Publications

Press Releases
10.09.2025

Europex Unveils Refreshed Brand Design and New Website

Europex announced a brand refresh today, unveiling an upgraded visual identity that reflects the association’s evolving role and forward-looking approach. The updated design complements Europex’s mission to promote efficient, liquid, ...

Consultation Responses
28.08.2025

UK Financial Conduct Authority Consultation on the Ancillary Activities Test (CP25/19)

Europex welcomes the opportunity to respond to the UK Financial Conduct Authority consultation on the Ancillary Activities Test (CP25/19). We broadly support the FCA’s objective of creating a clearer and ...

Consultation Responses
26.08.2025

CBAM and Market Coupling: Key Considerations for Electricity Markets

We welcome the opportunity to contribute to the European Commission’s call for evidence on the implementation of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism for electricity. As stakeholders actively engaged in the ...

Position Papers
09.07.2025

Action Plan to Address Key Challenges on Importers Requirements in the Methane Regulation

Europex, together with Energy Traders Europe, Eurogas, Fuels Europe, GIIGNL, IGU and IOGP, representing producers, importers, traders and energy exchanges of crude oil and natural gas, calls for a clear ...

Consultation Responses
08.07.2025

Review of the EU ETS for Maritime, Aviation and Stationary Installations, and Market Stability Reserve

Europex welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Commission’s public consultation on the review of the EU ETS for maritime, aviation and stationary installations, and the Market Stability Reserve. Attachments ...

Press Releases
04.07.2025

The EU ETS Remains the Most Cost-effective Tool to Achieve the 2040 Emissions Reduction Target

Europex takes note of the Commission’s proposal to set a single, binding climate target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040 compared to 1990 level, supported by a ...

Consultation Responses
04.07.2025

Europex Response to ESMA’s MiFIR Review: Consultation Package 4

Europex welcomes the opportunity to respond to ESMA’s MiFIR Review: Consultation Package 4 – transparency for derivatives, package orders and input/output data for the derivatives consolidated tape. Attachments 20250704-Europex-answer-the-MiFIR-Review File size: 87 KB

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Position Papers
27.06.2025

Call for comprehensive reset of CACM 2.0

Ahead of the upcoming meeting of the Electricity Cross-Border Committee on 30 June, we wish to express our serious concerns regarding the proposed recast of Commission Regulation 2015/1222 (EU) establishing ...

Position Papers
23.06.2025

Joint statement: Urgent need for European Commission to correct course on the draft Delegated Regulation on Low Carbon Fuels

Europex, together with the co-signatories of this joint statement calls on the European Commission to acknowledge their concerns with the current draft Delegated Act defining the GHG methodology for low ...

Consultation Responses
17.06.2025

Europex response to the call for feedback on the European Commission proposal for the Implementing Regulation on interoperability and non-discriminatory and transparent procedures for access to data required for customer switching

Please find our full response attached. Attachments 20250617_Europex-response-to-Consultation-for-access-to-data-required-for-customer-switching File size: 143 KB

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Consultation Responses
10.06.2025

Europex response to the European Commission’s targeted consultation on the integration of EU capital markets

Europex welcomes the opportunity to respond to the European Commission’s consultation on the integration of EU capital markets. Attachments 20251006_Europex-answer-to-on-integration-of-EU-capital-markets-consultation File size: 161 KB

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Position Papers
28.05.2025

Europex Assessment of the ENTSO-E Main Report on the Bidding Zone Review of the 2025 Target Year

The “Main Report on the Bidding Zone Review for the 2025 Target Year”, conducted by ENTSO-E, together with the assessment of alternative bidding zone (BZ) configurations in five EU Member ...

Press Releases
30.04.2025

Cross-industry letter – time to strengthen EU-UK cooperation by linking the EU and UK ETS

The signatories of this letter welcome the efforts to strengthen the EU-UK cooperation which is of increased importance, given the current geopolitical context and uncertainty over global trade policy. The ...

Consultation Responses
25.04.2025

European Commission public consultation on the draft new State aid Framework to support the Clean Industrial Deal (Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework – CISAF)

Europex welcomes the opportunity to respond to the European Commission consultation on the draft new State Aid Framework. Please find attached our full response to the consultation. Attachments 20250508_Europex_CISAF-consultation-1 File ...

Consultation Responses
24.04.2025

European Commission’s targeted consultation on commodity derivatives markets

Europex welcomes the opportunity to respond to the European Commission’s consultation on review of the functioning of commodity derivatives markets and certain aspects relating to spot energy markets. Find the ...

