Source: European Parliament
The Commission is aware of the economic and social challenges that coal regions, including in Poland, face in view of the transition towards climate neutrality.
The Just Transition Mechanism accompanied with the Just Transition Fund[1] or the Coal regions in transition Initiative[2], among other initiatives, aim to ensure that the transition leaves no one behind and to support the economic diversification and reconversion of the territories concerned by the transition.
The mentioned report has been written by external authors as part of the Commission’s Coal regions in transition Initiative[3]. As a general rule, such reports, if written by consultants, cannot be considered as representing the views of the Commission or its official position.
As regards public support for the Polish mining industry, the Commission is in close and constructive contact with the Polish authorities. The Commission is neither in a position to comment further on the content of such discussion, nor can it predict the timing or outcome.
Pursuant to Article 263 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Court of Justice has jurisdiction to review the legality of acts of the Commission.
- [1] Regulation (EU) 2021/1056 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 establishing the Just Transition Fund (OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 1).
- [2] For more information see: https://energy.ec.europa.eu/topics/clean-energy-transition/eu-coal-regions-transition_en
- [3] The Secretariat for Technical Assistance to Regions in Transition, which is made up of a consortium of external actors, listed here: https://energy.ec.europa.eu/topics/carbon-management-and-fossil-fuels/eu-coal-regions-transition_en#the-secretariat