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Ordinary legislative procedure First reading

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

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

Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 15 July 2024 and now EU law.

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

A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. For a law, Parliament’s adopted text is its first-reading position; Parliament and the Council then negotiate a common text (trilogues) which both must approve before it is published as law.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy
Rapporteur
Jens GEIER S&D
Shadow rapporteurs
Thierry MARIANI IDMEP #28269 PPEMEP #197559 ECRMEP #197632 RenewMEP #124856 Verts/ALEMEP #96852 The Left
For opinion
AGRI — Agriculture and Rural Development · rapporteur Norbert LINS PPEECON — Economic and Monetary Affairs ENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs BUDG — Budgets

The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.

The text, version by version

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA9-0283/2024 11 April 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.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0035/2023 17 February 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.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (ITRE) 21 June 2022 ✦ This is the rapporteur's draft report on the Commission proposal for a directive on common rules for the internal markets in renewable and natural gases and in hydrogen (recast). It proposes amendments to the Commission's text.

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

Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.

Timeline

  1. Outcome
  2. 15 July 2024 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. 13 June 2024 Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council

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

  4. Plenary stage
  5. 11 April 2024 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 11 April 2024 📄 Adopted text TA9-0283/2024📄 Report A9-0035/2023
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 425 Against 64 Abstained 100

    Final vote on the provisional agreement at 13:28 · 72% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  6. Negotiations with the Council
  7. 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
  8. 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”).

  9. Plenary stage
  10. 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
  11. Committee stage
  12. 9 February 2023 Committee vote: report adopted

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

  13. 31 January 2023 Committee opinion adopted

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

    📄 JURI-AL-742395
  14. 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)
  15. 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)
  16. 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)
  17. 17 May 2022 Committee opinion adopted

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

    📄 AGRI-AL-719662
  18. 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.