European Council Backs One-year Delay to Methane Rules

MT Newswires · 3d ago
08:22 AM EST, 11/06/2026 (MT Newswires) -- The European Council backed the European Commission's proposal to postpone certain methane rules for oil, natural gas and coal imports by one year. The Council said Friday that the monitoring, reporting and verification obligations for importers would take effect from Jan. 1, 2028. Methane-intensity reporting and maximum methane-intensity levels for both importers and Union producers would also apply from Aug. 5, 2029 and Aug. 5, 2031, respectively. The Commission will check whether the conditions to introduce the reporting rules are in place by Sept. 30, 2027.