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What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text

From · plenary report· 26 Jul 2022

A-9-2022-0221

on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy efficiency (recast)

To · adopted text· 14 Sept 2022

TA-9-2022-0315

Energy efficiency (recast) ***I

Changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations and punctuation-only edits are left out; they are under “Every difference”.

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Added:Amendments adopted by the European Parliament on 14 September 2022 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy efficiency (recast) (COM(2021)0558 – C9-0330/2021 – 2021/0203(COD))

Added:[Amendment 1, unless otherwise indicated]

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Changed:(18) This Directive is part of a broader policy framework of energy efficiency policies addressing energy efficiency potentials in specific policy areas, including buildings (Directive ~~2010/31/EC),~~2010/31/EU), products (Directive 2009/125/EC, Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 and Regulation (EU) 2020/740) and governance mechanism (Regulation (EU) 2018/1999). Those policies play a very important role in delivering energy savings when products are replaced or buildings constructed or renovated.

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Changed:(34) In 2020, more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas. That figure is expected to reach 68% by 2050. In addition, half of the urban infrastructures by 2050 are still to be built. 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 and other public bodies in the Member States have already put into place integrated approaches to energy saving and energy supply and sustainable mobility, for example via sustainable energy action plans or sustainable urban mobility 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. Further efforts are needed in the area of improving the energy efficiency of urban mobility, for both passenger and freight transport, as it uses around 40 % of all road transport energy. Regulation ... [revised TEN-T Regulation - ~~COD 2021/420]~~2021/0420(COD)] should contribute significantly to addressing the energy efficiency of urban transport with a consistent, integrated and multimodal approach via the requirement to adopt sustainable urban mobility plans (SUMP) as defined in that Regulation. Moreover, in order to reach the goals of this Directive, Member States should strongly encourage as many local authorities as possible to adopt SUMPs in order to contribute to the reduction of energy consumption and avoid unnecessary transport where possible, in line with the energy efficiency first principle.

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Changed:Where technically feasible and cost-effective, Member States shall make their best efforts to install a number of recharging points in buildings owned or occupied by public bodies exceeding the minimum requirements provided for in Article [12] of Directive ... [recast EPBD - ~~2021/0426 (COD)].~~2021/0426(COD)].

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Changed:3. For the purposes of this Article, Member States shall make publicly available an inventory of heated and/or cooled buildings that are owned or occupied by public bodies as referred to in the first and third subparagraphs of paragraph 1 and buildings for social purposes with a total useful floor area of more than 250 m2. This inventory shall be set up by 30 June 2024, and shall be updated at least once a year. It shall be collated in a user-friendly database and linked to the building stock overview done in the framework of the national long-term renovation strategies in accordance with Article 2a of Directive 2010/31/EU and the databases set up pursuant to Article [19] of that Directive [recast EPBD - ~~2021/0426 (COD)].~~2021/0426(COD)].

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Changed:(b) the energy performance certificate of each building issued in accordance with Article 16 of Directive ... [recast EPBD - ~~2021/0426 (COD)]~~2021/0426(COD)] or, where no energy performance certificate of the building exists, information about the buildings heat source, the energy intensity of the building given in kWh/(m²*y), ventilation and cooling installations and other technical installations shall be provided;

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Changed:Member States shall establish and achieve a minimum share of the required amount of cumulative end-use energy savings among people affected by energy poverty, low-income households, vulnerable customers 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 (EU) 2018/1999. Member States shall, in their assessment of the share of energy poverty in their National Energy and Climate Plans, consider the indicators referred to in points (a) to (bb) of this subparagraph. 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, low-income households, vulnerable customers 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:

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Changed:8. Member States shall establish measurement, control and verification systems for carrying out documented verification on at least a statistically significant proportion and representative sample of the energy efficiency improvement measures put in place by the obligated parties. The measurement, control and verification shall be carried out independently of the obligated parties. [Where an entity is an obligated party under a national energy efficiency obligation scheme under Article 9 and under the EU Emissions Trading System to buildings and road transport ~~[COM(2021) 551 final, 2021/0211~~[COM(2021)0551, ~~(COD)],~~2021/0211(COD)], the monitoring and verification system shall ensure that the carbon price passed through when releasing fuel for consumption [according to Article 1(21) of ~~COM(2021) 551 final, 2021/0211~~COM(2021)0551, ~~(COD)]~~2021/0211(COD)] shall be taken into account in the calculation and reporting of energy savings of the entity´s energy saving measures.]

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Changed:2. Member States shall take appropriate measures to promote and facilitate an efficient use of energy by final customers and final users. These measures shall be part of a national strategy such as the integrated national energy and climate plan in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, or the long term renovation strategy as defined in Directive ... [recast EPBD - ~~2021/0426 (COD)].~~2021/0426(COD)].

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Changed:(f) providing holistic support to all households, with a special attention to households in energy poverty and worst performing buildings, as well as to accredited companies and installers providing retrofit services, adapted to different housing typologies and geographical scope, and providing support covering the different stages of the retrofit project in particular to facilitate the implementation of Minimum Energy Performance Standards provided for in Article 9 of Directive ... [recast EPBD - ~~2021/0426 (COD)];~~2021/0426(COD)];

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Changed:a) implement energy efficiency improvement measures to mitigate distributional effects from other policies and measures, such as taxation measures implemented according to Article 10 of this Directive, or the application of emission trading in the buildings and transport sector according to the ETS Directive ~~[COM(2021) 551 final, 2021/0211~~[COM(2021)0551, ~~(COD)];~~2021/0211(COD)];

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Changed:b) make the best possible use of public funding available at national and Union level, including, where applicable, the financial contribution Member State received from the Social Climate Fund pursuant to [Article 9 and Article 14 of the Social Climate Fund Regulation, ~~COM 2021 568 final],~~COM(2021)0568], and revenues from allowance auctions from emission trading pursuant to the EU ETS ~~[COM(2021) 551 final, 2021/0211~~[COM(2021)0551, ~~(COD)],~~2021/0211(COD)], for investments into energy efficiency improvement measures as priority actions;

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Changed:4. National energy regulatory authorities shall include a specific section on the progress achieved in energy efficiency improvements regarding the operation of the gas and electricity infrastructure in the annual report drawn up pursuant to Article 59(1)(i) of Directive (EU) 2019/944 and pursuant to Article 41 of Directive ~~(EU)~~ 2009/73/EC. In these reports, national energy regulatory authorities shall provide an assessment of the overall efficiency in the operation of the gas and electricity infrastructure, the measures carried out by transmission and distribution system operators, and, where applicable, provide recommendations for energy efficiency improvements, including cost-efficient alternatives that reduce peak loads and overall electricity use.

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Changed:(e) Member States cannot count reduced energy use in sectors, including the transport and building sector, that would have occurred in any event as a result of emission trading pursuant to the EU ETS Directive towards the fulfilment of the energy savings obligation pursuant to Article 8(1). If an entity is an obligated party under a national energy efficiency obligation scheme under Article 9 of this Directive and under the EU Emissions Trading System for buildings and road transport ~~[COM(2021) 551 final,2021/0211~~[COM(2021)0551, ~~(COD)],~~2021/0211(COD)], the monitoring and verification system shall ensure that the carbon price passed through when releasing fuel for consumption [according Article 1(21) of ~~COM(2021) 551 final,2021/0211~~COM(2021)0551, ~~(COD)]~~2021/0211(COD)] is taken into account when calculating and reporting the energy savings of its energy saving measures;

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Changed:(f) Member States shall provide evidence, including calculation methodologies, that where there is an overlap in the impact of energy or carbon taxation measures or emission trading according the EU ETS Directive ~~[COM(2021) 551 final,2021/0211~~[COM(2021)0551, ~~(COD)],~~2021/0211(COD)], there is no double counting of energy savings.

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Changed:(vi) how overlaps with emission trading in accordance with the EU ETS Directive ~~[COM(2021) 551 final,2021/0211~~[COM(2021)0551, ~~(COD)]~~2021/0211(COD)] have been avoided and the risk of double counting has been abolished.

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