Activities of Herbert REUL related to 2011/0172(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Energy efficiency (debate)
Amendments (109)
Amendment 121 #
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 4
Citation 4
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a directive
Citation 3
Citation 3
– After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments and after taking account of the concerns – some of them strong – expressed in the reasoned opinions regarding compliance with the proportionality and subsidiarity principles,
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Union is facing unprecedented challenges resulting from increased dependence on energy imports and scarce energy resources, and the need to limit climate change and to overcome the economic crisimajor challenges arising at least partly from the strong scepticism which is felt towards shale gas, the refusal to import oil products derived from oil sands and the move away from using domestically mined coal and the resultant increased dependence on energy imports from insecure third countries and dwindling energy resources. Energy efficiency is aone among several valuable means to address these challenges. It improves the Union's security of supply by reducing primary energy consumption and decreasing energy imports. It helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a cost- effective way and thereby to mitigate climate change, as it can decouple economic growth and the rise in energy demand. Shifting to a more energy- efficient economy should also accelerate the spread of innovative technological solutions without favouring individual producers or suppliers and improve the competitiveness of industry in the Union, boosting economic growth and creating high quality jobs in several sectors related to energy efficiency.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The Presidency Conclusions of the European Council of 8 and 9 March 2007 emphasized the need to increase energy efficiency in the Union to achieve the objective of saving 20% of the Union’s primary energy consumption by 2020 compared to projections. ThisA reduction of the Union's primary energy consumption by 20% by 2020 amounts to an absolute reduction of the Union's primary energy consumption of 368 Mtoe in 2020 or an energy intensity of 104 Toe per million euros of GDP to be attained, which in turn would be equivalent to a 37% increase in energy efficiency.
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Presidency Conclusions of the European Council of 17 June 2010 confirmed the energy efficiency target as one of the headline targets of the Union's new strategy for jobs and smart, sustainable and inclusive growth (Europe 2020 Strategy). Under this process and in order to implement this objective at national level, Member States are required to set national targets in close dialogue with the Commission and to indicate, in their National Reform Programmes, how they intend to achieve them. The Commission must ensure that, in attaining the objectives, disparities in energy efficiency among the EU Member States are reduced, rather than letting individual Member States act as lone pioneers, thus further accentuating disparities within the EU.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In its Resolution of 15 December 2010 on the Revision of the Energy Efficiency Action Plan, the European Parliament called on the Commission to include in its revised Energy Efficiency Action Plan measures to close the assumed gap to reach the overall EU energy efficiency objective in 2020. More recent data and information show that the gap is considerably smaller than was assumed even as recently as mid-2011.
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) One of the flagship initiatives of the Europe 2020 Strategy is the resource- efficient Europe flagship adopted by the Commission on 26 January 2011. This identifies energy efficiency as a major element in ensuring the sustainability of the use of energy and other resources.
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) On 8 March 2011, the Commission adopted the Energy Efficiency Plan 2011. This confirmed that the Union is probably not on track to achieve its energy efficiency target. To remedy this, it spelled out a series of energy efficiency policies and measures covering the full energy chain, including energy generation, transmission and distribution; the leading role of the public sector in energy efficiency; buildings and appliances; industry; and the need to empower final customers to manage their energy consumption. Energy efficiency in the transport sector was considered in parallel in the White Paper on Transport, adopted on 28 March 2011. In particular, Initiative 26 of the White Paper calls for appropriate standards for CO2 emissions of vehicles in all modes, where necessary supplemented by requirements on energy efficiency to address all types of propulsion systems.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The Commission has moreover frequently stressed that a change in consumer behaviour while quality of life remains unchanged must also make a significant contribution to energy saving if the 20% objective is to be attained.1 __________________ Commission Communication of 19 October 2006: ‘Action Plan for Energy Efficiency: Realising the Potential’ (COM(2006)545)
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In this context it is necessary tothe opportunity presents itself of updateing the Union's legal framework for energy efficiency with a Directive pursuing the overall objective of the energy efficiency target of saving 20% of the Union’s primary energy consumption by 2020, and of making further energy efficiency improvements afteror achieving a corresponding increase in energy productivity by 2020. To this end, it should establish a common framework to promote energy efficiency within the Union and lay down specific actionsaving measures, a common methodology for calculating savings and monitoring procedures to implement some of the proposals included in the Energy Efficiency Plan 2011 and achieve the significant unrealised energy saving potentials it identifies. The Directive should also propose to the Member States instruments which can be used to achieve energy savings.
