72 Amendments of Gheorghe FALCĂ related to 2021/0203(COD)
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) A fair transition towards a climate- neutral Union by 2050 is central to the European Green Deal. Energy poverty is a key concept consolidated in the legislative package entitled ‘Clean Energy for All Europeans’ and designed to facilitate a just energy transition. Pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European Parliament and of the Council53 , the Commission provided indicative guidance on appropriate indicators for measuring energy poverty and defining what a ‘significant number of households in energy poverty’ is.54 Directive (EU) 2019/944 and Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council55 requires Member States to take appropriate measures to address energy poverty wherever it is identified, whether it affects vulnerable households, transport users, SMEs, micro-enterprises, including measures addressing the broader context of poverty. _________________ 53 Directive (EU) 2019/944 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the internal market for electricity and amending Directive 2012/27/EU (OJ L 158, 14.6.2019, p. 125). 54 Commission Recommendation on energy poverty, C(2020) 9600 final. 55 Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 2003/55/EC (OJ L 211, 14.8.2009, p. 94).
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) Transport poverty has been underexposed and no clear EU-level or national definitions are available. However, the problem is becoming more pressing to address in light of the high prices for fuels, tickets and other mobility expenditures and given the high dependencies on transport availability and accessibility to go to work or for daily mobility needs, in particular for those living in rural, insular, mountainous, remote, outermost, or less accessible areas or for less developed regions or territories, including less developed peri-urban areas.
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Low and medium income households, vulnerable transport users and customers, including final users, people facing or risking energy poverty and people living in social housing as well as SMEs and micro-enterprises should benefit from the application of the energy efficiency first principle. Energy efficiency measures should be implemented as a priority to improve the situations of those individuals and households or to alleviate energy poverty. A holistic approach in policy making and in implementing policies and measures requires Member States to ensure that other policies and measures have no adverse effect on these individuals and households.
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) It would be preferable for the energy efficiency target to be achieved as a result of the cumulative implementation of specific local, regional, national and European measures promoting energy efficiency in different fields. Member States should be required to set national energy efficiency policies and measures . Those policies and measures and the individual efforts of each Member State should be evaluated by the Commission, alongside data on the progress made, to assess the likelihood of achieving the overall Union target and the extent to which the individual efforts are sufficient to meet the common goal.
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) In 2020, more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas. That figure is expected to reach 68% by 205065 . In addition, half of the urban infrastructures by 2050 are still to be built66 . Cities and metropolitan areas are centres of economic activity, knowledge generation, innovation and new technologies. Cities influence the quality of life of the citizens who live or work in them. Member States should support municipalities technically and financially. A number of municipalities, regional authorities and other public bodies in the Member States have already put into place integrated approaches to energy saving and energy supply, for example via sustainable energy action plans, such as those developed under the Covenant of Mayors initiative, and integrated urban approaches which go beyond individual interventions in buildings or transport modes. These local and regional authorities, being at the forefront of the energy transition, should receive financial support from existing EU funds such as the Recovery and Resilience Facility, Structural Funds and the Cohesion Policy Funds, the Rural Development Fund and the Just Transition Fund, as well as the financial instruments and technical assistance available under InvestEU. _________________ 65 https://www.unfpa.org/world- population-trends 66 https://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/integration/p df/fact_sheet.pdf
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) The energy savings obligation established by this Directive should be increased and should also apply after 2030 . That ensures stability for investors and thus encourage long-term investments and long-term energy efficiency measures, such as the deep or staged-deep renovation of buildings with the long-term objective of facilitating the cost effective transformation of existing buildings into NZEBs with the exception of historic buildings or buildings with special architecture for which less stringent requirements may apply. The energy savings obligation has an important role in the creation of local growth, jobs, competitiveness and alleviating energy poverty. It should ensure that the Union can achieve its energy and climate objectives by creating further opportunities and to break the link between energy consumption and growth. Cooperation with the private sector is important to assess the conditions on which private investment for energy efficiency projects can be unlocked and to develop new revenue models for innovation in the field of energy efficiency.
