3 Nurturing value chains industrial symbiosis 4 An ambitious Circular Economy framework Extend the strategic approach under the action plan for batteries to other value chains which are critical for Europe s transition to a climateneutral economy Encourage a higher level of domestic production of all metals as part of an integrated industrial strategy for green value chains including high sustainability standards Further facilitate industrial symbiosis and sector coupling for the metals industry including the development of regional clusters T ak e care that chemicals management measures are designed to maintain investment predict ability into metals operations while achieving the primary objective of safe chemicals use Support metals producers to enhance energy efciency in other sectors e g through the valorisation of low temperature waste heat in the residentials sector Invest into Europe s capacity for stateoftheart recovery of metals from e xisting and emerging stock including through new technologies A void leak age of scrap outside of the EU when there are not sufcient guarantees that metals recovery will happen at the necessary standards Support development of climate friendly technologies and techniques that enhance the recovery of metals and alloys from secondary raw material streams Improve product design through requiring easier and more efcient disassembly traceability and recyclability of metals e g for electronics waste Optimise the collection and sorting infrastructure for metals scrap and products in order to improve recycling rates 5 Assertive trade competition policies Encourage a more forceful and diligent EU utilisation of e xisting trade defence instruments and act sooner in cases of a serious and immediate threat of injury to domestic industry Pursue a globally focussed competition policy as well as addressing the distortive efects of foreign companies on the EU internal mark et including state ownership and fnancing Pursue necessary reforms of the W orld T rade Organisation in order to tackle the growing issues of state subsidisation and e x cess capacities Use free trade agreements and bilateral dialogues to improve cooperation with countries that are k ey suppliers of primary raw materials to Europe S trengthen EU standards use public procurement and harmonise customs clearance practices at harbours MET ALS IN A CLIMA TE NEUTRAL EUROPE A 2050 BL UEPRINT 80