60 Amendments of Mauri PEKKARINEN related to 2021/0203(COD)
Amendment 377 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 28
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 28
(28) ‘energy audit’ means a systematic procedure with the purpose of obtaining adequate knowledge of the energy consumption profile of a building or group of buildings, an industrial or commercial operation or installation or a private or public service, identifying and quantifying opportunities for cost-effective energy savings identifying the potential for cost- effective use or production of renewable energy and reporting the findings;
Amendment 443 #
2. Each Member State shall set national energy efficiency contributions for final and primary energy consumption to meet, collectively, the binding Union target set in paragraph 1 . Member States shall notify those contributions together with an indicative trajectory for those contributions to the Commission as part of the updates of their integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, and as part of their integrated national energy and climate plans as referred to in, and in accordance with, the procedure set out in Article 3 and Articles 7 to 12 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 . When doing so, Member States shallmay use the formula defined in Annex I of this Directive and explain how, and on the basis of which data, the contributions have been calculated.
Amendment 459 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point d – point iv a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point d – point iv a (new)
(iva) early action;
Amendment 471 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Amendment 497 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that the total final energy consumption of all public bodies combined is reducedimplement all adequate measures to ensure that their central, regional and local government sectors improve their energy efficiency by at least 1,70 % each year, when compared to the year X-2 (with X as the year when this Directive enters into force). Member States may take into account climatic variations within the Member State when calculating their public sectors’ final energy consumption. Member States may also exclude final energy consumption consumed by the armed forces.
Amendment 505 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall include, in their national energy and climate plans and updates thereof pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, a list of public bodies which shall contribute to the fulfilment of the obligation set out in paragraph 1 of this Article, the amount of energy consumption reduction to be achieved by each of them and the measures they plan to achieve it. As part of their integrated national energy and climate reports pursuant to Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, Member States shall report to the Commission the final energy consumption reductionefficiency improvements achieved annually.
Amendment 510 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that regional and local authorities, establish specific energy efficiency measures in their decarbonisation plans after consulting stakeholders and the public, including the particular groups at risk of energy poverty or more susceptible to its effects, such as women, persons with disabilities, older persons, children, and persons with a minority racial or ethnic background.
Amendment 516 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall support public bodies in the uptake of energy efficiency improvement measures, including at at central, regional and local levels, by providing guidelines, promoting competence building and training opportunities and encouraging cooperation amongst public bodsector entities.
Amendment 521 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall encourage public bodiessector to consider life cycle carbon emissions of their public bodies’ investment and policy activities.
Amendment 544 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Without prejudice to Article 7 of Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council92 , each Member State shall ensure that, at leasts from 1 January 2014, 3 % of the total floor area of heated and/or cooled buildings owned by public bodiesand occupied by its central government is renovated each year to meet at least be transformed into nearlthe minimum energy zpero-energy buildings in accordance withformance requirements that it has set in application of Article 94 of Directive 2010/31/EU. _________________ 92 Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings (OJ L 153, 18.6.2010, p. 13).
Amendment 553 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Where public bodies occupy a building that they do not own, they shall exercise their contractual rights to the extent possible and encourage the building owner to renovate the building to a nearly zero- energy building in accordance with Article 9 of Directive 2010/31/EU. When concluding a new contract for occupying a building they do not own, public bodies shall aim for that building to fall into the top two energy efficiency classes on the energy performance certificate.
Amendment 554 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The 3 % rate shall be calculated on the total floor area of buildings with a total useful floor area over 250 m2owned and occupied by the central government of the Member State concerned that, on 1 January of each year, do not meet the national minimum energy performance requirements set in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU.
Amendment 555 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 560 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
When implementing measures for the comprehensive renovation of central government buildings in accordance with the first subparagraph, Member States may choose to consider the building as a whole, including the building envelope, equipment, operation and maintenance. Member States shall require that central government buildings with the poorest energy performance be a priority for energy efficiency measures, where cost- effective and technically feasible.
