2016/0375(COD)

Energy Union Governance Regulation

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the Governance of the Energy Union, amending Directive 94/22/EC, Directive 98/70/EC, Directive 2009/31/EC, Regulation (EC) No 663/2009, Regulation (EC) No 715/2009, Directive 2009/73/EC, Council Directive 2009/119/EC, Directive 2010/31/EU, Directive 2012/27/EU, Directive 2013/30/EU and Council Directive (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013

Stage: In force, reached 21 Dec 2018
In force: In force since 24 Dec 2018 · CELEX 32018R1999
Procedure: Regulation · Ordinary legislative procedure
Lead DG: DG ENER
Commissioner: Miguel Arias Cañete
Last activity: 23 Jul 2026

53 entries · record as of 15 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Implementing act adopted: Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action – new and modified reporting obligations, 23 Jul 2026.

Show the earlier record: 42 dates, 30 Nov 2016 to 13 Nov 2018

30 Nov 2016
- Adoption by Commission
2 Dec 2016
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
16 Jan 2017
- Referral of the legislative proposal to the EP committee responsible (announced in plenary)
13 Feb 2017
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
14 Feb 2017
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
16 Feb 2017
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6 Mar 2017
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8 Mar 2017
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15 Mar 2017
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5 May 2017
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10 May 2017
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15 May 2017
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9 Jun 2017
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22 Jun 2017
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6 Sept 2017
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20 Sept 2017
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17 Oct 2017
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13 Nov 2017
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20 Nov 2017
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28 Nov 2017
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5 Dec 2017
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7 Dec 2017
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12 Dec 2017
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20 Dec 2017
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
17 Jan 2018
- Adoption by EP plenary of the mandate for interinstitutional negotiations and referral of the matter back to the committee responsible
- EP decision on amendments to the legislative proposal
- EP opinion on 1st reading
24 Jan 2018
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
26 Jan 2018
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
8 Feb 2018
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26 Feb 2018
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2 Mar 2018
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16 Mar 2018
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5 Apr 2018
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6 Apr 2018
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2 May 2018
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8 May 2018
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29 May 2018
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4 Jun 2018
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12 Jun 2018
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26 Jun 2018
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27 Jun 2018
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28 Jun 2018
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
13 Nov 2018
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- EP position at first reading

21 Nov 2018
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
23 Nov 2018
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
27 Nov 2018
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
4 Dec 2018
- Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act)
11 Dec 2018
- Signature by the president of the EP and by the president of the Council
21 Dec 2018
- Publication in the Official Journal
23 Jul 2025
- Implementing act adopted: Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action – new and modified reporting obligations
23 Jul 2026
- Implementing act adopted: Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action – new and modified reporting obligations

325 amendments

Amendments

Tabled between 9 Jan 2018 and 7 Nov 2018. The texts are in the amendment documents below.

By committee

CJ10285

Covers 285 of the 325 amendments.

By author

Kateřina Konečná11
Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy5

Amendments each member tabled or co-signed, among signers matched to our directory. The record names a matched author on 16 of the 325 amendments.

By article

Annex I a (new)5
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 18 a (new)3
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – point b2
Article 28 – paragraph 2 – point c2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point i2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point i a (new)2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point i b (new)2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point ii2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point iii2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point iii a (new)2

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Recital 6 a (new)2
–2
Annex I – part 1 a (new)1
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 1 – point 1.3 – point iii1
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 1 – point 1.4 – point ii1
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 1 – point 1.4 – title1
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.1 – point i a (new)1
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.1 – point ii1
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.1 – title1
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2 – point i1
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2 – point iii1
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2 – point iv1
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2 – point v1
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2 – point v a (new)1
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.1 – point 2.1.2 – point vi1
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.2 – point i1
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.2 – point ii1
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.2 – point iii1
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.2 – point iv1
Annex I – part 1 – section A – paragraph 2 – point 2.3 – point i1

Covers 46 of the 325 amendments.

5 acts

Delegated and implementing acts beneath it

By status: 4 published, 1 adopted.

Act	Kind	Status	Adoption
Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action – new and modified reporting obligations	Implementing · Regulation	Adopted	Q3 2026
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1281	Implementing · Regulation	Published	Q2 2024
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2299 of 15 November 2022 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the structure, format, technical details and process for the integrated national energy and climate progress reports	Implementing · Regulation	Published	Q3 2022
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1294 of 15 September 2020 on the Union renewable energy financing mechanism (Text with EEA relevance)	Implementing · Regulation	Published	Q3 2019
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1044	Delegated · Regulation	Published	Q2 2020

Titles link to EUR-Lex where the act has been published.

31 documents

Documents

Newest first. Each opens at its source.

Show the other 16 documents

Proposal · COM(2025)0017Commission
Proposal · COM(2025)0667Commission
Agenda · GEDA/A/(2018)005545Parliament
Text adopted · OJ L 328 21.12.2018, p. 0001Commission
Committee opinion · PE604.528Parliament
Report · PE604.777Parliament
Amendments · PE606.312Parliament
Amendments · PE606.313Parliament
Amendments · PE607.772Parliament
Amendments · PE607.816Parliament
Amendments · PE607.817Parliament
Agenda · PE625.412Parliament
Text adopted · Regulation 2018/1999Commission
Text adopted · SP(2018)838Parliament
Text adopted · T8-0011/2018Parliament
Text adopted · T8-0443/2018Parliament

Summary

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Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 establishes the Energy Union governance mechanism, requiring Member States to submit integrated national energy and climate plans every ten years, with the first covering 2021–2030. It sets reporting, monitoring, and inventory obligations, and repeals Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 from 1 January 2021. In force since 24 December 2018, it applies to all Member States.

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