Amendment 249 #
(51) Member States' energy efficiency improvement measures in transport are eligible to be taken into account for achieving their end-use energy savings obligation. Such measures include policies that are, inter alia, dedicated to promoting more efficient vehicles, a modal shift to rail, inland waterways, cycling, walking and collective transport, or mobility and urban planning that reduces demand for transport while meeting the same level of customer needs. In addition, schemes which accelerate the uptake of new, more efficient vehicles or policies fostering a shift to better performing fuels with reduced levels of emissions, except policy measures regarding the use of direct fossil fuel combustion, that reduce energy use per kilometre are also capable of being eligible, subject to compliance with the rules on materiality and additionality set out in Annex V to this Directive. Policy measures promoting the uptake of new fossil fuel vehicles should notonly qualify as eligible measures under the energy savings obligation when they comply with the most up to date corresponding European emission performance legislation and if they prevent technology lock-ins by ensuring future compatibility with climate-neutral alternative fuels and technologies.
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) As an alternative to requiring obligated parties to achieve the amount of cumulative end-use energy savings required under Article 8(1) of this Directive, it should be possible for Member States, in their obligation schemes, to permit or require obligated parties to contribute to an Energy Efficiency National Fund , which could be used to implement policy measures as a priority among vulnerable customers, transport users, SMEs, micro-enterprises, people affected by energy poverty and people living in social housing .
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 59
Recital 59
(59) Consideration of the water-energy nexus is particularly important to address the interdependent energy and water use and the increasing pressure on both resources. The effective management of water can make a significant contribution to energy savings yielding not only climate benefits, but also economic and social benefits. The water and wastewater sectors account for 3,5% of electricity use in the Union and that share is expected to rise. At the same time, water leaks account for 24% of total water consumed in the Union and the energy sector is the largest consumer of water, accounting for 44% of consumption. The potential for energy savings through the use of smart technologies and processes across all industrial, residential and commercial water cycles and applications should be fully explored and applied whenever cost- effective and the energy efficiency first principle should be considered. In addition, advanced irrigation technologies, rainwater harvesting and water reuse technologies could substantially reduce water consumption in agriculture, buildings and industry and the energy used for treating and transporting it .
Amendment 269 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 60
Recital 60
(60) In accordance with Article 9 of the Treaty , the Union's energy efficiency policies should be inclusive and should therefore ensure equal access to energy efficiency measures for all consumers affected by energy poverty. Improvements in energy efficiency should, be implemented as a priority among vulnerable customers and final users , people affected by energy poverty, and, where appropriate, among medium-income households and people living in social housing , elderly people and those living in rural and remote areas . In this context, specific attention should be paid to particular groups which are more at risk of being affected by energy poverty or more susceptible to the adverse impacts of energy poverty, such as women, persons with disabilities, elderly people, children, and persons with a minority racial or ethnic background. Member States can require obligated parties to include social aims in energy-saving measures in relation to energy poverty and this possibility had already been extended to alternative policy measures and Energy Efficiency National Funds. That should be transformed into an obligation to protect and empower vulnerable customers and final users and to alleviate energy poverty , while allowing Member States to retain full flexibility with regard to the type of policy measure, their size, scope and content. If an energy efficiency obligation scheme does not permit measures relating to individual energy consumers, the Member State may take measures to alleviate energy poverty by means of alternative policy measures alone. Within its policy mix, Member States should ensure that other policy measures do not have an adverse effect on vulnerable customers, transport users, SMEs, micro-enterprises, final users, people affected by energy poverty and, where applicable, people living in social housing. Member States should make best possible use of public funding investments into energy efficiency improvement measures, including funding and financial facilities established at Union level.
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 61
Recital 61
(61) This Directive refers to the concept of vulnerable customers, which Member States are to establish pursuant to Directive (EU) 2019/944. In addition, pursuant to Directive 2012/27/EU, the notion of ‘final users’ alongside the notion of ‘final customer’ clarifies that the rights to billing and consumption information also apply to consumers without individual or direct contracts with the supplier of energy used for collective heating, cooling or domestic hot water production systems in multi- occupant buildings. The concept of vulnerable customers does not necessarily ensure the targeting of final users. Therefore, in order to ensure that the measures set out in this Directive reach all individuals and, households, SMEs and micro- enterprises in a situation of vulnerability, Member States should include not only customers, in its strict sense, but also final users, in establishing their definition of vulnerable customers.
Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 67
Recital 67
(67) The data centre sustainability indicators can be used to measure fourthe basic dimensions of a sustainable data centre, namely how efficiently it uses energy, how it promotes demand-side flexibility, how much of thatits energy comes from renewable, low carbon or carbon-free energy sources, the reuse of any waste heat that it produces and the usage of freshwater. The data centre sustainability indicators should raise awareness amongst network operators, data centre owners and operators, manufactures of equipment, developers of software and services, users of data centre services at all levels as well as entities and organisations that deploy, use or procure cloud and data centre services. It should also give confidence about the actual improvements following efforts and measures to increase the sustainability in new or existing data centres. Finally, it should be used as a basis for transparent and evidence-based planning and decision- making. Use of the data centre sustainability indicators should be optional for Member States. Use of the data centre sustainability indicator should be optionalmandatory for Member States.
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 68
Recital 68
(68) Lower consumer spending on energy should be achieved by assisting consumers in reducing their energy use by reducing the energy needs of buildings and improvements in the efficiency of appliances, which should be combined with the availability of low-energy transport modes and fuels integrated with public transport, shared mobility and cycling. Member States should also consider improving connectivity in rural and remote areas.
Amendment 300 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 81
Recital 81
(81) It may be appropriate for nuclear power installations, or electricity generation installations that are intended to make use of geological storage permitted under Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council77 , to be located in places where the recovery of waste heat through high-efficiency cogeneration or by supplying a district heating or cooling network is not cost- effective. Member States should therefore be able to exempt those installations from the obligation to carry out a cost-benefit analysis for providing the installation with equipment allowing the recovery of waste heat by means of a high-efficiency cogeneration unit. It should also be possible to exempt peak-load and back-up electricity generation installations which are planned to operate under 1500 operating hours per year as a rolling average over a period of five years from the requirement to also provide heat. _________________ 77 Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 114).
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 96
Recital 96
(96) It is necessary to ensure that people affected by energy poverty, vulnerable customers, transport users, SMEs, micro- enterprises and, where applicable, people living in social housing are protected and, to this end, empowered to actively participate in the energy efficiency improvement interventions, measures and related consumer protection or information measures that Member States implement.
Amendment 316 #
(97) Public funding available at national and Union level should be strategically invested into energy efficiency improvement measures, in particular for the benefit of vulnerable customers, transport users, SMEs, micro-enterprises, people affected by energy poverty and those living in social housing. Member States should take advantage of any financial contribution they might receive from the Social Climate Fund82 , and of revenues from allowances from the EU Emissions Trading System. These revenues will support Member States in fulfilling their obligation to implement energy efficiency measures and policy measures under the energy savings obligation as a priority among vulnerable customers, transport users, SMEs, micro-enterprises and people affected by energy poverty, which may include those living in rural and remote regions. _________________ 82 Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Social Climate Fund, COM 2021 568 final.
Amendment 325 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 108
Recital 108
(108) Member States and, regions and cities should be encouraged to make full use of the European funds available in the MFF and Next Generation EU including the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the Cohesion Policy Fund s , the Rural Development Fund and the Just Transition Fund, as well as the financial instruments and technical assistance available under InvestEU, to trigger private and public investments in energy efficiency improvement measures. Investment in energy efficiency has the potential to contribute to economic growth, employment, innovation and a reduction in energy poverty in households, and therefore makes a positive contribution to economic, social and territorial cohesion and green recovery . Potential areas for funding include energy efficiency measures in public buildings and housing, and providing new skillsthe training, reskilling and upskilling of professionals, in particular in jobs related to building renovation to promote employment in the energy efficiency sector. The Commission will ensure synergies between the different funding instruments, in particular the funds in the shared management and in the direct management (like the centrally-managed programmes: Horizon Europe or LIFE), as well as between grants, loans and technical assistance to maximise their leverage effect on private financing and their impact on the achievement of energy efficiency policy objectives.
Amendment 328 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 113
Recital 113
(113) Available Union funding programmes, financial instruments and innovative financing mechanisms should be used to give practical effect to the objective of improving the energy performance of public bodies’ buildings. In that respect, Member States may use their revenues from annual emission allocations under Decision No 406/2009/EC in the development of such mechanisms on a voluntary basis and taking into account national budgetary rules. The Commission and Member States should provide regional and local administrations with adequate information on such programmes. The Covenant of Mayors platform could be one of the tools for providing adequate information.
