48 Amendments of Françoise GROSSETÊTE related to 2011/0172(COD)
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that, as far as possible, public bodies purchase only products, services and buildings with high energy efficiency performance, as referred to in Annex III.
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Within the energy efficiency obligation scheme, Member States mayshall be asked to:
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point c
(c) allow obligated parties to count savings obtained in a given year as if they had instead been obtained in any of the two previous or two following years, so as to enhance the system’s flexibility.
Amendment 298 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) In the implementation of the 20% energy efficiency target, the Commission will have to monitor the impact of new measures on Directive 2003/87/EC establishing the EU's emissions trading directive (ETS) in order to maintain the incentives in the emissions trading system rewarding low carbon investments and preparing the ETS sectors for the innovations needed in the future without interfering with the ETS implementing provisions.
Amendment 300 #
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 this 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 savingefficiency target for 2020, and therefore there is no need to address the level of the targetsambition.
Amendment 334 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
1 a. ‘energy efficiency’ means the use of less energy inputs while maintaining an equivalent level of economic activity or service;
Amendment 353 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
2 b. ‘energy saving’ means a reduction of energy consumption through the implementation of energy efficiency, behaviour change or decreased economic activity;
Amendment 370 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
4 a. 'cost-optimal level’ means the energy performance level of products or services which leads to the lowest cost during the estimated economic lifecycle, where: (a) the lowest cost is determined taking into account energy-related investment costs, maintenance and operating costs, where applicable, and disposal costs, where applicable; and (b) the estimated economic lifecycle is determined by each Member State by product or service category. The cost-optimal level shall lie within the range of performance levels where the cost benefit analysis calculated over the estimated economic lifecycle is positive; For cost-optimal levels related to buildings and building refurbishment, Article 2(14) of Directive 2010/31/EU shall apply;
Amendment 455 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States may deviate from the provisions laid down in Articles 4 and 6. They shall notify to the Commission alternative or complementary measures that they plan to adopt in accordance with Article 19 (2). Member States opting for alternative or complementary measures shall ensure that the amount of primary energy savings or the decrease in energy intensity achieved by these alternative or complementary measures is sufficient to achieve the national energy efficiency target.
Amendment 479 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 509 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Article 7 of Directive 2010/31/EU and without prejudice to Article 3(1a) of this directive, Member States shall ensure that as from 1 January 2014, 3% of the total floor area owned by their public bodies is renovated each year to meet at least the minimum energy performance requirements set by the Member State concerned in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU. The 3% rate shall be calculated on the total floor area of buildings with a total useful floor area over 250 m2 owned by the public bodies of the Member State concerned that, on 1 January of each year, does not meet the national minimum energy performance requirements set in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU.
Amendment 570 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Amendment 587 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States may lay down conditions for the exemption of building categories as defined in Article 4(2) of Directive 2010/31/EU from the provisions of this Article.
Amendment 606 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) adopt an energy efficiency plan, freestanding or as part of a broader climate or environmental plan, containing specific energy savingefficiency objectives, with a view to continuously improving the body's energy efficiency;
Amendment 644 #
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 and take into account cost-optimal levels.
Amendment 653 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – title
Article 6 – title
Energy efficiency obligation schemessupport schemes [This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it would necessitate corresponding changes throughout the text]
Amendment 673 #
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 customersby 2020 an energy- efficiency target set by that Member State. This target shall be achieved by the obligated parties among final customers, excluding the installations covered by Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community.
Amendment 756 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Member States shall publish the achieved energy savings achievedpotential by each obligated party and data on the annual trend of energy savingefficiency improvements under the scheme. For the purposes of publishing and verifying the energy savings achievedachieved energy efficiency measures including their energy savings potential, Member States shall require obligated parties to submit to them at least the followingthe relevant data:.