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The Effort Sharing Decision (No 406/2009/EC) requires the Commission to assess and report by 2012 on the progress of the Community and its Member States towards the objective of reducing energy consumption by 20% by 2020 compared to projections. It also states that, to help Member States meet the Community’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments, the Commission should propose, by 31 December 2012, strengthened or new measures to accelerate energy efficiency improvements. This Directive responds to this requirement. It also contributes to meeting the goals set out in the Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050, notably by reducing greenhous, further to the gas emissions from the energy sector, and to achieving zero emission electricity production by 2050sessment undertaken.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) An integrated approach, taking due account of local circumstances, must be taken to tap all the existing energy saving potential, encompassing savings in the energy supply and the end-use sectors. At the same time, the provisions of Directive 2004/8/EC on promotion of cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market25 and Directive 2006/32/EC on energy end-use efficiency and energy services26 should be strengthened.
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) It would be preferablThe primary energy saving objective for the 20% energy efficiency target to be achieved as a result of the cumulative implementation of specific natalternatively the energy intensity objective must be attained at local level. Local, regional and Europeannational measures to promotinge energy efficiency in different fields. If that approach does not succeed, it would however be necessary to reinforce the policy framework by adding a system of binding targets. In a first stage, therefore, Member States should be required to set national energy efficiency targets, schemes and programmes. It should be for them to decide whether these targets should be binding or indicative in their territory. In a second stage, these targets and the individual efforts of eachsaving are therefore extremely important. The Commission should observe the development of competition among instruments and, by analysing the various instruments while taking into account local circumstances, draw up an overview of the most efficient instruments and their cost. On the basis of this overview, it should be able to make recommendations to the Member States and local authorities. The Member States 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. The Commission should therefore closely monitor the implementation of national energy efficiency programmes through its revised legislative framework and within the Europe 2020 process. If this assessmentadopt national objectives for themselves, which can also be assigned to subordinate tiers of administration. It should be for them to decide whether these targets should be binding or indicative in their territory. If this assessment of national reports by the Commission shows that the overall Union target is unlikely to be achieved, then the Commission should propose mandatory national targets for 2020, taking in, jointly with the Member States, devise solutions tailored to eaccount the individual starting points of Member States, their economic performance and early action takenh specific situation by means of which the national and Union objectives can nonetheless still be attained.
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The total volume of public spending is equivalent to 19% of the Union's gross domestic product. For this reason the public sector constitutes an important driver to stimulate market transformation towards more efficient products, buildings and services, as well as to trigger behavioural changes in energy consumption by citizens and enterprises. Furthermore, decreasing energy consumption through energy efficiency improvement measures can free up public resources for other purposes. Public bodies at national, regional and local level should fulfil an exemplary role as regards energy efficiency. To enable them to fulfil this role, they must be allowed a broad margin of discretion with regard to specific measures.
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The rate of building renovationfurbishment for energy purposes needs to be increased, as the existing building stock represents the single biggest potential sector for energy savings. Moreover, buildings are crucial to achieving the EU objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80-95% by 2050 compared to 1990. Buildings owned by public bodies account for a considerable share of the building stock in many Member States and have high visibility in public life. It is therefore appropriate to set an annual rate of renovation of all buildings owned by public bodies to upgrade their energy performance. This renovation rate should be without prejudice to the obligations with regard to nearly-zero energy buildings set in Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings27. The obligation to renovate public buildings complements the provisions of that Directive, which requires Member States to ensure that when existing buildings undergo major renovation their energy performance is upgraded so that they meet minimum energy performance requirementsMember States should therefore adopt programmes and instruments to significantly increase the refurbishment rate. Priority should be assigned to buildings with the greatest energy saving potential. Subsidies and other incentives could be so graduated as to provide the strongest stimulus to energy refurbishment which cuts energy consumption by more than 50%. Energy refurbishment which does not result in a saving of at least 15% in relation to the initial energy requirement, on the other hand, should not be subsidised.
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) A number of municipalities 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. Member States should encourage municipalities and other public bodies to adopt integrated and sustainable energy efficiency plans with clear objectives, to involve citizens in their development and implementation and to adequately inform them about their content and progress in achieving objectives. Such plans can yield considerable energy savings, especially if they are implemented by energy management systems that allow the concerned public bodies to better manage their energy consumption and if genuinely holistic approaches are adopted. Exchange of experience between cities, towns and other public bodies should be encouraged with respect to the more innovative experiences.
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) With regards to the purchase of certain products and services and the purchase and rent of buildings, public bodies which conclude public works, supply or service contracts should lead by example and make energy efficient purchasing decisions. The provisions of the EU public procurement directives should not however be affected, and cost efficiency should be ensured.
