72 Amendments of Pilar del CASTILLO VERA related to 2011/0172(COD)
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The Presidency Conclusions of the European Council of 8 and 9 March 2007 emphasized the need to increase energy efficiency in the Union to achieve the objective of saving 20% of the Union's primary energy consumption by 2020 compared to projections. This amounts to a reduction of the Union's primary energy consumption of 368 Mtoe in 2020 or to an improvement of the Union's energy intensity to 104 tonnes of oil equivalent per million euro gross domestic product expressed in 2005 prices. This Directive represents, in combination with a number of existing legislative measures (such as the emissions trading scheme, the Renewable Energy Directive, the Ecodesign Directive, etc), an important instrument to achieve the objective.
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) “The Commission’s Communication on “Energy infrastructure priorities for 2020 and beyond – A Blueprint for an integrated European energy network” underlines the need to adapt EU power capacity to the multitude of applications and technologies relying on electricity as an energy source as well as to maintain the system's security. Demand side resources, applications and technologies have the potential to lead to massive carbon reductions and address the integration of renewable energy into energy networks. Member States shall therefore encourage participation of demand side resources, applications and technologies, such as demand response, into energy markets.”
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The rate of building renovation needs to be increased, as the existing building stock represents the single biggest potential sector for energy savings. Moreover, buildings are crucial to achieving the EU objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80-95% by 2050 compared to 1990. Buildings owned by public bodies account for a considerable share of the building stock and have high visibility in public life. It is therefore appropriate to set an annual rate of renovation of all buildings owned by public bodies to upgrade their energy performance. This renovation rate should be without prejudice to the obligations with regard to nearly- zero energy buildings set in Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings. The obligation to renovaterecommendation to annually renovate a rate of public buildings stock complements the provisions of that Directive, which requires Member States to ensure that when existing buildings undergo major renovation their energy performance is upgraded so that they meet minimum energy performance requirements.
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) These audits should be carried out in an independently and in a cost-effective manner. Theis requirement for independence allows the audits to be carried out by in-house experts or energy services providers, provided that these are qualified or 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 and to impose sanctions if needed.
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) High-efficiency cogeneration (CHP) and district heating and cooling has significant potential for saving primary energy which is largely untapped in the Union. Member States should draw up national plans to develop high-efficiency CHP and district heating and cooling which assesses the socio-economic costs. These plans should cover a sufficiently long period to provide investors with information concerning national development plans and contribute to a stable and supportive investment environment. New electricity generation installations and existing installations which are substantially refurbished or whose permit or licence is updated should be equipped with high-efficient CHP units to recover waste heat stemming from the production of electricity. This waste heat could then be transported where it is needed through district heating networks. To this end, Member States should adopt authorisation criteria to ensure the location of installations in sites close to heat demand points. Member States should however be able to lay down conditions for exemption from these obligations where certain conditions are met.
Amendment 282 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) Energy performance contracting (EPC) comprises a wide variety of mechanisms which open up opportunities to deploy more energy-efficient technologies and solutions. It is necessary to continue developing the market for energy services to ensure the availability of both the demand for and the supply of energy services in an open and transparent manner. Transparency, for example by means of lists of energy services providers, can contribute to this. Model contracts and guidelines, in particular for energy performance contracting, can also help stimulate demand. As in other forms of third-party financing arrangements, in an energy performance contract the beneficiary of the energy service avoids investment costs by using part of the financial value of energy savings to repay the investment fully or partially, carried out by a third party. The market of energy performance contracting shall not be discriminatory to any energy services providers.
Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
Recital 34
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 354 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 c (new)
Amendment 357 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
3. 'energy service' means the physical benefit, utility or good derived from a combination of energy with energy management system and/or energy efficient technology or with action, which may include the operations, maintenance and control necessary to deliver the service, which is delivered on the basis of a contract and in normal circumstances has proven to result in verifiable and measurable or estimable energy efficiency improvement or primary energy savings;
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 389 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)
11 a. ‘demand response’ programs make possible for energy consumers to temporarily reduce their demand for electricity in response to supply conditions. Demand response allows collaboration between energy provider and energy user to incentivate reduction of energy demand at times of peak load, or in response to curtailment requests increasing efficiency of the energy value chain;
Amendment 428 #
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 of primary energy consumption in 2020. When setting these targets, they shall take into account the Union’s target of 20 % energy savings,s, 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 either a reduction of EU primary energy consumption of 368 Mtoe in 2020 or a reduction of EU energy intensity to no more than 104 tonnes of oil equivalent per million euro gross domestic product expressed in 2005 prices in 2020. The national energy efficiency targets shall be expressed either as an absolute level of primary energy savings or as absolute level of primary energy consumption in 2020 relative to the projected GDP in that year. It 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 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 473 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. By 30 June1 December 20143, the Commission shall assess whether the Union is likely to achieve its target of 20 % primary energy savings by 2020, requiring a reduction of EU primary energy consumption of 368 Mtoe in 2020, taking into account the sum of the national targets referred to in paragraph 1 and the evaluation referred to in Article 19(4).