Amendment 759 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point a
Amendment 763 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point b
Amendment 764 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point c
Amendment 808 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
Member States opting for this option shall notify to the Commission, by 1 January 2013 at the latest, the alternative measures that they plan to adopt, including the rules on penalties referred to in Article 9, and demonstratshowing how they would achieve the required amount of savings. The Commission may refuse such measures or make suggestions for modifications in the 3 months following notification. In such cases, the alternative approach shall not be applied by the Member State concerned until the Commission expressly accepts the resubmitted or modified draft measures.
Amendment 823 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 10
Article 6 – paragraph 10
10. If appropriate, the Commission shall establish, by means of a delegated act in accordance with Article 18, a system of mutual recognition of energy savings achieved under national energy efficiency obligationsupport schemes. Such a system shall allow obligated parties to count energy savingefficiency measures achieved and certified in a given Member State towards their obligations in another Member State.
Amendment 861 #
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 or accredited experts at the latest by 30 June 2014two years after the entry into force of this directive and every threfive years from the date of the previous energy audit. Member States shall permit those enterprises that have implemented the recommendations of their previous energy audit to carry out a fresh audit within 10 years.
Amendment 931 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that final customers for electricity, natural gas, district and/or central heating or cooling and district- supplied and/or central domestic hot water are provided with individual meters that accurately measure, and allow to make availablereadings to be taken of, their actual energy consumption and provide information on actual time of use, in accordance with Annex VI.
Amendment 933 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
When smart meters are installed Member States shall ensure that final customers for electricity, natural gas, district heating or cooling and district- supplied domestic hot water are provided with individual meters that accurately measure and allow to make available their actual energy consumption and provide information on actual time of use, in accordance with Annex VI.
Amendment 981 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Member States shall introduce rules on cost allocation of heat, cooling or hot water consumption in multi-apartment buildings supplied with centralised heat or cooling, cooling or hot water, as well as on the billing thereof. Such rules shall include guidelines on correction factors to reflect building characteristics such as heat transfers between apartments.
Amendment 986 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5 a (new)
Member States may lay down conditions for the exemption of building categories as defined in Article 4(2) of Directive 2010/31/EU from the provisions of this Article.
Amendment 1050 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 2014, Member States shall establishcarry out and notify to the Commission a national heating and cooling plan for developing the potential for the application ofn overall assessment aimed at developing the potential of energy-efficient technologies including high-efficiency cogeneration and efficient district heating and cooling, containing the information set out in Annex VII. The plans shall be updated and notified to the Commission every five years. Member States shall ensure by means of their regulatory framework that national heating and cooling plans are taken into account in local and regional development plans, including urban and rural spatial plans, and fulfil the design criteria in Annex VIItake account of local and regional heat markets. For the purposes of the assessment referred to above, Member States shall carry out cost-benefit analyses covering their territory and based on technical and economic feasibility and suitability, with a view to implementing effective solutions at an acceptable cost.
Amendment 1088 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. On the basis of the assessment referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall take the necessary measures to develop efficient district heating and cooling infrastructure to accommodate the development of high- efficiency cogeneration and the use of heating and cooling from waste heat and renewable energy sources in accordance with paragraphs 1, 3, 6 and 7. When developing district heating and cooling, they shall to the extent possible opt for high-efficiency cogeneration rather than heat-only generation.
Amendment 1106 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall ensure that allinvestors planning to build new thermal electricity generation installations with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW examine whether:
Amendment 1121 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) are provided withit is technically and economically feasible to install equipment allowing for the recovery of waste heat by means of a high-efficiency cogeneration unit; and
Amendment 1135 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) are sitedit is technically and economically feasible to site the installation in a location where waste heat can be used by heat demand points.
Amendment 1144 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall adopt authorisation criteria as referred to in Article 7 of Directive 2009/72/EC, or equivalent permit criteria, to ensure that the provisions of the first subparagraph are met. They shall in particular ensure that the location of new installations takes into account the availability of suitable heat loads for cogeneration in accordance with Annex VIIIOperators shall carry out themselves the technical and economic analysis work referred to in the first two subparagraphs, basing this on the minimum Community requirements established in consultation with all parties concerned.
