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Federation of European Tank Storage Associations

FETSA

The Federation of European Tank Storage Associations (FETSA) represents the 8 National Associations of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Monika Zsigri (Head of Unit Energy)

10 Nov 2025 · Exchange of views on the EU-NATO dialogue and potential areas for cooperation

Response to Revision of the EU’s energy security framework

24 Sept 2025

Please see attached position paper.
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Meeting with Monika Zsigri (Head of Unit Energy)

27 May 2025 · Dutch Tank Storage Association’s views on EU deindustrialisation and its impact on EU security of oil supply

Meeting with Anne-Maud Orlinski (Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen)

21 May 2025 · Energy Security Framework Oil Stocks Directive

Response to Communication on the EU Stockpiling Strategy

9 May 2025

FETSA the Federation of European Tank Storage Associations, representing the bulk liquid storage sector welcomes the opportunity to respond to the European Commissions call for evidence on stockpiling strategies for energy. As recent crises have shown, the EUs energy systems must become more resilient to withstand future shocks. Storage infrastructure plays a fundamental role in this regard, acting as a physical buffer that supports security of supply, stabilises markets, and ensures continuity in times of disruption. FETSA members are committed to supporting the EUs ambitions to reinforce energy security. We underline the importance of maintaining and developing strategic storage capacity as an enabler of both crisis preparedness and long-term energy transition. We are pleased to contribute to this important initiative and present key points for consideration in shaping effective and reliable stockpiling strategies.
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Meeting with Jutta Paulus (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and EPIA SolarPower Europe and

7 Mar 2025 · Security of Energy Supply

Response to Fitness check – energy security architecture

21 Nov 2024

Please see the attached position paper and link to the related study on the role of storage infrastructure for both security of supply and the energy transition. https://fetsa.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/FETSA-Energy-Transition-Publication-pack-01-07-24.pdf You can contact me for the full study which is not possible to upload.
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Meeting with Zaneta Vegnere (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

13 Jun 2023 · economic security strategy and role of the strategic stockpiling

Response to 2023 Strategic Foresight Report

9 Mar 2023

FETSA has commissioned a study by the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies to identify the main geopolitical trends facing the EU in teh coming years and what this means in concrete terms for the European storage sector related to storage of current and future energy carriers as well as other bulk goods such as critical raw materials. The results will be available in June 2023 and we see this as one way in which we can help to implement action 1 of the 2022 report to promote and develop storage infrastructure for current and future energy carriers in Europe.
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Meeting with Jörgen Warborn (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and The Voice of Europe's Independent Energy and Mobility Suppliers

18 May 2022 · Sjöfartsfrågor

Meeting with Adam Romanowski (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič), Dimitri Lorenzani (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

4 Apr 2022 · Discussion on strategic foresight/strategic energy storage

Response to Revision of the CO2 emission standards for cars and vans

4 Nov 2021

The Renewable and Low-Carbon Liquid Fuels Joint Response to the Open Public Consultation on the Revision of CO2 Emission Performance Standards for Cars and Vans [Regulation (EU) 2019/631] The members of the Renewable & Low-Carbon Liquid Fuels Platform are committed to the climate-neutral economy by 2050, supporting a pathway which encompasses breakthrough technologies and an appropriate enabling policy framework. The Commission’s Fit-for-55 package is a step in the right direction. However, we have serious concerns on the lack of recognition of the renewable and low-carbon liquid fuels as a crucial element to the decarbonisation of transport and the value of multiple technological pathways to achieve both 2030 and 2050 targets respectively. We believe that the proposed revised regulation on CO2 standards for cars and vans is a missed opportunity to establish the principle of technology neutrality, whilst also recognising the role of renewable and low-carbon liquid fuels to decarbonise light duty transport. The Commission has proposed an increased objective of respectively 55% and 50% reduction of CO2 emissions for cars and vans by 2030 compared to 2021. It has also introduced a 2035 target of 100% reduction which looks de facto as a ban on the sales of any internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, independently on whichever type of fuel is used. Such narrow technology mandates would hamper the effectiveness of the transition, causing higher costs to society and ignoring the additional and immediate CO2 savings that renewable and low-carbon liquid fuels could achieve if allowed to be used in the existing fleets. The scale of the effort required by the 2050 decarbonisation objective is not the same for all 27 EU Member States. Indeed, millions of EU citizens and business, especially in many Central, Eastern and Southern EU Countries actually rely on older, inexpensive and often second-hand vehicles. With technological alternatives out of their reach, these EU citizens will be left behind during the transition and more significantly, low-income families will find it harder to preserve their fundamental mobility rights. Therefore, a more inclusive approach to policies for renewable and low-carbon fuels is needed. For this reason, we believe that the contributions of renewable and low-carbon fuels are necessary to attain the climate objectives the EU has set out in addition to mitigating the risk of dependency on one technology alone. Passenger mobility and achieving climate progress are both best supported by technology neutrality, decarbonising the existing fleet where necessary and supporting other energy carriers alongside electricity to achieve the lowest possible abatement costs. Moreover, sustainable and renewable fuels can complement the EU’s efforts on electrification of cars during the transition to zero-emission mobility until favourable conditions for battery-electric and hydrogen mobility are not fully and equally in place across all EU Member States. The recognition of sustainable and renewable liquid fuels in the regulation on CO2 standards for cars and vans would support their production at scale; would offer the benefit of GHG emission reductions from the existing car fleet while ensuring an affordable mobility to the EU citizens. A crediting system for renewable fuels , meaning sustainable and advanced biofuels, hydrogen, synthetic fuels and recycled carbon fuels as defined in the Renewable Energy Directive would mitigate the above-mentioned limitations of the revised CO2 standards regulation. This voluntary crediting system should be a voluntary and additional enabling option for OEMs to fulfil the targets of the CO2 standards regulation by using additional volumes of renewable fuels. The hard-to-abate sectors of heavy-duty road, aviation and maritime transport are still facing numerous challenges and the Fit-for-55 package emphasises a high degree of interconnectivity of all the legislative proposals in the
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Response to A EU hydrogen strategy

29 May 2020

FETSA, the Federation of European Tank Storage Associations, represents a sector that owns and operates the critical infrastructure necessary for a future hydrogen supply chain, notably bulk liquid storage terminals and associated pipelines. In attachment you will see the Tank Storage Climate Neutrality Vision that shows how clean hydrogen can be used in the energy transition; the role our sector can play and recommendations related to hydrogen. Other aspects are also covered in the attached paper, which help put hydrogen and tank storage into the wider energy transition context. We will continue to be fully engaged in all relevant activities foreseen in the Roadmap including participation in the EU Hydrogen Alliance.
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Response to European Partnership for Clean Hydrogen

26 Aug 2019

Please see the attached letter from FETSA, the Federation of European Tank Storage Associations.
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