欧盟-英国贸易与合作协定能源专门委员会第七次会议

Seventh Specialised Committee on Energy–minutes of the Meeting 7thNovember 2025 | 15:00 to 18:00 CET/ 14:00 to 17:00 GMT(Brussels / Hybrid) Operationalconclusions The Specialised Committee: -RequestedEuropeanUnionand UnitedKingdomTransmission System Operators(‘TSOs’)to publish a non-confidential version of their jointreport,addressing therequest in articles2 and 3ofRecommendationNo 1/ 2024of the SpecialisedCommittee on Energyon the Multi-Regional Loose Volume Coupling1(‘report onMRLVC’),by the end of 2025, on a best effort basis.-Consideredi) the TSOs report on MRLVC and ii) the related informal opinionsby the Further details 1.Opening remarks by the co-Chairs and adoption of the agenda The EuropeanUnion (EU)welcomed participants tothe seventh meeting of the Committee Following the Summitof 19 May2025 between theleaders of the United Kingdom(UK)andtheEU,both partiesagreed to build on the stable foundation set by the WithdrawalAgreement, including the Windsor Framework, and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement Both partieswelcomedtherenewed agenda fortheEU–UK cooperationas set out in theCommonUnderstanding agreed between the UK and the European Commission(‘Commission’)at the Summit.They notedthatexploratory talks between theCommission OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE TheSpecialised Committeetook note of thesuccessfulcompletion of the work following theoperationalconclusions of the fifth meeting.This includes,amongst others,theestablishment of theSecurity of SupplyWorkingGroup,implementation oftheframeworks The co-chairs adopted the agenda as published. 2.Recommendation No 1/2024 concerning the preparation of technical The UK and EU recalledRecommendation No 1/2024 concerning the preparation oftechnical proceduresfor the efficient use of electricity interconnectors, focusing onthe The TSOspresentedthe key findingsfromtheir joint report underArticles2 and 3of theRecommendation. Based on the report,the EU and UK TSOs concludedthattheconceptofMRLVCcannot be validated.Theenergyregulatory authoritiesfor theEUand the United The partieswelcomedandthankedtheTSOs andthe regulatory authoritiesfor their work,taking note of thejoint TSO report and the informal opinion by both sets ofregulatoryauthorities.TheEUand theUKagreed torequesttheirTSOs to publisha non-confidential The SCE agreed to take this work away in order to properly scrutinise it and its conclusions. 3.Great Britain’s electricity market The UKpresentedthe UK Review of Electricity Market Arrangements, aimed atidentifying thenecessaryreforms to create a fair, affordable, secure, efficientelectricitysystem andtomaximisethe benefits of clean power for consumers. The UK alsopresenteditsClean Power2030 Action Plan, whichsets a pathway to a clean power system,the actions undertakenby 4.Cooperation on Security of Supply TheSpecialisedCommitteewelcomedthe work doneby theSecurity of SupplyWorking Page2OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE exchangesto present and discuss the Winter and Summer outlooks.TheSpecialisedCommitteelooksforward to the next meeting of the WG SoS, planned to take place on 13 TheEUalsoprovided an update on the ongoingrevision of the Security of Supplyframework. The UK and EU agreed on the value of continued technical exchangesandlook forwardto continued UK-EU cooperation with further Security of Supply Working Groups planned 5.Cooperation on new technologies (CCUS, hydrogen and biomethane) TheSpecialised Committee took note of thetechnicalregulatoryexchanges on newtechnologies(hydrogen; carbon capture, utilisationand storage; and biomethane)which TheSpecialised Committeelooksforward tocontinuedtechnicalregulatory exchangesonnew technologies, as anticipated at theEU-UK Summit of19 May2025. The UK outlined appetite for these technical discussions on new technologies (CCUS,hydrogen and biomethane) to progress at pace,notinga request for a pragmatic solution tothe issueregarding registration in the Union databaseof biomethane that is transported tothe EU through natural gas pipelinesin the UK. UK also stressedthe importance of UK-EU The EU inquired on thestate of play of theEU’srequest totheUKto providefurtherinformationoutlined in theiremail dated October 7th.The UK confirmed that a responsewould be provided shortly after the SCE.Both parties agreed on the importance offurther 6.Cooperation betweenTSOsand between regulators TheSpecialised CommitteewelcomedtheTSOs and regulatory authorities forentering,respectively,intotheworking and administrative arrangementsconsidered at thefifth Annex A–Participants of the Seventh Meeting of the Specialised Committee on Energy EU Delegation •Acting co-Chairsand co-Secretariesof the Specialised Committee on Energy•European Commission Officials•European External Action Service Officials•Representatives of EU Member States.•Representatives of theTransmission System Operators.•Representatives of the Regulatory authorities. UK Delegation •Acting co-Chair and co-Secretary of the Specialised Comm