Activities of Gaston FRANCO related to 2011/0172(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Energy efficiency (debate)
Amendments (70)
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) A number of municipalities and other public bodies in the Member States have already put into place integrated approaches to energy saving and energy supply, for example via sustainable energy action plans, such as those developed under the Covenant of Mayors initiative, and integrated urban approaches which go beyond individual interventions in buildings or transport modes. Member States should, in order to design ‘low energy cities and regions’. This concept of ‘low energy cities and regions’ considers energy issues as an essential component of urban and regional development embedded in local democratic governance processes. The concept does not just apply to major towns and cities but also to small towns and villages in predominantly rural regions. As a precondition of integrated and sustainable energy efficiency plans, Member States should encourage local authorities to define such local development strategies based on a dialogue with the local public and with commercial and social stakeholders. Member States should then encourage municipalities and other public bodies to adopt integrated and sustainable energy efficiency plans with clear objectives, to involve local stakeholders and citizens in their development and implementation and to adequately inform them about their content and progress in achieving objectives. Such plans can yield considerable energy savings, especially if they are implemented by energy management systems that allow the concerned public bodies to better manage their energy consumption. Exchange of experience between cities, towns and other public bodies should be encouraged with respect to the more innovative experiences.
Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) When designing energy efficiency improvement measures, account should be taken of efficiency gains and savings obtained through the widespread application of cost-effective technological innovations such as smart meters. To maximise the saving benefits of these innovations, final customers should be able to visualise indicators of cost and consumption and have regular individual billing based on actual consumptionformation on their actual consumption. In addition to that, Member States shall develop Demand Response programmes that will empower and reward decentralised and flexible energy generators in combination with Demand Response providers.
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) The specific structure of the cogeneration and district heating and cooling sectors, which include many small and medium-sized producers, should be taken into account, especially when reviewing the administrative procedures for obtaining permission to construct cogeneration capacity or associated networks, in application of the ‘Think Small First’ principle. Notably, the installation of micro-cogeneration units in individual premises should be facilitated.
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions includes energy efficiency among the criteria for determining the Best Available Techniques that should serve as a reference for setting the permit conditions for installations within its scope, including combustion installations with a total rated thermal input of 50 MW or more. However, that Directive gives Member States the option not to impose requirements relating to energy efficiency on combustion units or other units emitting carbon dioxide on the site, for the activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community. To ensure that significant energy efficiency improvements are achieved in electricity and heat generation installations and mineral oil and gas refineries, actual energy efficiency levels should be monitored and compared with the relevant energy efficiency levels associated with the application of the Best Available Techniques. The Commission should compare energy efficiency levels and consider proposing additional measures in the framework of Directive 2010/75/EC if significant discrepancies exist between the actual energy efficiency levels and the levels associated with the application of the Best Available Techniques. The information collected on the actual energy efficiency values should also be used in reviewing the harmonised efficiency reference values for separate production of heat and electricity set out in Commission Decision 2007/74/EC of 21 December 2006.
Amendment 278 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 29 a (new)
Recital 29 a (new)
(29 a) In accordance with Directives (EC) 2009/72 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 and (EC) 2009/73 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009, distribution system operators are responsible for ensuring energy efficiency when operating, maintaining and developing the distribution system. This responsibility should clearly involved active development of energy efficiency toward connected consumers and potential new consumers, and all necessary indirect actions that can facilitate those promotion such as investments in energy efficiency R&D programs, commitment with local authorities or local business community training.
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
This Directive establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy efficiency within the Union in order to ensure the achievement of the Union's target of 20% primary or final energy savings by 2020 and to pave the way for further energy efficiency improvements beyond that date.
