37 Amendments of Peter LIESE related to 2011/0172(COD)
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) In this context, a specific emphasis should be placed on local European producers and SMEs fulfilling high quality standards for their products and services. To this end, the European Union should effectively control related imports from third countries to guarantee that such products and services fulfill the same high quality standards as local producers and service providers in the European Union.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) It would be preferable for the 20% energy efficiency target to be achieved as a result of the cumulative implementation of specific national and European measures promoting energy efficiency in different fields. If that approach does not succeed, it would however be necessary to reinforce the policy framework by adding a system of binding targetmeasures, on the basis of binding national targets, promoting energy efficiency in different fields. In a first stage, therefore, Member States should be required to set binding national energy efficiency targets, schemes and programmes. It should be for them to decide whether these targets should be binding or indicative in their territory. In a second stage, these targets and the individual efforts of each Member State should be evaluated by the Commission, alongside data on the progress made, to assess the likelihood of achieving the overall Union target and the extent to which the individual efforts are sufficient to meet the common goal based on a clear effort- sharing agreement. The Commission should therefore closely monitor and, if necessary, amend the implementation of national energy efficiency programmes through its revised legislative framework and within the Europe 2020 process. If this assessment shows that the overall Union target is unlikely to be achieved, then the Commission should propose mandatory national targets for 2020, taking into account the individual starting points of Member States, their economic performance and early action taken.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30 a (new)
Recital 30 a (new)
(30a) The necessary increase in energy efficiency will only be achieved through a comprehensive change in society’s thinking. Today’s children are tomorrow’s workers, engineers, architects, entrepreneurs and energy users. The decisions they take will influence the way in which society produces and uses energy in the future. Energy education is therefore important so that future generations can be instructed in how to contribute to efficient energy consumption through their lifestyle and personal behaviour. The Member States should therefore take targeted action to promote energy education in schools, with particular stress on how each individual can contribute to more efficient, sustainable energy use through their personal behaviour.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) Directive 2006/32/EC requires Member States to adopt and aim to achieve an overall national indicative energy savings target of 9 % by 2016, to be reached by deploying energy services and other energy efficiency improvement measures. That Directive states that the second Energy Efficiency Plan adopted by the Member States shall be followed, as appropriate and where necessary, by Commission proposals for additional measures, including extending the period of application of targets. If a report concludes that insufficient progress has been made towards achieving the indicative national targets laid down by that Directive, these proposals are to address the level and nature of the targets. The impact assessment accompanying thise Directive finds that the Member States are on track to achieve the 9 % target, which is substantially less ambitious than the subsequently adopted 20 % energy saving target for 2020, and that therefore there is no need to address the level of the targetsindividual national targets as quickly as possible.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)
11 a. "Demand Response" means changes in electric usage by end-use customers/micro generators from their current/normal consumption/injection patterns in response to changes in electricity prices and/or incentive payments designed to adjust electricity usage, or in response to acceptance of the consumer’s bid, alone or through aggregation, to sell demand reduction at a price in an organized electricity markets or to a retail provider. Demand Response programs are designed to increase the efficiency of the energy value chain and/or increase the consumption and integration of intermittent renewables.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. By 30 June 2013 at the latest, Member States shall set aagree to national energy efficiency target expressed as an absolute level ofs, based on a Commission proposal, taking into account the methodology as laid down in Annex Ia so as to ensure the achievement of the Union's target of 20 % primary energy savings by 2020, requiring a reduction of EU primary energy consumption of 368 Mtoe in 2020. WThen setting these national energy efficiency targets, they shall take into account the Union's target of 20 % energy savings,be expressed as an absolute level of primary energy consumption in 2020 and shall take into account the measures provided for in this Directive, the measures adopted to reach the national energy saving targets adopted pursuant to Article 4(1) of Directive 2006/32/EC and other measures to promote energy efficiency within Member States and at Union level.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The Member States shall ensure that policies and measures are implemented to achieve the national energy efficiency targets set in accordance with Paragraph 1 of this Article.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
By 31 December 2013, the Commission shall establish, by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 18, a common and cost-effective methodology for monitoring and verifying energy savings, which will permit to quantify efforts of Member States on an equivalent basis by drawing on available statistical indicators.
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a (new) Member States shall draw up national roadmaps to provide details about national strategies to reduce carbon emission of the building stock by 80% in 2050 compared to 1990 levels. These national shall be adopted by January 1, 2014 (for public buildings), by January 1, 2015 (for commercial buildings), and by January 1, 2017 (for private buildings), and will also establish intermediary targets for average energy consumption of the building stock 2020, 2030, and 2040.
