Raising EU decarbonisation targets will make the role of energy efficiency even more relevant, especially with regard to industrial sectors, which will be required to launch a new round of investment in environmental technological innovation.

For this reason, Confindustria considers it essential that the new energy policy framework provides for the continuity of Energy Efficiency Certificates.ica (so-called white certificates) according to an upgraded perspective, structurally stable in relation to the 2030 targets.

Furthermore, given the importance of the instrument for the manufacturing sector and its cost-efficiencyConfindustria presented a reform proposal of the TEE instrument with the hope that for the period 2021-2030 there will be a framework of stable and uncertainty-free market rules and instruments with a view to simplification, optimisation of the methodologies for quantifying and recognising energy savings, and a reduction in the timeframe for approving, issuing and offering securities on the market.

The in-depth study carried out led to the drafting of a proposal that includes it is necessary to develop a market platform complete that can guide the investment decisions of operators in a structural manner. The new market platform must be able to provide short-term but also long-term 'price signals' to foster the information conditions available to traders, thereby promoting competition.