Amendment 335 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 123
Recital 123
(123) Energy generated on or in buildings from renewable energy technologies reduces the amount of energy supplied from fossil fuels. The reduction of energy consumption and the use of energy from renewable sources in the buildings sector are important measures to reduce the Union's energy dependence and greenhouse gas emissions, especially in view of ambitious climate and energy objectives set for 2030 as well as the global commitment made in the context of the Paris Agreement. For the purposes of their cumulative energy savings obligation Member States may take into account energy savings from policy measures promoting renewable technologies, including hybrids, to meet their energy savings requirements in accordance with the calculation methodology provided in this Directive . Energy savings from policy measures regarding the use of direct fossil fuel combustion should not be counted, unless the technology is ready for renewable and decarbonised energy sources, and hence is future proof.
Amendment 374 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27 a (new)
(27a) ‘small or medium-sized enterprise’ or ‘SME’ means a small or medium-sized enterprise as defined in Article 2 of the Annex to the Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC;
Amendment 378 #
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 and management 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 energywater, electricity and heating savings identifying the potential for cost- effective use or production of renewable energy and reporting the findings;
Amendment 391 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 48 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 48 a (new)
(48a) ‘transport user’ means households or enterprises using transport and mobility solutions;
Amendment 403 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) non-energy sectors, where those sectors have an impact on energy consumption and energy efficiency, including, but not limited to, buildings, transport, water, information and communications technology (ICT) and agriculture.
Amendment 410 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) promote and, where cost-benefit assessments are required, ensure the application of cost-benefit methodologies, which include the entire life cycle and take foreseeable future developments as well as system and cost efficiency and security of supply that allow proper assessment and quantification of wider benefits of energy efficiency solutions from the sociea societal, health, economic and environmental perspective;
Amendment 415 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) fully consider the interdependencies between energy use and use of other resources such as water;
Amendment 512 #
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 regional and local levels, by providing guidelines, promoting competence building and training opportunities and encouragingfinancial and technical support and submitting plans addressing the lack of workforce needed for all stages of the green transition, including craftsmen as well as high-skilled green technology experts, applied scientists and innovators. Member States shall encourage public bodies to take into account the wider benefits beyond energy savings, such as indoor air and environmental quality as well as the improvement of quality of life, especially for schools, daycares, sheltered housing, nursing homes and hospitals. Member States shall provide guidelines, promote competence building and training opportunities, including on energy refurbishment by using Energy Performance Contracts and public private partnerships and encourage cooperation amongst public bodies.
Amendment 523 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Transport policy measures and investments aiming at energy efficiency shall be based on a life-cycle analysis of greenhouse gas emissions.
Amendment 526 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a One-stop shops for energy efficiency 1. Member States shall engage with relevant authorities and private stakeholders in developing dedicated local, regional or national one-stop shops. These one-stop shops shall be cross- sectorial and interdisciplinary and lead to locally developed projects by: i. advising and providing streamlined information on technical and financial possibilities and solutions to SMEs, micro-enterprises, public bodies and households; ii. connecting potential projects with market players, in particular smaller-scale projects; iii. boosting active consumers by advising on energy consumption behaviour; iv. providing information on training programmes and education to ensure more energy efficiency professionals as well and re-skill and up-skill professionals in order to meet the market needs; v. promoting best practice examples from different building, housing and enterprise typologies; vi. collecting and submitting typology aggregated data from energy efficiency projects to the Commission. This information should be shared by the Commission in a report every second year in order to share experiences and enhance cross-border cooperation between Member States; 2. These one-stop shops shall create strong and trustworthy partnerships with local and regional private actors such as SMEs, energy service companies, installers, consulting firms, project developers, financial institutions that can provide services such as energy audits, finance solutions and execution of energy renovations; 3. Member States shall work together with local and regional authorities to promote these one-stop shops; 4. The Commission shall provide Member States with guidelines to develop these one-stop shops with the aim of creating a harmonised approach throughout Europe.
