Activities of Adam GIEREK related to 2016/0376(COD)
Plenary speeches (4)
Energy efficiency - Governance of the Energy Union - Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (debate) PL
Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources - Energy efficiency - Governance of the Energy Union (debate) PL
Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources - Energy efficiency - Governance of the Energy Union (debate) PL
Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources - Energy efficiency - Governance of the Energy Union (debate) PL
Amendments (44)
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Moderation of energy demand is one of the five dimensions of the Energy Union Strategy adopted on 25 February 2015. Improving energy efficiency will Improving the efficiency of non- renewable primary energy resources benefits the environment,. It will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy security by reducing dependence on energy imports from outside the Union, cut energy costs forand cut the costs of final electricity and heat supplied to households and companies, whelp alleviate energy povre it will be used effectively in the form of usable enertgy and lead to increased jobs and economy-wide economic activity. This is in line with the Union commitments maduseful work to alleviate energy poverty, thereby generating economic activity in the Member States. This will translate into the framework of the Energy Union and global climate agenda established by the Paris Agreement of December 2015 by the Parties of the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Changeurther improvement of the quality of life of the citizens of the Member States.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Moderation of energy demand is one of the five dimensions of the Energy Union Strategy adopted on 25 February 2015. Improving energy efficiency will benefit the environment, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve energy security by reducing dependence on energy imports from outside the Union, cut energy costs for households and companies, benefit public health, help alleviate energy poverty and lead to increased jobs and economy-wide economic activity. This is in line with the Union commitments made in the framework of the Energy Union and global climate agenda established by the Paris Agreement of December 2015 by the Parties of the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council9 is an element to progress towards the Energy Union, under which energy efficiency should be treated as an energy source source of accessible energy in its own right. The 'energy efficiency first' principle should be taken into account when setting new rules for the supply side and other policy areas. The Commission should ensure that energy efficiency and demand side response can compete on equal terms with generation capacitproviding for an increase in or the stabilisation of the supply of final energy to the Member States’ markets, with declining consumption of non-renewable primary energy. Energy efficiency needs to be considered whenever energy system relevant planning orand financing decisions are taken. EInvestments to improve final energy efficiency improvements need to be realised whenever it is more cost-effective for the market than equivalent supply-side solutions. This should help to exploit the multiple benefits of an increase in energy efficiency for Europe's society, in particular for citizat all stages of energy flow and thereby improve the welfare of Europe's society. The Commission should ensure that the real increase in energy efficiency and actions taken in response to actual market demand can co-exist harmoniously with increasing per capita GDP. Decisions favouring investments and businesses. in energy efficiency, particularly at the stage of converting primary non-renewable energy into final energy, and in effective grids used to supply energy to the users, should be prioritised in EU financial plans, especially under the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI). __________________ 9 Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1).
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) All forms of primary energy (non- renewable and renewable) should take into account the additional energy input required to acquire that energy, to establish and operate power installations and to dismantle them, as well as to eliminate the associated threats to the environment.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) Member State measures should be supported by well-designed and effective EU financial instruments, such as the EU budget, the EFSI and the EIB. Financial support should be technologically neutral and focused on the most cost-effective method of reducing primary energy consumption or increasing energy efficiency, as regards both non-renewable primary energy and final energy.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The European Council of October 2014 set a 27 % energy efficiency target for 2030, to be reviewed by 2020 'having in mind an Union level of 30 %'. In December 2015, the European Parliament called upon the Commission to also assess the viability of a 40 % energy efficiency target for the same timeframe. It is therefore appropriate to review and consequently amend the Directive to adapt it to the 2030 perspectiveanalyse the technical and investment aspects of an amendment to the Directive, so as to ensure that they will not, by 2030, result in economic disturbance in the Member States or worsen the living conditions of citizens owing to the reduction in their per capita GDP. Moreover, an appropriate benchmark for the assessment of energy efficiency improvements should be defined, including the use of non- renewable primary energy in relation to GDP per capita for the Member State concerned.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The European Council of October 2014 set a 27 % energy efficiency target for 2030, to be reviewed by 2020 'having in mind an Union level of 30 %'. In DecemberJune 20156, the European Parliament called upon the Commission to also assess the viability of apropose a binding 40 % energy efficiency target for the same timeframe. It is therefore appropriate to review and consequently amend the Directive to adapt it to the 2030 perspective.