27 Amendments of Bernd LANGE related to 2011/0172(COD)
Amendment 501 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Article 7 of Directive 2010/31/EU, Member States shall ensure that as from 1 January 2014, 3 % of the total heated and/or cooled floor area owned by their public bodies is renovated each year to meet at least the minimum energy performance requirements set by the Member State concerned in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU. The 3 % rate shall be calculated on the total heated and/or cooled floor area of buildings with a total usefulheated and/or cooled floor area over 250 m2 owned by the public bodies of the Member State concerned that, on 1 January of each year, does not meet the national minimum energy performance requirements set in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU.
Amendment 530 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The requirements laid down in Article 4(1) shall not apply to publicly-owned undertakings which are in competition with private market participants. They shall likewise not apply to publicly-owned housing construction firms.
Amendment 538 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. When the targets referred to in Article 4(1) are set, past achievements in the area of energy efficiency must be recognised as beneficial and taken into account. All existing strategies and efforts to improve the energy performance of buildings implemented or made since 1 January 2005 must therefore be taken into account.
Amendment 540 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Member States shall support public bodies in their efforts to meet the requirements laid down in paragraph 1. That support shall encompass all financial measures required to prevent the renovation measures from creating social hardship, in particular as a result of rent increases for social housing.
Amendment 554 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may allow their public bodies to count towards their annual renovation rate the excess of renovated building floor area in a given year as if it has instead been renovated in any of the twofour previous or following years.
Amendment 652 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Member States, acting via public bodies, shall purchase the most energy- efficient equipment, particularly in the IT field. National efficiency quality standards and/or labels may be used as criteria in their decision.
Amendment 672 #
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% 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 customersannual energy efficiency improvements equal to 1.5% of their energy sales, by volume, in the previous year in that Member State are attained throughout the energy production and consumption chain. These energy efficiency improvements shall be achieved by the obligated parties throughout the whole energy production and consumption chain.
Amendment 701 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. The past performance of each obligated party in the field of energy efficiency improvement since 1 January 2005 shall be recognised as a positive factor and be taken into account.
Amendment 706 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The bodies covered by emissions trading shall be exempted from the requirements set out in Article 6(1).
Amendment 710 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The Member States shall ensure that the requirements of Article 6(1) are complied with by means of separate efficiency improvement plans and corresponding measures in the building, transport and industrial sectors.
Amendment 745 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point b
Amendment 789 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 9
Article 6 – paragraph 9
Amendment 820 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 10
Article 6 – paragraph 10
Amendment 832 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall promote the availability to all final customers of energy audits which are affordable and carried out in an independent professional manner by qualified or accredited experts. No participants in the market should be excluded from offering energy services. Well-developed methods of initial and further training should be kept in place.
Amendment 879 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall ensure by 30 June 2014 that aspects of other auditing or sustainability reporting systems may be incorporated into the obligatory energy audit if they meet its criteria.
Amendment 995 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In addition to the obligations resulting from Directive 2009/72/EC and Directive 2009/73/EC with regard to billing, Member States shall ensure, not later than 1 January 2015, that billing is accurate and based on actual consumption, for all the sectors covered by the present Directive, including energy distributors, distribution system operators and retail energy sales companies, in accordance with the minimum frequency set out in Annex VI(2.1). Appropriate information shall be made available with the bill to provide final customers with a comprehensive account of current energy costs, in accordance with Annex VI(2.2). A bill must moreover at all events indicate the monthly average of the anticipated annual consumption.
Amendment 1057 #
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. The plans shall be developed and updated in close cooperation with local authorities. They 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 1289 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3 – point b a (new)
ba) the economic and/or geographic potential is not such that connection would be viable.
Amendment 1416 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Existing certification schemes or equivalent qualification schemes for providers of energy services, energy audits and energy efficiency improvement measures that meet the requirements on achieving a high level of technical competence, objectivity and reliability must be recognised as such.
Amendment 1456 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
ba) following a thorough review of progress in the field of energy efficiency, the EU Commission will propose legislation in 2014 obliging the Member States to develop national measures to increase energy efficiency in the private housing stock.
Amendment 1488 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1590 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point c a (new)
Annex III – point c a (new)
ca) where national energy efficiency standards and/or energy efficiency labelling systems identify information and communication technology equipment as being more efficient than described in Annex III, Section 1, points a and b of this Directive, this equipment must be purchased by public bodies.
Amendment 1600 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point f
Annex III – point f
f) take account of their energy efficiency class as a mandatory criterion when purchaseing or rent onlying buildings that comply at least with the minimum energy performance requirements referred to in Article 4(1), giving due consideration to cost-effectiveness, economical feasibility and technical suitability, as well as competition in the area covered by the local authority concerned. Compliance with these requirements shall be verified by means of the energy performance certificates referred to in Article 11 of Directive 2010/31/EU.
Amendment 1621 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – section 1 – point d a (new)
Annex V – section 1 – point d a (new)
da) distribution and installation of household appliances belonging to the highest energy efficiency class which have reached 15% market penetration but which have less than 30% market penetration.
Amendment 1633 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – section 3 – point 3.1 – point d a (new)
Annex V – section 3 – point 3.1 – point d a (new)
da) DOMESTIC CLOTHES DRYERS From 1 December 2013 Class A deemed savings (kWh/year): tbd Class A + deemed savings (kWh/year): tbd Class A ++ deemed savings (kWh/year): tbd Class A +++ deemed savings (kWh/year): tbd
Amendment 1689 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) On a monthly basis for electricity consumption. With the consent of the final customer, this frequency may be changed and agreement reached to perform quarterly, half-yearly or annual billing. In such cases the final customer must be informed each month of the expected annual consumption expressed as a monthly average.
Amendment 1695 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) At least every two months for the consumption of natural gas. Where gas is used for individual heating, billing shall be provided on a monthly basis. With the consent of the final customer, this frequency may be changed and agreement reached to perform quarterly, half-yearly or annual billing. In such cases the final customer must be informed each month of the expected annual consumption expressed as a monthly average.