14 Amendments of Davor ŠKRLEC related to 2015/2232(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that improving energy efficiency is crucial to achieving our climate targets and starting the transition towards a more sustainable energy system, to creating jobs and growth - especially in SMEs and industry, to increasing productivity and to reducing our dependence on energy imports;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that energy efficiency is conductive to economic growth and creates local jobs, also contributing to European re-industrialisation objectives;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes that buildings account for 40% of final energy use and 36% CO2 emissions while 50% of final energy consumption is used for heating and cooling, 80% of which in buildings; consequently calls for more efforts to incentivise deep renovation of poorly insulated buildings stock in the EU;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that common efforts by the EU will help to create a common market for goods and services that help to save energy, which will bring down costs for all consumers and create a more level playing field for industry;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the Energy Efficiency Directive triggered many positive developments in the Member States, but that poor implementation is hindering its full potential; points out that energy efficiency is not being applied as an effective long-term way to fight and prevent energy poverty, as referred to in Article 7(7)(a) of Directive 2012/27/EU; calls for platforms to be set up to enable best practice to be exchange at local and regional level in Member States;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines, therefore, the need for more guidance from the European Commission, in order to help Member States implementing the Directive, and reporting progress; calls for the implementation of energy efficiency on the local and regional level; Calls to ensure, through the change of the Article 7 of Directive 2012/27/EU, long-term and stable financing of energy efficiency projects;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets the very unambitious target of at least 27 % for improving energy efficiency in 2030 adopted by the European Council in 2014, in contrast to the 40% target adopted by the Parliament in December 2015, notes that the 27% which is mainly justified by an extremely unrealistic high discount rate in a previous impact assessment; recalls that the discount rate of 17.5 % is higher than the discount rate for energy investment in Iraq (15 %)1; __________________ 1 Friends of the Earth Europe (2015): Battle of the Discount Rates https://www.foeeurope.org/sites/default/files/energy _savings/2015/battle-discount-rates.pdf
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that a high private discount rate would reflect the unrealistic assumption that cost- efficientective investments in energy efficiency will not happen because of a number of obstacles, whereas it is the duty of political actors to overcome obstacles to such investments;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls Parliament's resolutions of 5 February 2014, 26 November 2014 and 14 October 2015, which call for three binding energy and climate targets for 2030, in particular the 40 % energy efficiency target; emphasises that the post-2020 EU energy efficiency target should be binding and implemented through individual national targets; urges the Commission to develop various 2030 energy efficiency scenarios, including at the level fixed by Parliament of 40 %;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Insists that loopholes in the existing Directive, especially in Article 7, must be eliminated, while keeping flexibility for the Member States to choose among the measuresand recommends that all Member States implement a single energy savings obligation market (ESO);
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Proposes that the title of Article 7 be changed to ‘energy saving support schemes’ because there is no obligation to save energy for consumers and SMEs, but an obligation for Member States and/or utilities to give incentives and take actions in order to deliver energy savings;
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls the European Commission and Member States to prioritise Article 4, with regard to the preparation of the second version of the strategies, to be delivered in 2017 in order to achieve a nZEB-level building stock at EU level by 2050;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls for plans to be drawn up with a view to phasing out fossil fuel subsidies and channelling financial resources towards energy efficiency projects serving to achieve the EU’s goals for decarbonisation of the energy sector by 2050;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Reinstates its call for a significant investment programme for energy efficiency in Europe, fully mobilising the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) and structural funds; notes that energy efficiency projects are often small- scale and need to be bundled into larger portfolios; to this end, calls on the Commission, the European Investment Bank and Member States to deploy more technical assistance and project development assistance to facilitate investments;