18 Amendments of Fiona HALL related to 2008/2214(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. Whereas there are increasingly complex risks concerning the security and dependence of supply in connection with the import of energy carriersources into the EU,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. Whereas improving energy efficiency and exploiting the possibilities inherent therein is in the common interest of the Member States; whereas it would be advisable to apply different sets of measures to the Member States, so as to reflect, notwithstanding their divergent economic and climatic characteristics,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. Whereas under Directive 2008/xx/EC on the promotion of the use of Energy from Renewable Sources, Member States are required to promote and encourage energy efficiency and energy savings in order to achieve more easily their renewable targets,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers it timely that, as part of the 2009 review of the action plans, the extent to which the legislation and the action plans cover all the possibilities for economising and promotein the area of energy efficiency, should be examined in detail, as should the division of tasksresponsibility between the European UnCommission and the Member States, and the population and the business sphere, in the area of energy efficiency, should be examined in detail in terms of implementation and enforcement;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the undertaking from the Commission in its Communication entitled Energy efficiency: delivering the 20% target (COM(2008)0772), to prepare a revised EU action plan on Energy efficiency; calls on the Commission to come forward in 2009 with a more ambitious revised action plan under which energy efficiency targets, including the 20% by 2020 target, would be binding;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regards Directive 2006/32/EC on energy end-use efficiency and energy services as a good regulatory framework; at the same time, notes that the Directive defines primarily how to find ways of economisis limited in application to the period up to 2016 and in any case is too limited ing and not practical solutionsmbition to deliver the goal of at least 20% energy efficiency improvement by 2020, so that a review in 2012 is called for;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that energy providers and professional associations in a number of Member States have, on the basis of the Directive, begun improving and coordinating their own smart metering systems, and supports the compulsory introduction of smart meters in all buildings within 10 years of the entry into force of the Internal Electricity Market Directive; urges the Commission to enforce more rigorously the requirements of Article 13 of Directive 2006/32/EC in order to accelerate the roll-out of smart- metering systems;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers it important that enterprises not governed by the European Emissions Trading System be involved in increased energy efficiency, in particular where hidden costs or other difficulties hinder the market achievement of energy efficiency; in order to attain this, considers it necessary – in addition to the extension of ecodesign – that the ‘white certificates’ system be introduced and the Commission complete the relevant checks as soon as possiblenotes the crucial role that energy efficiency can play in helping Member States to achieve their mandatory effort- sharing targets; underlines the particular potential for cost-effective reductions through improved energy efficiency in buildings;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the Commission proposal for a regulationregulation 2008/xx/EC on the conditions governing carbon dioxide emissions from cars (COM(2007)0856) and consultation on further legislation to improve the specific energy efficiency of vehicles; underlines the importance of stringent future emissions targets to be set as soon as possible in the interests of industry certainty; expresses disappointment that the 95g CO2 limit for 2020 called for by Parliament is not yet confirmed; notes, however, with concern that no reduction in the increasing energy demand for transport can be expected from the new legislation;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on Member States to increase their level of ambition and turn their NEEAPs into a practical tool for delivery not only of their energy efficiency targets under Directive 2006/32/EC, but also for their wider and longer term targets, notably to improve energy efficiency by at least 20% by 2020 and meet binding national effort sharing targets for emissions reduction;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers it necessary for the National Action Plans to formulate realistic, substantiated binding targets and to ensurespecify thate measures arto be put in place which conform to these and will have the appropriate effectin order to ensure these targets are reached;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers it indispensable that, in contrast with the current practice of a number of Member States, the National Action Plans be prepared with the substantive involvement of local and regional governments, civil organisations and economic partners in order to ensure better grassroots implementation;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to conduct a scientifically based analysis of the plans already submitted which is more detailed than the current analysis, to find outdisseminate a detailed analysis of the first round of plans submitted in order to make fully known the reasons for delays and take strong action against further delays and omissions;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Urges the Commission to come forward with a detailed, EU wide and mandatory template for NEEAPs, notably with chapters by sector, in order to reduce the administrative burden on Member States and facilitate comparative analysis; notes in particular that NEEAPs should differentiate clearly between policies and actions on energy efficiency previously adopted by Member States and new and additional policies and actions;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Urges the Commission to ensure that NEEAPs present a clear and joined-up approach, and in particular that the requirements of Directive 2002/91/EC on the energy performance of buildings, including any subsequent recasting, are fully integrated into the NEEAPs so that the NEEAPs propose measures that are genuinely additional to energy efficiency improvements already required under existing national and Community legislation;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Urges the European Commission to insist that the NEEAPs clearly state how the obligation under Directive 2006/32/EC for the public sector to play an exemplary role is to be fulfilled and if necessary to make a proposal for Community legislation which will ensure the leading role of the public sector in the area of energy efficiency investments;