Activities of Sylvie GODDYN related to 2015/2232(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the Energy Efficiency Directive (2012/27/EU)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that common efforts by the EU will help to create a common market for goods and services thaEU policies are weakening European industry and leading to plant hrelp to save energy, which will bring down costs for consumers and create a more level playing field for industrocations which are having a lasting impact on our energy balance, in the form of increasing imports, and plunging people into unemployment and energy precarity;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the Energy Efficiency Directive triggered many positive developments in the Member States, but that poor implementation is hindering its full potential; emphasises that this poor implementation is often the result of budgetary restrictions linked to the austerity measures imposed by the EU;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises that training at all levels is still patchy and inadequately funded to cover all the areas opened up by the application of the directive, as a result of a mismatch between the rules and actual market capacities and funding;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets the very unambitious target of at least 27 % for improving energy efficiency in 2030 adopted by the European Council in 2014, which is mainly justified by an extremely unrealistic high discount rate in a previous impact assessment; recalls that the discount rate of 17.5 % is higher than the discount rate for energy investment in Iraq (15 %)1; points out that changes to the way vehicle engine emissions and consumption are calculated, as a result of the introduction of tests under real driving conditions, will have to be incorporated into energy efficiency calculations in the transport sector; wonders to what extent these changes will affect the EU's ability to meet its targets; urges that the probable loss of energy efficiency should not be offset by drastic measures which undermine the competitiveness of our industry; __________________ 1 Friends of the Earth Europe (2015): Battle of the Discount Rates https://www.foeeurope.org/sites/default/files/energy _savings/2015/battle-discount-rates.pdf
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Proposes that the title of Article 7 be changed to ‘energy saving support schemes’ because there is no obligation to save energy for consumers and SMEs, but an obligation for Member States and/or utilities to give incentives. emphasises that the main problem remains that of finding ways of funding measures to reduce household energy consumption and, more generally, to reduce consumption by end- consumers, whether they are private individuals or firms;