4 Amendments of Fiona HALL related to 2008/0222(COD)
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The scope of Council Directive 92/75/EEC is restricted to household appliances; the Sustainable Consumption and Production and Sustainable Industrial Policy Action Plan has shown that the extension of the scope of the Directive to energy-related products, notably construction products, which have an impact on energy consumption during use, could reinforce potential synergies between existing legislative measures, and in particular with Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-using products and amending Council Directive 92/42/EEC and Directives 96/57/EC and 2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, and bring additional energy savings and environmental gains.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Given that buildings account for 40 % of the energy used in the EU and that the revision of the energy performance of buildings directive (2002/91/EC) aims at promoting cost-effective improvement of the overall energy performance of buildings, the inclusion in this context of certain energy-related construction products within the scope of this Directive will make it easier for private households to choose the most energy- and cost- efficient product when renovating their buildings.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) When Member States implement the relevant provisions in this Directive, they should strive to refrain from measures that could impose unnecessarily bureaucratic and unwieldy obligations for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and, to the extent feasible, take into consideration the special needs as well as the financial and administrative limits of SMEs.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall apply to energy- related products, notably construction products, which have a significant impact on the consumption of energy and, where relevant, on other essential resources during use.