Amendment 479 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 507 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Article 7 of Directive 2010/31/EU, Member States shall ensure that as from 1 January 2014, 3% of the total heated and/or cooled 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 heated and/or cooled floor area of buildings with a total usefulheated and/or cooled 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 536 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Where a public body already has an energy efficiency strategy in place for its buildings based on another parameter, such as savings per heated and/or cooled square meter, and where this strategy is expected to yield energy savings equivalent or higher than the savings expected from meeting the renovation target, Member States shall allow the public body to continue following its existing strategy.
Amendment 537 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Amendment 552 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may allow their public bodies to count towards their annual renovation rate the excess of renovated building floor area in a given year as if it has instead been renovated in any of the twofour previous or following years.
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 670 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. EWithout prejudice to Article 3(1a) of this directive, each Member State shall set up an energy efficiency obligationsupport scheme. This scheme shall ensure that either all energy distributors or all retail energy sales companies operating on the Member State's territory achieveinitiate energy efficiency measures with a verified annual energy savings potential 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 savingese energy efficiency measures shall be achievinitiated by the obligated parties among final customers and may be averaged over the most recent three-year period.
Amendment 702 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall define eligible sectors and measures, country-specific measurement and verification rules in accordance with subparagraph 1b, including qualitative project requirements and eligible actors others than the obligated parties. Member States shall retain the possibility to couple the support scheme with a trading mechanism designed according to national needs and circumstances.
Amendment 703 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. By December 2013, the Commission shall establish, by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 18, common and cost-effective criteria for measuring and verifying energy efficiency measures including their energy savings potential which will allow to quantify energy efficiency efforts by obligated parties resulting from this article. Country- specific measurement and verification rules set by the Member States shall be based on these criteria.
Amendment 714 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall express the amount of the achieved energy savings potential required from each obligated party in terms of either final or primary energy consumption. The method chosen for expressing the required amount of energy savings shall also be used for calculating the savings claimed by obligated parties. The conversion factors in Annex IV shall apply.
Amendment 719 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Measures that target short-term savings, as defined in Annex V(1), shall not account for more than 10% of the amount of energy savings required from each obligated party and shall only be eligible to count towards the obligation laid down in paragraph 1 if combined with measures to which longer- term savings potential are attributed. Member States shall define measures targeting short-term savings and may use Annex V(1) as guideline.
Amendment 735 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that the savingsachieved energy savings potential claimed by obligated parties are calculated and verified in accordance with Annex V(2). They shall put in place control systems under which at least a statistically significant proportion of the energy efficiency improvement measures put in place by the obligated parties is independently verifiedthe common general measurement and verification criteria and the specific national rules.
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 797 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
As an alternative to paragraph 1, Member States may opt to take otheralternative or complementary measures to achievinitiate energy savingefficiency measures among final customers. The annual amount of the energy savings potential by the energy efficiency measures achieved through this approach shall be equivalent to the amount of energy savings required in paragraph 1.
Amendment 798 #
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 in the context of the national energy efficiency plan referred to in Article 19(2) of this directive, the alternative or complementary measures that they plan to adopt, including the rules on penalties referred to in Article 9, and demonstrating how they would achieve the required amount of savings. The Commission maenergy refuse suchficiency 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 measureswith the required verified energy savings potential.
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 862 #
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 20145 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 892 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Energy audits carried out in an independent manner resulting from energy management systems such as complying with EN ISO 50001 or implemented under voluntary agreements concluded between organisations of stakeholders and an appointed body and supervised by the Member State concerned or by the Commission, shall be considered as fulfilling the requirements of paragraph 2.
Amendment 915 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that, where technically feasible and cost-effective for the investor, including consideration of maintenance, management and replacement costs, final customers for electricity, natural gas, district or other central heating or cooling and district- or other central-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 975 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
In case of heating and cooling, where a building is supplied from a district heating network, a heat meter shall be installed at the building entry. In multi-apartment buildings, individual heat consumption metermetering devices shall also be installed to measure the consumption of heat or cooling for each apartment. Where the use of individual heat consumption meters is not technically feasible, individual heat cost allocators, in accordance with the specifications in Annex VI(1.2), shall be used for measuring heat consumption at each radiator.