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) An assessment of the possibility of establishing a "white certificate" scheme (which in many Member States has resulted in small savings) at Union level has shown that, in the current situation, such a system would create excessive administrative costs and that there is a risk that energy savings would be concentrated in a number of Member States and not introduced across the Union. The latter objective can better be achieved, at least at this stage, by means of national energy efficiency obligation schemes or other alternative measures that achieve the same amount of energy savings. The Commission should however define, by a delegated act, the conditions under which a Member State could in future recognise the energy savings achieved in another Member State. It is appropriate for the level of ambition of such schemes, and above all the methods of calculation, to be established in a common framework at Union level while providing significant flexibility to Member States to take full account of the national organisation of market actors, the specific context of the energy sector and final customers' habits. The common framework should give energy utilities the option of offering energy services to all final customers, not only to those to whom they sell energy. This increases competition in the energy market because energy utilities can differentiate their product by providing complementary energy services. The common framework should allow Member States to include requirements in their national scheme that pursue a social aim, notably in order to ensure that vulnerable customers have access to the benefits of highlower energy efficiencyconsumption. It should also allow Member States to exempt small companies from the energy efficiency obligation. The Commission Communication “Small Business Act” sets out principles that should be taken into account by Member States that decide to abstain from applying this possibility.
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) To tap the energy savings potential in certain market segments where energy audits are generally not offered commercially (such as households or small and medium-sized enterprises), Member States should ensure that energy audits are available. Energy audits should be mandatory and regular for large enterprises, as energy savings can be significantMember States should be able to create incentives for large enterprises which regularly undergo energy audits also to implement large parts of the resultant recommendations, provided that the ensuing energy savings are substantial and that no direct competitor is damaged.
Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) These audits should be carried out in an independent and cost-effective manner. The requirement for independence allows the audits to be carried out by in-house experts or experts from energy service companies, provided that these are qualified or accredited, that they are not directly engaged in the activity audited, and that the Member State has put in place a scheme to assure and check their quality and to impose sanctions if needed.
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) When designing energy efficiency improvement measures, account should be taken of efficiency gains and savings obtained through the widespread application of cost-effective technological innovations such as smart meters. To maximise the saving benefits of these innovations, final customers should be able to visualise indicators of cost and consumption and also, if they themselves so wish, have regular individual billing based on actual consumption. Insofar as space heating is included in this, users should be informed - if they are being billed on the basis of actual consumption - that the costs may be substantially higher in the winter than in the warmer months.
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) High-efficiency cogeneration (CHP) and district heating and cooling has significant potential for saving primary energy which is largely untapped in the Union. Member States should draw up national plans to develop high-efficiency CHP and district heating and cooling. These plans should cover a sufficiently long period to provide investors with information concerning national development plans and contribute to a stable and supportive investment environment. New electricity generation installations and existing installations which are substantially refurbished or whose permit or licence is updated should be equipped with high-efficient CHP units to recover waste heat stemming from the production of electricity provided there is also sufficient demand for heating, the operation of the installation is economically viable and the downstream infrastructure is either already in place or can be extended without undue cost. This waste heat could then be transported where it is needed through district heating networks. To this end, Member States shouldmight also adopt authorisation criteria to ensure the location of installations in sites close to heat demand points. In that case Member States should however be able to lay down conditions for exemption from these obligations where certain conditions are met.
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) To increase transparency for the final customer to be able to choose between electricity from cogeneration and electricity produced by other techniques, the Member States should have the option of guaranteeing the origin of high- efficiency cogeneration should be guaranteed on the basis of harmonised efficiency reference values. Guarantee of origin schemes do not by themselves imply a right to benefit from national support mechanisms. It is important that all forms ofIf a Member State decides to do this, it is important that all forms of electricity, including electricity produced from wind or solar energy, as well as from nuclear power, coal, gas, wave power, nuclear fusion and other future technologies are covered by guarantees of origin. Where electricity is produced from high-efficiency cogeneration can be covered by guarantees of origin. Guarantees of origin should be distinguished from exchangeable certificates. a mixture of sources, the percentage share of each individual source, together with the cost – and the extra cost incurred by supplying this information – should be stated in order to ensure full transparency. Guarantees of origin should be distinguished from exchangeable certificates and do not by themselves imply a right to benefit from national support mechanisms.
Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) The specific structure of the cogeneration and district heating and cooling sectors, which include many small and medium-sized producers, should be taken into account, especially when reviewing the administrative procedures for obtaining permission to construct cogeneration capacity or associated networks, in application of the "Think Small First" principle, provided the highest efficiency standards are complied with so as to meet the objective of the Directive.
