Drawing on the lessons of a previous stock-take on the topic discussed in December 2021, this meeting intended to identify main gaps in the current EU regulatory framework for hydrogen following the publication of the hydrogen and decarbonized gas market package and other relevant legislative acts, such as the Delegated Act on Renewable Fuels of non-Biological Origin (RFNBO).

This meeting reflected upon the following questions:

• Has the Commission proposed a comprehensive regulatory framework that supports the creation of a hydrogen economy in the EU? If not, what are the missing pieces?
• What are those elements of the regulation that despite being included may act as a bottle neck or slow the pace of deployment of a hydrogen economy?
• Are we making an excessive use of regulation vis a vis market-based instruments such as carbon pricing?
• Is there a comprehensive definition for low carbon hydrogen that supports investments in this technological landscape?
• Does the delegated act on RFBOs act as a bottleneck for the deployment of a hydrogen economy?

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