European Biogas Association

EBA

The European Biogas Association (EBA) was founded in February 2009 as a Belgian non-profit organization EBA to advocate for recognition of biogases (biogas, biomethane and biohydrogen) as sustainable, on demand and flexible energy sources.

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Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Christine Singer (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Nov 2025 · Event on Biogas

Response to Circular Economy Act

6 Nov 2025

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

7 Oct 2025

Response to General revision of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty (‘General Block Exemption Regulation’)

6 Oct 2025

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

6 Oct 2025

Response to Heating and cooling strategy: advancing decarbonisation and energy system integration

6 Oct 2025

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3012 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the certification methodologies for permanent carbon removals activities

19 Sept 2025

Response to Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council: Evaluation of Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 on EU fertilising products

19 Sept 2025

Meeting with Christine Singer (Member of the European Parliament) and Industrieverband Körperpflege- und Waschmittel e.V.

16 Sept 2025 · Organisation of an event

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 Communication from the Commission – “A world in transition: Recharging European climate and energy diplomacy”

11 Sept 2025

Response to Legislative initiative enabling the development of competitive CO2 markets and CO2 transportation infrastructure.

11 Sept 2025

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

5 Sept 2025

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

4 Sept 2025

Meeting with Ion Codescu (Head of Unit Environment) and

3 Sept 2025 · Exchange of views on the Commission’s draft amendment of the Nitrates Directive on RENURE

Meeting with Dan Jørgensen (Commissioner) and

2 Sept 2025 · Water/ Energy Nexus Interaction of Water Efficiency policy and housing policies

Response to European Grid Package

5 Aug 2025

Response to Communication of the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – Towards a comprehensive European Ports Strategy

24 Jul 2025

Response to Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council “EU Industrial Maritime Strategy”

24 Jul 2025

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... listing the products, components and waste streams considered as having a relevant critical raw materials recovery potential under Regulation (EU) 2024/1252

16 Jul 2025

Meeting with Christine Singer (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Jul 2025 · Dinner proposal - Circular Economy of Biogas

Meeting with Agnese Dagile (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Raffaele Fitto)

24 Jun 2025 · Accelerating the deployment of critical technologies in energy sector.

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 

3 Jun 2025

Meeting with Miguel Jose Garcia Jones (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)

24 Apr 2025 · Presentation of the Offtakers Declaration on Sustainable Biomethane for Europe’s Green Transition

Meeting with Daniel Attard (Member of the European Parliament)

23 Apr 2025 · Industrial Action Plan for the Automotive Sector

Meeting with Yannis Maniatis (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Apr 2025 · Introductory Meeting

Meeting with Christine Singer (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Mar 2025 · Biogas

Meeting with Giorgio Gori (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Mar 2025 · Role of biogas in the transition

Response to European Water Resilience Strategy

4 Mar 2025

Meeting with Catherine Geslain-Laneelle (Director Agriculture and Rural Development)

25 Feb 2025 · Role of agriculture in biogas production

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... specifying the pre-qualification and award criteria for auctions for the deployment of energy from renewable sources

20 Feb 2025

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... on laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2024/1735 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of net-zero technology final products and their main specific components for the purposes of assessing the contribution to resilience

20 Feb 2025

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1735 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the identification of sub-categories within net-zero technologies and the list of specific components used for those technologies

20 Feb 2025

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) …/… adopting guidelines for the implementation of certain selection criteria for net-zero strategic projects laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1735 of the European Parliament and of the Council

20 Feb 2025

Meeting with Jens Geier (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Feb 2025 · Exchange on follow up initiatives of the Gasmarket Package

Meeting with Li Andersson (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Jan 2025 · Biogas

Meeting with Antonella Sberna (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Jan 2025 · Biogas e Biomethane: Soluzioni Green per la Competitività e la Sostenibilità dell'UE

Meeting with Kris Van Dijck (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Jan 2025 · The role of biomethane in the transition towards climate-neutral and competitive industries

Meeting with Raúl De La Hoz Quintano (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Jan 2025 · Introduction

Meeting with Martine Kemp (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Jan 2025 · Introduction Meeting

Meeting with Pilar Del Castillo Vera (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Jan 2025 · Energy

Meeting with Silvia Sardone (Member of the European Parliament, Committee chair)

21 Jan 2025 · ENVI COMMITTEE

Meeting with Radan Kanev (Member of the European Parliament) and Gas Distributors for Sustainability

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

Meeting with Aurelijus Veryga (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Jan 2025 · Biogas and Biomethane: Their Role in Achieving EU Climate Neutrality

Meeting with Dario Tamburrano (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Jan 2025 · Priorità per la legislatura

