prevent carbon leakage.
Message — Thyssenkrupp demands the mechanism serve as an additional protection tool that secures the international competitiveness of European products. They argue revenues must fund industrial transformation while ensuring data collection is transparent and verifiable for all companies.123
Why — This would shield the company from unfair competition and subsidize their transition to carbon neutrality.456
Impact — Non-EU producers with lower climate and social standards would face restricted market access and higher costs.78
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Meeting with Ursula von der Leyen (President) and

25 Mar 2020 · Videoconference with CEOs on COVID-19

Meeting with Sabine Weyand (Director-General Trade)

15 Oct 2019 · Trade & Steel Industry