19 Amendments of Morten PETERSEN related to 2015/2232(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
– having regard to the Paris Agreement made in December 2015 at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the UNFCCC,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas increased energy efficiency and energy saving are key factors for environmental and climate protection and supply security and strengthening economic competitiveness; whereas the Energy Efficiency Directive provides an important basis in this connection;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU is making good progress towards its environmental targets for 2020 according to projections which assume full implementation of all relevant legislation by 2020, (reducing CO2 emissions, increasing the share of renewable energy sources, energy efficiency) and is playing a leading role at world level;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Energy Efficiency Directive only inadequately implemented – savings targets achieved nonethelesprovides framework for delivering energy savings
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that up to now neither the 2012 Energy Efficiency Directive nor the 2010 Buildings Directive have been adequately implemented by the Member States; considers, therefore, that one reason why the energy efficiency targets are being achieved lies in the fact that citizens and undertakings themselves have an interest in low energy consumption and cutting costs;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the directive’s flexibility has allowed many Member States to embark on energy efficiency measures; notes that the directive's flexibility has been a factor in the underachievement of its targets; demands that loopholes in the existing Directive, especially in Article 7, should be removed, while keeping flexibility for the Member States to choose among the measures; notes in particular that phasing in and early actions under Article 7.2 are no longer valid and that the 25% flexibility has reduced the effectiveness of the 1.5% p.a. energy savings requirement; insists that alternative measures under Article 7.9 must be better defined;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that 2416 Member States have made use of the possibility of alternative measurestaken measures towards delivering end-use energy savings according to the energy efficiency obligation scheme (Article 7), and 18 Member States have preferred alternative measures to the renovation quota (Article 5)s made possible by the Energy Efficiency Directive; criticises the fact that seven Member States have still not introducnot established energy audits (Article 8);
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that somemany key elements of the Energy Efficiency Directive (including smart meters, cogeneration, renovation plans) need more time in order to givea collective framework beyond 2020 to spur administrations and undertakings an opportunity to launch projects and innovations with a long term perspective;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that the Energy Efficiency Directive became an Energy Saving Directive aNotes that a clear energy saving targets are vital in achieving our climate goals and result of political decisions; calls for the focus of the directive to be turned more towards energy efficiency consideratducing our dependence on third country energy suppliers; notes that buildings account for 40% of energy use in the EU and that 50% of energy is used for heating and cooling purposes; stresses that improved energy efficiency in buildings is therefore of paramount importance in reducing CO2 emissions;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is concerned that EuropeanPoints out that although electricity prices for small and medium-sized industrial and business customers and private consumers are among the highest in the worldrelatively high in some Member States, investing in energy efficiency can boost the competitiveness of European businesses and reduce the costs of energy for private consumers;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Energy legislation needs to be more coherent and more flexible
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commissioner Timmermans as the Member of the Commission responsible for ‘better law-making’ to look more intens to take societal perspectively into the extent to which competing or overlapping EU energy rules lead to a loss of legislative efficiency and effectiveness and increased costs for administrations, business, industry and householdsassessment of overall costs and benefits of different levels of energy efficiency ambition to treat energy efficiency as an energy source on its own right;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the positive impact that certification schemes or saving obligations (Article 7) are having in manysome Member States; considers the flexibility of the rules to be a major factor in guaranteeing their acceptance; asks that the calculation of certification schemes andnotes the importance of ensuring that certified savings correspond to real- life energy- saving measures should not be hampered by overly restrictive interpretations and time limitss and are not just savings on paper;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Takes the view that more flexibility is needed in order to reach the EU’'s climate protection and efficiency targets; calls for ‘target flexibility’ for Member States; takes the view that rebates should be available for targets relating to energy saving and increasing the share of renewable energy sources (Article 3 of the Energy Efficiency Directive) where for example the CO2 targets have been exceeded must be mutually reinforcing, and that binding requirements for energy efficiency are vital in achieving a maximum degree of ambition and effort in Member States, and to allow sufficient flexibility for the mix of tools and instruments to be tailored at national level;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls in this connection for the Energy Efficiency Directive to be adapted in line with the EU’'s climate protection targets for 2030 and the COP21 Paris agreement to achieve the goal of limiting global warming to well below 2 degrees and pursue efforts to limit the increase to 1.5°;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to review the conversion factor for electricity in annex IV of the directive, to better reflect the ongoing transition of electricity generation;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
More energy efficiency – EU support, best practice and optimising the Energy Efficiency Directivemore jobs and growth
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for an exchange of ideasWelcomes the increased professional assistance from the Commission to ensure efficient and timely implementation of the EED; Calls for a further close cooperation among Member States on the saving obligations and, building and renovation plans (Articles 4, 5, 6 and 7) with the aim of applying existing instruments (tax incentives, support programmes, model contracts) more quickly; calls for Commission guidelines for future national planmore rapidly; calls for binding templates for national plans to ensure transparency and comparability, and integration of energy efficiency policies from all levels;