Overview
Lobbying Costs
9,999€
Financial year: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
0
Lobbying Costs over the years
-
Info
AGCS Gas Clearing and Settlement AG (AGCS)
EU Transparency Register
422609541319-22 First registered on 08 Feb 2021
Goals / Remit
AGCS Gas Clearing and Settlement AG is the Austrian gas balance group coordinator / clearing agent.
AGCS has been operating the Biomethane Registry Austria since 2012, to fulfil its task requested by the Austrian Renewable Electricity Act (ÖSG, Ökostromgesetz 2012). AGCS issues biomethane certificates as basis for the FiT for renewable electricity from biomethane. AGCS has a cooperatione with the Austrian Biofuels Registry (elNa, Umweltbundesamt GmbH) and the German Biogas Registy (operated by dena, German Energy Agency).
AGCS is actively engaged in diverse initiatives (ERGaR aisbl - European Renewable Gas Registry and H2020 R&D project REGATRACE) to develop a suitable documentation system for energy from renewable gases injected into and withdrawn from the interconnected, European gas grid.Main EU files targeted
Erneuerbare Energien
- Richtlinie (EU) 2009/28 des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 23. April 2009 zur Förderung der Nutzung von Energie aus erneuerbaren Quellen und zur Änderung und anschließenden Aufhebung der Richtlinien 2001/77/EG und 2003/30/EG; (Renewable Energies Directive I, RED I)
- Richtlinie (EU) 2018/2001 vom 11.Dezember 2018 zur Förderung der Nutzung von Energie aus erneuerbaren Quellen; (Renewable Energies Directive recast, RED II)
Kraftstoffe
- Richtlinie (EU) 2009/30/Kraftstoffqualitätsrichtlinie (Fuel Quality Directive, FQD)
Emissionshandelssystem (ETS, EU Emission Trading System)
- Verordnung (EU) 2003/87 über ein System für den Handel mit Treibhausgasemissionszertifikaten in der Gemeinschaft und zur Änderung der Richtlinie 96/61/EG des Rates (MRR, Monitoring and Reporting Regulation)
- Implementierungsverordnung (EU) 2020/2085 vom 14.12.2020 zur Änderung und Berichtigung der Durchführungsverordnung (EU) 2018/2066 über die Überwachung von und die Berichterstattung über Treibhausgasemissionen gemäß der Richtlinie 2003/87/EG des Europäischen Parlaments und des RatesAddress
Head Office
Alserbachstraße 14-16
Vienna 1090
AUSTRIA -
People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
Reviewing the legislative framework for renewable gases in Europe is a minor part of AGCS as project partner of the H2020 Project REGATRACE.
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
-
Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
-
Networking
Affiliation
AGCS is member of ERGaR aisbl, the European Renewable Gas Registry (www.ergar.org). It is an international non-profit, non-governmental organisation (BE law) established in September 2016.
AGCS is one of the founding members of ERGaR and holds a seat on the Executive Board of ERGaR. The Executive Board of ERGaR is voted by its members every three years. ERGaR currently (Feb 2021) has 28 members from 15 European countries: Established biomethane / renewable gas registries, appointed issuing bodies, Gas DSOs & TSOs, Biogas associations, Traders, Other major stakeholders of the European biomethane market.
ERGaR's goal is to establish an independent, transparent and trustworthy documentation scheme for transferring of biomethane (biogas upgraded to natural gas quality) and other renewable gases distributed along the European gas network via a book&claim or a mass balancing.Member organisations
None declared
-
Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
9,999€
EU grant income for closed financial year
362,618 € (Source: H2020 (GA No 857796) LC-SC3-RES-28-2018-2019-2020)
Other financial info
None declared
-
EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
AGCS is beneficiary of the Horizon 2020 project REGATRACE which is funded by the European Commission under grant agreement No 857796. REGATRACE means Renewable Gas Trade Center in Europe.
Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
None declared
- Meetings