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DRAFT OPINION (COM(2025)1006 – C100342/2025 – 2025/0399(COD))

On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, amending Regulations (EU) 2019/942, (EU) 2019/943 and (EU) 2024/1789 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2022/869

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Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety · Rapporteur: Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska

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The draft opinion concerns the proposed regulation on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure. The rapporteur calls for a fully integrated energy market and infrastructure planning covering electricity, renewable and low-carbon gases, hydrogen and other clean molecules. She asks that climate objectives and decarbonisation priorities be pursued through a more integrated and efficient approach, with projects designed to be complementary and mutually reinforcing. She calls for diversification of energy sources and supply routes, home-grown energy including renewable electricity, hydrogen, biomethane and synthetic fuels, and holistic assessment of system needs including firm and dispatchable low-carbon generation. The amendments aim to apply the principle of technological neutrality consistently, in line with Article 194(2) TFEU, assessing net-zero and low-carbon technologies on their contribution to decarbonisation, security of supply and system stability while respecting Member States' right to determine their energy mix. She calls for stronger cyber and physical protection of critical infrastructure, alignment of infrastructure development with real system needs, stronger technical expertise from ENTSO-E, ENTSOG and ENNOH, and more emphasis on repurposing existing natural gas pipelines for renewable and low-carbon gases including hydrogen.

Committee position. The rapporteur proposes amendments to ensure consistent technological neutrality, strengthen governance and technical expertise, improve infrastructure resilience, and prioritise repurposing existing gas pipelines, while keeping climate objectives and Member States' energy mix rights intact.

Key points

  1. The rapporteur considers the Union must strengthen its energy system for security of supply, resilience and affordability while staying on track towards climate neutrality by 2050.
  2. She says climate objectives and decarbonisation priorities should not be weakened but pursued through a more integrated and efficient approach to energy system development.
  3. Infrastructure projects should be designed in a complementary and mutually reinforcing manner, ensuring optimal system integration across electricity, gases and other energy carriers.
  4. The rapporteur calls for diversification of energy sources and supply routes, since no single technological pathway can meet the needs of all Member States.
  5. She underlines the importance of home-grown energy, including renewable electricity and low-carbon solutions such as hydrogen, biomethane and synthetic fuels, using domestic potential including agricultural resources and waste streams.
  6. Infrastructure planning should reflect the evolving energy system and increasing demand, avoid reliance on a single technological approach, and assess system needs holistically including firm and dispatchable low-carbon generation.
  7. The amendments aim to ensure consistent application of the principle of technological neutrality, in line with Article 194(2) TFEU.
  8. All relevant net-zero and low-carbon technologies should be assessed on their contribution to decarbonisation, security of supply and system stability, while respecting Member States' right to determine their energy mix.
  9. The rapporteur calls for improved cyber and physical protection of critical infrastructure and for infrastructure development aligned with real system needs, avoiding unnecessary costs and reducing environmental impact.
  10. The amendments strengthen the role of technical expertise from ENTSO-E, ENTSOG and ENNOH while ensuring balanced involvement of the Commission, Member States and stakeholders.
  11. The rapporteur calls for more emphasis on repurposing existing natural gas pipelines for renewable and low-carbon gases, including hydrogen, where technically and economically feasible.

Who is affected

  • Member States, whose right to determine their energy mix must be respected.
  • ENTSO-E, ENTSOG and ENNOH, whose technical expertise would be strengthened.
  • The Commission and stakeholders, whose involvement in governance should be balanced.
  • Operators of existing natural gas pipelines, which could be repurposed for renewable and low-carbon gases including hydrogen.

Figures and deadlines

  • 2050 — the year by which the Union should reach climate neutrality.

Legal basis: Article 194(2) TFEU