Programme objectives
Article 3
1. The Research Programme shall support the competitiveness of sectors related to the coal and steel industry by providing support for collaborative research with an industry-led orientation in those sectors, including on dual-use applications. 2. The Research Programme shall provide support for clean steel breakthrough technologies, contributing to the objectives of climate neutrality in the Union and reinforcing Union strategic autonomy across the steel value chain. The Research Programme shall also provide support for research projects for managing the just transition of formerly operating coal mines or coal mines in the process of closure and for related infrastructure and the regions in which they are located, particularly those facing significant social, economic or environmental challenges arising from the transition of the coal and steel sectors. 3. The Research Programme shall promote valorisation and innovation, including the testing and piloting of new methods, to enhance the market relevance of research outcomes and to increase their potential for scalable deployment. It shall also promote solutions that are commercially viable and industrially scalable. 4. The Research Programme shall be consistent with the political, scientific and technological objectives of the Union, and shall complement the activities carried out in the Member States. 5. The Research Programme shall support synergies with other relevant programmes and funding instruments aiming at accelerating technological development to deployment status. 6. The Research Programme shall support research projects aimed at the objectives set out in Article 4 for coal and in Article 5 for steel.