EU law says Member States should plan for a complete phase-out of fossil fuel boilers by 2040.
Already since the start of 2025, EU governments may no longer subsidise or incentivise the sale of stand-alone fossil fuel boilers.
The EU is also tightening its rules on energy efficient product design, which will push fossil fuel boilers out of the market, starting with the least efficient ones.
Many European countries are already doing so.
EHPA keeps track of these bans, distinguishing between bans on gas and oil boilers in new and existing buildings.
So what are the main differences between the previous version, from January 2024, and the map of November 2025?
Austria has now put in place its ban on all fossil fuel boilers, from only gas previously. Ireland has introduced a broadened its ban to residential homes and to gas boilers in new buildings. The UK is likely to end fossil fuel boilers in new buildings from 2026. In other countries, bans previously announced have now come into place.
Slowly but surely, Europe’s heating market is shifting away from fossil fuels – heat pumps represented around 28% of space heating appliance sales last year.