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Most EU businesses are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). They represent an enormous energy saving potential for the EU. To help them adopt energy efficiency measures, Member States should establish a favourable framework aimed at providing SMEs with technical assistance and targeted information. Ideally, SMEs would then also be made responsible for implementing energy efficiency and savings measures, so that new jobs would be created there, or at least existing ones retained.
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions includes energy efficiency among the criteria for determining the Best Available Techniques that should serve as a reference for setting the permit conditions for installations within its scope, including combustion installations with a total rated thermal input of 50 MW or more. However, that Directive gives Member States the option not to impose requirements relating to energy efficiency on combustion units or other units emitting carbon dioxide on the site, for the activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community. To ensure that significant energy efficiency improvements are achieved in electricity and heat generation installations and mineral oil and gas refineries, actual energy efficiency levels should be monitored and compared with the relevant energy efficiency levels associated with the application of the Best Available Techniques. The Commission should compare energy efficiency levels and consider proposing additional measurespublish the results, while ensuring the protection of confidential data, if significant discrepancies exist between the actual energy efficiency levels and the levels associated with the application of the Best Available Techniques. The information collected on the actual energy efficiency values should also be used in reviewing the harmonised efficiency reference values for separate production of heat and electricity set out in Commission Decision 2007/74/EC of 21 December 2006In that case the Commission, together with the Member States and the operators, should collaborate to find solutions to increasing energy efficiency without undermining competition.
Amendment 275 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) Member States should establish, on the basis of objective, transparent and non- discriminatory criteria, rules governing the bearing and sharing of costs of grid connections and grid reinforcements and for technical adaptations needed to integrate new producers of electricity produced from high efficiency cogeneration, taking into account guidelines and codes developed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 and Regulation (EC) 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005. Producers of electricity generated from high-efficiency cogeneration should be allowed to issue a call for tender for the connection work. Access to the grid system for electricity produced from high- efficiency cogeneration, especially for small scale and micro-cogeneration units, should be facilitated. In particular it needs to be ensured that such electricity has priority access over electricity from renewable sources, since it will otherwise not be possible to guarantee the high efficiency of producing electricity combined with heating or cooling.
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) A sufficient number of reliable professionals competent in the field of energy efficiency should be available to ensure the effective and timely implementation of this Directive, for instance as regards compliance with the requirements on energy audits and implementation of energy efficiency obligation schemes. Member States should therefore put in place certification schemes for the providers of energy services, energy audits and other energy efficiency improvement measures. The Member States should also offer special language courses for qualified expert staff in order to promote the mobility of service providers and workers within the EU.
Amendment 281 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) It is necessary to continue developing the market for energy services to ensure the availability of both the demand and the supply of energy services. Transparency, for example by means of lists of energy services providers, can contribute to this. Model contracts and guidelines, in particular for energy performance contracting, can also help stimulate demand. As in other forms of third-party financing arrangements, in an energy performance contract the beneficiary of the energy service avoids investment costs by using part of the financial value of energy savings to repay the investment fully or partially carried out by a third party. At the same time, however, it needs to be ensured that not only measures with a rapid return are offered but a mix of differing measures to ensure that more effort- intensive and thus more expensive measures are also tackled swiftly.
Amendment 286 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) Member States and regions should be encouraged to make full use of the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund to trigger investments in energy efficiency improvement measures. Investment in energy efficiency has the potential to contribute to economic growth, employment, innovation and reduction of fuel poverty in households, and therefore has a positive contribution to economic, social and territorial cohesion. Potential areas for funding include energy efficiency measures in public buildings and housing, promotion of the construction of near- zero-energy buildings up to the end of 2020 at the latest, and providing new skills to promote employment in the energy efficiency sector.
Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) In the implementation of the 20% energy efficiencysavings target, the Commission will have to monitor the impact of new measures on Directive 2003/87/EC establishing the EU's emissions trading directive (ETS) in order to maintain the incentives in the emissions trading system rewarding low carbon investments and preparing the ETS sectors for the innovations needed in the future. This presupposes that the economy can rely on a stable legal framework. Any change to the agreed emissions trading scheme before 2020 that constitutes an additional obstacle should therefore be clearly ruled out, in order to guarantee certainty for investment and planning.
Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) Directive 2006/32/EC requires Member States to adopt and aim to achieve an overall national indicative energy savings target of 9% by 2016, to be reached by deploying energy services and other energy efficiency improvement measures. That Directive states that the second Energy Efficiency Plan adopted by the Member States shall be followed, as appropriate and where necessary, by Commission proposals for additional measures, including extending the period of application of targets. If a report concludes that insufficient progress has been made towards achieving the indicative national targets laid down by that Directive, these proposals are to address the level and nature of the targets. The impact assessment accompanying this Directive finds that the Member States are on track to achieve the 9% target, which is substantially less ambitious than the subsequently adopted 20% energy saving target for 2020, and therefore there is no need to address the level of the targetss compared with forecasts made in 2007. There is therefore no need at this stage to propose legally binding instruments as part of this directive. However, Member States which are not on track to achieve the target set for 2016 should be encouraged to implement further measures for themselves, among which binding instruments may be considered.
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) Since the objective of this Directive, which is to achieve the Union's energy efficiencysavings target of 20% primary energy savings by 2020 and pave the way towards further energy efficiency improvements and further energy savings beyond 2020, is not on track to be achieved by the Member States without taking additional energy efficiency measures, and can be betthe EU should be able to make recommendations to the Member Staters achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Unions to the best instruments to be used. Energy savings can nearly always be achieved at local level, and so in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union concrete measures should be adopted as close to the citizen as possible. Furthermore, traditions as well as climatic, economic and other conditions within the EU and to some extent within the Member States vary so much that there is a need for instruments tailored to each case. The EU cannot do justice to this diversity through binding instructions as to the instruments to be used. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.
Amendment 305 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
Recital 38
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a directive
Chapter 1 – title
Chapter 1 – title
Subject matter, scope, definitions and energy efficiencysaving targets
Amendment 318 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
This Directive establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy efficiency within the Union in order to ensure the achievement of at least the Union's target of 20% primary energy savings bycompared to projections for 2020 and to pave the way for further energy efficiency improvements beyond that date.
Amendment 322 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
It lays down rulemakes recommendations designed to remove barriers in the energy market and the energy service markets and overcome market failures that impede efficiency in the supply and use of energy, and provides for the establishment of national energy efficiencysavings targets for 2020.
Amendment 345 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Amendment 358 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
3. 'energy service' means the physical benefit, utility or good derived from a combination of energy with energy efficient technology or with action, which may include the operations, maintenance and control necessary to deliver the service, which is delivered on the basis of a contract and in normal circumstances has proven to result in verifiable and measurable or estimable energy efficiency improvement or primary energyenergy end-use savings;
Amendment 363 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
4. '‘public bodies'’ means '‘contracting authorities'’ as defined in Directive 2004/18/EC, provided the contracting authority is a body governed by public law;
Amendment 398 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
13. 'energy performance contracting' means a contractual arrangement between the beneficiary and the provider of an energy efficiency improvement measure, according to which the payment for the investment made by the provider is in relation to a contractually agrguaranteed level of energy efficiency improvement or other agreed energy performance criterion, such as financial savings or kWH;
Amendment 430 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall set a national energy efficiency target expressed as an absolute level of primary energy consumption in 2020 or as an absolute level of final energy consumption in 2020. When setting these targets, they shall take into account the Union’s target of 20 % energy savings, the measures provided for in this Directive, the measures adopted to reach the national energy saving targets adopted pursuant to Article 4(1) of Directive 2006/32/EC and other measures to promote energy efficiency within Member States and at Union level, and measures to reduce dependence on imports, increase the proportion of energy generated from renewable sources and reduce CO2 emissions.
Amendment 517 #
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 floor area of non-residential buildings 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 floor area of buildings with a total useful 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 556 #
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 twohree previous or following years.
Amendment 563 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Alternatively, Member States may arrange for buildings belonging to other owners to be renovated or reduce the total floor area of their public buildings.
Amendment 616 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
ba) as an alternative to (a) and (b), carry out an energy audit;
Amendment 627 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Member States may partly or wholly exempt from the application of the above provisions buildings with heritage status if compliance with minimum energy efficiency rules would perceptibly alter their character or appearance;
Amendment 660 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall set up an energy efficiency obligation schemes. Thisincentive programmes or other measures, such as energy efficiency obligation schemes, to ensure that real energy savings are made in accordance with the EU’s 2020 target. Where a Member State gives preference to an energy efficiency obligation scheme, the 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 energ. This amount of energy savings shall be achieved by the obligated parties among final customers in the electricity used in transport. This amount of energy savings shall be achieved by the obligated parties among final customersctor, and among final customers who are the buildings’ owners in the heating and hot water sector. Where other instruments are used, the Member States shall ensure that the overall target of reducing energy consumption by 20% compared to projections for 2020 is attained. All installations subject to the Emissions Trading Scheme shall be exempted from this provision as a matter of principle, irrespective of whether or not free allocation takes place.