Amendment 527 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 b (new)
Article 5 b (new)
Article 5 b Partnerships for energy transition 1. The Commission shall establish European sector-specific energy transition partnerships by bringing together key stakeholders in sectors such as the ICT, transport, financial and building sectors in an inclusive and representative manner. The Commission shall appoint a chair for each European sector-specific energy transition partnership, which should be set up within 12 months from the entry into force of this directive. 2. The partnerships shall facilitate climate dialogues and encourage sectors to draw up “energy transition roadmaps” in order to map available measures and technological options to achieve energy efficiency savings, prepare for renewable energy and decarbonize the sectors. Such roadmaps could make a valuable contribution in assisting sectors in planning the necessary investments needed to reach the objectives of this directive and the EU Climate Target Plan as well as facilitate cross-border cooperation between actors to strengthen the internal market of the European Union.
Amendment 574 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States may decide to apply less stringent requirements to the following categories of buildings: (a) buildings officially 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 imply an unacceptable change in their character, fabric 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. The responsible authorities shall demonstrate the incompatibility of the NZEB requirements with the buildings indicated for exemption with the exception of officially protected buildings.
Amendment 576 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Member States shall encourage and support public bodies including social housing to use energy service companies and energy performance contracting to finance renovations and implement plans to maintain or improve energy efficiency in the long term with due regard for their respective competences and administrative set-up.
Amendment 592 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Buildings facing less stringent requirements may be exempted from the inventory.
Amendment 639 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Member States shall 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, transport users, SMEs, micro-enterprises and, where applicable, people living in social housing. Member States shall ensure that policy measures implemented pursuant to this Article 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 648 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Member States shall achieve a share of the required amount of cumulative end-use energy savings among people affected by energy poverty vulnerable customers, transport users, SMEs, micro-enterprises 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, transport users, SMEs, micro-enterprises 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 664 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 8 – point g a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 8 – point g a (new)
(g a) exclude from the calculation of the amount of required energy savings all waste heat recovered and self-consumed in buildings and industry, either directly as heat or transformed into electricity, resulting from policy measures promoting new installation of waste heat recovery technologies.
Amendment 690 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. Member States may require obligated parties to achieve a share of their energy savings obligation among people affected by energy poverty, vulnerable customers and, where applicable, people living in social housing. Member States may also require obligated parties to achieve energy cost reduction targets and to achieve energy savings by promoting energy efficiency improvement measures, including financial support measures mitigating carbon price effects on SMEs and micro-SMEenterprises.
Amendment 694 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 5
Article 9 – paragraph 5
5. Member States may require obligated parties to work with local authorities or municipalregional and local authorities to promote energy efficiency improvement measures among people affected by energy poverty, vulnerable customers, transport users, SMEs, micro-enterprise and, where applicable, people living in social housing. This includes identifying and addressing the specific needs of particular groups at risk of energy poverty or more susceptible to its effects. To protect people affected by energy poverty vulnerable customers, transport users, SMEs, micro-enterprises and, where applicable, people living in social housing, Member States shall encourage obligated parties to carry out actions such as renovation of buildings, including social housing, replacement of appliances, financial support and incentives for energy efficiency improvement measures in conformity with national financing and support schemes, or energy audits.
Amendment 760 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 10 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. The Commission shall adopt guidelines on monitoring and publishing the energy performance of data centres in accordance with point 2 of Annex VI by no later than [15 March 2024]. These guidelines shall contain harmonised definitions for each item of information as well as a uniform measurement methodology, reporting guidelines and a harmonised template for the transfer of the information to allow for consistent reporting across all Member States. For these purposes, the Commission shall consider existing standardised metrics and carry out appropriate consultations with relevant industry stakeholders.
Amendment 796 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point i
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point i
(i) creation of one-stop shops or similar mechanisms for the provision of technical, administrative and financial advice and assistance on energy efficiency, including energy renovations of buildings and the take-up of renewable energy and energy storage for buildings to final customers and final users, especially household and small non-household onSMEs and micro enterprises.
Amendment 798 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall establish appropriate conditions for market actors to provide adequate and targeted information and advice to final consumers , including vulnerable customers, SMEs, micro- enterprises, people affected by energy poverty and, where applicable, people living in social housing on energy efficiency.
Amendment 802 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall take appropriate measures to support a multilateral dialogue with the participation of relevant local and regional authorities, public and social partners such as owners and tenants organisations, consumer organisations, energy distributor or retail energy sales company, energy service companies, renewable energy communities, citizen energy communities local and regional authorities, relevant public authorities and agencies and the aim to set out proposals on jointly accepted measures, incentives and guidelines pertinent to the split of incentives between the owners and tenants or among owners of a building or building unit.
Amendment 807 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall implement energy efficiency improvement measures and related consumer protection or information measures, in particular those set out in Article 21 and Article 8(3), as a priority among people affected by energy poverty, vulnerable customers, transport users, SMEs, micro-enterprises and, where applicable, people living in social housing to alleviate energy poverty.
Amendment 809 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. To support vulnerable customers, transport users, SMEs, micro-enterprises, people affected by energy poverty and, where applicable, people living in social housing, Member States shall:
Amendment 819 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – point e
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – point e
e) foster technical assistanto develop or upscale one-stop shops services for social actors to promote vulnerable customer´s active engagement in the energy market, and positive changes in their energy consumption behaviourSMEs, micro enterprises and vulnerable households in cooperation with relevant authorities and private stakeholders;
Amendment 828 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
d a) to develop or upscale one-stop shops services for SMEs, micro enterprises and vulnerable households in cooperation with relevant authorities and private stakeholders;
Amendment 841 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Where the assessment referred to in paragraph 1 and the analysis referred to in paragraph 3 identify a potential for the application of high-efficiency cogeneration and/or efficient district heating and cooling whose benefits exceed the costs, Member States and local and regional authorities having jurisdiction in the area in question shall take adequate measures for efficient district heating and cooling infrastructure to be developed and/or to accommodate the development of high- efficiency cogeneration and the use of heating and cooling from waste heat and renewable energy sources in accordance with paragraph 1, and Article 24(4) and (6).
Amendment 843 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Where the assessment referred to in paragraph 1 and the analysis referred to in paragraph 3 do not identify a potential whose benefits exceed the costs, including the administrative costs of carrying out the cost-benefit analysis referred to in Article 24(4) , the Member State together with the local and regional authorities concerned may exempt installations from the requirements laid down in that paragraph.
Amendment 855 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 6 – point c
Article 23 – paragraph 6 – point c
(c) be prepared with the involvement of all relevant regional or local stakeholders and ensure participation of general public. The involvement of operators of local energy infrastructure at an early stage shall be mandatory;
Amendment 856 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 6 – point c a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 6 – point c a (new)
Amendment 860 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 6 – point e a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 6 – point e a (new)
(e a) include a strategy to support the replacement of inefficient heating and cooling appliances with highly efficient alternatives, based on renewable and decarbonised energy sources;
Amendment 863 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 6 – point e b (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 6 – point e b (new)
Amendment 869 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
For this purpose, Member States shall develop recommendations supporting the regional and local authorities to implement policies and measures in energy efficient and renewable energy based heating and cooling at regional and local level utilising the potential identified. Member States shall support regional and local authorities to the utmost extent possible by any means including financial support and technical support schemes. Member States shall ensure that heating and cooling plans are aligned with other local climate, energy and environment planning requirements, in terms of content and dates, to avoid duplication of work and administrative burden for local and regional authorities and encourage the effective implementation of the plans.
Amendment 872 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Local heating and cooling plans may be carried out jointly by a group of several neighbouring local authorities if the geographical and administrative context as well as the heating and cooling infrastructure is appropriate.
Amendment 967 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 5 – point a a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 5 – point a a (new)
(a a) nuclear power installations;
Amendment 991 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 6
Article 25 – paragraph 6
6. Member States may permit components of schemes and tariff structures with a social aim for net-bound energy transmission and distribution, provided that any disruptive effects on the transmission and distribution system are kept to the minimum necessary without hampering the principle of cost- reflectiveness of network tariffs and are not disproportionate to the social aim.
Amendment 1002 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall assess by 31 December 2024 and every foursecond years thereafter whether the schemes ensure the necessary level of competences for energy services providers, energy auditors, energy managers, independent experts and installers of building elements pursuant to Directive 2010/31/EU, and. They shall also assess the gap between available and needed professionals in the before- mentioned careers. They shall make the assessment and recommendations thereof publically available.
Amendment 1010 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall, where appropriate, directly or via the European financial institutions, assist Member States, regions and metropolitan areas in setting up financing facilities and project development assistance facilities at national, regional or local level with the aim of increasing investments in energy efficiency in different sectors , with a focus on ensuring access to finance for SMEs and protecting and empowering vulnerable customers, people affected by energy poverty and, where applicable, people living in social housing including by integrating an equality perspective so that no one is left behind .
