5 Amendments of Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS related to 2011/0172(COD)
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Union is facing unprecedented challenges resulting from increased dependence on energy imports and scarce energy resources, and the need to limit climate change and to overcome the economic crisis. Energy efficiency is a valuable means to address these challenges. It improves the Union's security of supply by reducing primary energy consumption and decreasing energy imports. It helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a cost-effective way and thereby to mitigate climate change. Shifting to a more energy-efficient economy should also accelerate the spread of innovative technological solutions and improve the competitiveness of industry in the Union, boosting economic growth and creating high quality jobs in several sectors related to energy efficiency, that can be defendable in the medium and long term in terms of global competition.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
It lays down rules designed to remove barriers in the energy market and overcome market failures that impede efficiency in the supply and use of energy, especially as regards small consumers, small and micro enterprises and perverse incentives for large energy producers promoting energy efficiency, and provides for the establishment of national energy efficiency targets for 2020.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Any action specified in Article 4 shall be accompanied by a feasibility study showing the financial results of the investment, bearing in mind the current use and possible future uses of the public building in question.
Amendment 136 #
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. , provided that the additional cost involved in the purchase in question is a financially efficient decision, taking into account the financial efficiency of the purchase from the point of view of the investment and the benefit in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point c a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point c a (new)
ca. take special measures to address the perverse incentives that exist when energy distributors and retail energy sales companies are also energy producers.