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that public bodies purchase only products, services and buildings with high energy efficiency performance, as referred to in Annex III. Public bodies will thus be taking into account cost-effectiveness, economical feasibility and technical arrangements as well as sufficient competition.
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall set up an energy efficiency obligation scheme. This scheme shall ensure that either all energy distributors or all retail energy sales companies operating on the Member State's territory achieve annual energy savings equal to 1.5% of their energy sales, by volume, in the previous year in that Member State excluding energy used in transport. This amount of energy savings shall be achieved by the obligated parties among final customers.The Member States shall apply the scheme to all sectors.
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that enterprises not included in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 are subject to an energy audit carried out in an independent and cost-effective manner by qualified and/or accredited experts at the latest by 30 June 2014 and every three years from the date of the previous energy audit. Audits may be carried out by in- house experts, provided that these are qualified and accredited, that they are not directly engaged in the activity audited, and that the Member state has put in place a scheme to assure and check their quality.
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) high efficiency gas or coal-fired power stations are to be permitted for economic reasons or to ensure network stability without cogeneration units.
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure the removal of those incentives in transmission and distribution tariffs that unnecessarily increase the volume of distributed or transmitted energy, or those that might hamper participation of demand response, in balancing and ancillary services. In this respect, in accordance with Article 3(2) of Directive 2009/72/EC and Article 3(2) of Directive 2009/73/EC, Member States may impose public service obligations relating to energy efficiency on undertakings operating in the electricity and gas sectors.
Amendment 304 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
5a. Furthermore, Member States may make provisions for continuous and long- term feed-in tariffs, if appropriate on a diminishing scale, in the case of electricity produced by small scale and micro cogeneration units.
Amendment 305 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 306 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 7 b (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Member States shall adopt a Demand Response action plan for the promotion and deployment of demand response in the context of the future action plans for the implementation of smart grids. The plan should include the implementation of appropriate enabling technical specifications for participation of aggregated Demand Response in energy and tertiary reserve markets. Member States shall report to the Commission, by 31 December 2013 and every two years afterwards, on the measures implemented to fulfil the objectives set out in this paragraph.
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. With a view to achieving a high level of technical competence, objectivity and reliability, Member States shall ensure that, by 1 January 2014, certification schemes or equivalent qualification schemes are availableprovided for providers of energy services, energy audits and energy efficiency improvement measures, including for installers of building elements as defined in Article 2(9) of Directive 2010/31/EU. The Member States examine, whether their respective own educational and retraining systems cover the required knowledge.
Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall make publicly available the certification schemes or equivalent qualification schemes referred to in paragraph 1 and shall cooperate among themselves and with the Commissionwork on comparisons between and recognition of the schemes. This shall be without prejudice to directive 2005/36/EC.
Amendment 315 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) monitoring, together with the Commission, the functioning of the market, in view of possible market distortions resulting from the entry on the energy services market by the energy distributors or retail energy sales companies
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The competent authorities of the Member States shall evaluate and take appropriate measures to remove regulatory and non- regulatory barriers to energy efficiency, notably as regards:
Amendment 319 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) provisions on listed buildings which are officially protected as part of a designated environment or because of their special architectural or historic merit with a view to give owners more flexibility to implement energy efficiency measures to these buildings in line with generally accepted conservation practices, i.e. thermal insulation of the outer shell (walls, roof, windows), bearing in mind a balanced weighing of cultural conservation and energy efficiency
Amendment 320 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b b (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b b (new)
(bb) the removal of regulated prices which do not reflect costs.
Amendment 328 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. By 30 April each year, Member States shall report on the progress achieved towards national energy efficiency targets, in accordance with Annex XIV(1). Every two years the national reports shall be accompanied by supplementary information in accordance with Annex XIV(2).
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. By 30 April 2014, and every three years thereafter,1 December 2013 at the latest, the Member States shall submit supplementary reports with information on national energy efficiency policies, action plans, programmes and measures implemented or planned at national, regional and local level to improve energy efficiency in view of achievingprovide the Commission with national energy efficiency plans which describe how the Member States intend to achieve the national energy efficiency targets referred to in Article 3(1). The Commission shall assess those plans and may refuse them or propose amendments thereto. Every two years, the Member States shall provide the Commission with a report on the implementation of their national energy efficiency targets referred to in Article 3(1)plans. The reports shall be complemented with updated estimates of expected overall primary energy consumption in 2020, as well as estimated levels of primary energy consumption in the sectors indicated in Annex XIV(1). The Commission shall, not later than 30 September 2013, provide a template as guidance for the supplementary reports. This template shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 20(2). The supplementary reports shall in any case include the information specified in Annex XIV. When setting their national energy efficiency plans, the Member States shall take into account cost- effective energy efficiency measures and the risk of carbon leakage. When setting their national energy efficiency action plans, Member States shall ensure the promotion of a system approach, e.g. for lighting, at national level, to encourage the use of additional energy saving potentials existing beyond the single product approach.
