New pieces of secondary legislation related to the Net-Zero Industry Act
On 23 May 2025, the European Commission adopted new pieces of secondary legislation and a communication relating to the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA).
📃 Adopted Acts:
✅ Communication providing updated information to determine the shares of the EU supply of final products and their main specific components originating in different third countries under NZIA
- provides information on where the EU’s supply of net-zero technologies comes from, highlighting third country dependencies for specific technologies. This information enables the application of the ‘resilience’ non-price criterion in public procurement, renewable energy auctions, and other public interventions.
- helps Member States in evaluating net-zero technology manufacturing projects eligible for strategic project status.
✅ Implementing Regulation specifying the pre-qualification and award criteria for auctions for the deployment of energy from renewable sources
- These criteria include responsible business conduct, cybersecurity, and sustainability and resilience contribution.
- Starting on 30 December 2025, the new rules must be applied to 30% of auction volumes (or 6 GW per year per EU country).
✅ Delegated Regulation regarding the identification of sub-categories within net-zero technologies and the list of specific components used for those technologies
- replaces Annex with list of final products and specific components in NZIA.
✅ Implementing Regulation regarding the list of net-zero technology final products and their main specific components for the purposes of assessing the contribution to resilience
- includes Annex with list of net-zero technology final products and their main specific components for the purposes of assessing the contribution to resilience.
✅ Implementing Decision adopting guidelines for the implementation of certain selection criteria for net-zero strategic projects
- ensures a consistent selection process across Member States, through guidance on the applicable criteria for that strategic project selection.
☑️ What next?
📌 For the Delegated Regulation, following publication, the European Parliament and the Council have a 2-month scrutiny period (extendable by a further 2 months if requested), during which they can object to this act.
📌 However, there is no scrutiny period for the Implementing Regulations adopted on 23 May 2025.
➡️ Source: Net-Zero Industry Act secondary legislation