5 Amendments of Jens GIESEKE related to 2015/2232(INI)
Amendment 26 #
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 in the Member States is hindering its full potential;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that the chief weakness of the existing Directive is that most of the measures will expire in 2020 unless the Directive is appropriately amendedit is competing with other European and national legislation (such as ETS certificates, exit from coal and payment schemes for renewable energy), which means that its main provisions on flexibility, in particular in Article 7, should be extended not only up to 2030, but also beyonmaintained;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets the very unambitiousStresses that the target of at least 27 % for improving energy efficiency in 2030 adopted by the European Council in 2014, which is mainly justified by an extremely unrealistic highthe 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/energ y_savings/2015/battle-discount-rates.pdf, is well founded;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that a high discount rate would reflects the unrealistic assumption that cost-efficient investments in energy efficiency will not happen because of a number of obstacles resulting from competing European and national legislation and strict reporting requirements, whereas it is the duty of political actors to overcome obstacles to such investments;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8