Amendment 393 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 12
Article 2 – point 12
12. 'energy audit' means a systematic procedure to obtain adequate knowledge of the existing energy consumption profile of a building or group of buildings, an industrial or commercial operation or installation or a private or public service, identify and quantify cost-effective energy savings opportunities, and report the findings;
Amendment 397 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
13. ‘energy performance contracting’ means a contractual arrangement between the beneficiary and the provider of an energy efficiency improvement measure, accordverified and monitored during tohe which the payment for the investment made by the provider isole term of the contract, where investments in that measure, including works, goods or services, are made in relation to a contractually agreed level of energy efficiency improvement or other agreed energy performance criterion, such as financial savings;
Amendment 448 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall set a national energy efficiency target expressed as an absolute level of primary or final energy consumption in 2020. When setting these targets, they shall take into account the Union’s target of 20 % energy savings, 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 470 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. By 30 June 2014, 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 or final 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 513 #
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,apply one the provisions under subparagraphs (a) and (b): (a) By 1 January 2014, Member States shall establish and make publicly available an inventory of buildings owned by their public bodies indicating: - the floor area in m2; and - the energy performance of each building. As from 1 January 2014, Member States shall ensure that 3% of the total floor area owned by their public bodies State 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 floor area of buildings with a total useful 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. Member States may 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 two previous or following years. (b) As from 1 January 2014, Member States shall ensure that buildings of over 250 m2 owned by the State which do not meet the national minimum energy performance requirements set with a view to reaching cost-optimal levels, in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU, are renovated, with the aim of reducing their energy consumption by at least 40% by 2020.
Amendment 549 #
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 ofshall encourage local and regional authorities and social housing associations, with due respect for their administrative freedom, to conduct a programme to renovated their buildings floor area in a given year as if it has instead been renovated in any of energy-saving purposes, in accordance withe twohe previous or following yearsocedures laid down in paragraph 1.
Amendment 573 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Amendment 587 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States may lay down conditions for the exemption of building categories as defined in Article 4(2) of Directive 2010/31/EU from the provisions of this Article.
Amendment 592 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Member States shall encourage local public bodies, urban and rural municipalities and other public bodies to:
Amendment 599 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) adopt an integrated energy efficiency plan, freestanding or as part of a broader climate orplan on climate, low energy cities or regions, or an environmental plan, containing specific energy saving objectives, with a view to continuously improving the body's energyir energy savings and efficiency;
Amendment 610 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
ba) assess, as part of the implementation of their plan, the possibility of introducing contracts for energy services aimed at maintaining or improving energy efficiency in the long term, including energy performance contracting;
Amendment 619 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
In doing so, Member States shall ensure that the initiatives and incentive measures are open to all their citizens, irrespective of their place of residence.
Amendment 649 #
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.
Amendment 673 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall set up an energy efficiency obligation scheme. This scheme shall ensure that either all energy distributors or all retail energy sales companies operating on the Member State's territory achieve annual energy savings 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 savings shall be achieved by the obligated parties among final customersby 2020 an energy- efficiency target set by that Member State. This target shall be achieved by the obligated parties among final customers, excluding the installations covered by Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community.
Amendment 674 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall set up an energy efficiency obligation scheme. This scheme shall ensure that either all energy distributors or all retail energy sales companies operating on the Member State's territory achieve annual energy savings 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 savings shall be achieved by the obligated parties among final customers, including by connection to and upgrading of district heating and cooling installations or the installation of individual micro- cogeneration units.
Amendment 711 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall express the amount of energy savings required from each obligated party in terms of either final or primary energy consumption. The method chosen for expressing the required amount of energy savingidentify the obligated parties. The method chosen for expressing energy efficiency targets shall also be used for calculating the savingenergy efficiency results 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 780 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 8
Article 6 – paragraph 8
8. Member States may exempt small energy distributors and small retail energy sales companies, namely those that distribute or sell less than the equivalent of 75 GWh of energy per year, employ fewer than 10 persons or have an annual turnover or annual balance sheet total that does not exceed EUR 2 000 000a quantity of energy less than a nationally established threshold level, from the application of this Article. Energy produced for self use shall not count towards these thresholds.
Amendment 808 #
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, the alternative measures that they plan to adopt, including the rules on penalties referred to in Article 9, and demonstratshowing how they would achieve the required amount of savings. The Commission may refuse such 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 measures.
Amendment 822 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 10
Article 6 – paragraph 10
Amendment 829 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall promote the availability to all final customers of energy audits which are affordablcost-effective and carried out in an independent manner by qualified or accredited experts. Energy audits may be carried out by in-house experts, 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. Member States shall support training programmes leading to qualifications for energy auditors.
Amendment 856 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall bring to the attention of small and medium-sized enterprises concrete examples of how energy management systems could help their business. In doing this, Member States must cooperate with the intermediary organisations that represent small enterprises.
Amendment 861 #
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 2014two years after the entry into force of this directive and every threfive years from the date of the previous energy audit. Member States shall permit those enterprises that have implemented the recommendations of their previous energy audit to carry out a fresh audit within 10 years.
