Commission: a €60M Croatian scheme approved to support energy-intensive companies

The European Commission has approved a €60M Croatian scheme to partially compensate energy-intensive companies and reduce carbon leakage on 26 October 2026.

It aims to compensate for higher electricity prices impacted by carbon prices (‘indirect emission costs’) under the EU ETS, and also to reduce the risk of these companies relocating their activities to countries outside the EU with less ambitious climate policies, thereby increasing global greenhouse gas emissions.

The scheme includes companies in sectors that are “both particularly energy-intensive and exposed to international competition, such as iron and steel, paper or chemicals,” the Commission said.

Moreover, the compensation will be granted for a maximum of 80% of indirect emission costs incurred between 2025 and 2030. Payments…