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REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy efficiency and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC PDF (1 MB) DOC (1 MB)
Amendments (25)
Amendment 379 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
9. ‘retail energy sales company’ means a natural or legal person who sells energy to final customers and who holds the contact with the final customers;
Amendment 442 #
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 energy consumption in 2020 and shall set sectorial obligations and/or obligation on final consumers (residential, industrial, tertiary and public administration), or encourage voluntary agreements among operators. 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 483 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Amendment 594 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Member States shall encourage public bodies directly or indirectly through ESCOs to:
Amendment 605 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) adopt and implement an energy efficiency plan, freestanding or as part of a broader climate or environmental plan, containing specific energy saving objectives, with a view to continuously improving the body's energy efficiency;
Amendment 662 #
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%as a quota 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, as contribution to the national target as set by Art. 3 of this Directive, taking into account the Union’s target of 20% energy savings by 2020. This amount of energy savings shall be achieved by the obligated parties among final customers. The energy saving target shall be introduced gradually and with a starting level differentiated on a national basis in order to take into full account early actions and results achieved so far, including efficiency measures already adopted in the fuel sector. Measures that target long term savings or structured programs proposed by operators in the energy efficiency sector should be encouraged through incentives or specific fiscal treatment.
Amendment 784 #
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 2 000 000, if equivalent measures are established, from the application of this Article. Energy produced for self use shall not count towards these thresholds.
Amendment 825 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 10 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Member States shall encourage the diffusion of Voluntary Agreements among customers, energy service companies, financial and insurance bodies, local institutions, in order to stimulate cooperation on energy efficiency programs and to boost the energy services market as a result of a common voluntary engagement of all the actors.
Amendment 828 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 10 b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Member States shall create a regulatory and fiscal framework encouraging the implementation of energy efficiency initiatives and programs.
Amendment 857 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
The implementation of investments or investment plans resulting from audits in the framework of voluntary agreements shall have ad hoc incentives or specific fiscal treatment meaning also tax relief supporting labour policies.
Amendment 1041 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 2014, Member States shall establish and notify to the Commission a national heating and cooling plan 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. Each national plan shall identify: (a) national cogeneration development targets for year 2020 and corresponding intermediate targets; (b) district heating promotion areas for which cost-benefit analysis have identified cogeneration potential; (c) the information set out in Annex VII. (d) The plans should be based on a comprehensive costs/benefits analysis for each of the planned investments, taking into account the existing level of heat demand and evaluating the different consumption profiles (e. g. industrial, residential or tertiary consumption patterns). Moreover, different types of cogeneration (micro, for self- consumption…) should be considered 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 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 VII.
Amendment 1080 #
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 7. When developing district heating and cooling, they shall to the extent possible opt for high-efficiency cogeneration rather than heat-only generation. The costs associated to the development of district heating and cooling infrastructure shall be borne by the users connected to such infrastructure through regulated tariffs.
Amendment 1109 #
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 in the promotion areas with cogeneration potential as identified according to paragraph 2, all new thermal electricity generation installations with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW:
Amendment 1209 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that, in the promotion areas with cogeneration potential as identified according to paragraph 2, 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, the technical and economic feasibility of a conversion to allow its operation as a high- efficiency cogeneration installation is set as a preferential condition in the new or updated permit or licence, provided that the installation is sited in a location where the waste heare is sufficient can be used by heat demand points in accordance with point 1 of Annex VIII. d long-term stable heat demand.
Amendment 1269 #
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 consumers.
Amendment 1275 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall establish mechanisms to ensure either the connection of these installations to district heating and cooling networks or the use of this waste heat according to established BREF in the relevant sector. 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 consumers.
Amendment 1280 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 1282 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3 – point a
Amendment 1285 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3 – point b
Amendment 1290 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 1435 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
e a) encouraging financial support to SMEs and ESCOs implementing long term investments in the Energy Efficiency on behalf of SMEs, through: dedicated State funds, credit guarantees, low profit loans specifically designed for energy efficiency.
Amendment 1450 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
b) legal and, regulatory and fiscal provisions, andspecifically designed for the development of Energy Efficiency, administrative practices, regarding public purchasing and annual budgeting and accounting rules concerning private investments and, with a view to ensuring that individual public bodies are not deterred from making efficiency-improving investments.
Amendment 1466 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
These measures to remove barriers may include providing incentives, the establishment of public funds for energy efficiency, to which all qualified service providers should have preferential access, repealing or amending legal or regulatory provisions, or adopting guidelines and interpretative communications. These measures may be combined with the provision of education, training and specific information and technical assistance on energy efficiency.
Amendment 1519 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 5
Article 19 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1790 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex XI – section 2 – point f
Annex XI – section 2 – point f