What changed, Directive 2012/27/EU

+ **5.** Each Member State shall set indicative national energy efficiency contributions towards the Union's 2030 targets as referred to in Article 1(1) of this Directive in accordance with Articles 4 and 6 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4). When setting th…
− **5.** Each Member State shall set indicative national energy efficiency contributions towards the Union's 2030 targets set in Article 1(1) of this Directive in accordance with Articles 4 and 6 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 (4). When setting those contributions, Member States shall take into account …
+ ### Article 9 — Metering for natural gas
− ### Article 9 — Metering for gas and electricity
+ **1.** Member States shall ensure that, in so far as it is technically possible, financially reasonable, and proportionate to the potential energy savings, for natural gas final customers are provided with competitively priced individual meters that accurately reflect the final customer's actual ene…
− **1.** Member States shall ensure that, in so far as it is technically possible, financially reasonable and proportionate in relation to the potential energy savings, for electricity and natural gas final customers are provided with competitively priced individual meters that accurately reflect thei…
+ **2.** Where, and to the extent that, Member States implement intelligent metering systems and roll out smart meters for natural gas in accordance with Directive 2009/73/EC:▼B(a) they shall ensure that the metering systems provide to final customers information on actual time of use and that the obj…
− **2.** Where, and to the extent that, Member States implement intelligent metering systems and roll out smart meters for natural gas and/or electricity in accordance with Directives 2009/72/EC and 2009/73/EC:(a) they shall ensure that the metering systems provide to final customers information on ac…
+ ### Article 10 — Billing information for natural gas
− ### Article 10 — Billing information for gas and electricity
+ **1.** Where final customers do not have smart meters as referred to in Directive 2009/73/EC, Member States shall ensure, by 31 December 2014, that billing information for natural gas is reliable, accurate and based on actual consumption, in accordance with point 1.1 of Annex VII, where that is tech…
− **1.** Where final customers do not have smart meters as referred to in Directives 2009/72/EC and 2009/73/EC, Member States shall ensure, by 31 December 2014, that billing information is reliable, accurate and based on actual consumption, in accordance with point 1.1 of Annex VII, for electricity an…
+ **2.** Meters installed in accordance with Directive 2009/73/EC shall enable the provision of accurate billing information based on actual consumption. Member States shall ensure that final customers have the possibility of easy access to complementary information on historical consumption allowing …
− **2.** Meters installed in accordance with Directives 2009/72/EC and 2009/73/EC shall enable accurate billing information based on actual consumption. Member States shall ensure that final customers have the possibility of easy access to complementary information on historical consumption allowing d…
+ ### Article 11 — Cost of access to metering and billing information for natural gas
− ### Article 11 — Cost of access to metering and billing information for electricity and gas
+ Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable in case of non-compliance with the national provisions adopted pursuant to ►M7 Articles 7 to 11a** ◄ ** and Article 18(3) and shall take the necessary measures to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effe…
− Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable in case of non-compliance with the national provisions adopted pursuant to ►M6 Articles 7 to 11a** ◄ ** and Article 18(3) and shall take the necessary measures to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effe…
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− ►M6
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− **8.** Member States shall ensure that national energy regulatory authorities encourage demand side resources, such as demand response, to participate alongside supply in wholesale and retail markets.
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− Subject to technical constraints inherent in managing networks, Member States shall ensure that transmission system operators and distribution system operators, in meeting requirements for balancing and ancillary services, treat demand response providers, including aggregators, in a non-discriminato…
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− Subject to technical constraints inherent in managing networks, Member States shall promote access to and participation of demand response in balancing, reserve and other system services markets, inter alia by requiring national energy regulatory authorities or, where their national regulatory syste…
− **1.** By 30 April each year as from 2013, Member States shall report on the progress achieved towards national energy efficiency targets, in accordance with Part 1 of Annex XIV. The report may form part of the National Reform Programmes referred to in Council Recommendation 2010/410/EU of 13 July 2…
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− **3.** The Commission shall evaluate the annual reports and the National Energy Efficiency Action Plans and assess the extent to which Member States have made progress towards the achievement of the national energy efficiency targets required by Article 3(1) and towards the implementation of this Di…
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− **4.** The Commission shall monitor the impact of implementing this Directive on Directives 2003/87/EC, 2009/28/EC and 2010/31/EU and Decision No 406/2009/EC, and on industry sectors, in particular those that are exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage as determined in Decision 2010/2/EU.
