Activities of Claude TURMES related to 2013/2038(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the implementation and impact of the energy efficiency measures under Cohesion Policy
Amendments (8)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that cohesion policy will play a key role in implementing the measures necessary to achieve the Union's target of saving 20 % of primary energy consumption by 2020, and in paving the way for further energy efficiency improvements beyond that date;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the primary objective of cohesion policy remains the reduction of the economic and soc, social and territorial disparities between regions and considers that energy efficiency policies should not interfere with this objective; stresses that some of the EU's poorest regions may have different priorities and require investment in other areas firstwill help achieve this objective;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that investment in energy efficiency has the potential to contributes to economic growth, employment, innovation, energy independency and a reduction in energy poverty in households, and can therefore make a positive contribution to economic, social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned about recent developments in countries such as Bulgaria, where high energy prices have caused social unrest, and calls for targeted measures to make energy affordable for ordinaryenergy efficiency measures, in particular under cohesion policy, to reduce energy bills for citizens;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls in particular the energy saving potential of public buildings and housand private, residential and commercial buildings, which represent 40 % of the Union's final energy consumption and 36% of the European Union's total CO2 emissions, and urges Member States to swiftly adopt long-term strategies beyond 2020 for mobilising investment in the renovation of residential and commercial buildings with a view to improving the energy performance of the building stock, as required by Directive 2012/27/EU;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the importance of cohesion policy, and of the financial resources allocated to it, for the full development of smart grids and intelligent networks which result in more efficient energy systems across the regions, reducing energy consumption and energy loss;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase the minimum share of funding for energy efficiency measures when negotiating future cohesion policy.
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is concerned about the recent findings of the Court of Auditors, which indicate that cohesion policy investments in energy efficiency have not been findings from the 2012 Court of Auditors report on Cost- Effectiveness of Cohesion Policy Investments in Energy Efficiency on a sample of 24 energy efficiency investment projects in public buildings only, in the Member States of Lithuania, Italy and the Czech Republic across four operational programmes, which indicate that the right conditions in programming and financing had not been set to enable cost-effective energy efficiency investments; notes the reply of the Commission to the findings which concludes that sample size of the projects audited is very small and that one of the projects is from 2000-06 and therefore the results cannot be extrapolated to the policy as a whole, that energy efficiency policy has developed considerably in recent years since the four audited programmes were negotiated, that there might be a conflict of interest between the results of a 'cost- effectiveness', as is the focus of the Court of Auditors' report, and a 'needs assessment' approach, and that an assessment of needs might lead to a different prioritisation, that it is important to take an integrated approach for investment in public buildings and that deep renovations may need longer pay back times;