Amendment 724 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Measures that target short-term savings, as defined in Annex V(1), shall not account for more than 140% of the amount of energy savings required from each obligated party and shall only be eligible to count towards the obligation laid down in paragraph 1 if combined with measures to which longer- term savings are attributed.
Amendment 737 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that the savings claimed by obligated parties are calculated in accordance with Annex V(2). They shall put in place control systems under which at least a statistically significant proportion, but no more than 0.5%, of the energy efficiency improvement measures put in place by the obligated parties is independently verified.
Amendment 755 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Member States shall publish the energy savings achieved by each obligated party and data on the annual trend of energy savings under the scheme, while ensuring the integrity and confidentiality of private or commercially sensitive information. For the purposes of publishing and verifying the energy savings achieved, Member States shall require obligated parties to submit to them at least the following data:
Amendment 771 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 7
Article 6 – paragraph 7
7. Without prejudice to the existing provisions of competition law, Member States shall ensure that market actors refrain from any activities that may impede the demand for and delivery of energy services or other energy efficiency improvement measures, or hinder the development of markets for energy services or other energy efficiency improvement measures, including foreclosing the market for competitors or abusing dominant positions.
Amendment 779 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 8
Article 6 – paragraph 8
8. Member States may exempt small energy distributors and small retail energy sales companies, namely those that distribute or sell less than the equivalent of 75 GWh of energy per year, employ fewer than 10 persons or have an annual turnover or annual balance sheet total that does not exceed EUR 2 000 000, from the application of this Article. Energy produced for self use shall not count towards these thresholdsobligation to offer energy services, provided that such exemption does not result in a distortion of competition and that alternative energy-saving measures are implemented. Energy produced for self use shall not fall within the scope of this directive; nor shall those sectors already subject to the provisions of the Emissions Trading Directive.
Amendment 799 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
Member States opting for this option shall notify to the Commission, by 1 January 2013 at the latest, the alternative measures that they plan to adopt, including the rules on penalties referred to in Article 9, andno later than two years after the directive’s publication in the Official Journal, the alternative measures that they plan to adopt, demonstrating how they would achieve the required amount of savings. The Commission may refuse such measures or make suggestions for modifications in the 3 months following notification. In such cases, the alternative approach shall not be applied by the Member State concerned until the Commission expressly acceptsMember State concerned shall take these resubmitted or modified draft measurescommendations or modifications into account.
Amendment 833 #
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 manner by qualified or accredited experts. Energy audits may be carried out by in-house experts, provided that these are qualified or accredited and that they are not directly engaged in the activity audited.
Amendment 860 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure thatcourage enterprises not included in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 are subject tto undergo an energy audit carried out in an independent and cost-effective manner by qualified or accredited experts at the latest by 30 June 2014 and every three years from the date of the previous energy auditby qualified or accredited experts and to repeat the process at intervals of no more than five years.
Amendment 911 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that final customers for electricity, natural gas, district heating or cooling and district- supplied domestic hot water are provided with individual meters that accurately measure, and allow to make availablereadings to be taken of, their actual energy consumption and provide information on actual time of use, in accordance with Annex VI, in so far as this is technically and economically justified – i.e. subject to positive findings in a cost-benefit analysis and to the principle of proportionality. A further precondition is that the Member States guarantee comprehensive data protection.
Amendment 969 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
In case of heating and cooling, where a building is supplied from a district heating network, a heat meter shall be installed at the building entry. In multi-apartment build or by central heatings, individual heat consumptiona heat meters shall also be installed to measure the consumption of heat or cooling for each apartment. Where the use of individual heat consumption meters is not technically feasible, individual heat cost allocators, in accordance with the specifications in Annex VI(1.2), shall be used for measuring heat consumption at each radiatorat the building entry or at the boiler outlet.
Amendment 980 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Member States shall introduce rules on cost allocation of heat, and billing for, heat/cooling and hot water consumption in multi-apartment buildings supplied with centralised heat or, cooling and/or hot water. Such rules shallmay include guidelines on correction factors to reflect building characteristics such as heat transfers between apartments.
Amendment 994 #
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 consumptionor predicted consumption, depending on which has been agreed with the customer, for all the sectors covered by the present Directive, including energy distributors, distribution system operators and retail energy sales companies, and that the same applies to the allocation of costs in multi-apartment buildings, in accordance with the minimum frequency set out in Annex VI(2.1). Appropriate information shall be made available with the bill or by means of another appropriate method to provide final customers with a comprehensive account of current energy costs, in accordance with Annex VI(2.2).
