Key developments

This subtopic brings together a series of trackers and overviews of key legislative and policy packages to enable energy lawyers to keep up to date with, and plan for, legislative, strategic, and policy developments in the EU.

Trackers

The EU energy tracker 2024 displays key new and upcoming EU legislation and consultations of interest to energy lawyers from 1 January 2024. This tracker is divided into the following sections:

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Legislation—new in 2024
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Legislation—horizon scanning
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Consultations
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Key non-legislative materials

The EU energy cases tracker 2024 displays key judgments and opinions from the General Court of the EU and the Court of Justice of the EU handed down from 1 January 2024 which may be of interest to energy lawyers. The tracker is updated monthly.

The following trackers cover legislation enacted, consultations conducted, and cases decided in 2023. These trackers are no longer maintained:

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EU energy legislation tracker 2023 [Archived]
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EU energy consultations tracker 2023 [Archived]
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EU energy cases tracker 2023 [Archived]

The European Green Deal—tracker covers policy developments at the EU level under the European Green

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European Commission initiates review of Technology Transfer rules

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JRC identifies 18 product categories for potential EU ecodesign regulation

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published a report assessing various product categories for potential regulation under the new EU Regulation 2024/1781 (the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)). The JRC has identified 18 product groups, including both final and intermediate products, which show significant potential for reducing environmental impacts and enhancing EU strategic autonomy if regulated under the ESPR. The findings will inform the Commission's first ESPR Working Plan, due for adoption in the first half of 2025. The report also highlights the potential of horizontal requirements on durability, recyclability, and recycled content across multiple product groups.

Questions & unsatisfactory answers—the European Commission publishes guidance on the importer requirements of the EU Methane Regulation

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European Payments Council initiates call for interest in VOP scheme services

The European Payments Council (EPC) has issued a call for interest, inviting organisations to express their interest in providing services as routing and/or verification mechanisms (RVM) that comply with the verification of payee (VOP) scheme. The EPC developed the VOP scheme to help payment service providers (PSPs) in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA) comply with new regulatory requirements for payee verification, which will take effect on 5 October 2025. Responses are sought by 20 December 2024.