Austria has not communicated a competent authority to the European Commission. The European Commission launched an infringement procedure (INFR(2025)2116) in July 2025 by sending a letter of formal notice for failure to designate and notify a competent authority. In January 2026, the Commission escalated the procedure by issuing a reasoned opinion, confirming continued non-compliance with Article 4(1).

There is currently no publicly available evidence that the Austrian Competent Authority has published annual information on penalties imposed, as required under Art. 33(8).

Belgium has not yet adopted a national sanctioning framework. Therefore, no penalties can be imposed or published, as required under Art. 33(8).

There is currently no publicly available evidence that the Belgian Competent Authority has published any source-level methane-emission reports, as required under Art. 12(8), on an institutional website.

According to information shared by local contacts and CSO members, implementation of Article 12(1) appears to have started in some parts of Belgium. In Brussels, the process was described as ongoing with Bruxelles Environnement, and in Wallonia submissions were channelled via the AWAC focal point. However, there is still no publicly available evidence confirming actual submission of Article 12(1) reports across Belgium, and implementation remained pending in Flanders at the time of the exchange.

There is currently no publicly available evidence that the Bulgarian Competent Authority has published annual information on penalties imposed, as required under Art. 33(8).

There is currently no publicly available evidence that the Bulgarian Competent Authority has published any source-level methane-emission reports for active coal mines, as required under Art. 20(7), on an institutional website.

There is currently no publicly available evidence that the Bulgarian Competent Authority has published any source-level methane-emission reports, as required under Art. 12(8), on an institutional website.

There is currently no publicly available evidence that the COUNTRY Competent Authority has published any notifications of venting and flaring events from drainage stations, as required under Art. 23(2), on an institutional website.

There is currently no publicly available evidence that the Croatian Competent Authority has published annual information on penalties imposed, as required under Art. 33(8).

There is currently no publicly available evidence that the Croatian Competent Authority has published any source-level methane-emission reports, as required under Art. 12(8), on an institutional website.

The Ministry’s official “Metanska regulativa” page indicates that some importer information has been submitted to the national body under Article 27(1)–(2), suggesting that the import-flow reporting chain is underway. However, no publicly available evidence confirms that Croatia has transmitted the information received from importers to the European Commission as required by Article 27(2).

There is currently no publicly available evidence that the Cypriot Competent Authority has published the inventory of closed or abandoned underground coal mines, as required under Art. 25(1), on an institutional website.

There is currently no publicly available evidence that the Cypriot Competent Authority has published annual information on penalties imposed, as required under Art. 33(8).

There is currently no publicly available evidence that the Cypriot Competent Authority has published any source-level methane-emission reports, as required under Art. 12(8), on an institutional website.

There is currently no publicly available evidence that the Czech Competent Authority has published annual information on penalties imposed, as required under Art. 33(8).

There is currently no publicly available evidence that the Czech Competent Authority has published any source-level methane-emission reports for active coal mines, as required under Art. 20(7), on an institutional website.

There is currently no publicly available evidence that the Czech Competent Authority has published any source-level methane-emission reports, as required under Art. 12(8), on an institutional website.

There is currently no publicly available evidence that the Czech Competent Authority has published any notifications of venting and flaring events from drainage stations, as required under Art. 23(2), on an institutional website.

The Danish Energy Agency has indicated that no penalties have been issued to date under the national framework implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1787. As a result, no annual information on penalties has yet been published.

Estonia has not yet adopted a national sanctioning framework. Therefore, no penalties can be imposed or published, as required under Art. 33(8).

There is currently no publicly available evidence that the Estonian Competent Authority (NB: not yet designated) has published any source-level methane-emission reports, as required under Art. 12(8), on an institutional website.

There is currently no publicly available evidence that operators have submitted their LDAR programmes to the Competent Authority (NB: not yet designated), as required under Art. 14(1). Elering and other infrastructure operators describe general leak-detection and integrity-management practices, but no document refers to LDAR programme submission to a competent authority as required by the Regulation.

There is currently no publicly available evidence that any operator has already submitted the annual report quantifying methane emissions at the source level to the Competent Authority (NB: not yet designated), as required under Art. 12(1). However, according to official government planning documents, Estonia is preparing national legislation to implement Regulation (EU) 2024/1787, which is intended to introduce methane emission reporting obligations and designate the competent authority; the draft law was expected to be submitted to public consultation during 2025.