Amendment 999 #
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), provided that appropriate technical means are available.
Amendment 1009 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Member States shall require that if requested by final customers, information on their energy billing and historical consumption is made available to an energy service provider designated by the final customer in the same form as to the final customer. If the contracting parties deviate from this, rules on the allocation of costs must be agreed in advance.
Amendment 1021 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Information from metering and billing of individual consumption of energy as well as the other information mentioned in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and Annex VI shall be provided to final customers free of charge.
Amendment 1032 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
If they opt for compulsory systems, Member States shall lay down rules on penalties applicable in case of non- compliance with the national provisions adopted pursuant to Articles 6 to 8 and shall take the necessary measures to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall communicate those provisions to the Commission by [12 months after entry into force of this Directive] at the latest and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them.
Amendment 1043 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 20146, 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 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 1096 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall ensure that all, when new thermal electricity generation installations with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW are being planned, technical and economic feasibility studies are carried out in order to:
Amendment 1124 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) arebuild if at all possible an electricity generation installation provided with equipment allowing for the recovery of waste heat by means of a high-efficiency cogeneration unit; and
Amendment 1137 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) are sited in a locationto ascertain whether a location can be found where waste heat can be used by heat demand points.
Amendment 1145 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall adopt authorisation criteria as referred to in Article 7 of Directive 2009/72/EC, or equivalent permit criteria, to ensure that the provisions of the first subparagraph are met. They shall in particular ensure that the location of new installations takes into account the availability of suitable heat loads for cogeneration in accordance with Annex VIII.
Amendment 1156 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The provisions of the first two subparagraphs shall not apply to incineration plants which are intended to be operated for less than 1500 hours per year (calculated on the basis of a five-year average).
Amendment 1157 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1164 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 1169 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1174 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Amendment 1188 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 1192 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall notify such conditions for exemption to the Commission by 1 January 2014. The Commission may refuse those conditions or make suggestions for modifications in the 6 months following notification. In such cases, the conditions for exemption shall not be applied by the Member State concerned until the Commission expressly accepts the resubmitted or modified conditions.
Amendment 1200 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that national regulations on urban and rural spatial planning are adapted to the authorisation criteria referred to in paragraph 3 and are in line with the national heating and cooling plans referred to in paragraph 1take account of the importance of the efficient generation, distribution and use of energy.
Amendment 1206 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that, whenever an existing electricity generation installation with a total rated thermal input exceeding 20 MW is substantially refurbished or when, in accordance with Article 21 of Directive 2010/75/EC, its permit is updated, conversion to allow its operation as a high-efficiency cogeneration installation is set as a condition in the new or updated permit or licence, provided that the installation is sited in a location where the waste heat can be used by heat demand points in accordance with point 1 of Annex VIII and technological and economic feasibility studies are carried out to determine the scope for fitting the installation with technologies for the recovery and use of waste heat by means of high-efficiency cogeneration.
Amendment 1223 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The provisions of the first two subparagraphs shall not apply to incineration plants which are intended to be operated for less than 1500 hours per year (calculated on the basis of a five-year average).
Amendment 1225 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 7
Article 10 – paragraph 7
Amendment 1226 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1232 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 1237 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1246 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 1256 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall adopt authorisation or equivalent permitting criteria to ensure that industrial installations with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW generating waste heat that are built or substantially refurbished after [the entry into force of this Directive] capture and make use of their waste heat, provided that studies have first been carried out to show that the process is technologically and economically feasible. The provisions of Article 10(8) shall not apply to industrial installations which use their waste heat in the production process and thus already increase energy efficiency in this way.
Amendment 1271 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall establish mechanisms to ensure the connection of these installations to district heating and cooling networks. They may require these installations to bear the connection charges and the cost of developing the district heating and cooling networks necessary to transport their waste heat to consumers.
Amendment 1297 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 4
Member States shall notify such conditions for exemption to the Commission by 1 January 2014. The Commission may refuse those conditions or make suggestions for modifications in the 6 months following notification. In such cases, the conditions for exemption shall not be applied by the Member State concerned until the Commission expressly accepts the resubmitted or modified conditions.
Amendment 1299 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 9
Article 10 – paragraph 9
Amendment 1316 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 3
The Commission shall be empowered to review, by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 18 and in line with technical developments, the harmonised efficiency reference values laid down in Commission Decision [the number of the Decision] on the basis of Directive 2004/8/EC for the first time by 1 January 2015, and every ten years thereafter.
