On 25 October 2023, the NZIA voted in the ITRE parliamentary committee, a key step towards the final approval of the file, which helps to strengthen the competitiveness of the European cleantech sector. Hydrogen, with its wide range of applications and potential for decarbonisation, is included in the legislation as a strategic technology to meet these ambitions. Electrolyzers and fuel cells are within the full scope of the regulation, as they have been upgraded to strategic technologies in the European toolbox to achieve 55 % emission reductions by 2030 and the net zero target by 2050. The European Commission wants to ensure that by 2030 at least 40 % of the EU's annual needs for the introduction of clean technologies were to be produced at home - including electrolyzers and fuel cells.