7 Amendments of Dario TAMBURRANO related to 2015/0149(COD)
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) This Regulation places a great emphasis on protecting consumers' rights, ensuring that when purchasing energy- related products, the consumer has access to all information concerning efficiency and other key performance features. It should be equally noted that the primary goal of the Regulation, that is reducing absolute energy consumption, makes it necessary to actively engage both end- users, i.e. those who are not only purchasing energy-related products but use them regularly, and citizens. Accordingly, the Regulation mentions them explicitly in several points, aiming to foster their active engagement.
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8b) Energy-related products are durable goods. It follows that a certain share of those products originally made available on the Union market could be sold as second-hand products. At the same time, products originally sold as new products out of the EU can be imported and made available on the Union market. These two different situations should be dealt with differently, because in the former the energy-related product was covered by this Regulation from the beginning. Accordingly, labelling requirements should be imposed only on second-hand products originally sold outside the EU.
Amendment 358 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
(19a) "Smart appliance" is an appliance that, using modern computer and communications technology, including wireless technology, can be configured to communicate directly to the utility operator, to receive real-time data from the advanced metering system and/or from the smart grid, in order to control or modulate its functions; and/or can be distance-commanded through the internet or a smartphone connection. The goal of the "smart appliance" is to make the use of electricity more efficient and to make operations faster and cheaper.
Amendment 446 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) they shall not, for any products covered by this Regulation, provide or display other labels, marks, symbols or inscriptions which do not comply with the requirements of this Regulation and of the relevant delegated acts, if this is likely to mislead or confuse customers which can be confused with the energy efficiency label established by this Regulation but they may add, on a voluntary basis and separately from the label, clearly differentiated marks, symbols or inscriptions with the sole purpose of giving supplementary information with respect to the consumption of energy or other resources during use;.
Amendment 473 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. By ... [ x years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation] and on an annual basis once the product database established pursuant to Article 8 is operational, the Commission shall prepare a report on market surveillance based on the activities established in this Article and evaluating compliance trends with this Regulation and with Directive 2009/125/EC. The annual report shall pay sufficient attention to the follow-up of the market and technological evolution of the different product groups covered by the relevant delegated acts. The Commission shall make the report publicly available on the product database established pursuant to Article 8 and shall provide a synthesis of the annual reports to the European Parliament and the Council, for information.
Amendment 509 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 8
Article 6 – paragraph 8
8. Where a national provisional measure has been adopted, the Member States concerned shall, within 60 days of receipt of the informnotification referred to in paragraph 5, no objection has been either: (a) where the measure is deemed to be justified adopt parallel measures in accordance with paragraph 9a; (b) further investigate the measure where: (i) a reasoned objection is raised by either a supplier concerned or by Member States; or (ii) the Commission in respect of aconsiders the provisional measure taken by a Member State, that measure shall be deemed justifiedo be contrary to Union law.
Amendment 597 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7a Procedure for the introduction or rescaling of labels In order to avail from alternative possibilities (b) and (c), the relevant delegated act shall establish as a necessary prerequisite for product models to be classified in the two top-classes A-B to have the capability to work as a smart appliance. This requirement shall be applied where technically feasible.