Alongside its new report on the approval process for capacity mechanisms in the EU, published on 3 March, the Commission presented, on Tuesday 11 March, proposals aimed at speeding up the Commission’s approval of these mechanisms, which remunerate available capacity rather than energy production (see EUROPE B13596A7). These simplification proposals are included in the draft communication on the framework for State aid to support the Clean Industrial Deal (see EUROPE B13597A14).