Amendment 1255 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall adopt authorisation or equivalent prequire operators to assess whetherm itting criteria is technically and economically possible to ensure that industrial installations with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW generating waste heat that are built or substantially refurbished after [the entry into force of this Directive] capture and make use of their waste heat.
Amendment 1268 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall establish mechanisms to ensure the connection of these installations to district heating and cooling networks. They may require these installations to bear the connection charges and the cost of developing the district heating and cooling networks necessary to transport their waste heat to consum connection charges shall be borne by the network users.
Amendment 1418 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
Information and training 1. Member States shall ensure that information on available energy efficiency mechanisms and financial and legal frameworks is transparent and widely and actively disseminated to all relevant market actors, including consumers, builders, architects, engineers, environmental auditors and installers of building elements as defined in Directive 2010/31/EU. They shall ensure that banks and other financial institutions are informed of the possibilities of participating, including through the creation of public/private partnerships, in the financing of energy efficiency improvement measures. 2. Member States shall establish appropriate conditions and incentives for market operators to provide adequate and targeted information and advice to energy consumers on energy efficiency. 3. Member States, with the participation of stakeholders, including local and regional authorities, shall develop suitable information, awareness-raising and training programmes to inform citizens of the benefits and practicalities of taking energy efficiency improvement measures. 4. The Commission shall ensure that information on best energy-saving practices in Member States is exchanged and widely disseminated.
Amendment 1440 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
ea) encouraging public authorities to use energy performance contracts in projects aimed at improving energy efficiency.
Amendment 1455 #
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) legal and regulatory provisions that unnecessarily and disproportionately restrict the use of financial instruments designed to promote the reduction of energy consumption through energy service contracts or of other measures to improve energy efficiency such as energy performance contracts.
Amendment 1501 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
By 30 April1 October 20143, 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. The Commission may refuse a plan or suggest amendments to it the measures laid down in the plan are not sufficient to achieve the national energy efficiency target.
Amendment 1522 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1583 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point a
Annex III – point a
a) where a product is covered by a delegated act adopted under Directive 2010/30/EU or Commission Directive implementing Directive 92/75/EEC, public bodies should purchase only the products that comply with the criterion of belonging to the highest energy efficiency class while taking into account cost-effectiveness, economical feasibility and technical suitability, as well as sufficient competition;
Amendment 1587 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point b
Annex III – point b
b) where a product not covered under point a) is covered by an implementing measure under Directive 2009/125/EC adopted after the entry into force of this Directive, public bodies should purchase only products that comply with energy efficiency benchmarks specified in that implementing measure;
Amendment 1589 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point c
Annex III – point c
c) public bodies should purchase office equipment products covered by Council Decision [2006/1005/EC39 ] that comply with energy efficiency requirements not less demanding than those listed in Annex C of the Agreement attached to that Decision;
Amendment 1593 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point d
Annex III – point d
d) public bodies should purchase only tyres that comply with the criterion of having the highest fuel energy efficiency class, as defined by Regulation (EC) No 1222/200940. This requirement shall not prevent public bodies from purchasing tyres with the highest wet grip class or external rolling noise class where justified by safety or public health reasons;
Amendment 1598 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point e
Annex III – point e
e) public bodies should require in their tenders for service contracts that service providers use, for the purposes of providing the services in question, only products that comply with the requirements referred to in points (a) to (d), when providing the services in question;
Amendment 1604 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point f
Annex III – point f
f) public bodies should purchase or rent only buildings that comply at least with the minimum energy performance requirements referred to in Article 4(1). Compliance with these requirements shall be verified by means of the energy performance certificates referred to in Article 11 of Directive 2010/31/EU.
Amendment 1805 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex XIV – Part 2 – section 3 – point 3.2 – subparagraph 2
Annex XIV – Part 2 – section 3 – point 3.2 – subparagraph 2
The first supplementary report shall include a short description of the national scheme referred to in Article 6(1) or the alternative measures adopted in application of Article 3(1a) or Article 6(9).