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The EU Taxonomy Regulation, adopted in 2020, aims to steer investment towards activities that support the EUs decarbonisation objective. In this context, delegated acts were also created, which are now to be revised.

EDF welcomes this initiative as the proposed amendments move towards greater alignment with the requirements of existing legislation. Indeed, as a general principle, the Taxonomy should rely on and refer to existing legislation and avoid adding more stringent requirements.

According to latest IEA data, there were around 70 million tons of methane emitted to the atmosphere from oil and gas operations in 2020, this is broadly equivalent to total energy-sector emissions of the entire EU. EDF would like to highlight that the impact of methane is 30 times that of C02 on a 100 year time horizon, but it is ca. 85 times that of CO2 over a 20 year time span (1) .

Gas Connect Austria GmbH welcomes the proposal for a Regulation on methane emissions reduction in the energy sector and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/942 in principle. However, we consider certain essential aspects as particularly critical: According to the Austrian Climate Protection Report (Klimaschutzbericht) 2020, 72% of methane emissions in Austria in 2018 originate from agriculture, 18% from waste management…

EDF recognizes that the revision of the Gas Directive & Regulation is needed to adapt the regulatory framework to the necessary changes in the gas system to progress towards a decarbonised Europe, while preserving the fundamentals of the current market structure.

Gas Connect Austria welcomes the revision of the “Gas Package” aiming to facilitate the integration of renewable and low-carbon gases in the energy system and to establish a framework for a sustainable European hydrogen economy. Thank you very much for giving us the opportunity to participate in this consultation.