Amendment 1328 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Member States shall draw up an inventory of data in accordance with Annex X for all installations undertaking the combustion of fuels with total rated thermal input of 50 MW or more and installations undertaking the refining of mineral oil and gas within their territory. This shall be updated every three years. The annual installation-specific data contained in these inventories shall be made available to the Commission upon request. Member States shall include a non-confidential summary containing aggregated information of the inventories in the reports referred to in Article 19(2).
Amendment 1362 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure the removal of those incentives in transmission and distribution tariffs that unnecessarily increase the volume of distributed or transmitted energy. In this respect, in accordance with Article 3(2) of Directive 2009/72/EC and Article 3(2) of Directive 2009/73/EC, Member States may impose public service obligations relating to energy efficiency on undertakings operating in the electricity and gas sectors. This should not prevent network operators introducing cost-based tariff structures.
Amendment 1372 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point b
b) provide priority or guaranteed access to the grid of electricity from high efficiency cogeneration;, also ahead of electricity from renewables,
Amendment 1467 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
These measures to remove barriers may include providing incentives, repealing or amending legal or regulatory provisions, or adopting guidelines and interpretative communications. These measures may be combined with the provision of education, training and specific information and technical assistance on energy efficiency. When adopting such measures, the basic right to the protection of property must always be guaranteed.
Amendment 1528 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The Commission’s assessment of the first supplementary report shall include an assessment of the energy efficiency levels of existing and new installations undertaking the combustion of fuels with a total rated thermal input of 50 MW or more and installations undertaking the refining of mineral oil and gas, in the light of the relevant best available techniques as developed in accordance with Directive 2010/75/EU and Directive 2008/1/EC. Where this assessment identifies significant discrepancies between the actual energy efficiency levels of such installations and energy efficiency levels associated with the application of the relevant best available techniques, the Commission shall propose, if appropriate, requirements to improve the energy efficiency levels achieved by such installations or that the use of such techniques shall in future be a condition for the permitting of new installations and for the periodic review of the permits for existing installations.
Amendment 1539 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 7
Article 19 – paragraph 7
7. By 30 JuneMarch 20146 the Commission shall submit the assessment referred to in Article 3(2) to the European Parliament and to the Council, followed, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal laying down mandatory national targets.
Amendment 1549 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by [124 months after the entry into force of this Directive] at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.
Amendment 1596 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point e
Annex III – point e
e) require in their tenders for service contracts that service providers use, for the purposes of providing the services in question, only products that comply with the requirements referred to in points (a) to (dc), when providing the services in question;
Amendment 1646 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 1 – point 1.1 – subparagraph 2
Annex VI – section 1 – point 1.1 – subparagraph 2
The interface shall provide private information enabling final customers to better control their energy consumption and use the information for further potential analysis. Such information shall at least indicate the current rate of consumption (e.g. kWh, kJ, m3) and related costs, if these are known, and be communicated in a format that promotes consuustomer action in energy efficiency.
Amendment 1664 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 1 – point 1.1 – subparagraph 5
Annex VI – section 1 – point 1.1 – subparagraph 5
Amendment 1673 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – title
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – title
2.1 Frequency of billing and notification based on actual consumption.
Amendment 1685 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
In order to enable final customers to regulate their own energy consumption, and provided that appropriate technical procedures are available, billing on the basis of actual consumption shall be performed with the following frequency:
Amendment 1690 #
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, unless otherwise agreed with the customer.
Amendment 1694 #
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, provided that natural gas is not being used for individual heating purposes. In such cases individual agreements may be reached.
Amendment 1705 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) With centralised heating and cooling, billing shallmay be provided on a monthly basis during the heating/cooling season. , unless otherwise agreed with the customer. Information concerning consumption should, however, be provided on a monthly basis.
Amendment 1726 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.2 – introductory part
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.2 – introductory part
Member States shall ensure that the following information is made available to final customers at least once a year in clear and understandable terms in or with their bills, contracts, transactions, and receipts at distribution stations:
Amendment 1738 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.3
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.3
When sending contracts and contract changes, and in or with the bills customers receive or through websites addressing individual customers, energy distributors, distribution system operators and retail energy sales companies shall inform their customers in a clear and understandable manner of contact information for independent consumer advice centres, energy agencies or similar institutions, including their internet addresses, where they can obtain advice on available energy efficiency measures, benchmark profiles for their energy consumption and technical specifications of energy using appliances that can serve to reduce the consumption of these appliances.
Amendment 1743 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VII – section 1 – introductory part
Annex VII – section 1 – introductory part
1. The national heating and cooling plans referred to in Article 10(1) shallmay include:
Amendment 1768 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex VIII
Annex VIII
deleted
Amendment 1782 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex X – point d
Annex X – point d