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− **11.** The Commission shall make the reports referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 publicly available.
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+ (b) an assessment of the general effectiveness of this Directive and the need to adjust further the Union's energy efficiency policy in accordance with the objectives of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change following the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention…
− (b) an assessment of the general effectiveness of this Directive and the need to adjust further the Union's energy efficiency policy in accordance with the objectives of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change following the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention…
+ When implementing and applying the general principles for the calculation of electricity from cogeneration, Member States shall use the detailed Guidelines established by Commission Decision 2008/952/EC of 19 November 2008 establishing detailed guidelines for the implementation and application of An…
− When implementing and applying the general principles for the calculation of electricity from cogeneration, Member States shall use the detailed Guidelines established by Commission Decision 2008/952/EC of 19 November 2008 establishing detailed guidelines for the implementation and application of An…
+ (c) purchase office equipment products covered by Council Decision 2006/1005/EC of 18 December 2006 concerning conclusion of the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the European Community on the coordination of energy-efficiency labelling programmes for office equipm…
− (c) purchase office equipment products covered by Council Decision 2006/1005/EC of 18 December 2006 concerning conclusion of the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the European Community on the coordination of energy-efficiency labelling programmes for office equipm…
+ (d) purchase only tyres that comply with the criterion of having the highest fuel energy efficiency class, as defined by Regulation (EC) No 1222/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the labelling of tyres with respect to fuel efficiency and other essential parame…
− (d) purchase only tyres that comply with the criterion of having the highest fuel energy efficiency class, as defined by Regulation (EC) No 1222/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the labelling of tyres with respect to fuel efficiency and other essential parame…
+ **ENERGY CONTENT OF SELECTED FUELS FOR END USE – CONVERSION TABLE** (14)
− **ENERGY CONTENT OF SELECTED FUELS FOR END USE – CONVERSION TABLE** (15)
+ | (1)93 % methane.(2)Member States may apply other values depending on the type of wood most used in the respective Member State.►M3 (3)Applicable when energy savings are calculated in primary energy terms using a bottom-up approach based on final energy consumption. For savings in kWh electricity, …
− | (1)93 % methane.(2)Member States may apply other values depending on the type of wood most used in the respective Member State.(3)Applicable when energy savings are calculated in primary energy terms using a bottom-up approach based on final energy consumption. For savings in kWh electricity, Memb…
+ | 2. | In determining the energy savings for an energy efficiency measure for the purposes of Articles 7, 7a and 7b and Article 20(6), the following principles apply:(a) The savings shall be shown to be additional to those that would have occurred in any event without the activity of the obligated, …
− | 2. | In determining the energy savings for an energy efficiency measure for the purposes of Articles 7, 7a and 7b and Article 20(6), the following principles apply:(a) The savings shall be shown to be additional to those that would have occurred in any event without the activity of the obligated, …
+ | 4. | In determining the energy saving from taxation related policy measures introduced under Article 7b, the following principles shall apply:(a) credit shall be given only for energy savings from taxation measures exceeding the minimum levels of taxation applicable to fuels as required in Council…
− | 4. | In determining the energy saving from taxation related policy measures introduced under Article 7b, the following principles shall apply:(a) credit shall be given only for energy savings from taxation measures exceeding the minimum levels of taxation applicable to fuels as required in Council…
+ **Minimum requirements for billing and billing information based on actual consumption of natural gas**
− **Minimum requirements for billing and billing information based on actual consumption of electricity and gas**
+ | 1. | heating and cooling demand in terms of assessed useful energy (19) and quantified final energy consumption in GWh per year (20) by sectors:(a) residential;(b) services;(c) industry;(d) any other sector that individually consumes more than 5 % of total national useful heating and cooling deman…
− | 1. | heating and cooling demand in terms of assessed useful energy (20) and quantified final energy consumption in GWh per year (21) by sectors:(a) residential;(b) services;(c) industry;(d) any other sector that individually consumes more than 5 % of total national useful heating and cooling deman…
+ | 2. | identification, or in the case of point 2(a)(i), identification or estimation, of current heating and cooling supply:(a) by technology, in GWh per year (21), within sectors mentioned under point 1 where possible, distinguishing between energy derived from fossil and renewable sources:(i) prov…
