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The Directive has been adopted. Read the final text of the Directive as recorded into the Official Journal of the European Union on April 27 2006. Andrew Warren, Senior Advisor to EuroACE, has prepared a briefing on the Directive.

Estimates are that the European Union’s energy consumption is approximately 20% higher than can be justified on economic grounds. There is a very large economic potential of unrealized energy savings. A part of this energy savings can effectively be realized through energy services and other end-use efficiency measures.

History

Tabled and entering the legislative process in December 2003, the proposed Directive set out clear mandatory targets for annual energy intensity improvements at Member States’ level and for the share of energy efficient public procurement for the period 2006-2012. For the same period, strong incentives were given by the Directive for Member States to ensure that suppliers of energy offer a certain level of energy services.

As stated, the original text of the proposed Directive was approved by the College of Commissioners in Brussels on 10.12.03. Following examinations in March and September of 2004, the Dutch Presidency of the Council of the EU tabled an amended version of the proposed Directive on September 23rd. EuroACE responded in December 2004 with a comparison between the original proposal and the Dutch Presidency's version, to brief delegations to a Council of Ministers meeting.

Mechthild Rothe MEP, rapporteur to the European Parliament on the Directive, also tabled amendments to the Directive. EuroACE has prepared an unofficial translation from German into English of these proposed amendments, accessible via the link below.

This was superceded by an amended text resulting from the meetings held in March 2005 by the Working Party on Energy.

• New! Briefing on the Directive by Andrew Warren, Senior Advisor to EuroACE
• Final Directive text (04/06)
• European Commission response to the European Parliament's and the Council of Ministers' views on the proposed Directive
• Amended text of the draft Directive tabled in light of the Working Party on Energy meetings held on 8 and 15 March 2005
• Article by Andrew Warren, EuroACE's Senior Adviser, in Metering International outlining EuroACE's position on the proposed Directive (03/05)
• EuroACE translation into English of tabled amendments to the proposed Directive prepared by Mechthild Rothe MEP (01/05)
• EuroACE comparison between original and Dutch Presidency versions (12/04)
• Amended version tabled by the Dutch Presidency of the Council of the EU (09/04)
• Commission guidance on how to measure and verify energy efficiency targets required under the proposed Directive (08/04)
• Original proposed text of the Directive (12/03)