Amendment 572 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. In exceptional cases, Member States may count towards the annual renovation rateMember States may decide not to set or apply the requirements referred to in paragraph 1 to the following categories of buildings new: (a) buildings owned as replacements for specific public bodies’ buildings demolished in any of the two previous years. Such exceptions shall only apply where they would be more cost effective and sustainable in terms of the energy and lifecycle CO2 emissions achieved compared to the renovations of such buildings. The general criteria, methodologies and procedures to identify such exceptional cases shall be clearly set out and published by each Member Statefficially protected as part of a designated environment, or because of their special architectural or historical merit, in so far as compliance with certain minimum energy performance requirements would unacceptably alter their character or appearance; (b) buildings owned by the armed forces or central government and serving national defence purposes, apart from single living quarters or office buildings for the armed forces and other staff employed by national defence authorities; (c) buildings used as places of worship and for religious activities.
Amendment 579 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. For the purposes of this Article , Member States shall make publicly available an inventory of heated and/or cooled public bodies’ buildings with a total useful floor area of more than 250 m2. This inventory shall be updated at least once a year. The inventory shall contaiIf a Member State renovates more than 3 % of the total floor area of central government buildings in a given year, it may count the excess towards the annual renovation rat least thee of any of the three previous or following data:years.
Amendment 581 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 583 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 594 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 595 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. For the purposes of paragraph 1, by 31 December 2013, Member States shall establish and make publicly available an inventory of heated and/or cooled central government buildings with a total useful floor area over 250 m2, excluding buildings exempted on the basis of paragraph 2. The inventory shall contain the following data: (a) the floor area in m2 ; and (b) the energy performance of each building or relevant energy data.
Amendment 598 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that contracting authorities and contracting entities, when concluding public contracts and concessions with a value equal to or greater than the thresholds laid down in Article 8 of Directive 2014/23/EU, Article 4 of Directive 2014/24/EU and Article 15 of Directive 2014/25/EU, purchase only products, services, buildings and works with high energy-efficiency performance, insofar as that is consistent with the efficient management of financial resources and technically feasible, in accordance with the requirements referred to in Annex IV to this Directive .
Amendment 606 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, when purchasing a product package fully covered by a delegated act adopted under Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council94 , Member States may require that the aggregate energy efficiency take priority over the energy efficiency of individual products within that package, by purchasing the product package that complies with the criterion of belonging to the highest most populated energy efficiency class. _________________ 94 Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2017 setting a framework for energy labelling and repealing Directive 2010/30/EU (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 1).
Amendment 628 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) new savings each year from 1 January 20246 to 31 December 2030 of 1,50 % of annual final energy consumption, averaged over the three-year period prior to 1 January 2020.
Amendment 640 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Member States shall, where applicable, implement energy efficiency obligation schemes, alternative policy measures, or a combination of both, or programmes or measures financed under an Energy Efficiency National Fund, as a priority among people affected by energy poverty, vulnerable customers and, where applicable, people living in social housing. Member States shall ensure that there are no policy measures implemented pursuant to this Article that have no adverse effect on those persons. Where applicable, Member States shall make the best possible use of funding, including public funding, funding facilities established at Union level, and revenues from allowances pursuant to Article 22(3)(b) with the aim of removing adverse effects and ensuring a just and inclusive energy transition.
Amendment 646 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Where applicable, Member States shallmay aim to achieve a share of the required amount of cumulative end-use energy savings among people affected by energy poverty vulnerable customers and, where applicable, people living in social housing. This share shall at least equal the proportion of households in energy poverty as assessed in their National Energy and Climate Plan established in accordance with Article 3(3)(d) of the Governance Regulation 2018/1999. If a Member State had not notified the share of households in energy poverty as assessed in their National Energy and Climate Plan, the share of the required amount of cumulative end-use energy savings among people affected by energy poverty vulnerable customers and, where applicable, people living in social housing, shall at least equal the arithmetic average share of the following indicators for the year 2019 or, if not available for 2019, for the linear extrapolation of their values for the last three years that are available:
Amendment 654 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall include information about the indicators applied, the arithmetic average share and the outcome of policy measures established in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article in the updates of their integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, in their subsequent integrated national energy and climate plans pursuant to Articles 3 and 7 to 12 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, and respective progress reports in accordance with Article 17 of that Regulation.
