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U.S. demands EU exempt its gas from methane emissions law, document shows

By Thomson Reuters Dec 15, 2025 | 4:28 AM

BRUSSELS, Dec 15 (Reuters) – The United States government has ‍demanded that the European Union exempts the U.S. from obligations under the ‌bloc’s methane emissions ‌law on oil and gas imports until 2035, a U.S. government document ​seen by Reuters on ‍Monday showed.

The ​document, circulated to ​EU member countries’ ‍governments, said that in the absence of a “full repeal” of the EU ‍law, the United States proposed that the EU ‍should “delay ‍requiring U.S. ​emissions data reporting ​under ⁠the EUMR [EU ‌methane regulation] until October 2035”.

(Reporting by Kate Abnett, editing by Louise Rasmussen and Bart ⁠Meijer)