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 912 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that, where it is technically and economically feasible, final customers for electricity, natural gas, district heating or cooling and district- supplied domestic hot water who so wish are provided with individual meters that accurately measure, and allow to make availablereadings to be taken of, their actual energy consumption and provide information on actual time of use, at no additional cost and in a format that affords customers improved understanding of their energy consumption, in accordance with Annex VI.
Amendment 926 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that when it is technically and economically feasible final customers for electricity, natural gas, district heating or cooling and district- 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 941 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
When Member States put in place the roll- out of smart meters based on a positive cost-benefit analysis as foreseen by Directives 2009/72/EC and 2009/73/EC concerning electricity and gas markets, they shall ensure that the objectives of energy efficiency and final customers benefits as well as data security, data safety and privacy issues are fully taken into accountconsideration when establishing the minimum functionalities of the meters and obligations imposed on market participants.
Amendment 950 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
In the case of electricity and on request of the final customer, meter operators shall ensure that the meter can account for electricity produced on the final customer's premises and exported to the grid. Member States shall ensure that if final customers request it, metering data on their real-timeactual production or consumption is made available to a third party acting on behalf of the final customer, at no extra cost and in a format that enables customers to gain a clearer picture of their energy use.
Amendment 988 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1018 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Information from metering and billing of individual consumption of energy as well as the other information mentioned in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and Annex VI3 shall be provided to final customers free of chargein a transparent and cost- effective manner.
Amendment 1025 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The provisions of this article are in keeping with the timetable and procedures for the roll-out of smart meters provided for in Directives 2009/72/EC and 2009/73/EC, and meters installed in accordance with those two directives shall ensure accurate billing based on actual consumption.
Amendment 1050 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 2014, Member States shall establishcarry out and notify to the Commission a national heating and cooling plan for developing the potential for the application ofn overall assessment aimed at developing the potential of energy-efficient technologies including 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 account in local and regional development plans, including urban and rural spatial plans, and fulfil the design criteria in Annex VIItake account of local and regional heat markets. For the purposes of the assessment referred to above, Member States shall carry out cost-benefit analyses covering their territory and based on technical and economic feasibility and suitability, with a view to implementing effective solutions at an acceptable cost.
Amendment 1088 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. On the basis of the assessment referred to in paragraph 1, 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 7. When developing district heating and cooling, they shall to the extent possible opt for high-efficiency cogeneration rather than heat-only generation.
Amendment 1094 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall introduce measures and procedures to promote new cogeneration installations, other than small-scale cogeneration units, with a total rated thermal input of less than 20 MW in remote, disadvantaged and/or electricity-poor areas, in particular where local resources (from less than 150 km away) are available, in order to encourage distributed energy generation. Member States shall undertake in particular to encourage the installation of such cogeneration units in locations where local wood waste resources, in particular from sawmills, may be used. Member States shall create an environment conducive to ensuring that these small energy generators’ projects are economically viable.
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 1106 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall ensure that allinvestors planning to build new thermal electricity generation installations with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW examine whether:
Amendment 1121 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) are provided withit is technically and economically feasible to install equipment allowing for the recovery of waste heat by means of a high-efficiency cogeneration unit; and
Amendment 1135 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) are sitedit is technically and economically feasible to site the installation in a location where waste heat can be used by heat demand points.
Amendment 1144 #
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 with Annex VIIIOperators shall carry out themselves the technical and economic analysis work referred to in the first two subparagraphs, basing this on the minimum Community requirements established in consultation with all parties concerned.
Amendment 1255 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall adopt authorisation or equivalent prequire operators to assess whetherm itting criteria is technically and economically possible to ensure that industrial installations with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW generating waste heat that are built or substantially refurbished after [the entry into force of this Directive] capture and make use of their waste heat.
Amendment 1268 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall establish mechanisms to ensure the connection of these installations to district heating and cooling networks. They may require these installations to bear the connection charges and the cost of developing the district heating and cooling networks necessary to transport their waste heat to consum connection charges shall be borne by the network users.
Amendment 1292 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 4
Member States shall notify such conditions for exemption to the Commission by 1 January 2014. The Commission may refuse those conditions or make suggestions for modifications in the 6 months following notification. In such cases, the conditions for exemption shall not be applied by the Member State concerned until the Commission expressly accepts the resubmitted or modified conditions.
Amendment 1331 #
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. In addition, Member States shall ensure that national energy regulatory authorities take an integrated approach encompassing potential savings in the energy supply and the end-use sectors.
