December 2011

(1st July 2010) The European social partners for the gas industry, EPSU/EMCEF for the trade union side and Eurogas for the employers/companies side, have considered with interest the Consultation paper “ Towards a New Energy Strategy for Europe 2011-2020.”
Europe’s energy policy faces many challenges as outlined in the consultation paper. We are convinced that the gas industry will continue to play a major role during the stages when Europe will move towards a decarbonised economy. There are (...)

Report by D. Tarren, October 2009

by J. Pillinger, October 2009

Natural Gas Industry in figures
Excerpt from EUROGAS Annual Report 2007-2008 (page 36)
(30 April 2009) For more data on the European Gas Sector please consult the Eurogas website.
The annual reports are available here
The 2008 report is available here

(1 December 2008) Proposal for a joint position of the European social partners in the gas sector - Eurogas for the employers and EPSU/EMCEF for the trade unions on the Amendments of the European Parliament regarding the proposal for a Directive amending Directive 2003/55/EC concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas (COM(2007) 0529 (adopted 9 July 2008)

(11 April 2008, Brussels) Economic and social progress need to go hand in hand is the key message of the joint statement of the social partners in the European gas sector. The trade unions and Eurogas for the employers/ companies agreed to seek a constructive involvement in building a social dimension to the European Energy Community for South East Europe and to contribute to the development of the social dialogue with their expertise. Jan Willem Goudriaan, EPSU Deputy General Secretary welcomes the statement "The European Gas industry represented by the trade unions and Eurogas speaks out for the social development of the sector. This is a voice the European Commission and the Member States of the Energy Community can not ignore. We expect a serious commitment to the national social action plans and social dialogue”.

The members of the Sectorial social dialogue committee Gas want to point out their reflections on the ECOTEC study.

While Eurogas, EMCEF and EPSU underline the importance of a stable and prospective growth and employment in the gas industry they also accentuate the need to prepare for future evolutions and their effect on employment. The ECOTEC study offers a first insight on what has happened and which conclusions could be drawn for the future.

Joint Declaration Eurogas EPSU/ EMCEF The European inter-sectoral social partners Business Europe/ UEAPME/ CEEP and ETUC signed an Agreement on violence at work, 26 April 2007.