Activities of Pavel POC related to 2011/0172(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Energy efficiency (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy efficiency and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC
Amendments (30)
Amendment 49 #
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 the Union'’s target of 20% primary energy savings by 2020, which amounts to an annual primary energy consumption of 1474 Mtoe in 2020, and to pave the way for further energy efficiency improvements beyond that date.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall set aadopt a binding national energy efficiency target expressed as an absolute level of primary energy consumption in 2020. When setting tThese 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 levelbe set according to the methodology set out in Annex Ia (new).
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a - Building stock 1. Member States shall draft national strategies to reduce the energy consumption of the national existing building stock. 2. The national strategies shall include legislative, financial, and training measures to achieve a reduction of energy consumption of the exsiting building stock by 80% compared to 2010 levels by 31 December 2050, mainly through deep renovations.. 3. The national strtegies shall also include the following intermediate objectives: (a) A reduction of energy consumption of the exsiting building stock by 30% compared to 2010 levels by 31 December 2030. (b) A reduction of energy consumption of the exsiting building stock by 60% compared to 2010 levels by 31 December 2040. 4. Member States may adopt differentiated approaches for commercial, residential and public buildings and may start by tackling the worst performing buildings first.
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall set up an energy efficiency obligation scheme. This 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 energy used in transport. This amount of energy savings shall be achieved by the obligated parties among final customers.
Amendment 152 #
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 controlindependent measurement, control and verification systems under which at least a statistically significant proportionand representative sample of the energy efficiency improvement measures put in place by the obligated parties is independently verified.
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point c a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point c a (new)
c a (new) any costs passed through to their customers, while preserving the integrity and confidentiality of private or commercially sensitive information in compliance with applicable European Union legislation
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 176 #
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, and demonstrating how they wouldpart of their obligation that will be fulfilled with payments into the funds by the obligated parties, including the rules on penalties referred to in Article 9, and illustrate what programmes and measures they plan to put in place using the payment collected into the fund to 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 approachprogrammes and measures shall not be applied by the Member State concerned until the Commission expressly accepts the resubmitted or modified draft measures.
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
When Member States put in place the roll- out of smart meters, these should be subject to a full cost-benefit analysis of the consumer interest, as foreseen by Directives 2009/72/EC and 2009/73/EC concerning electricity and gas markets, they. When establishing the minimum functionalities of the meters and obligations imposed on market participants, Member States shall ensure that the objectives of energy efficiency and final customer benefits are fully taken into account when establishing the minimum functionalities of the meters and obligations imposed on market participants.
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States shall require national regulatory authorities to test the accessibility and usability for consumers of energy bills on an annual basis. The findings shall be made publically available.
Amendment 231 #
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 when technically, socio-economically and commercially feasible all new thermal electricity generation installations with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW:, are provided with equipment allowing for the recovery of waste heat by means of a high-efficiency cogeneration unit. Member States shall ensure that the availability of heat demand points is taken into account amongst other criteria when deciding on the location of thermal electricity generation installations.
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
To ensure that only projects with the technical potential and a positive socio- economic and business economic benefit are implemented Member States mayshall lay down conditions for exemption from the provisions of paragraph 3 when:
Amendment 248 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the threshold conditions related to the availability of heat load set out in point 1 of Annex VIII are not meta cost-benefit analysis shows that the costs outweigh the benefits in comparison with the full life-cycle costs, including infrastructure investment, of providing the same amount of electricity and heat with separate heating or cooling;
Amendment 250 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the requirement in point (b) of paragraph 3 related to the location of the installation cannot be met due to the need to locate an installation is located close to a geological storage site permitted under Directive 2009/31/EC; or
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Amendment 263 #
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 VIIIsuch a project with high-efficient cogeneration is technically, socio- economically and commercially feasible.
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
To ensure that only projects with the technical potential and a positive socio- economic and business economic benefit are implemented Member States mayshall lay down conditions for exemption from the provisions of paragraph 6 when:
Amendment 277 #
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 when such a project is assessed as commercially and technically feasible.
Amendment 279 #
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 bearshall ensure that the connection charges and the cost of developing the district heating and cooling networks necessary to transport their waste heat to consumers are fairly distributed between the involved actors.
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part
Member States mayshall lay down conditions for exemption from the provisions in the first sub-paragraph when:
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 9
Article 10 – paragraph 9
9. The Commission shall establish by 1 January 2013 by means of a delegated act in accordance with Article 18 a methodology for the cost-benefit analysis referred to in paragraphs 4 (c), 7 (b) and 8(b). The methodology shall be prepared in consultation with the concerned stakeholders. Such a methodology shall take into account both socio-economic and business finance perspectives.
Amendment 324 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. No later than 6 months after the entry into force of this Directive, the Commission shall adopt a decision to reduce the number of allowances pursuant to Article 9 of Directive 2003/87/EC by 1.4bn allowances so as to maintain the incentives for investment in energy efficiency measures and low carbon technologies and the level of ambition envisaged in Directive 2003/87/EC.
Amendment 325 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17a Funds 1. Without prejudice to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty, Member States shall establish a fund or funds to subsidise the delivery of energy efficiency improvement programmes and measures, to promote the development of a market for energy efficiency measures and to offer technical assistance. Such measures may include the promotion of energy auditing and financial instruments for energy savings, support the deep renovation of buildings particularly for low-income households. The fund may, among other sources, include the revenues generated by the auctioning under the ETS, financing from the Structural and Cohesion Funds, eventual financial contributions derived from the obligation schemes referred to in Article 6 of this Directive. 2. The funds shall be used to attract private investment into the energy efficiency space, by means of loan guarantees and other financial engineering mechanisms. 3. When funds subsidise the delivery of energy efficiency improvement measures, access to funds shall be made conditional upon the actual realisation of energy savings or energy efficiency improvements. This shall be proved by appropriate means, such as energy performance certificates for buildings or energy labels for products. 4. The funds shall also provide technical assistance for third parties, such as consumers, small and medium size enterprises and other investors, to support the market penetration of good quality energy efficiency programmes and measures. 5. Funds may be linked to dedicated agencies or programmes which help to direct monies to appropriate projects and to carry out the functions described in paragraphs 3 and 4.
Amendment 326 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. By 30 April each year, Member States shall report on the progress achieved towards their binding national energy efficiency targets, in accordance with Annex XIV(1).
Amendment 339 #
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, by 31 December 2015, 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 or updating of the permits for existing installations.
Amendment 345 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 7
Article 19 – paragraph 7
Amendment 354 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 a (new)
Article 22 a (new)
Article 22a - Amendments to Directive 2003/87/EC In Article 9 of Directive 2003/87/EC the following paragraph shall be added after the second paragraph : ‘From 2014 onwards the linear reduction factor shall be 2.25%.’