According to Al Jazeera citing Reuters, the Council of the European Union has agreed to a one-year postponement of the rules requiring oil, natural gas, and coal importers to report methane emissions. Its stance is to delay the implementation date to January 1, 2028, and to allow for two further one-year extensions if the European Commission is unable to prove implementation readiness. The European Parliament had previously supported a three-year delay; both institutions still need to negotiate a final compromise, and this is not yet a final, binding arrangement. The reasons cited for the extension include global energy market disruptions caused by war.