Activities of Silvia-Adriana ȚICĂU related to 2010/2107(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Energy Efficiency Action Plan (debate)
Amendments (27)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to Directive 2009/28/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
- having regard to Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the framework for the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems in the field of road transport and for interfaces with other modes of transport,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to Article 170 paragraph 1 of the Treaty on the Functioning of European Union according to which the Union shall contribute to the establishment and development of trans- European networks in the areas of transport, telecommunications and energy infrastructures,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)
Citation 11 b (new)
- having regard to Article 34 paragraph 3 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights on combating social exclusion and poverty which states that the Union shall ensure a decent existence for all those who lack sufficient resources,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas although the TEN-E policy has been ongoing for about 15 years, only 10% of the gas interconnections between Member States have been finalized,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas ICT-applications and infrastructures can enable energy savings, increase energy efficiency and reduce GHG emissions in: electricity distribution grids, smart buildings, smart homes and smart metering, transport, industrial processes and organisational sustainability,
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas buildings are responsible for about 40% of energy consumption and about 36% of greenhouse gas emissions in the EU9 and whereas construction represents a large part of the EU economy with about 12% of the EU GDP, and whereas energy efficiency solutions on building envelope and building automation and control systems can be implemented on both existing and new buildings leading to significant energy savings,
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas expenditures on energy are a major determinant of living costs and Europeans express dissatisfaction with the affordability of energy, they feel that the situation has deteriorated over the past five years and a majority expect the situation to become worse or stay the same over the coming year,
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas homes are not prepared for climate change: there are homes not being comfortably cool in the summer in all countries and there are homes not being comfortable warm in the winter (above 15% in Italy, Latvia, Poland, Cyprus and 50% in Portugal) and in country like Cyprus and Italy houses are not prepared for having cold winter,
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. underlines that energy is essential for every European household and calls on the Commission to take in consideration access of the citizens to the affordable modern energy services and to put in place measures to avoid energy poverty,
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas control on the European energy consumption is needed also to increase the use of energy from renewable sources, together with energy savings and energy efficiency,
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Recital H c (new)
Hc. whereas the financial and economic crises decreased investment budgets and population’s income the Commission and the Member States need to take a new approach by investing in energy efficiency and low-carbon technologies and solutions in order to create jobs, businesses, skills and confidence in energy policy,
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the need to enhance the energy performance of buildings in order to prepare these for hot summer, cold winter and to reduce the energy bills;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to assess the actual energy consumption and through benchmarking the potential for efficiency in public buildings and propose a mandatory target for the reduction of the energy consumption of public buildings owned by public authorities in the Member States by 2020;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Considering that existing buildings account for 99% of the European building stock and adequate measures to reduce their energy consumption are still missing, invites the Member States to set up indicative targets for the number of existing buildings to be refurbished every year;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses the importance of reducing high fuel costs to poorer households by supporting deep refurbishment to drive down energy consumption and expenses;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that the European Parliament and, the Commission and the Council should set an example by refurbishing their buildings to the best standards and by using renewable energy in order to achieve nearly zero level by 2020;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls for the mandatory establishment in Member States of Energy Efficiency Funds which pool streams of public finance and which are designed and managed so as to leverage private finance and direct this towards investment gaps;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Invites the Commission and the Member States to support and finance training schemes to upgrade skills of construction crafts and SMEs related to energy efficiency;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Underlines that the application of information and communication technologies to the road transport sector and its interfaces with other modes of transport will make a significant contribution to improving energy efficiency, safety and security of road transport, and calls on the Commission, and the Member States to ensure a coordinated and effective deployment of ITS within the Union as a whole;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Stresses the need to have a European approach and to integrate the electric vehicles into a smart pan-European grid able to use the energy produced locally from renewables energy sources;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Calls on the Commission, and the Member States to invest in Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) which provide innovative services related to different modes of transport and traffic management, more coordinated and ‘smarter’ transport networks;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Invites the Member States to consider the possibility to reduce VAT rates in energy efficiency refurbishment works;
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. In the light of the expected revision of the Structural and Cohesion Policy and of the EU Financial Perspective, calls for the introduction of climate and energy efficiency and energy saving proofing of all EU funds, so as to ensure that energy saving and energy efficiency will be automatically integrated within the conditionality for granting EU funds;
Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35b. Calls on the Commission to use the mid term review in order to allocate more funds for energy efficiency programmes and to promote the possibility to use up to 15% of the ERDF for energy efficiency;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 – introductory part
Paragraph 37 – introductory part
37. Calls on the Commission to promote EU measures to support technical assistance provided by experienced (national and international) financial intermediaries:
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Calls on the Commission to develop a programme for the energy efficiency for rural area;