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. The directive lays down common rules for the internal market in renewable and natural gases, as well as in hydrogen, including their transmission, distribution, supply, and storage. It covers market access, authorisation procedures and system operations. It also outlines plans for an EU-wide hydrogen network and for separating gas and hydrogen supply and generation from the operation of transmission networks, thus retaining both the horizontal and the vertical unbundling regimes. In alignment […]