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) There are no binding targets at national level in the 2030 perspective. The need for the Union to achieve its energy efficiency targets at EU level, expressed in primary and final energy consumption, in 2020 and 2030 should be clearly set outMember States to achieve the ambitious and binding targets set out in European Parliament resolution of 23 June 2016 on the implementation report on the Energy Efficiency Directive (2012/27/EU), expressed in the form of a significant reduction in the use of non- renewable primary energy by 2020 and 2030, as well as after 2030, should be clearly defined at EU level for the commercial power industry, energy transmission and distribution, heating and cooling in the housing sector, and in public and goods transport, in the form of a binding 30 % target. This clarification at Union level should not restrict Member States as their freedom is kept to set their national contributions based on either primary or final energy consumption, primary or final energy savings, or energy intensityof the ambitious EU target should not, however, impose constraints on Member States, which are guided by their development plans when it comes to the priority given to the rate of efficiency improvements in the aforementioned economic sectors. Member States should sretain their national indicative energy efficiency contributions taking into account that the Union’s 2030 energy consumption has to be no more than 1 321 Mtoe of primary energy and no more than 987 Mtoe of final energy. This means that primary energy consumption should be reduced by 23 % and final energy consumption should be reduced by 17 % in the Union compared to 2005 levels freedom to determine their national contributions based on an effective definition of the energy intensity of their energy mix on the basis of the consumption of accumulated non-renewable primary energy. Member States should therefore set themselves ambitious national indicative contributions for the reduction of consumption of non-renewable primary energy, having regard to the EU binding target for 2030. A regular evaluation of Member States’ progress towards the achievement of the Union 2030 target is necessaryir obligations in terms of the EU target shall be carried out every two-and-a-half years, and is provided for in the legislative proposal on Energy Union Governance.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The operational efficiency of energy systems at any given moment is influenced by the ability to feed power generated from different sources - with different degrees of inertia and start-up times - into the grid smoothly and flexibly; improving this efficiency will enable better use to be made of renewable energy, such as wind power combined with gas turbines, to avoid overloading networks served by conventional large power units that have significant thermal inertia.
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Emission standards should take into account the current and potential energy efficiency of a Member State's energy mix; they should also take into account the real system for the supply of non-renewable primary energy of internal origin and imported primary energy, so that the EU emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) could be modified without limiting the competitiveness of countries generating energy from fossil fuels, particularly from coal.
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7b) Member States should define the total energy efficiency of their energy mix, i.e. the efficiency in moving from non- renewable primary energy that they have, through the final energy supplied to the consumer market, to the energy used on that market: in the housing sector, transport and industry, while using numerical conversion rates set out as PEFs in Annexes IVa and IVb, and taking account of a percentage share of each primary energy constituent in this mix, by adding individual shares of these constituents multiplied by the applicable conversion effectivenesses.
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) It is important to include all energy chain steps into the counting of savings in order to increase the energy savings potential in transmission and distribution of electricity by introducing benchmarking mechanisms for network operators in order to encourage good network management, the reducing of losses and a cost/energy effective investment programme into the infrastructure.
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Improvements to the energy efficiency of buildings should benefit in particular vulnerable consumers affected byt risk of energy poverty. Member States can already require obligated parties to include social aims in energy saving measures, in relation to energy poverty, and this possibility should now be extended to alternative measures, strengthened to require a significant share to be implemented as a priority, and transformed into an obligation while leaving full flexibility to Member States with regard to the size, scope and content of such measures. In line with Article 9 of the Treaty, the Union's energy efficiency policies should be inclusive and therefore also ensure accessibility of energy efficiency measures for energy poor consumers.
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Reacting to daytime and night- time demand for electricity is an important instrument for improving energy efficiency, since it significantly increases energy saving opportunities for consumers by allowing them to make decisions based on information indicating the possibility of optimising energy consumption when energy is in demand, including at peak times, so as to enable better use of transmission networks and productive resources.
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) With around 50 million households in the Union being affected by energy poverty, energy efficiency measures must be central to any cost- effective strategy to address energy poverty and consumer vulnerability and are complementary to social security policies at the Member State level.
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 b (new)
Recital 12 b (new)
(12b) The Union's building stock will need to become ‘nearly zero energy buildings’ by 2050, in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement. Present building renovation rates are insufficient and those buildings occupied by low- income citizens at risk of energy poverty are the hardest to reach. Therefore, the measures laid down in Articles 7, 7a and 7b are of particular importance.
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Energy generated on or in buildings from renewable energy technologies reduces the supplied fossil energy. The reduction of energy consumption and the use of energy from renewable sources in the buildings sector are important measures to reduce the Union’s energy dependency and greenhouse gas emissions, especially in view of ambitious climate and energy objectives set for 2030 as well as the global commitment made in the Conference of the Parties of the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) held in Paris in December 2015. Member States should therefore be able to take into account a certain amount of renewable energy generated on or in buildings or nearby for own use into account to satisfy their energy savings requirements. For this purpose Member States should be allowed to use calculation methodologies established under Directive 2010/31/EU.
