SECTORAL POLICIES / Energy

Council of EU adopts Regulation on reduction of methane emissions from energy sector

Brussels, 27/05/2024 (Agence Europe)

Following the green light given by the Member States’ ambassadors to the EU (Coreper) (see EUROPE B13414A22), on Monday 27 May the EU Council adopted the regulation on the monitoring and reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector, which had been the subject of an interinstitutional agreement on 16 November 2023 (see EUROPE B13293A5).

All the Member States voted in favour of the final text, with the exception of Hungary, which maintains that the regulation could “jeopardise...