Meeting with Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea (Director Environment) and

16 Jan 2025 · Contribution of the European Biogas Association to the development of environmental policy

Meeting with Fotini Ioannidou (Director Mobility and Transport)

15 Jan 2025 · Introducing the potential for EU policies of the biogases.

Meeting with Annalisa Corrado (Member of the European Parliament) and Solar Heat Europe/ESTIF

15 Jan 2025 · Renewable Energy

Meeting with Asger Christensen (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Jan 2025 · Biogas

Meeting with Kristian Vigenin (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Jan 2025 · Contribution of biogas and biomethane to the EU’s climate neutrality objective

Meeting with Benoit Cassart (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Dec 2024 · Prise de contact

Meeting with Elsi Katainen (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Dec 2024 · Ilmastopolitiikka

Meeting with Bruno Tobback (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Dec 2024 · The role of biomethane in the transition towards climate-neutral and competitive industries

Meeting with Rosa Serrano Sierra (Member of the European Parliament) and Bolt

9 Dec 2024 · Priorities for European Commission 2024-2029

Meeting with Sophia Kircher (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Dec 2024 · Vehicle emission targets

Meeting with Sander Smit (Member of the European Parliament) and TotalEnergies SE

6 Dec 2024 · ENVI

Meeting with Radan Kanev (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Dec 2024 · Clean energy

Meeting with Maria Grapini (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Nov 2024 · Renewable energy

Meeting with Norbert Lins (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Nov 2024 · Biogas and biomethane in Europe

Meeting with Valérie Hayer (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Nov 2024 · Biogas

Meeting with Nina Carberry (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Nov 2024 · EU Energy Policy

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... on supplementing Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, by further extending the scope of the data to be included in the Union database to cover relevant data from the point of production or collection of the raw material used for the fuel production

7 Nov 2024

Meeting with Stefan Köhler (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Oct 2024 · Politischer Austausch

Meeting with Eero Heinäluoma (Member of the European Parliament) and Westenergy Oy

15 Oct 2024 · Ajankohtaisaiheet

Meeting with André Rodrigues (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Oct 2024 · Apresentação do sector do biogas europeu

Meeting with Jeannette Baljeu (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Sept 2024 · Biogas and biomethane

Meeting with Grégory Allione (Member of the European Parliament)

23 Sept 2024 · Réunion European Biogas Association

Meeting with Isabella Tovaglieri (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Sept 2024 · Future of European biogas policies

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament)

5 Sept 2024 · Sustainability

Response to COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 as regards updating the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

26 Jul 2024

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the requirements for considering that greenhouse gases have become permanently chemically bound in a product

16 Jul 2024

Meeting with Jan-Christoph Oetjen (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Jul 2024 · Alternative Fuels - Biomethane and Biogas

Response to COMMISSION DIRECTIVE (EU) .../… amending Council Directive 91/676/EEC as regards the use of certain fertilising materials from livestock manure

16 May 2024

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

16 Apr 2024 · Biomethane in road transport

Response to Evaluation of Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources

7 Mar 2024

Response to Guidance to Member States on good practices and digital and mapping tools to facilitate the designation of renewables acceleration areas for wind and solar

22 Feb 2024

Meeting with Tatiana Marquez Uriarte (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson)

20 Feb 2024 · State of play on biogas and biomethane production in Europe

Meeting with Beatrice Covassi (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

15 Nov 2023 · Public Hearing - Soil Monitoring Law

Meeting with Martin Hojsík (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

15 Nov 2023 · Soil Health Law

Meeting with Maria Noichl (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion) and European Compost Network ECN e.V.

15 Nov 2023 · Soil health

Meeting with Manuela Ripa (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

7 Nov 2023 · Soil monitoring and resilience directive

Meeting with Bert-Jan Ruissen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

30 Oct 2023 · Soil Monitoring Law

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law)

2 Oct 2023

Meeting with Martin Hojsík (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

29 Sept 2023 · Soil health Law

Meeting with Mohammed Chahim (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Sept 2023 · Bio gas

Meeting with Nils Torvalds (Member of the European Parliament)

13 Sept 2023 · Soil Monitoring Law

Meeting with Heléne Fritzon (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Sept 2023 · Möte med European Biogas Association

Meeting with Patrizia Toia (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

12 Sept 2023 · Hydrogen and Gas Regulation

22 Aug 2023

Meeting with Ruud Kempener (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson)

26 Jul 2023 · Role of biomethane in modelling

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards sustainability reporting standards

7 Jul 2023

Meeting with Ruud Kempener (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson), Stefano Grassi (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson)