Amendment 719 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that enterprises with an average annual consumption higher than 100TJ of energy over the previous three years and taking all energy carriers together, implement an energy management system. The energy management system shall be certified by an independent body according to the relevant European or International Standards.
Amendment 730 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The results of the energy audits including the recommendations from these audits shall be transmitted to the management of the enterprise. Member States shall incentivise the implementation of the recommendations by means of fiscal measures, which shall not be accounted under the maximum amount of de minimis aid 1b to enterprises, technical support, easier access to finance, with a special attention to SMEs. Member States shall ensure that the results and the implemented recommendations are published in the enterprise’s annual report, where applicable. _________________ 1b Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 on de minimis aid
Amendment 743 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Member States shall develop programmes to encouragewith the aim to encourage and provide technical support to SMEs that are not subject to paragraph 1 or 2 to undergo energy audits and the subsequent implementation of the recommendations from these audits.
Amendment 749 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 7
Article 11 – paragraph 7
7. Enterprises that implement an energy performance contract shall be exempted from the requirements of paragraphs 1 and 2 provided that the energy performance contract complies with the requirements set out in Annex XIV, and that the coverage of the contract is equal to the coverage of the energy management system referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2.
Amendment 771 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Union rules on consumer protection, in particular Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council97 and Council Directive 93/13/EEC98 , Member States shall ensure that final custoconsumers and, where explicitly referred to, final users are granted the rights provided for in paragraphs 2 to 8 of this Article. _________________ 97 Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights, amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 85/577/EEC and Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 304, 22.11.2011, p. 64). 98 Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993 on unfair terms in consumer contracts (OJ L 95, 21.4.1993, p. 29).
Amendment 772 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Final custoConsumers shall have the right to a contract with their supplier that specifies:
Amendment 779 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 3
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. Final custoConsumers shall be given adequate notice of any intention to modify contractual conditions. Suppliers shall notify their final customers, in a transparent and comprehensible manner, directly of any adjustment in the supply price and of the reasons and preconditions for the adjustment and its scope, at an appropriate time no later than two weeks, or no later than one month in the case of household customers, before the adjustment comes into effect.
Amendment 783 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 7
Article 20 – paragraph 7
7. Final customers and final usConsumers shall have the right to a good standard of service and complaint handling by their suppliers. Suppliers shall handle complaints in a simple, fair and prompt manner.
Amendment 837 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that the public isall relevant parties are given the opportunity to participate in the preparation of heating and cooling plans, the comprehensive assessment and the policies and measures.
