Extract from the Council progress report document on the “energy efficiency package”, dated 29th May 2009:
The draft Directive on the energy performance of buildings (recast) was welcomed, with
many delegations expressing support for the general aims of the draft Directive. Several
delegations underlined however that the administrative burden should not be significantly
increased on account of this Directive, that subsidiarity, cost-efficiency considerations and
adaptability to national circumstances are of key importance, and that owners should not be
discouraged to carry out renovations as a result of stricter rules. Delegations also drew
attention to differences in existing national policies to promote energy efficiency in buildings,
and to different opinions on the functioning in practice of the Directive currently in force.
Against this background, delegations expressed differing views on provisions of the draft
Directive, and concern on several amendments proposed by the European Parliament which
appear at first sight to be overly ambitious and unrealistic; the Commission’s opinion on these
amendments is therefore eagerly awaited. Furthermore, many delegations already expressed
detailed positions in writing, addressing, among other things, the emphasis to be placed on
new
buildings, the proposed reduction of the existing threshold of 1000 m2 (below which the
current Directive does not have to apply) to 250 m
2; the system of certification of buildingsand the periods foreseen for the implementation of the draft Directive.
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