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RTD ACCESS DOCUMENTS From: Sent: To: Subject: (RTD) mardi 5 mars 2024 08:50 - BEPA; RE: Alternatives to PFAS for batteries Ref. Ares(2024)6205129 - 02/09/2024 (RTD); BEPA From: BEPA @bepassociation.eu> Sent: Monday, March 4, 2024 2:28 PM To: (RTD) @ec.europa.eu>; @bepassociation.eu> Cc: (RTD) @ec.europa.eu> Subject: RE: Alternatives to PFAS for batteries BEPA Thanks, . Great to have the latest informa on. I don't think it's contested that for LFP(ish) chemistries alterna ves exist. RECHARGE, , acknowledges as such: From their latest brochure: h ps://rechargeba eries.org/wpcontent/uploads/2024/02/DEF 2024 PFAS Leaflet 630x297 digital 240223.pdf That there is s ll work to be done is corroborated by the other presenta on: 1 Rests the mul -million ques on "Is this is a task to be tackled under the Horizon Europe programme?" The original Commission communica on on SSbD would suggest that, but I agree we would need good arguments. We have already discussed this point at the BEPA board level last Thursday and we are trying to get a good overview of the state-of-art to make the appropriate decisions. Kind regards, M: @bepassociation.eu www.bepassociation.eu @BEPA EU From: @ec.europa.eu> Sent: Monday, 4 March 2024 14:03 To: BEPA @bepassociation.eu>; @bepassociation.eu> Cc: @ec.europa.eu> Subject: Alternatives to PFAS for batteries BEPA Dear , Dear , A while ago we had an internal seminar here to discuss alterna ves to PFAS. The subject of LIB was also tackled, please find a ached here the slides from the two relevant presenta ons. It looks like Leclanch has fully mastered the transi on - and gained performance along the way. Happy to discuss further if useful, European Commission DG Research & Innovation C2 - Clean Energy Transitions CDMA Rue du Champ de Mars/Marsveldstraat 21 B-1049 Brussels/Belgium ec.europa.eu http://ec.europa.eu/research 2