Amendment 332 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
By 30 April 2014, and every three years thereafter,the Member States shall submit supplementary reports with information on national energy efficiency policies, action plans, programmes andprovide the Commission with national energy efficiency plans which describe how the Member States intend to achieve the national energy efficiency targets referred to in Article 3(1). These plans shall include measures implemented or planned at national, regional and local level to improve energy efficiency in view of achieving t. The national energy efficiency targets referred to in Article 3(1). The reports shall be complemented with updated estimates of expected overall primary energy consumption in 2020, as well as estimated levels of primary energy consumption in the sectors indicated in Annex XIV(1)plans shall be assessed by the Commission and may be refused if the measures laid down in the plan are not sufficient to achieve the national energy efficiency target.
Amendment 336 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 4
Article 19 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall evaluate the annual reports and supplementary reportsinformation and assess the extent to which Member States have made progress towards the achievement of the national energy efficiency targets required by Article 3(1) and towards the implementation of this Directive. The Commission shall send its assessment to the European Parliament and the Council. Based on its assessment of the reports the Commission may issue recommendations to Member Statesor suggest modifications to the instruments applied by Member States. If the assessment shows that a Member State is not on track to achieve the national energy efficiency target, the Member State shall, on request of the Commission, revise its national energy efficiency plan referred to in paragraph 2 of this article.
Amendment 342 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall also monitor the impact of implementing this Directive on Directive 2003/87/EC, Directive 2009/28/EC as well as Directive 2010/31/EC. Until 30/06/2013 at the latest, the European Commission should come forward with a proposal to adjust the Effort Sharing Decision (Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council).
Amendment 347 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 7
Article 19 – paragraph 7
Amendment 358 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 a (new)
Annex 1 a (new)
Annex Ia Calculation methodology for national energy efficiency targets When proposing national energy efficiency targets, the Commission shall use the baseline for the 2020 primary energy consumption projection within the Primes 2007 model. The following methodology shall apply: Primes 2007 Baseline Projection 2020 in Mtoe - 20% savings The reduction targets for 2020 in absolute terms as compared to their 2007 level of primary energy consumption shall include correction factors for the following categories: - a maximum reduction threshold for the group of the nine EU countries with the lowest real household per capita income (L9[1]), - a maximum reduction threshold for the group of the 15 countries that are eligible under the Cohesion Fund (C15), - a maximum reduction threshold for any country, - a minimum reduction threshold for any country not eligible under the Cohesion Fund (EU-27 minus C15[2]), - a minimum reduction threshold for any country eligible under the Cohesion Fund (C15), - a maximum threshold for an absolute increase in energy consumption. _________________ [1] L9 countries include Bulgaria, Romania, Latvia, Poland, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, see Eurostat, Statistics in Focus, 16/2011. [2] C15 countries: L9 countries and Slovenia, Portugal, Malta, Greece, Cyprus, and Spain.
Amendment 396 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 11 – point 2 – introductory part
Annex 11 – point 2 – introductory part
2. Network regulation and tariffs shall allowencourage network operators to offerpromote system services and system tariffs for demand response measures, demand management and distributed generation on organiszed electricity markets, in particularsubject to a cost-effectiveness impact per types of targeted customers (residential, commercial and industrial). Systems services include:
Amendment 399 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 11 – point 2 – paragraph 2
Annex 11 – point 2 – paragraph 2
The potential of demand response should be taken fully into account when implementing regional network capacity adequacy or other energy security related measures. For the purposes of this provision the term ‘organised electricity markets’ shall include over-the-counter markets and electricity exchanges for trading energy, capacity, balancing and ancillary services in all timeframes, including forward, day- ahead and intra-day markets.
Amendment 409 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 14 – part 2 – title
Annex 14 – part 2 – title
General framework for supplementary reportsinformation
Amendment 410 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 14 –part 2- paragraph 1
Annex 14 –part 2- paragraph 1
The reportssupplementary information referred to in Article 19(21) shall provide a framework for the development of national energy efficiency strategies. [This amendment applies throughout Annex XIV(2). Adopting it would necessitate corresponding changes throughout Annex XIV(2)]
Amendment 411 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 14 – part 2-point 3
Annex 14 – part 2-point 3