Consultation Responses
24.04.2025

ACER public consultation on the impact of developing peak-shaving products on the Union electricity market under normal market circumstances

Europex welcomes the opportunity to respond to ACER consultation on peak-shaving products. In our response, we strongly criticise the concept of peak-shaving products, emphasising that such an additional off-market instrument ...

Press Releases
08.04.2025

Central Eastern European Gas Exchange Joins Europex

CEEGEX, the operator of the organised natural gas market in Hungary, has joined Europex as a full member today. Operational since 2013 and based in Budapest, CEEGEX offers day-ahead, within-day ...

Press Releases
24.03.2025

Joint Statement calling for the urgent need to recognise third country exports of gaseous fuels under the Union Database

Europex, together with the co-signatories of this joint statement call for immediate action by the European Commission to ensure the full recognition of imported sustainable biomethane, biomethane-based fuels and other ...

Press Releases
21.03.2025

Cyprus’ Electricity Market Operator TSOC Joins Europex

TSOC, the transmission system and electricity exchange operator of Cyprus, has joined Europex as a full member today. Based in Nicosia, TSOC is developing both day-ahead and intraday markets, along ...

Press Releases
14.03.2025

Europex Welcomes Commission Recommendation to Member States to Prevent Market Distortion by Gas Storage Filling Obligation

Europex welcomes the European Commission’s “Recommendation on the implementation of the gas storage filling targets” for Member States, issued in the context of the proposed two-year extension of the Gas ...

Press Releases
26.02.2025

Efficient and Liquid Energy Markets Are Key to Achieving the Clean Industrial Deal Objectives

Europex welcomes today’s presentation of the Clean Industrial Deal (CID) by the European Commission, an overarching growth strategy that strategically combines the strengthening of EU industrial competitiveness with the acceleration ...

Position Papers
20.02.2025

Follow-up to the joint association workshop: Assessing the impacts of regional virtual trading hubs on forward markets

Following the recent review of the EU Electricity Market Design, the European Commission has been entrusted with an impact assessment by 17 January 2026 to identify measures that can improve ...

Press Releases
12.02.2025

Joint letter on Action Plan on Affordable Energy Prices

On 11 February, Europex and other energy and financial services associations sent a joint letter to the European Commission calling against the possible reintroduction of the Market Correction Mechanism (MCM) ...

Consultation Responses
03.02.2025

European Commission call for evidence on the single market strategy 2025

As Europex, we firmly believe that the EU Internal Energy Market (IEM) is a key part of the EU Single Market and, hence, can significantly contribute to enhancing the competitiveness ...

Press Releases
03.02.2025

Europex General Assembly Elects New Leadership for Financial and Environmental Markets Working Groups

The announced departure of Anje Stiers as Head of the Financial Markets Working Group at Europex, effective 31 January 2025, led to an extraordinary mid-mandate election by the Europex General ...

Position Papers
12.11.2024

Assessment of potential impacts of regional virtual hubs on the forward markets

The EU electricity market reform has mandated the European Commission to assess the impact of virtual trading hubs on the liquidity of electricity forward markets. A new study conducted by ...

Consultation Responses
31.10.2024

ACER public consultation on the draft network code on demand response

Europex suggests targeted amendments to the Network Code on Demand Response draft to develop market-based flexibility and ensure efficient local flexibility market operation by third parties. Please, find attached our ...

Press Releases
25.10.2024

Joint Statement on the Low-Carbon Fuels certification draft Delegated Act

On 25 October, Ammonia Europe, CCSA, CEFIC, Cogen Europe, EIGA, ENTSOG, ERGaR, Eurofer, Eurogas, Europex, Fertilisers Europe, Fuels Europe, GIE, Hydrogen Europe, IFIEC, IOGP and the Methanol Institute co-signed a ...

Consultation Responses
25.10.2024

ACER public consultation on amending the network code on capacity allocation mechanisms in gas transmission systems

Europex welcomes the opportunity to respond to the ACER consultation on amending the network code on capacity allocation mechanisms in gas transmission systems. Please find our response to the selected ...

Consultation Responses
21.10.2024

ACER public consultation on the draft statutory documents of ENNOH

Europex welcomes the opportunity to respond to the ACER consultation on the draft statutory documents of the European Network of Network Operators for Hydrogen.  Please find our response to the ...