22 Jun 2023 · EBA Statistical Report 2022; new Biomethane Map; Biomethane Week 2023

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero technology products manufacturing ecosystem (Net Zero Industry Act)

25 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

19 May 2023

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139 as regards additional technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which certain economic activities qualify as contributing substantially to climate change mitigation or climate change adaptation and for determining whether those activities cause no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives

2 May 2023

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 the sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources, to the transition to a circular economy, to pollution prevention and control, or to the protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2178 as regards specific public disclosures for those economic activities

2 May 2023

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

25 Apr 2023 · Energy, environmental and digital challenges of our time

Meeting with Deirdre Clune (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

29 Mar 2023 · Stakeholder Consultation on Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL concerning urban wastewater treatment (recast)

13 Mar 2023

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

9 Mar 2023 · REPower EU

Meeting with Nils Torvalds (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

22 Feb 2023 · Urban wastewater treatment

Meeting with Nils Torvalds (Member of the European Parliament)

12 Jan 2023 · methane

Meeting with Jens Gieseke (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Nov 2022 · Austausch zur Energiepolitik

Response to COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/... supplementing Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the determination of end points in the manufacturing chain of certain organic fertilisers and soil improvers

24 Oct 2022

Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and Gas Distributors for Sustainability

19 Sept 2022 · CO2 standards for trucks

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

6 Sept 2022 · CO2 Standards for heavy duty vehicles

Meeting with Barbara Thaler (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion) and

6 Sept 2022 · RED

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

19 May 2022 · Meeting on gas and hydrogen regulation

Response to A European Union Regulatory Framework for the Certification of Carbon Removals

2 May 2022

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

28 Apr 2022 · Exchange on the gas market directive

Response to Integrated Nutrient Management Action Plan

26 Apr 2022

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

25 Apr 2022 · Keynote speech

Meeting with Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and Common Futures. Energy Transition Specialists B.V.

13 Apr 2022 · Biomethane potential in Europe

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

31 Mar 2022

Meeting with Jens Gieseke (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Elengy

9 Mar 2022 · Austausch zur EU-Verkehrspolitik

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

23 Feb 2022 · Biomethane

Response to Common EU framework for greenhouse gas emissions accounting in transport and logistics (possibly leading to a legislative proposal)

11 Dec 2021

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

16 Nov 2021

Response to Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE restructuring the Union framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity (recast)

15 Nov 2021

Response to Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union, Decision (EU) 2015/1814 concerning the establishment and operation of a market stability reserve for the Union greenhouse gas emission trading scheme and Regulation (EU) 2015/757

8 Nov 2021

Response to Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the use of renewable and low-carbon fuels in maritime transport and amending Directive 2009/16/EC

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

Response to Restoring a Sustainable Carbon Cycle Communication on the Carbon Removal Certification Initiative and the Carbon Farming Initiative

7 Oct 2021

Meeting with Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and

9 Sept 2021 · Progress made in the establishment of a European biomethane alliance and priorities

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 legislative act to reduce methane emissions in the oil, gas and coal sectors

26 Jan 2021

14 Dec 2020

Response to Revision of the Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020 (2014/C 200/01)

10 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.

26 Nov 2020

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

21 Sept 2020

Response to Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the EU Strategy for a Sustainable and Smart Mobility

10 Jul 2020

Meeting with Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Lukas Visek (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

12 Jun 2020 · Role of biogas in climate neutral energy sector

Response to Evaluation of Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure

20 Mar 2019

Response to Prolongation of the state aid rules reformed under the state aid modernisation (SAM) package and expiring by the end of 2020: Guidelines on regional State aid for 2014-2020; Guidelines on risk finance aid for 2014-2020; Communication from the Commission — Criteria for the analysis of the compatibility with the internal market of State aid to promote the execution of important projects of common European interest; Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020; Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring non-financial undertakings in difficulty

7 Mar 2019

Meeting with Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

16 Nov 2016 · sustainability policy on bioenergy

Meeting with Grzegorz Radziejewski (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

9 Nov 2016 · future development of renewable gas

Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy) and

21 Jun 2016 · European renewables industry

Meeting with Shane Sutherland (Cabinet of Commissioner Phil Hogan)

15 Dec 2015 · Biogas

Meeting with Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President) and

16 Nov 2015 · Circular Economy

Meeting with Heidi Jern (Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen)

19 May 2015 · Circular Economy

Meeting with Yvon Slingenberg (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)

9 Jan 2015 · STATE OF PLAY AND OUTLOOK OF THE EUROPEAN BIOGAS SECTOR, COMMISSION PRIORITIES IN ENERGY AND CLIMATE POLICY

Meeting with Peter Van Kemseke (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

9 Jan 2015 · Le rôle du biogaz dans l'union énergétique