5 Amendments of Christofer FJELLNER related to 2015/2232(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
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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 consumers and create a more level playing field for industry while at the same time realizing that the industry has an inherent interest in increasing energy efficiency and will be the main driver of energy efficiency innovation;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
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3a. Emphasises that flexibility in the implementation of this Directive is crucial since conditions in the Member States vary widely;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
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5. Regretcalls the very unambitious 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 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/energ y_savings/2015/battle-discount-rates.pdf;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
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7. Insists thatUnderlines the importance of eliminating loopholes in the existing Directive, especially in Article 7, must be eliminated, while keepwhile at the same time safeguarding flexibility for the Member States to choose among the measures;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
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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;