Open Letter: Call for the rapid implementation of penalties in Member States under Article 23 of the Net-Zero Industry Act

The open letter calls for the immediate implementation of penalties under Article 23 of the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) to enforce obligations on oil and gas producers to contribute to 50 million tonnes of annual CO2 injection capacity by 2030. Signatories argue that current efforts are insufficient and that credible enforcement is necessary to provide certainty for hard-to-abate industries, such as cement and lime production, which rely on carbon capture and storage (CCS) for deep decarbonisation.

• The Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA) mandates that Member States establish penalties for non-compliance that are 'effective, proportionate and dissuasive' to ensure oil and gas producers help achieve an annual CO2 injection capacity of 50 million tonnes across the European Union by 2030.
• Member States were required to have these penalty regimes published and implemented by 30 June 2026.
• The European Commission's initial progress report suggests that current efforts are inadequate to reach the EU's 2030 CO2 injection capacity target, while demand for storage is increasing in industrial sectors requiring Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) for deep decarbonisation.

APA

Clean Air Task Force (n.d.). Open Letter: Call for the rapid implementation of penalties in Member States under Article 23 of the Net-Zero Industry Act. https://www.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Open-Letter-NZIA-Penalties-final-signatories.pdf

Chicago

Clean Air Task Force. Open Letter: Call for the rapid implementation of penalties in Member States under Article 23 of the Net-Zero Industry Act. n.d. https://www.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Open-Letter-NZIA-Penalties-final-signatories.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{cleanairtaskforcendopen, author = {{Clean Air Task Force}}, title = {{Open Letter: Call for the rapid implementation of penalties in Member States under Article 23 of the Net-Zero Industry Act}}, publisher = {Clean Air Task Force}, url = {https://www.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Open-Letter-NZIA-Penalties-final-signatories.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }