Directorate-General Energy (ENER)

Source: Europa Nu.

This Directorate-General develops the EU energy policy and is responsible for the supervision of projects and programmes that provide financial support to technological development and innovation in the energy sector.

The DG was established in 2010 when the DG Energy and Transport i was split into a DG Energy i and a DG Mobility and Transport.

The DG's tasks are:

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    Contributing to setting up an energy market providing citizens and business with affordable energy, competitive prices and technologically advanced energy services.
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    Promoting sustainable energy production, transport and consumption in line with the EU 2020 targets and with a view to the 2050 decarbonisation objective
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    Enhancing the conditions for secure energy supply in a spirit of solidarity between Member States.
 

Contents

  1. Legislative proposals in negotiation
  2. Legislation currently being implemented
  3. Legislation in force

1.

Legislative proposals in negotiation

There are 433 proposals for legislative or other legal instruments of this Directorate-General in negotiations with the Council and the European Parliament.
Date Title
18.07.2025  Annual Report from the European Commission on the Safety of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations for the Year 2023.
com(2025)409
 
17.06.2025  Phasing out Russian natural gas imports, improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies.
Regulation com(2025)828
 
13.06.2025  Nuclear Illustrative Programme presented under Article 40 of the Euratom Treaty for the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee.
Communication com(2025)315
 
27.05.2025  EU-wide assessment of the final updated national energy and climate plans Delivering the Union's 2030 energy and climate objectives.
Communication com(2025)274
 
06.05.2025  Roadmap towards ending Russian energy imports.
Communication com(2025)440
 

2.

Legislation currently being implemented

There are 71 laws or other legal instruments of the Council and the European Parliament, previously proposed by this Directorate-General, which are currently being implemented by the member states.
Date Title
28.11.2024  EU position within the EU-UK Specialised Committee on Energy of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
Decision com(2024)539
 
11.11.2024  EU position in the Energy Charter Conference.
Decision com(2024)536
 
11.11.2024  Approval of the position to be taken on behalf of Euratom in the Energy Charter Conference.
Decision com(2024)527
 
08.11.2024  EU position in the Ministerial Council of the Energy Community and in the Energy Community Regulatory Board (Vienna, Austria, 12 December 2024, and Athens, Greece, 10 ...
Decision com(2024)535
 
04.10.2024  EU position in the Specialised Committee on Energy established by the Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the United Kingdom on the establishment of the Working Group ...
Decision com(2024)439
 

3.

Legislation in force

There are at least 19 laws or other legal instruments in force that have been previously proposed by this Directorate-General.
Date Title
27.02.2024  Continuing coordinated demand-reduction measures for gas.
Recommendation com(2024)101
 
13.06.2022  EU position at the Extraordinary Conference of the Energy Charter Treaty on 24th June 2022.
Decision com(2022)293
 
17.12.2012  RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL on the renewal of the Agreement between Euratom (Euratom) and the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organisation ...
Recommendation com(2012)760
 
19.09.2012  EU position within the Ministerial Council of the Energy Community (Budva, 18th October 2012).
Decision com(2012)532
 
30.05.2012  Basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation.
Directive com(2012)242