An appeal initiated by the Polish Chamber of Chemical Industry (PIPC) calls on the European Commission to suspend the binding 2030 industrial renewable-hydrogen target and reassess the 2035 target, the organisation said on 26 October 2026 in its account of the appeal.
Hydrogen Insight reported on 28 October that major fertiliser and chemicals producers, including Yara, signed the appeal. A separate letter signed by 268 companies called on the Commission to keep the targets, Hydrogen Insight reported.
PIPC said more than 50 organisations and companies supported its initiative. The signatories propose replacing the binding trajectory with an indicative, non-binding EU-level path that could be reviewed against market conditions, renewable-electricity availability and capacity to produce, transport and store hydrogen.
Under the revised Renewable Energy Directive, renewable fuels of non-biological origin must account for 42% of hydrogen used in industry from 2030, rising to 60% by 2035, according to the EU Clean Hydrogen Observatory. Member states may reduce those targets by 20% if they meet two conditions.
Member states had until May 2025 to transpose the revised directive into national law. The Observatory says only eight of 27 had transposed the RFNBO mandates for both industrial and transport use by May 2026. In late April 2026, the Commission decided to refer Greece, Malta and Portugal to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to transpose the directive.