− | 2. | identification, or in the case of point 2(a)(i), identification or estimation, of current heating and cooling supply:(a) by technology, in GWh per year (22), within sectors mentioned under point 1 where possible, distinguishing between energy derived from fossil and renewable sources:(i) prov…
+ | 7. | an analysis of the economic potential (23) of different technologies for heating and cooling shall be carried out for the entire national territory by using the cost-benefit analysis referred to in Article 14(3) and shall identify alternative scenarios for more efficient and renewable heating…
− | 7. | an analysis of the economic potential (24) of different technologies for heating and cooling shall be carried out for the entire national territory by using the cost-benefit analysis referred to in Article 14(3) and shall identify alternative scenarios for more efficient and renewable heating…
+ | 8. | this analysis of economic potential shall include the following steps and considerations:(a) Considerations:(i) the cost-benefit analysis for the purposes of Article 14(3) shall include an economic analysis that takes into consideration socioeconomic and environmental factors (24), and a fina…
− | 8. | this analysis of economic potential shall include the following steps and considerations:(a) Considerations:(i) the cost-benefit analysis for the purposes of Article 14(3) shall include an economic analysis that takes into consideration socioeconomic and environmental factors (25), and a fina…
+ | 9. | overview of new legislative and non-legislative policy measures (26) to realise the economic potential identified in accordance with points 7 and 8, along with their foreseen:(a) greenhouse gas emission reductions;(b) primary energy savings in GWh per year;(c) impact on the share of high-effi…
− | 9. | overview of new legislative and non-legislative policy measures (27) to realise the economic potential identified in accordance with points 7 and 8, along with their foreseen:(a) greenhouse gas emission reductions;(b) primary energy savings in GWh per year;(c) impact on the share of high-effi…
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− ### ANNEX XIV
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− **GENERAL FRAMEWORK FOR REPORTING**
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− **Part 1**
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− *General framework for annual reports*
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− The annual reports referred to in Article 24(1) provide a basis for the monitoring of the progress towards national 2020 targets. Member States shall ensure that the reports include the following minimum information:
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− (a) an estimate of following indicators in the year before last (year X (28) - 2): (i) primary energy consumption; (ii) total final energy consumption; (iii) final energy consumption by sector — industry — transport (split between passenger and freight transport, if available) — households — service…
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− (b) updates on major legislative and non-legislative measures implemented in the previous year which contribute towards the overall national energy efficiency targets for 2020;
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− (c) the total building floor area of the buildings with a total useful floor area over 500 m2 and as of 9 July 2015 over 250 m2 owned and occupied by the Member States’ central government that, on 1 January of the year in which the report is due, did not meet the energy performance requirements refe…
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− (d) the total building floor area of heated and/or cooled buildings owned and occupied by the Member States’ central government that was renovated in the previous year referred to in Article 5(1) or the amount of energy savings in eligible buildings owned and occupied by their central government as …
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− (e) energy savings achieved through the national energy efficiency obligation schemes referred to in Article 7(1) or the alternative measures adopted in application of Article 7(9).
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− The first report shall also include the national target referred to in Article 3(1).
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− In the annual reports referred to in Article 24(1) Member States may also include additional national targets. These may be related in particular to the statistical indicators enumerated in point (a) of this Part or combinations thereof, such as primary or final energy intensity or sectoral energy i…
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− **Part 2**
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− *General framework for National Energy Efficiency Action Plans*
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− National Energy Efficiency Action Plans referred to in Article 24(2) shall provide a framework for the development of national energy efficiency strategies.
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− The National Energy Efficiency Action Plans shall cover significant energy efficiency improvement measures and expected/achieved energy savings, including those in the supply, transmission and distribution of energy as well as energy end-use. Member States shall ensure that the National Energy Effic…
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− 1. Targets and strategies — the indicative national energy efficiency target for 2020 as required by Article 3(1), — the national indicative energy savings target set in Article 4(1) of Directive 2006/32/EC, — other existing energy efficiency targets addressing the whole economy or specific sectors.
