10 Amendments of Peter LIESE related to 2010/2107(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that proper implementation of the Ecodesign Directive is a key priority, and reiterates that the directive already provides for implementing measures with regard to 12 groups of products by 2007; insists that Commission and Member States must improve the market surveillance to insure compliance especially with imported products and asks Commission and Member States to improve the Communication about the measures.
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notwithstanding the proper implementation of the Ecodesign directive, underlines that further gains in energy efficiency can be best achieved for some specific sectors by the use of integrative systems. The Commission is called upon to study these possibilities in detail and to come forward with appropriate legislative tools that will allow for the implementation of a different approach that addresses the energy efficiency at system level rather than only at product level.
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Asks the Commission to support and promote the set up and development of a European grid of High-voltage direct current (HVDC) able to optimize the harnessing of renewable energy sources, particularly wind and hydropower. This grid would provide long range energy transmission at low energy loss, while making possible a synergy among all renewable energy sources;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that the full integration of energy efficiency criteria in public procurement policies should be one of the objectives of the new Energy Efficiency Action Plan;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Underlines the importance of a distributed combined heat and power (CHP) or tri-generation network, that allows in practice a doubling of overall energy efficiency. Moreover, heat or cooling storage could add flexibility to the grid during peak hours, allowing production of electricity and heat storage when the production exceeds local needs;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Asks for a regulatory framework that guarantees that all buildings, including existing buildings, are climate neutral by 2050; insists on the fact that public authorities should lead the example by making the buildings in their ownership energy efficient;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines the importance of appropriate financing of energy efficiency, including parts of the revenues that come from auctioning under the emission trading; insists that energy efficiency must be a priority under the next Research Framework Program FP 8.
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Asks for the creation of energy efficiency funds in each Member State, or as an alternative, the creation of a European energy efficiency funds. The sum of the funds, or the European fund, should amount to at least 2 billion Euro a year.
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)