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Common rules for the internal markets in renewable and natural gases and in hydrogen (recast)

Reference
2021/0425(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
Where it stands
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 15 July 2024 and now EU law.
Stage
Published as law
Lead committee
Industry, Research and Energy ITRE
More facts (5)
Rapporteur
Jens GEIER
Shadow rapporteurs
6 members
Decisions in plenary
None yet
Versions
3 versions
Opinions from
AGRI, ECON, ENVI, LIBE, BUDG
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Where it stands

The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.

  1. Referred to committee (done) 17 February 2022
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 9 February 2023
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 17 February 2023
  4. Negotiations with the Council (done) Deal approved in committee 23 January 2024
  5. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 11 April 2024
  6. Published as law (done) 15 July 2024

A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.

People

Committees and members responsible for the dossier, as the procedure file names them. Groups as recorded there.

Lead committee
Industry, Research and Energy ITRE
Rapporteur
Jens GEIER (S&D)
Shadow rapporteurs
Thierry MARIANI (ID), MEP #28269 (EPP) former member, MEP #197559 (ECR) former member, MEP #197632 (Renew) former member, MEP #124856 (Greens) former member, MEP #96852 (The Left) former member
Opinion: AGRI
Agriculture and Rural Development · rapporteur Norbert LINS (EPP)
Opinion: ECON
Economic and Monetary Affairs
Opinion: ENVI
Environment, Climate and Food Safety
Opinion: LIBE
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Opinion: BUDG
Budgets

Decisions in plenary, 0

Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.

No plenary decision on this dossier is in the records yet.

Voting grid

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Every roll-call vote on the dossier, in date and voting order, with each group's line at the date of the vote.

No roll-call vote was recorded on this dossier.

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Versions, 3

The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.

  1. Adopted by Parliament11 Apr 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0283/2024 TA-9-2024-0283

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  2. Tabled for plenary17 Feb 2023

    Report A9-0035/2023 A-9-2023-0035

    Compare with committee draft

  3. Committee draft21 Jun 2022

    Draft report (ITRE) ITRE-PR-732908

AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
  • Adopted text TA9-0283/2024: Parliament adopted its first-reading position on a proposed directive setting common rules for the internal markets for renewable gas, natural gas and hydrogen. The text is a recast of existing rules, amending Directive (EU) 2023/1791 and repealing Directive 2009/73/EC.
  • Report A9-0035/2023: Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a directive on common rules for the internal markets in renewable and natural gases and in hydrogen (recast) sets a framework to decarbonise the gas market and build a Union hydrogen market.

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Committee opinions: Opinion (IMCO), Draft opinion (IMCO)

What changed

Between consecutive versions of the text, newest pair first.

No overview of what changed between versions is available for this dossier. The “Compare” links under Versions show every change between two versions.

Timeline, 13

Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.

Outcome 2 steps · 13 Jun 2024–15 Jul 2024

  1. 15 July 2024

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  2. 13 June 2024

    Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council

    The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.

Plenary stage 1 step · 11 Apr 2024

  1. 11 April 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 11 Apr 2024 Adopted text TA9-0283/2024Report A9-0035/2023

Negotiations with the Council 2 steps · 15 Mar 2023–23 Jan 2024

  1. 23 January 2024

    Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

    The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.

    ITRE-AG-757967

  2. 15 March 2023

    Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council

    Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (in “trilogues”).

Plenary stage 1 step · 17 Feb 2023

  1. 17 February 2023

    Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    Report A9-0035/2023

Committee stage 7 steps · 17 Feb 2022–9 Feb 2023

  1. 9 February 2023

    Committee vote: report adopted

    ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 31 January 2023

    Committee opinion adopted

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    JURI-AL-742395

  3. 27 October 2022

    IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    Opinion (IMCO)

  4. 21 June 2022

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (ITRE)

  5. 23 May 2022

    Draft opinion from IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (IMCO)

  6. 17 May 2022

    Committee opinion adopted

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    AGRI-AL-719662

  7. 17 February 2022

    Referred to the ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development), ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs), BUDG (Budgets) give an opinion.

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2021-0425
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Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Common rules for the internal markets in renewable and natural gases and in hydrogen (recast)”. Dossier. reference 2021/0425(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2021-0425 (retrieved 27 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2021/0425(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2021%2F0425(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
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  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Common rules for the internal markets in renewable and natural gases and in hydrogen (recast)}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2021-0425}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2021-0425},
  urldate = {2026-09-27},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2021/0425(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2021\%2F0425(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
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