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− 2. Measures and energy savings The National Energy Efficiency Action Plans shall provide information on measures adopted or planned to be adopted in view of implementing the main elements of this Directive and on their related savings. (a) Primary energy savings The National Energy Efficiency Action…
− 3. Specific information related to this Directive 3.1. Public bodies (Article 5) National Energy Efficiency Action Plans shall include the list of public bodies having developed an energy efficiency plan in accordance with Article 5(7). 3.2. Energy efficiency obligations (Article 7) National Energy …
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+ (10) OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 4.
− (10) OJ L 191, 23.7.2010, p. 28.
− (11) OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 4.
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+ (11) OJ L 338, 17.12.2008, p. 55.
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+ (12) OJ L 381, 28.12.2006, p. 24.
− (12) OJ L 338, 17.12.2008, p. 55.
+ (13) OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 46.
− (13) OJ L 381, 28.12.2006, p. 24.
+ (14) Member States may apply different conversion factors if these can be justified.
− (14) OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 46.
+ (15) Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 setting emission performance standards for new passenger cars as part of the Community's integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 1).
− (15) Member States may apply different conversion factors if these can be justified.
+ (16) Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2011 setting emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles as part of the Union's integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles (OJ L 145, 31.5.2011, p. 1).
− (16) Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 setting emission performance standards for new passenger cars as part of the Community's integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 1).
+ (17) Council Directive 2003/96/EC of 27 October 2003 restructuring the Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity (OJ L 283, 31.10.2003, p. 51).
− (17) Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2011 setting emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles as part of the Union's integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles (OJ L 145, 31.5.2011, p. 1).
+ (18) Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (OJ L 347, 11.12.2006, p. 1).
− (18) Council Directive 2003/96/EC of 27 October 2003 restructuring the Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity (OJ L 283, 31.10.2003, p. 51).
+ (19) The amount of thermal energy needed to satisfy the heating and cooling demand of end-users.
− (19) Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (OJ L 347, 11.12.2006, p. 1).
+ (20) The most recent data available should be used.
− (20) The amount of thermal energy needed to satisfy the heating and cooling demand of end-users.
+ (22) The identification of ‘renewable cooling’ shall, after the methodology for calculating the quantity of renewable energy used for cooling and district cooling is established in accordance with Article 35 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, be carried out in accordance with that Directive. Until then it…
− (22) The most recent data available should be used.
+ (23) The analysis of the economic potential should present the volume of energy (in GWh) that can be generated per year by each technology analysed. The limitations and interrelations within the energy system should also be taken into account. The analysis may make use of models based on assumptions…
− (23) The identification of ‘renewable cooling’ shall, after the methodology for calculating the quantity of renewable energy used for cooling and district cooling is established in accordance with Article 35 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, be carried out in accordance with that Directive. Until then it…
+ (24) Including the assessment referred to in Article 15, paragraph 7 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001.
− (24) The analysis of the economic potential should present the volume of energy (in GWh) that can be generated per year by each technology analysed. The limitations and interrelations within the energy system should also be taken into account. The analysis may make use of models based on assumptions…
+ (25) The cut-off date for taking into account policies for the baseline scenario is the end of the year preceding to the year by the end of which the comprehensive assessment is due. That is to say, policies enacted within a year prior to the deadline for submission of the comprehensive assessment d…
− (25) Including the assessment referred to in Article 15, paragraph 7 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001.
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− (26) The cut-off date for taking into account policies for the baseline scenario is the end of the year preceding to the year by the end of which the comprehensive assessment is due. That is to say, policies enacted within a year prior to the deadline for submission of the comprehensive assessment d…
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− (27) This overview shall include financing measures and programmes that may be adopted over the period of the comprehensive assessment, not prejudging a separate notification of the public support schemes for a State aid assessment,
+ (26) This overview shall include financing measures and programmes that may be adopted over the period of the comprehensive assessment, not prejudging a separate notification of the public support schemes for a State aid assessment,
− (28) X = current year.
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− (29) Recommendations on Measurement and Verification Methods in the framework of the Directive 2006/32/EC on Energy End-Use Efficiency and Energy Services.