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EU and Ukraine: Potential for stronger energy cooperation on the path to integration
Ukraine is the second largest country on the European continent after Russia. Its oil, coal and gas reserves, as well as its geostrategic position, ensured its important role in energy trade, both during the Soviet Union and after its collapse. However, Russia's initial invasion of Ukraine (since 2014), followed by a full-scale war of aggression against the country, have had severe human and economic impacts. In the energy area, for example, Russia's strategy has been to weaponise (e.g. the occupation ...
Research for TRAN Committee Expected impacts of Fit for 55 legislation on connectivity and mobility in Europe
ATAG to the study - Based on a comprehensive review of eleven legislative texts of the ‘Fit for 55’ package with a transport policy dimension, this study highlights the expected impacts they may produce on connectivity and mobility, encompassing the concepts of efficiency and effectiveness in the ability of passengers and goods to travel within the EU.
Russia's 'shadow fleet': Bringing the threat to light
Following Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, the European Union (EU), G7, and allied partners imposed extensive sanctions targeting Russia's economy, in particular the oil sector, in an effort to curb the Kremlin's revenues which finance its war effort. Key measures include an embargo on Russian seaborne oil imports and a price cap on oil and oil products that restricts profits while still allowing sales below a certain price. Enforcement mechanisms prevent Russia from chartering or insuring ...
Transport and Tourism Committee in 2019-2024: Summary of key achievements
Ϸվ's Transport and Tourism Committee (TRAN) worked on a number of legislative packages and proposals tabled by the European Commission during the 2019-2024 legislative term, including several proposals for legislative acts that were not concluded during the term. This paper gives a short overview of the key legislative files dealt with in TRAN over the past five years.
Fit for 55 package: Reducing methane emissions in the energy sector
On 15 December 2021, the Commission presented a proposal to regulate methane emissions reductions in the energy sector. The proposal was part of the second batch of proposals in the 'fit for 55' package, seeking to align EU climate and energy laws with the EU Climate Law's 2030 target. The proposal addressed gaps in the current legislation: those relating to methane emissions from upstream exploration and the production of oil and fossil gas, but also those from the gathering and processing of fossil ...
Recast EU Regulation on Gas and Hydrogen Markets
On 15 December 2021, the European Commission adopted a legislative proposal to recast the 2009 EU Gas Regulation as part of the hydrogen and decarbonised gas markets package. In the European Ϸվ, the file was referred to the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), which adopted its report on 9 February 2023. The report was endorsed at the plenary session of 15 March 2023. The Council adopted its general approach on 28 March 2023. The Ϸվ and the Council reached a provisional ...
Recast EU Directive on gas and hydrogen markets
On 15 December 2021, the Commission adopted a legislative proposal to recast the 2009 EU Gas Directive as part of the proposed hydrogen and decarbonised gas markets package. In the European Ϸվ, the file was referred to the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) in 2022. Ϸվ and Council reached a provisional agreement on 28 November 2023. ITRE approved the provisional agreement on 23 January 2024 and the plenary did so on 11 April 2024. The Council approved the agreement ...
Will the EU help build a cobalt refinery in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Most of the world's cobalt, a strategic raw material for the EU, is mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is then shipped to China for processing before being used, for instance, in batteries and electric vehicles (EVs). This creates inefficiencies, extra emissions and, above all, crucial critical raw material and green sector dependencies on China. The DRC wants to move up the battery supply chain. A 2021 Bloomberg study shows that building a Congolese processing plant to produce ...
Paquet de mesures sur les marchés de l’hydrogène et du gaz décarboné
Lors de la première période de session d’avril, le Parlement européen devrait voter sur deux accords provisoires conclus avec le Conseil sur le paquet de mesures sur les marchés de l’hydrogène et du gaz décarboné. Ils procéderaient à la refonte de la directive de l’UE sur le gaz de 2009 et du règlement de l’UE sur le gaz de 2009. Ces accords résultant de négociations interinstitutionnelles, approuvés par la commission de l’industrie, de la recherche et de l’énergie (ITRE) en janvier 2024, modifient ...
Réexamen du règlement relatif aux gaz à effet de serre fluorés
Le 5 avril 2022, la Commission européenne a présenté une proposition de règlement relatif aux gaz à effet de serre fluorés, afin d’abroger le règlement sur les gaz fluorés en vigueur. Cette proposition, qui entend réduire davantage les émissions de gaz à effet de serre fluorés, modifierait le système de quotas existant et abaisserait progressivement l’offre d’hydrofluorocarbones (HFC) sur le marché de l’Union à 2,4 % des niveaux de 2015 d’ici à 2048. Elle interdirait également les gaz à effet de ...