Amendment 1016 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 7 – point b a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 7 – point b a (new)
(b a) conduct dialogue with both public and private financial institutions as well as specific sectors such as the transport, ICT and building sector in order to map out needs and possible actions they can take;
Amendment 1017 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 7 – point b b (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 7 – point b b (new)
(b b) consider incentives such as pay- per-performance public support schemes, guarantee funds for SMEs and energy- saving tariffs to reduce risk and accelerate market scale up for energy efficiency;
Amendment 1018 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
The guidance shall have the purpose of helping Member States, regions, metropolitan areas and market actors to develop and implement their energy efficiency investments in the various Union programmes, and will propose adequate financial mechanisms and solutions, with a combination of grants, financial instruments and project development assistance, to scale up existing initiatives and use the Union funding as a catalyst to leverage and trigger private financing, with a particular focus on promoting investments in energy efficiency measures by SMEs.
Amendment 1019 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 9
Article 28 – paragraph 9
9. Member States mayshall set up an Energy Efficiency National Fund. The purpose of this fund shall be to implement energy efficiency measures, including measures pursuant to Article 8(3) and Article 22 as a priority among vulnerable customers, people affected by energy poverty and, where applicable, people living in social housing, and to. The support shall also include financing to SMEs for energy efficiency measures either by grants or establishing guarantee funds covering the risks, in order leverage and trigger private financing for SMEs, thereby supporting the implementation of national energy efficiency measures to support Member States in meeting their national energy efficiency contributions and their indicative trajectories referred to in Article 4(2). The Energy Efficiency National Fund may be financed with revenues from the allowance auctions pursuant to the EU Emission Trading System on buildings and transport sectors.
Amendment 1023 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 12
Article 28 – paragraph 12
12. Member States may use their revenues from annual emission allocations under Decision No 406/2009/EC for the development of innovative financing for cost-efficient energy efficiency improvements .
Amendment 1024 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 5
Article 29 – paragraph 5
5. Where Member States establish their own coefficient to a default value provided pursuant to this Directive, Member States shall establish this through a transparent methodology on the basis of nationlocal circumstances affecting primary energy consumption in each local grid. The circumstances shall be substantiated, verifiable and based on objective and non- discriminatory criteria.
Amendment 1034 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
This evaluation shall be submitted to the European Parliament and the Council in form of a report. The Commission may propose, if appropriate, measures to ensure the achievement of the Union's climate energy targets.
Amendment 1043 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 33 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 33 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. By 1 January 2030, and every five years thereafter, the Commission shall evaluate the aggregated macroeconomic impact of the Directives and Regulations that make up the Fit for 55 package, with emphasis on the effects on the Union’s economic growth, competitiveness, job creation, transport and mobility rates, household purchasing power and the magnitude of carbon leakage.
Amendment 1074 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point a – paragraph 1 – indent 3 a (new)
Annex III – point a – paragraph 1 – indent 3 a (new)
- From 1 January 2031, new cogeneration plants shall be low carbon and hydrogen-ready, which means that the appropriate technical and spatial prerequisites for the conversion to operation with 100% low carbon hydrogen are already provided for during the construction of the plants, and the conversion can be realised with low additional investment costs.
Amendment 1080 #
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 this is consistent with cost- effectiveness, economical feasibility, wider sustainability, technical suitability, security of supply as well as sufficient competition, shall:
Amendment 1105 #
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 , exceptincluding those policy measures regarding the use of direct combustion of fossil fuel technologies that are implemented as from 1 January 2024 ; as long as they comply with the most up to date corresponding European emission performance legislation and if they prevent technology lock-ins by ensuring future compatibility with climate-neutral alternative fuels and technologies;
Amendment 1152 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 5 – paragraph 1 – point f
Annex V – point 5 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) 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, SMEs, micro-enterprises and, where applicable, people living in social housing;
Amendment 1155 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 5 – paragraph 1 – point i
Annex V – point 5 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) where applicable, information about impacts and adverse effects of policy measures implemented pursuant to Article 8(3) on people affected by energy poverty, vulnerable customers, SME, micro- enterprises and, where applicable, people living in social housing;
Amendment 1164 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Annex VI – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) be based on a physical inspection of buildings, industrial operations or installations, including transportation;
Amendment 1189 #
(f a) thermal energy storage;