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Methane Regulation In force since 13 June 2024

Regulation (EU) 2024/1787 on the reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector
32024R1787 · official text on EUR-Lex

Articles

Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Article 1 — Subject matter and scope
• Article 2 — Definitions
• Article 3 — Costs incurred by operators

Chapter 2 COMPETENT AUTHORITIES AND INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION

• Article 4 — Competent authorities
• Article 5 — Tasks of the competent authorities
• Article 6 — Inspections
• Article 7 — Complaints
• Article 8 — Verification activities and verification statement
• Article 9 — Independence and accreditation or authorisation of verifiers
• Article 10 — Use and sharing of information

Chapter 3 METHANE EMISSIONS IN THE OIL AND GAS SECTORS

• Article 11 — Scope
• Article 12 — Monitoring and reporting
• Article 13 — General mitigation obligation
• Article 14 — Leak detection and repair
• Article 15 — Restrictions on venting and flaring
• Article 16 — Reporting of venting events and flaring events
• Article 17 — Flaring efficiency requirements
• Article 18 — Inactive wells, temporarily plugged wells and permanently plugged and abandoned wells

Chapter 4 METHANE EMISSIONS IN THE COAL SECTOR

Section I Monitoring and reporting in active coal mines

• Article 19 — Scope
• Article 20 — Monitoring and reporting

Section II Mitigation of methane emissions resulting from active underground coal mines

• Article 21 — Scope
• Article 22 — Mitigation measures
• Article 23 — Reporting of venting events and flaring events

Section III Methane emissions from closed underground coal mines and abandoned underground coal mines

• Article 24 — Scope
• Article 25 — Monitoring and reporting
• Article 26 — Mitigation measures

Chapter 5 METHANE EMISSIONS OF CRUDE OIL, NATURAL GAS AND COAL PLACED ON THE UNION MARKET

• Article 27 — Requirements applying to importers
• Article 28 — Equivalence of monitoring, reporting and verification measures
• Article 29 — Methane intensity of the production of crude oil, natural gas and coal
• Article 30 — Methane transparency database and methane performance profiles
• Article 31 — Global methane monitoring tool and rapid reaction mechanism

Chapter 6 FINAL PROVISIONS

• Article 32 — Standards and technical prescriptions
• Article 33 — Penalties
• Article 34 — Exercise of the delegation
• Article 35 — Committee procedure
• Article 36 — Commission monitoring, review and reports
• Article 37 — Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2019/942
• Article 38 — Entry into force