Amendment 1335 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For electricity, Member States shall ensure that network regulation, and network tariffs set or approved by energy regulatory authorities, fulfil the criteria in Annex XI, taking into account guidelines and codes developed pursuant to Regulation 714/2009 and. For gas, Member States shall ensure that network regulation, and network tariffs set or approved by energy regulatory authorities are developed pursuant to Regulation 715/2009.
Amendment 1370 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point b
b) provide priority or guaranteed access to the grid of electricity from high efficiency cogeneration where the electricity produced comes from a cogeneration facility fuelled by a renewable resource and/or the heating requirement is at least equal to the heat produced by this facility;
Amendment 1382 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point c
c) when dispatching electricity generating installations, provide priority dispatch of electricity from high efficiency cogeneration where the electricity produced comes from a cogeneration facility fuelled by a renewable resource and/or the heating requirement is at least equal to the heat produced by this facility.
Amendment 1389 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Member States may particularly facilitate the connection to the grid system of electricity produced from high-efficiency cogeneration from small scale and micro cogeneration units. For micro- cogeneration units installed by individual citizens, the relevant authorities shall introduce a suitable simple notification process to the competent body.
Amendment 1411 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 13 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
If a new scheme is introduced, Member States should ensure that it is consistent with the schemes and practices already implemented at national level, in cooperation with the actors concerned.
Amendment 1412 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall make publicly available the certification schemes or equivalent qualification schemes referred to in paragraph 1 and shall cooperate among themselves and with the Commission on comparisons between and recognition of the schemes, in accordance with Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications for regulated professions.
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 1439 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
ea) providing the necessary technical assistance, in cooperation with existing intermediary business organisations.
Amendment 1469 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
These measures shall include: a) the implementation of programmes informing professionals about the rules in force and about the financial and support mechanisms available; b) the development of training programmes for professionals in the building sector on new eco-construction techniques, eco-materials and new approaches to assessing the energy performance of buildings, in order to enhance their role in giving instruction and advice to individuals and enterprises.
Amendment 1507 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
By 30 April 2014, and every three years thereafter, Member States shall submit supplementary reports with information on national energy efficiency policies, action plans, programmes and measures implemented or planned at national, regional and local level to improve energy efficiency in view of achieving the national energy efficiency targets referred to in Article 3(1). The reports shall be complemented with updated estimates of expected overall primary or final energy consumption in 2020, as well as estimated levels of primary energy consumption in the sectors indicated in Annex XIV(1).
Amendment 1522 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1582 #
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, purchase only the products that comply with the criterion of belonging to the highest energy efficiency classes while taking into account cost-effectiveness, economical feasibility and technical suitability, as well as sufficient competition;
Amendment 1642 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 1 – point 1.1 – subparagraph 1
Annex VI – section 1 – point 1.1 – subparagraph 1
When an individual meter is installed, Member States shall ensure that it is connected to an interface such as an internet personal site which provides secure communication to the final customer, enabling the meter to export private metrological data to the final customer or a third party designated by the final customer.
Amendment 1652 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 1 – point 1.1 – subparagraph 3
Annex VI – section 1 – point 1.1 – subparagraph 3
The National Regulatory Authority shall ensure that the interface also provides public data that allows the final customer to consult and use in the case of electricity the applicable time-of- use tariffs with real- time pricing, peak time pricing and peak time rebates.
Amendment 1657 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 1 – point 1.1 – subparagraph 4 – introductory part
Annex VI – section 1 – point 1.1 – subparagraph 4 – introductory part
The private data exported through the interface such as an internet personal site shall offer the final customer a possibility to consult his/her historic consumption levels over a range of time periods (in local currency and in kWh, kJ or m3) such as:
Amendment 1675 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – title
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – title
2.1 Frequency of billingcustomer information based on actual consumption and costs
Amendment 1681 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
In order to enable final customers to regulate their own energy consumption, billinginformation on the basis of actual consumption and costs shall be performrovided with the following frequency:
Amendment 1691 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) On a monthly basis for electricity consumption if technical reasonable and realizable.
Amendment 1696 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) At least every two months for the consumption of natural gas. Where gas is used for individual heating, billingconsumer information shall be provided on a monthly basis if technical reasonable and realizable.
Amendment 1708 #
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 centralised heating and cooling, billingconsumer information shall be provided on a monthly basis during the heating/cooling season if technical reasonable and realizable.
Amendment 1717 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) At least every two months for hot water billingconsumer information if technical reasonable and realizable.