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EU Methane Regulation Penalty Regimes
Strategic analysis and work tools for environmental NGOs
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This project aims to ensure that the overdue national penalty regimes under the EU Methane Regulation (EUMR), and their enforcement, are sufficiently effective and dissuasive to make full compliance the default rational choice for all companies subject to the EUMR. This is necessary to avoid a race to the lowest level of ambition that would undermine the EUMR's ability to reduce methane emissions in the EU Member States as well as in the countries from which the EU imports fossil fuels.
Given the significant discretion left to Member States by the EUMR, we will identify good and bad practices; develop a blueprint for an effective national penalty regime; and provide analytical support to our NGO partners in developing arguments and designing a package of communication and legal actions to secure the strongest possible implementation of the EUMR, while also contributing to EU-wide discussions on the same topics.
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Climate Action Network Europe (CAN Europe), International - Partner
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Climate Action Network Europe (CAN Europe), International Ecologic Institute, Germany Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH), Germany - Team
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methane emissions regulation, methane abatement, methane mitigation, methane emissions reduction, methane compliance, fossil fuel sector regulation, environmental compliance enforcement, climate policy implementation, methane mitigation policies, regulatory enforcement mechanisms, environmental accountability, emissions monitoring and enforcement, climate law compliance, energy sector governance, regulatory deterrence, environmental penalties, fossil fuel emissions management, effective environmental regulation, climate governance Europe, methane emissions accountability, environmental legal frameworks, energy transition governance, emissions reduction strategiesEuropepolicy analysis, regulatory assessment, comparative analysis of national regimes, identification of best practices, identification of implementation gaps, blueprint development, legal analysis, analytical support for NGOs, communication strategy development, advocacy support, implementation assessment, enforcement analysis, policy benchmarking, governance evaluation, legal action design, stakeholder engagement, evidence-based policy recommendations, compliance assessment, comparative governance analysis, strategic policy support
Piria, Raffaele, Ramiro de la Vega, Aleš Jeník (2025): Implementing the EU Methane Regulation in Czechia. Ecologic Institute, Berlin.
Piria, Raffaele, Ramiro de la Vega, Corina Murafa (2025): Implementing the EU Methane Regulation in Romania. Ecologic Institute, Berlin.
Piria, Raffaele, Ramiro de la Vega, Aleš Jeník: Czechia's Draft Penalty Rules for Violations of the EU Methane Regulation. Ecologic Institute, 2025, Berlin.
Piria, Raffaele, Ramiro de la Vega – reviewed by Corina Murafa: Romania's Draft Penalty Rules for Violations of the EU Methane Regulation. Ecologic Institute, 2025, Berlin.