Amendment 873 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Amendment 938 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Amendment 946 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1027 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1060 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point a
Annex III – point a
Amendment 1083 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – introductory part
In award procedures for public contracts and concessions, contracting authorities and contracting entities that purchase products, services, buildings and works , insofar as that is consistent with the efficient management of financial resources and technical feasibility, shall:
Amendment 1092 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 2 – point a
Annex V – point 2 – point a
(a) Member States shall demonstrate that the policy measure has been implemented for the purpose of fulfilling the energy savings obligation and achievingone of the results of the policy measures, whether new or existing, is the achievement of end- use energy savings pursuant to Article 8(1). Member States shall provide evidence and their documentation that the energy savings are caused by a policy measure, including voluntary agreements;
Amendment 1097 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 2 – point e
Annex V – point 2 – point e
Amendment 1104 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 2 – point f – point ii
Annex V – point 2 – point f – point ii
(ii) Union requirements relating to the removal from the market of certain energy related products following the implementation of implementing measures under Directive 2009/125/EC; Member States shall provide evidencejustification, their assumptions and their calculation methodology to show additionality;
Amendment 1109 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 2 – point g
Annex V – point 2 – point g
(g) policies with the purpose of encouraging higher levels of energy efficiency of products, equipment, transport systems, vehicles and fuels, buildings and building elements, processes or markets shall be permitted , except those policy measures regarding the use of direct combustion of fossil fuel technologies that are implemented as from 1 January 2024 ;
Amendment 1119 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 2 – point h
Annex V – point 2 – point h
Amendment 1135 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 2 – point j
Annex V – point 2 – point j
(j) measures promoting the installation of solar thermalenergy technologies may be eligible to be taken into account for the fulfilment of energy savings required under Article 8(1) provided that they result in verifiable, and measurable or estimable, end-use energy savings. The ambient heatenergy captured by solar thermal technologies can be excluded from their end-use energy consumption;
Amendment 1143 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 2 – point k
Annex V – point 2 – point k
(k) for policies that accelerate the uptake of more efficient products and vehicles, except those regarding the use of direct fossil fuel combustion, full credit may be claimed, provided that it is shown that such uptake takes place before expiry of the average expected lifetime of the product or vehicle, or before the product or vehicle would usually be replaced, and the savings are claimed only for the period until end of the average expected lifetime of the product or vehicle to be replaced;
Amendment 1150 #
Amendment 1151 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 4 – point f
Annex V – point 4 – point f
(f) Member States shall provide evidence, including calculation methodologies, that where there is an overlap in the impact of energy or carbon taxation measures or emission trading according the EU ETS Directive [COM(2021) 551 final,2021/0211 (COD)], there is no double counting of energy savings.
Amendment 1153 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 5 – paragraph 1 – point f
Annex V – point 5 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) Where applicable, information on policy measures or programmes or measures financed under an Energy Efficiency National Fund implemented as a priority among people affected by energy poverty, vulnerable customers, and, where applicable, people living in social housing;
Amendment 1154 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 5 – paragraph 1 – point g
Annex V – point 5 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) Where applicable, the share and the amount of energy savings to be achieved among people affected by energy poverty, vulnerable customers, and, where applicable, people living in social housing;
Amendment 1157 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 5 – paragraph 1 – point q – point vi
Annex V – point 5 – paragraph 1 – point q – point vi
(vi) how overlaps with emission trading in accordance with the EU ETS Directive [COM(2021) 551 final,2021/0211 (COD)] have been avoided and the risk of double counting has been abolished.
Amendment 1161 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex VI – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The energy audits referred to in Article 11 shall be based on the following criteria guidelines:
Amendment 1169 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – paragraph 1 – point c
Annex VI – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) identify energy efficiency measures to deincrease energy consumptionefficiency;
Amendment 1173 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – paragraph 1 – point d
Annex VI – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) Where applicable, identify the potential for cost- effective use or production of renewable energy;
Amendment 1177 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – subheading 2
Annex VI – subheading 2
Minimum requirements for monitoring and publishing the energy performance of data centres
Amendment 1178 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – paragraph 4 – point a
Annex VI – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the name of the data centre, the name of the owner and operators of the data centre, the municipality where the data centre is based, except for national security and defence reasons;
Amendment 1179 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – paragraph 4 – point b
Annex VI – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) the floor area of the data centre; the installed power; the annual incoming and outgoing data traffic; and the amount of data stored and processed within, if available to the data centre operator and taking into account the business model and customer type; and the amount of data stored and processed within the data centre, when this affects the energy consumption of the data centre;
Amendment 1181 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – paragraph 4 – point c
Annex VI – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) the performance, during the last full calendar year, of the data centre in accordance with key performance indicators about, inter alia, energy consumption, power utilisation, temperature set points, waste heat utilisation, water usage and use of renewable energy, taking duly into account the geographical location of the data centre, the demand of heat reuse and the heat infrastructures available.