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Sovereignty Seals (STEP)

INITIATIVEA tracked regulatory file grouping related EU documents — e.g. the Advanced Materials Act. Each initiative has a status, timeline, and parent strategy. See full glossary → Competitiveness, Innovation & Strategic InvestmentOne of eight thematic areas of EU digital policy, drawn from the editorial Gliederung. Each priority groups related strategies and initiatives. See full glossary →

This page tracks a single EU policy initiativeA tracked regulatory file grouping related EU documents — e.g. the Advanced Materials Act. Each initiative has a status, timeline, and parent strategy. See full glossary → — a regulatory file in the Commission's pipeline. Below you'll find its current status, linked source documents, parent strategies, and sibling files in the same policy priorityOne of eight thematic areas of EU digital policy, drawn from the editorial Gliederung. Each priority groups related strategies and initiatives. See full glossary → .

To amplify the Innovation Fund’s impact, the Commission will mobilise additional financing for projects awarded a STEP Sovereignty Seal by creating stronger synergies between EU instruments and Member-State schemes. It will align funding criteria between the Innovation Fund and national support to speed State-aid decisions for STEP-labelled projects and encourage governments to commit co-financing, maximising deployment across EU regions. The STEP seal will function as a streamlined fast lane for bankable industrial decarbonisation and clean-tech investments, improving predictability, reducing transaction costs, and crowding in private capital through de-risking, while safeguarding competition and cohesion across the Single Market.

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Associated strategies (1)

Siblings under Clean Industrial Deal(20)

Siblings in Competitiveness, Innovation & Strategic Investment(6)