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Croatian Employers' Association

CEA

The Croatian Employers' Association (CEA) was established in 1993 as a voluntary, non- profit and independent employers' association that represents, promotes and advocates for the interests of its members.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Dubravka Šuica (Commissioner)

20 Jan 2025 · Exchange of views on the new portfolio on the Mediterranean

Meeting with Dubravka Šuica (Vice-President)

6 Jun 2023 · The demographic future of the European Union

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President) and BUSINESSEUROPE and

16 Feb 2023 · Critical Raw Materials package

Response to Proposal for a legislative act on methane leakage in the energy sector

15 Jan 2021

The French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA) welcomes the European Commission’s will to establish new rules to reduce methane – a gas having a potent greenhouse effect – emissions in the energy sector. 1. This will require a strategy considering trade-offs and co-benefits based on the following criteria in each sector and across sectors: C1 – Is the magnitude of emissions in a given sector such that it can be prioritized as a target for achieving a large emission mitigation? C2 – Are technologies and solutions available or can they be developed to mitigate these emissions? C3 – Are the costs of the solutions in this sector effective with respect to mitigation in other sectors and for other gases? 2. When methane leaks are considered within the full lifecycle emission assessment, fossil gas often presents no clear or low climate benefits compared to other fossil fuels (coal for electricity, oil for mobility…). GHG emissions should be assessed with precision over the entire lifecycle before considering fossil gas as a substitute. In any case, the climate benefits brought by fossil gas in favourable situations are small and in no way compatible with carbon neutrality. Fossil gas should NOT be considered as a sustainable energy source. 3. Methane emissions measurements remain underdeveloped in many sectors. A better continuous monitoring of methane leaks at potential emission sites appears necessary to reduce the current uncertainties of the global methane balance, in particular regarding the impact of the energy and waste disposal sectors.
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