EU Delays Methane Rules on Oil and Gas Imports for a Year
The proposal aims to avoid fuel-supply pressures as some governments and companies warn the rules could disrupt imports.
- On Oct 14, the European Commission proposed a one-year delay to methane emissions rules for oil and gas imports, which were intended to require foreign suppliers to monitor and report emissions.
- Pressure from the White House, France, and ExxonMobil drove the move; French President Emmanuel Macron requested the delay last month, warning of legal risks and fuel supply disruptions during the Iran war.
- "This one-year postponement is designed to help avoid additional pressures on the security of supply of imported fossil fuels," the Commission stated, as foreign firms allegedly fear legal issues could disrupt LNG shipments to Europe.
- Five Socialists and Democrats MEPs, including Mohammed Chahim, insisted any postponement must be "strictly limited to a single year," urging the Commission to withdraw the proposal if parliament demands a longer delay.
- Some countries, including Czechia and Italy, have demanded a three-year extension, though importers would have until 31 May 2029 to prove compliance for imports made during 2028.
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The executive is seeking to secure the energy supply for this winter, in order to avoid an explosion of prices. ...
The European Commission (EC) has carried over for one year the testing of fossil fuel imports for methane emissions, not because of concessions to the oil and gas lobby, but because of Europe's energy security in a volatile world market, has stated the EC spokesman Anna-Caysa Itkonen." First, we do not go to the interests of large oil companies.
The European Commission wants to postpone new EU rules on methane emissions from oil and gas imports by a year. The EU's executive body is doing this because Europe could be facing ‘a challenging winter with high energy prices’.
The European Commission has proposed to delay an any l'applicació de les normes de la Unión Europea sobre emissions de metà per les importaciones de petroli i gas. Les normes, que havien d'entrar en vigor l'1 de gener de 2027, haurien demand als proveïdors de petroli i gas strangers que tingan systemes de measurement i control de metà equivalents als de la Unió Europea. I enterprises com Repsol i Moeve have avisat que poderen posar en risc el su…
Commission wants to soften rules for one of the most harmful greenhouse gases. Methane emissions before imports of fossil fuels are to be controlled more strictly from 2028 onwards.
In view of the energy crisis, the EU Commission intends to apply the agreed climate protection rules later. Austria had also campaigned for a postponement.
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