Amendment 1045 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 JanuaryDecember 20145, Member States shall establishcarry out and notify to the Commission a national heating and cooling plcomprehensive assessment of cogeneration demand for developing the potential for the application of 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 accountIf they have already carried out an equivalent assessment, they shall notify it to the Commission. The assessment should consider different types of cogeneration on the basis of the specificities of different national demand and consumption patterns. The plans shall be updated and notified to the Commission every five years. Member States shall ensure that efficient use of energy resources and the development of resource efficient heating and cooling systems are considered in local and regional development plansning, including urban and rural spatial plans, and fulfil the design criteria in Annex VIIin local and regional energy strategies and planning.
Amendment 1076 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. For the purpose of the assessment referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall carry out a cost-benefit analysis covering their territory, including based on climate conditions, economic feasibility or technical suitability, in order to identify and facilitate implementation of the most cost-efficient solutions to meet heating and cooling requirements.
Amendment 1083 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. 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 7those cogeneration infrastructures identified by their comprehensive assessment as being cost- efficient. When developing district heating and cooling, they shall to the extent possible opt for high-efficiency cogeneration rather than heat-only generation.
Amendment 1103 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall, where appropriate and cost-effective, ensure that all new thermal combustion electricity generation installations with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW:
Amendment 1155 #
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 withtaking into consideration the guidelines laid down in Annex VIII.
Amendment 1202 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that national regulations on urban and rural spatial planning are adapted to the authorisation criteria referred to in paragraph 3 and artake in line withto account the national heating and cooling planalyses referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 1221 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall, where appropriate and cost-effective, ensure that, whenever an existing electricity generation installation with a total rated thermal input exceeding 20 MW is substantially refurbished or when, in accordance with Article 21 of Directive 2010/75/EC, its permit is updated, conversion to allow its operation as a high-efficiency cogeneration installation is set as a condition in the new or updated permit or licence, provided that the installation is sited in a location where the waste heat can be used by heat demand points in accordance with point 1 of Annex VIII.
Amendment 1310 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 9
Article 10 – paragraph 9
9. The Commission shall establish by 1 January 2013 by means of a delegated act in accordance with Article 18 a methodology for the cost-benefit analysis referred to in paragraphs 1(a), 4 (c), 7 (b) and 8(b).
Amendment 1333 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that national energy regulatory authorities pay due regard to energy efficiency in their decisions on the operation of the gas and electricity infrastructure. They shall in particular ensure that network tariffs and regulations provide incentives for grid operators to offer system services to network users permitting them to implement energy efficiency improvement measures in the context of the continuing deployment of smart grids.
Amendment 1340 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Member States shall ensure that national energy regulatory authorities encourage demand side resources, such as demand response, to participate alongside supply in local or regional wholesale markets.
Amendment 1345 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b
b) identifying concrete measures and investments for the introduction of cost- effective energy efficiency improvements or measures aiming to facilitate the integration of renewable energy production in the network infrastructure, with a detailed timetable for their introduction.
Amendment 1349 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
b a) assessing the opportunity of setting up a forward capacity market, for the electricity market. This assessment should include a cost/benefit analysis of aligning such each Member State’s market to target a European market.
Amendment 1359 #
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 and refocus these incentives towards consumer participation to system efficiency, including demand response depending on national circumstances. 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 1395 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall take the appropriate steps to ensure that high-efficiency cogeneration operators and demand response aggregators can offer balancing services and other operational services at the level of transmission system operators or distribution system operators where this is consistent with the mode of operation of the high-efficiency cogeneration installation. Transmission system operators and distribution system operators shall ensure that such services are part of a services bidding process which is transparent and open to scrutiny.
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 1452 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
b) legal and, regulatory, fiscal provisions, and administrative practices, regarding public purchasing and annual budgeting and accounting, with a view to ensuring that individual public bodies are not deterred from making efficiency-improving investments.
Amendment 1473 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a (new)
Amendment 1496 #
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 three years the national reports shall be accompanied by supplementary information in accordance with Annex XIV(2).
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 1509 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall, not later than 1 January 2014, 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. While setting their national energy efficiency plans, the Member States shall take into account cost-effective energy efficiency measures and the risk of carbon leakage.
Amendment 1562 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I a (new)
Annex I a (new)
Amendment 1572 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – introductory part
Annex III – introductory part
Public bodies that purchase products, services or buildings shall take due account of the following guidelines:
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 1711 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) With district or other centralised heating and cooling, billing shall be provided on a monthly basis during the heating/cooling season.
Amendment 1762 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VII – section 3
Annex VII – section 3
Amendment 1786 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex XI – section 2 – introductory part
Annex XI – section 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 1808 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex XIV – Part 2 – section 3 – point 3.4
Annex XIV – Part 2 – section 3 – point 3.4
Supplementary reports shall include an assessment of the progress achieved in implementing the national heating and cooling plan referred to inmeasures resulting from Article 10(1).