Activites

• 2003/07/15 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Decision 2003/1230
  • OJ L 176 15.07.2003, p. 0029-0037
• 2003/06/26 Final act signed
• 2003/06/26 End of procedure in Parliament
• #2518
• 2003/06/16 Council Meeting
• 2003/05/13 Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading
  • T5-0201/2003 summary

    The European Parliament adopted the resolution drafted by Eryll McNALLY (PES, UK) and made some amendments to the common position. (Please see the summary dated 23/04/03.) As regards the programme's budget, Parliament agreed on the sum of EUR 200 million (the Council having initially proposed EUR 190m). This amount will be distributed among four areas: improvement of energy efficiency (EUR 69.8m), promotion of new and renewable energy sources (EUR 80m), energy aspects of transport (EUR 32.6m) and the promotion of renewable energy sources and energy efficiency in the developing countries (EUR 17.6m).�

• 2003/05/12 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2003/04/23 Vote in committee, 2nd reading
  • A5-0131/2003
• 2003/02/13 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
• 2003/02/03 Council position published
  • 15547/2/2002 summary

    The Council accepted 22 out of the 39 amendments proposed by the European Parliament. The Council rejected the 17 other amendments. The Austrian delegation voted against this common position. The main changes introduced by the Council into the draft Decision concern the financial reference amount for the implementation of the programme. The Council considers a reference amount of EUR 190 million to be appropriate for the period 2003 to 2006, that is EUR 25 million lower than the Commission's proposal. The indicative breakdown of the budget for the four specific fields on the basis of the new reference amount is given: - the improvement of energy efficiency and the rational use of energy (EUR 66.3 millions); - new and renewable energy sources and diversification of energy production (EUR 76 million); - energy aspects of transport (EUR 31 million); - promotion of renewable energy sources and energy sources and energy efficiency at international level, particularly in the developing countries (EUR 16.7 million). Furthermore, with a view to allocating a certain flexibility on this reference amount, the Council introduced a review clause which allows for the possibility of revising the programme's budget after the first half of the programme, based on a report which the Commission is due to carry out before the end of September 2004. Other changes aim: - to specify certain groups of developing countries in view of their participation in the COOPENER programme; - to clarify the relation between the four specific fields and the so-called key actions in order to make it clear that both actions can be funded under the Intelligent Energy Programme; - to include a reference, in addition to the Commission proposed wording for the objective of the actions or projects, to the reorganisation of structures and instruments for sustainable energy development, to the dissemination of best practices and new cross-cutting technologies and of the dissemination of results of the actions and projects; - to include an amendment that speicifies that before putting forward new proposals on an subsequent programme, the Commission should provide and conclude on, an external evaluation of the implementation of the Intelligent Energy Programme, to be carried out by independent experts; - to clarify that all candidate countries are treated on an equal footing as regards their participation in the Intelligent Energy Programme. The Council believes that to a large extent the common position meets the substance of most of the wishes expressed by the European Parliament and that will contribute to the balanced achievement of security of supply, competitiveness and environmental protection.�

• #2465
• 2002/11/25 Council Meeting
• 2002/11/20 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T5-0551/2002 summary

    The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by Eryl MCNALLY (PES, UK) making some amendments to the "Intelligent Energy for Europe" programme. (Please refer to the document dated 21/10/02.) Parliament also specified the following: -access to information on forthcoming programmes must be readily available to current and possible future participants; -the Commission must ensure the systematic dissemination and evaluation of the results of all initiatives funded under the programmes; -the results of the initiative funded under the programme must be made easily accessible for the public. With regard to the European Intelligent Energy Agency, Parliament stated that this was needed to ensure that best practices are quickly replicated across the EU and to facilitate the introduction and deployment of new technologies, leading to associated environmental and economic benefits.�

• 2002/10/21 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A5-0357/2002
• #2433
• 2002/06/06 Council Meeting
  • 2433
• 2002/05/13 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2002/04/09 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2002)0162 summary

    PURPOSE: to present a multi-annual programme in the field of energy entitled "Intelligent Energy for Europe". CONTENT: the current energy framework programme is due to expire on 31 December 2002 hence the Commission's proposal to renew the programme for a further three years. The new multi-annual programme will have a budget of EUR 215 million and will be entitled "Intelligent Energy for Europe". The objectives of the programme are fully in line with the conclusions of the Green Paper on the security of energy supply in Europe. Promoting renewable energy will be one of the main planks defining the multi-annual energy programme set to run from 2003-2006 and will be comprised of the following four priorities: 1) SAVE : This is an energy saving programme with a total budget of EUR 75 million for the coming four years. 2) ALTENER : A programme to promote renewable energy. It will be allocated a total budget of EUR 86 million over the coming four years. 3) STEER : This programme will support energy saving measures in the field of transport and will be allocated a total of EUR 35 million over the coming four years. 4) COOPENER : This is a programme which has been designed to encourage international actions in line with the EU's priority of energy savings and investment in renewable energy. Joint funding will in principle be limited to 50% of the total cost of projects but for certain studies or measures undertaken on the Commission's own initiative, there is provision for 100% funding.�

  • DG ['Energy and Transport'],

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2002)0162
• Debate in Council: 2433
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A5-0357/2002
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0551/2002
• Council position published: 15547/2/2002
• Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A5-0131/2003
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T5-0201/2003
• : Decision 2003/1230
• : OJ L 176 15.07.2003, p. 0029-0037

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)