GEN – 747.00. Within DG Energy the responsibilities of the Policy Officers that have recently started have been allocated. The first months will be spent on getting familiar with their files.
In the period December 2015 to October 2016 many Policy Officers dealing with Ecodeisgn and Energy Labelling changed positions within the Commission. Since mid-January the gaps have been filled.
Besides the January 2017 list of responsibilities, we include the April 2015 list so that you may notice the changes in allocations.
Overview
DG ENER – Directorate-General for Energy – Director General – Dominique Ristori
DG ENER – Dir C – Renewables, Research and Innovation, Energy Efficiency – Director Marie Donnelly
DG ENER – Dir C – Entity 3 – Energy Efficiency (EE)- Head of Unit – Paul Hodson
DG ENER – Dir C – Entity 3 – EE – Energy efficiency of products – Head of Sector – Robert Nuij
Policy officers in EE – Energy efficiency of products
Display of labels online – Paolo Tosoratti
Lot 1 – Space heaters – Veerle Beelaerts
Lot 2 – Water haters – Veerle Beelaerts
Lot 10 – Air-conditioners and comfort fans – Veerle Beelaerts
Lot 11 – Circulators – Ronald Piers de Raveschoot
Lot 11 – Fans – Ronald Piers de Raveschoot
Lot 11/30 – Electric Motors – Ronald Piers de Raveschoot
Lot 12 – Commercial refrigerators and freezers – Barbara Pirchner
Lot 21 – (part GROW 6) Central heating products and commercial air-conditioners – Veerle Beelaerts
Lot 31 – Compressors – Ronald Piers de Raveschoot
Lot 33 – Smart appliances – George Paunescu
Other – Display of labels online – Paolo Tosoratti
DG GROW – Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs– Director General – Lowri Evans
DG GROW Dir C – Industrial Transformation and Advanced Value Chains- Director Gwenole Cozigou
DG GROW Dir C – 1. Clean Technologies and Products – Acting Head of Unit Fulvia Raffaelli
Policy officers in Sustainable Industrial Policy / Eco / Design Directive
Lot 1 – Professional refrigeration – Davide Polverini
Lot 6 + (part ENER 10) Ventilation – Davide Polverini
Energy Performance of Buildings is covered within:
DG ENER – Dir C – Entity 3 – EE – Head of Unit – Paul Hodson
DG ENER – Dir C – Entity 3 – EE – Team leader – Buildings team leader – Paula Rey Garcia
Policy officers in EE dealing with EPBD
Vasco Ferreira
Laurent Deleersnyder
A few changes in the hierarchy levels are expected in the coming months.
Next events
Tentatively it has been announced that there would be a Consultation Forum hosted by DG GROW in February and one by DG ENER as early as March.
Current priorities
DG ENER is accompanying the revision of the Energy Labelling Directive. If a political agreement is reached between the Council and Parliament during the trilogue meeting scheduled for 21 March, DG ENER would like to call a stakeholder meeting on the database before the summer break.
The policy officers are working on the review of existing regulation. At present Lot 11 Electric Motors is being dealt with. The Impact Assessment study is being prepared and will be submitted to the Regulatory Scrutiny Board. If this Impact Assessment passes the Regulatory Scrutiny Board the next files that will be progressed are Lot 11 Fans and/or Lot 31 Compressors.
The published regulations will be checked to establish the timing for the respective review studies.
Recommended action
The Product Groups should invite the policy officers to their next meeting. As it is becoming more difficult for policy officers to meet outside Brussels, these meetings would need to take place in Brussels.
Related information
Contact details: http://europa.eu/whoiswho/whoiswho.html
