Gas Distributors for Sustainability

GD4S

The GD4S' objectives are: - to promote policies and technical developments at European level aiming at fostering the use of natural & renewable gases distribution - to support, evaluate and share the results of research and practical experiences and projects of the members - to promote the common interests of gas distributors - to disseminate information & educating materials on natural and renewable gases as well as technologies relevant to distribution infrastructure and decarbonisation - to answer to European expertise and EU funds calls relevant for the development of natural and renewable gases uses

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Lobbying Activity

Response to Circular Economy Act

6 Nov 2025

Meeting with Paulo Cunha (Member of the European Parliament) and

4 Nov 2025 · Unlocking Biomethane: A Successful Partnership Between Farmers and Energy Players - event co-hosted by me

Response to Commission’s proposal on a revised EU energy security framework, amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1938 and Regulation (EU) 2019/941

13 Oct 2025

Response to Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2019/631 setting CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles

9 Oct 2025

Response to EU Electrification Action Plan – towards a clean, competitive and integrated energy system

8 Oct 2025

Meeting with Margareta Djordjevic (Head of Unit Energy)

6 Oct 2025 · The role of gas and hybrid systems in the heating and cooling strategy.

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality

12 Sept 2025

Response to Citizens Energy Package – Protecting and empowering Consumers for the Just Transition. Effective implementation of the EU framework on consumers, including vulnerable ones and promotion of citizens and communities’ participation to the energy transition

11 Sept 2025

Meeting with Kamil Talbi (Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen), Philippe Moseley (Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen)

9 Sept 2025 · The EU’s building decarbonisation objectives

Response to Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and the Council on clean corporate vehicles

8 Sept 2025

Response to Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on a “Sustainable Transport Investment Plan”

4 Sept 2025

Response to European Grid Package

5 Aug 2025

Response to COMMISSION Delegated Regulation Regulatory measure on the energy labelling of low temperature heat emitters

29 Jul 2025

Meeting with Bruno Tobback (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Jul 2025 · Supporting the EU’s net-zero ambition by enabling the large-scale deployment of renewable gases

Response to Legislative proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act

8 Jul 2025

Response to Communication on a new EU Bioeconomy strategy: Towards a Circular, Regenerative and Competitive Bioeconomy

23 Jun 2025

Response to CP-014 - Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: European Affordable Housing Plan 

4 Jun 2025

Meeting with Yannis Maniatis (Member of the European Parliament)

21 May 2025 · competitiveness and decarbonization of the EU industry

Meeting with Lukasz Kolinski (Director Energy)

13 May 2025 · Dialogue on heating decarbonisation and grid development

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... establishing common templates for the transfer of information from national energy performance databases to the EU Building Stock Observatory in application of Directive (EU) 2024/1275 of the European Parliament and of the Council

5 May 2025

Meeting with Jana Nagyová (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Mar 2025 · Renewable Gas & Industrial Decarbonisation

Meeting with Jutta Paulus (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

7 Mar 2025 · Security of Energy Supply

Meeting with Radan Kanev (Member of the European Parliament) and European Biogas Association

21 Jan 2025 · European Energy Forum dinner- Technology neutrality for an efficient energy system integration

Meeting with Grégory Allione (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Jan 2025 · Réunion GD4S/GRDF

Meeting with Radan Kanev (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Dec 2024 · Role of gas distributors in EU carbon neutrality

Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Oct 2024 · Climate and Energy Policy

Meeting with Nina Carberry (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Oct 2024 · EU Energy Policy

Meeting with Caroline Nagtegaal (Member of the European Parliament) and

16 Apr 2024 · Biomethane in road transport

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

13 Sept 2023 · Exchange on the Methane Regulation (staff level)

Meeting with Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Diederik Samsom (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and NOVE

28 Jun 2023 · Renewable gasses

Response to Action plan on accelerating Heat Pump market and deployment

26 May 2023

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1242 as regards strengthening the CO₂ emission performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles and integrating reporting obligations, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2018/956

17 May 2023

Response to European Critical Raw Materials Act

25 Nov 2022

Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and European Biogas Association

19 Sept 2022 · CO2 standards for trucks

Meeting with Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)

14 Sept 2022 · transport

Meeting with Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean) and

6 Sept 2022 · CO2 Standards for heavy duty vehicles

Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and

19 May 2022 · GD4S Sustainability Charter 'Decarbonising the gas grid as a key enabler for a climate neutral society'.

Meeting with Jerzy Buzek (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

19 May 2022 · Meeting on gas and hydrogen regulation

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

19 Apr 2022 · Exchange on the gas market directive

Meeting with Jorge Pinto Antunes (Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski)

19 Apr 2022 · sustainable gas/carbon neutrality

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on methane emissions reduction in the energy sector and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/942

15 Apr 2022

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the internal markets for renewable and natural gases and for hydrogen (recast)

12 Apr 2022

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on common rules for the internal markets in renewable and natural gases and in hydrogen

12 Apr 2022

Response to Regulatory measure on ecodesign requirements for space heaters and combination heaters (review of Regulation (EU) No 813/2013)

31 Mar 2022

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the energy performance of buildings (recast)

31 Mar 2022

Meeting with Diederik Samsom (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

15 Mar 2022 · RePowerEU

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on energy efficiency (recast)

17 Nov 2021

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the promotion of energy from renewable sources, and repealing Council Directive (EU) 2015/652

10 Nov 2021

Meeting with Markus Pieper (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

9 Nov 2021 · RED III

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, and repealing Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council

8 Nov 2021

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) 2019/631 as regards strengthening the CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles in line with the Union’s increased climate ambition

8 Nov 2021

Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and

8 Nov 2021 · Gas market and security of supply framework.

Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and

12 Oct 2021 · Presentation of GD4S White Paper on the role of gas networks as key enabler of the EU's energy transition.

Meeting with Katherine Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness), Peter Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

14 Sept 2021 · Gas grids: a key enabler of decarbonisation Discuss the Energy Efficiency Directive the TEN-E Regulation and proposals to reduce methane emissions and leaks in the natural gas value chain.

Meeting with Maciej Golubiewski (Cabinet of Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski)

22 Jul 2021 · Gas Distribution for Sustainability

Response to Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings (as amended by Directive (EU) 2018/844/EU of 30 May 2018)

22 Mar 2021

Response to [CWP2021] Revision of Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005

10 Mar 2021

Meeting with Katherine Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness) and

8 Mar 2021 · EU taxonomy, draft delegated act

Meeting with Henrik Hololei (Director-General Mobility and Transport) and

4 Mar 2021 · Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure and repealing Regulation (EU) No 347/2013

3 Mar 2021

Meeting with Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Diederik Samsom (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

2 Feb 2021 · Virtual meeting on Gas Package

Response to Proposal for a legislative act to reduce methane emissions in the oil, gas and coal sectors

26 Jan 2021

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to climate change mitigation or climate change adaptation and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives

15 Dec 2020

Response to Revision of Regulation (EU) 2019/631 setting CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles.

25 Nov 2020

Meeting with Filip Alexandru Negreanu Arboreanu (Cabinet of Commissioner Adina Vălean)

9 Nov 2020 · Sustainable and smart mobility strategy

Response to Review and possible revision of Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency

21 Sept 2020

Response to Proposal to amend Directive (EU) 2018/2001 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources