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Policy Issue

Energy Efficiency Directive

Policy Isssue

Energy Efficiency Directive

Basic information

State of play

The European Commission adopted and published on 14 July 2021 a proposal for a recast Energy Efficiency Directive (EDD). The recast proposal raises the level of ambition of the EU’s energy consumption reduction targets for 2030: from -32,5% to -39% primary energy consumption, and from -32,5% to -36% final energy consumption. The proposal also makes the collective targets binding, and sets indicative national contributions based on a benchmarking framework.

The Council adopted its General Approach on 27 June 2022, which endorses the collective targets of -39% and -36% but leaves some wiggle room for Member States in setting their indicative national contribution. The Parliament adopted its position on 14 September 2022, pushing for even more ambitious targets: -42.5% and -40% respectively. The Parliament also insists that Member States should set binding – rather than indicative – national contributions. The inter-institutional negotiations are ongoing; the second one took place on 22 November 2022 and a third one on 14 December 2022. There appear to be some roadblocks still before agreement is found, but final adoption of the recast EED is expected to follow in early 2023.

Publications

09 July 2022
Last week, the energy ministers adopted the Council’s negotiating position on the Energy Efficiency Directive based on the compromise texts prepared by the French Presidency.
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24 November 2021
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released its report on Energy Efficiency 2021 which deals with the progress made, the pandemic and impacts on the supply chain of materials. Its objective is to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, not only in the energy sector but als...
2 min read
04 October 2021
On 28 September the Commission published its 7-page recommendation on Energy Efficiency First: from principles to practice together with a 59-page annex with guidelines and examples for its implementation in decision-making in the energy sector and beyond....
2 min read
18 August 2021
This report presents the assessment results of the technical and economic final energy saving potential within EU27 by 2030, covering energy intensive industries, commercial, residential and road transport sector based on 2016 data....
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20 July 2021
The act has been released within the context of the Fit for 55 package to deliver the Green Deal and reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions by 55% in 2030 on the path towards the 2050 climate neutrality ambitions. It is now open for feedback until 10 September....
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08 February 2021
The IEA is continuing to update its publications. Of note is the Energy Efficiency 2020 published at the end of 2020. As usual, a lot of interesting documents have been released and while looking at the world at large. The insights can prove useful for companies wishing to ente...
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Legislation

This section contains an all-encompassing collection of all EU legislation of relevance for this policy issue in one place. This not only covers regulatory texts, but also FAQ documents, guidelines, preparatory studies, impact assessments, review studies, harmonised standards, and much more. The database contains most recent publications, but also allows you to go back in time. 

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2013 Guidance on implementing the Energy Efficiency Directive – COM 2013 762 – Note on Article 5 – SWD 2013 445

2013 Guidance on implementing the Energy Efficiency Directive – COM 2013 762 – Note on Article 6 – SWD 2013 446

2013 Guidance on implementing the Energy Efficiency Directive – COM 2013 762 – Note on Article 7 – SWD 2013 451

2013 Guidance on implementing the Energy Efficiency Directive – COM 2013 762 – Note on Article 8 – SWD 2013 447

2013 Guidance on implementing the Energy Efficiency Directive – COM 2013 762 – Note on Article 9-11 – SWD 2013 448

2013 Guidance on implementing the Energy Efficiency Directive – COM 2013 762 – Note on Article 14 – SWD 2013 449

2013 Guidance on implementing the Energy Efficiency Directive – COM 2013 762 – Note on Article 15 – SWD 2013 450

2013 Guidance on implementing the Energy Efficiency Directive – COM 2013 762

2015 Progress report towards efficiency targets – COM 2015 574 – Accompanying SWD 2015 245 – 1 of 2

2015 Progress report towards efficiency targets – COM 2015 574 – Accompanying SWD 2015 245 – 2 of 2

2015 Progress report towards efficiency targets – COM 2015 574

2016 Progress report towards efficiency targets – COM 2017 56

2017 Progress report towards efficiency targets – COM 2017 687

2018 Progress report towards efficiency targets – COM 2019 224

2019 Progress report towards efficiency targets – COM 2020 326

2019 Recommendation EU 2019 1658 on transposing energy savings obligations

2019 Recommendation EU 2019 1659 on comprehensive assessment of potential for efficient heating and cooling

2019 Recommendation EU 2019 1660 on implementation of metering and billing provisions

2021 Recommendation EU 2021 1749 on Energy Efficiency First – Annex

2021 Recommendation EU 2021 1749 on Energy Efficiency First

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