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) The energy balance in Member States' businesses and industries can be improved, building on the principles of the circular economy, by means of the proper use of industrial waste as secondary raw materials, provided that their energy potential is higher than the potential of alternative primary raw materials.
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 b (new)
Recital 13 b (new)
(13b) Member States should be demonstrate a high degree of flexibility in the design and implementation of alternative measures for determining their national priorities for energy efficiency, including both energy efficient products and energy-efficient technological production processes; support is required for actions focusing on targets related to the efficient use of natural resources or to the need to introduce the Circular Economy; segregated municipal waste burnt as part of ‘waste-to-energy’ processes is an increasingly important source of primary energy, whose energy value and PEF are equivalent to heating data for lignite.
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to be able to evaluate the effectiveness of Directive 2012/27/EU, a requirement for a general review of the Directive and a report to the European Parliament and the Council by 28 February 2024 should be introducedEnergy and climate law is complementary and should be mutually reinforcing. Thus, as part of the obligations under the Paris Agreement, within six months of the UNFCCC global stocktake in 2023 the Commission should undertake a general review of the Directive and a report to the European Parliament and the Council should be introduced assessing the general effectiveness of Directive 2012/27/EU and the need to adjust the Union's energy efficiency policy according to the objectives of the Paris Agreement. Such a review should be undertaken in subsequent global stocktakes thereafter.
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) Calculation of the actual efficiency gains in a physical sense, in line with the formula set out in Article 2(6) and (6a) of Directive 2012/27/EU, as amended by this Directive, involves various large economic operators: energy generators, including power plants and CHP plants, transmission network distributors and the consumer market, which is the last link in the chain of energy consumption.
Amendment 247 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive establishes a common framework of measures to promote energy efficiency within the Union in order to ensure that the Union’s 2020 20 % headline targets and its 2030 30 %ambitious 2030 binding headline targets on energy efficiency are met and paves the way for further energy efficiency improvements beyond those dates. It lays down rules designed to remove barriers in the energy market and overcome market failures that impede efficiency in the supply and use of energy, and. While recognising that the economies of Member States are characterised by diverse economic potentials and energy mixes, and taking into account the complete energy flow chain, from primary energy to the consumer market, this directive provides for the establishment of ambitious indicative national energy efficiency targets and contributions for 2020 and 2030.’; __________________ 1aCompared with projections based on the PRIMES model using 2007 as a base, this is equivalent to reducing energy use by 34% compared with the 2005 absolute levels.
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new) – point a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new) – point a (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1a) ‘energy’ means all forms of energy products, combustible fuels, heat, renewable energy, electricity, or any other form of energy, as defineArticle 2 shall be amended as follows: (a) point 1 is replaced by the following: (1) ‘energy’ means a scalar physical quantity that describes a structural and kinetic state of material systems (matter) that may interact with each other under external influences, leading to their new structural and kin Article 2(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament aetic state of equilibrium, while the amount of work done and the dissipative mechanical and thermal effect depends ofn the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics (1)intensity of such transition. The energy is not destroyed during the transition from one material system to another;
Amendment 269 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new) – point b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new) – point b (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
(b) the following point shall be added: (1a) ‘primary energy’ means the energy of: electromagnetic waves, including the energy of solar radiation and mechanical energy, wind and water energy, including tidal energy and chemical energy that is contained in fossil fuels and raw materials, as well as potential energy contained in the Earth’s crust in the form of mechanical stresses, geothermal energy and nuclear energy contained in fissile elements or released during thermonuclear fusion; primary energy can be divided into two groups: – non-renewable energy, i.e. energy contained in fossil fuels and nuclear fuel; – renewable energy, i.e. solar radiation, wind and tidal energy, as well as energy contained in the Earth’s crust and in biofuels;’
Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new) – point c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new) – point c (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 c (new)
(c) the following point shall be added: ‘(1c) ‘primary energy factor (PEF)’ means a coefficient (a multiplying factor), i.e. a dimensionless numerical value that makes it possible, through multiplication, to calculate the amount of non-renewable primary energy based on the measured amount of final energy broken down into various sources of such final energy in the form of electricity or heat, and to calculate cumulative non-renewable primary energy in order to reflect energy losses in conversion, transmission and distribution;’
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new) – point f (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new) – point f (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 e (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 e (new)
(f) the following point shall be added: ‘(1e) ‘the chain of energy conversions’ means a technological process that begins with the release of primary energy and its transmission to the market in the form of final energy, where it is converted by a consumer into usable energy (work):’
Amendment 345 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 5
Article 5
(2a) Article 5 shall be amended as follows: “Article 5 Exemplary role of public bodies' buildings 1. Without prejudice to Article 7 of Directive 2010/31/EU, each Member State shall ensure that, as from 1 January 2014, 3 % of the total floor area of heated and/or cooled buildings owned and occupied by its central governmentpublic authorities is renovated each year to meet at least the minimum energy performance requirements that it has set 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 2500 m 2 owned and occupied by the central government of the Member State concerned that, on 1 January of each year, do not meet the national minimum energy performance requirements set in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU. That threshold shall be lowered to 250 m 2 as of 9 July 2015. Where a Member State requires that the obligation to renovate each year 3 % of the total floor area extends to floor area owned and occupied by administrative departments at a level below central government, the 3 % rate shall be calculated on the total floor area of buildings with a total useful floor area over 500 m 2 and, as of 9 July 2015, over 250 m 2 owned and occupied by central government and by these administrative departmentpublic authorities of the Member State concerned that, on 1 January of each year, do not meet the national minimum energy performance requirements set in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU. When implementing measures for the comprehensive renovation of central governmentpublic authority buildings in accordance with the first subparagraph, Member States may choose to consider the building as a whole, including the building envelope, equipment, operation and maintenance. Member States shall require that central governmentpublic authority buildings with the poorest energy performance be a priority for energy efficiency measures, where cost- effective and technically feasible. 2. Member States may decide not to set or apply the requirements referred to in paragraph 1 to the following categories of buildings: (a) buildings officially protected as part of a designated environment, or because of their special architectural or historical merit, in so far as compliance with certain minimum energy performance requirements would unacceptably alter their character or appearance; (b) buildings owned by the armed forces or central government and serving national defence purposes, apart from single living quarters or office buildings for the armed forces and other staff employed by national defence authorities; (c) buildings used as places of worship and for religious activities. 3. If a Member State renovates more than 3 % of the total floor area of central government buildings in a given year, it may count the excess towards the annual renovation rate of any of the three previous or following years. 4. Member States may count towards the annual renovation rate of central governmentpublic authority buildings new buildings occupied and owned as replacements for specific central governmentpublic authority buildings demolished in any of the two previous years, or buildings that have been sold, demolished or taken out of use in any of the two previous years due to more intensive use of other buildings. 5. For the purposes of paragraph 1, by 31 December 2013, Member States shall establish and make publicly available an inventory of heated and/or cooled central governmentpublic authority buildings with a total useful floor area over 500 m 2 and, as of 9 July 2015, over 250 m 2 , excluding buildings exempted on the basis of paragraph 2. The inventory shall contain the following data: (a) the floor area in m 2 ; and (b) the energy performance of each building or relevant energy data. 6. Without prejudice to Article 7 of Directive 2010/31/EU, Member States may opt for an alternative approach to paragraphs 1 to 5 of this Article, whereby they take other cost- effective measures, including deep renovations and measures for behavioural change of occupants, to achieve, by 2020, an amount of energy savings in eligible buildings owned and occupied by their central governmentpublic authorities that is at least equivalent to that required in paragraph 1, reported on an annual basis. For the purpose of the alternative approach, Member States may estimate the energy savings that paragraphs 1 to 4 would generate by using appropriate standard values for the energy consumption of reference central governmentpublic authorities buildings before and after renovation and according to estimates of the surface of their stock. The categories of reference central governmentpublic authority buildings shall be representative of the stock of such buildings. Member States opting for the alternative approach shall notify to the Commission, by 31 December 2013, the alternative measures that they plan to adopt, showing how they would achieve an equivalent improvement in the energy performance of the buildings within the central governmentpublic authorities estate. 7. Member States shall encourage public bodies, including at regional and local level, and social housing bodies governed by public law, with due regard for their respective competences and administrative set-up, to: (a) adopt an energy efficiency plan, freestanding or as part of a broader climate or environmental plan, containing specific energy saving and efficiency objectives and actions, with a view to following the exemplary role of central governmentpublic authority buildings laid down in paragraphs 1, 5 and 6; (b) put in place an energy management system, including energy audits, as part of the implementation of their plan; (c) use, where appropriate, energy service companies, and energy performance contracting to finance renovations and implement plans to maintain or improve energy efficiency in the long term.”
Amendment 360 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) new savings each year from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2030 of 1.52 % of annual energy sales to final customers by volumedemand for primary energy, averaged over the most recent three-year period prior to 1 January 2019, through: (i) the continued high-efficiency conversion of primary energy into final energy; (ii) the high-efficiency transmission of such electricity by the operators of transmission and distribution systems; and (iii) measures taken to reduce demand among final users. The measures referred to in point (iii) should represent at least half of the annual primary energy savings referred to in this point. The savings referred to in points (a) and (b) should be achieved cumulatively.
Amendment 363 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) new savings each year from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2030 of 1.52 % of annual energy sales to final customers by volume, averaged over the most recent three-year period prior to 1 January 2019. These savings shall be cumulative and additional to savings achieved under point (a).
Amendment 391 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 395 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall continue to achieve new, additional, cumulative annual savings of 1.52% for ten year periods after 2030, unless reviews by the Commission by 2027 and every 10 years thereafter conclude that this is not necessary to achieve the Union's long term energy and climate targets for 2050.
Amendment 426 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Member States shall decide how the calculated quantity of new savings is to be phased over each period referred to in points (a) and (b) as long as the required total cumulative savings have been achieved by the end of each pernew primary energy savings calculated on the basis of the PEF indicators set out in Annexes IVa and IVb are to be phased over each period referred to in points (a) and (b) and how declared savings will be reached by the end of each period; the PEF indicators should be updated every two-and-a-half years by means of negotiations between the Member States and the Commissiodn.
Amendment 429 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Subject tofor the purposes of calculating the amount of energy savings required for the period referred to in point (a) of paragraph 31, eachand with a total amount of 25% of energy savings, Member States may:
Amendment 435 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) allow energy savings achieved in the energy transformation, distribution and transmission sectors, including efficient district heating and cooling infrastructure, as a result of implementing the requirements set out in Article 14(4), point (b) of Article 14(5) and Article 15(1) to (6) and (9), to be counted towards the amount of energy savings required under paragraph 1; the savings shall be properly accounted for via a common methodology, favouring the benchmarking of technologies;
Amendment 453 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Amendment 480 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. The financial impact on economic sectors under an obligation to purchase CO2 emission allowances must – in view of the obligation to reduce energy use annually by the linear factor of 1.5 %, as well as to reduce emissions of CO2 at the rate of 2.2 % annually – be taken into account and compensated for in the next base year in relation to the relative reduction of primary energy use achieved.
Amendment 504 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7a – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 7a – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) shall include and make public requirements with a social aim in the saving obligations they impose, including by requiring a significant share of energy efficiency measures to be implemented as a priority in vulnerable households affected byt risk of energy poverty and in social housing;
Amendment 524 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7b – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7b – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Furthermore, all opportunities to increase energy efficiency, including from higher performing fuel used in transport shall be eligible towards cumulative end- use energy savings requirement set out in Article 7(1).
Amendment 526 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7b – paragraph 2
Article 7b – paragraph 2
2. In designing alternative policy measures to achieve energy savings, Member States shall take into account the effect on households affected by energy poverty and ensure a significant share of such measures are implemented as a priority in vulnerable households at risk of energy poverty and in social housing, and make this information public.
Amendment 563 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 9a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 9a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In multi-apartment and multi-purpose buildings with a central heating or cooling source or supplied from district heating and cooling systems, individual meters shall be installed to measure the consumption of heat or cooling or hot water for each building unit, where technically feasible, cost effective and proportionate in relation to the potential of energy savings.
Amendment 614 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
(11a) Article 15 is amended as follows: (aa) the following text is added to paragraph (4): A common methodology shall be defined by the Commission, following a consultation of relevant stakeholders, in order to encourage network operators in reducing of losses and a cost/energy effective investment programme into the infrastructure and to properly account for the energy efficiency and flexibility of the grid. This methodology shall be specified in a delegated act, 12 months after entry force of this Directive.
Amendment 630 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 24 – paragraph 12
Article 24 – paragraph 12
12. The Commission shall evaluate this Directive by 28 February 2024 at the latest, and every five years thereafter, and shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Councilundertake a general review this Directive within six months of the UNFCCC global stocktake in 2023, and after subsequent global stocktakes thereafter, and shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council assessing the general effectiveness of this Directive and the need to adjust the Union's energy efficiency policy in accordance with the objectives of the Paris Agreement. That report shall be accompanied, if appropriate, by proposals for further measures.;
Amendment 680 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 1 a (new)
Annex – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Annex V a (new)
Annex V a (new)