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Gas Distributors for Sustainability

Business group · Energy · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Gas Distributors for Sustainability appears in 25 declared MEP meetings (18 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

25
declared meetings
with current MEPs
18
MEPs met
€10k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
3.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The GD4S' objectives are: - to promote policies and technical developments at European level aiming at fostering the use of natural & renewable gases distribution - to support, evaluate and share the results of research and practical experiences and projects of the members - to promote the common interests of gas distributors - to disseminate information & educating materials on […]”

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“[…] natural and renewable gases as well as technologies relevant to distribution infrastructure and decarbonisation - to answer to European expertise and EU funds calls relevant for the development of natural and renewable gases uses […]”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing - the text on file breaks off mid-sentence where marked […].

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 25 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party1040%
Socialists & Democrats624%
Renew Europe520%
European Conservatives & Reformists14%
Greens/EFA14%
Non-attached14%
Patriots for Europe14%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (12 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2022
1
2023
2
2024
5
2025
12
2026
5

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Radan Kanev
4 meetings · EPP
Yannis Maniatis
3 meetings · S&D
Andrea Wechsler
2 meetings · EPP
Jens Geier
2 meetings · S&D
Jens Gieseke
1 meeting · EPP

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
14 Apr 2026Andrea WechslerEU Energy and industry policy
14 Apr 2026Ana VasconcelosTEN-E guidelines
8 Apr 2026Andrea WechslerPermitting Directive
7 Apr 2026Yannis ManiatisRevision of Directives related to permit-granting procedures for energy infrastructure
18 Mar 2026Radan KanevLunch event- IAA, permitting, sustainable gas infrastructure
4 Nov 2025Paulo CunhaUnlocking Biomethane: A Successful Partnership Between Farmers and Energy Players - event co-hosted by me
14 Jul 2025Bruno TobbackSupporting the EU’s net-zero ambition by enabling the large-scale deployment of renewable gases
21 May 2025Yannis Maniatiscompetitiveness and decarbonization of the EU industry
23 Apr 2025Radan KanevLegislative priorities related to green gases
9 Apr 2025Beatrice TimgrenIndustrial decarbonization
8 Apr 2025Thomas GeiselDiscussion on industrial decarbonization in the EU
26 Mar 2025Jana NagyováRenewable Gas & Industrial Decarbonisation
20 Mar 2025Tomislav SokolHealth policy
7 Mar 2025Jutta PaulusSecurity of Energy Supply
12 Feb 2025Katri KulmuniExchange of views on the future of the energy transition

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