The International Network
for Sustainable Energy

Legislation Proposed by the EU Commission under Development/Amendment

Energy Efficiency in Buildings - Directive Recast- (Updated: May 2010)

SAVE - Energy Efficiency in Products - Directive Recast (Updated: October 2009)

Approved Legislation

Energy Efficiency in Buildings - Directive - (Updated: July 2010)

Ecodesign for Energy Efficiency - Framework Directive, September 2009 (Updated: June 2010)

Energy Star - Voluntary Agreement (Updated: June 2010)

SAVE Directive - Energy Efficiency in Products
Directives on Energy Labelling (8 directives)
Directives on Minimum Efficiency (3 directives) (Updated: August 2005)

Cogeneration - Directive (Updated: June 2008)

Directive on Energy End-Use Efficiency and Energy Services (Updated: June 2010)

Minimum Energy Tax - Directive (Updated: June 2010)

Intelligent Energy for Europe 2007-2013 (Updated: June 2010)

Intelligent Energy for Europe 2003-2006

FP7 - EU Research and Development (Updated: December 2008)

Initiatives:

Energy-Efficiency Strategy Coming
In December 2010, is expected that the Energy-Efficiency Action Plan, first projected last fall, has now been replaced by an Energy-Efficiency Strategy (usually a less binding paper). (Updated: July 2010)

Energy-Efficiency Initiative from the EU Parliament
The Parliament's Energy Committee (ITRE) has decided to write an ‘own initiative’ report on energy-saving, to push the EU system to take new actions in this field. While such a report has no legal status, it can be an important instrument to push for new action on the EU level. Before renewable heating was included in the EU renewable-energy directive, the Parliament pushed it with an ‘own initiative’ on renewable heating. (Updated: July 2010)

EU Energy Package with 20% Energy Efficiency TargetRenewable Energy Directive (Targets 2020, etc.) (Updated: April 2009)

Energy Security and Efficiency Package - Second Strategic Energy Review, (November 13, 2008)

Energy Efficiency Action Plan: Realising the Potential (Updated: June 2008)
Press Release October 19, 2006 ( pdf file 138 kB)

Green Paper on Energy Efficiency, June 2005 (Updated: June 2008)

EU Energy Policy 2006-2008

SET Plan (Updated: October 2008)

Older INFORSE-Europe Positions Not Mentioned Above:

Welcome to the new EU Parliament (elected June 10-13, 2004) - (Updated: July 2004)

In May 2001, INFORSE-Europe has given its position to the debate about the EU Green Paper of Security of Supply.

See at: INFORSE-Europe´s Comments to the Green Paper on Security of Energy Supply