Traduction de «Fixation des objectifs de la direction » (Français → Anglais) :

34. Recalls the existing assessments which indicate that improving energy efficiency and reducing energy use by 20 % compared to 2020 projections is not currently on track; calls for rapid action, greater ambition and stronger political commitment in terms of achieving the 2020 targets and looking beyond 2020, thus attracting appropriate investment; endorses the conclusion in the Commission's roadmap that energy efficiency policies are key to further reducing carbon emissions; considers, therefore, that binding targets should not be excluded; stresses that energy efficiency measures lead to job ...[+++]creation, economic savings, and increased security of supply and competitiveness; welcomes in this regard the priorities set by the proposed Energy Efficiency Directive for increasing energy efficiency in all sectors, and particularly in buildings through the renovation of existing building stock, focusing on a target for the renovation of public buildings; calls for an increase in resources and measures to mobilise new sources of funding at European and national level, including through new financing instruments; highlights the importance of private investment in order to overcome the current budgetary constraints in the public sector;

This analysis focuses primarily on issues of whether the current approach of the ESD to target setting should be extended until 2020, whether national energy savings targets should be added to achieve the EU 20 % target and if so, whether they should be binding or merely indicative.

12. Emphasises the fact that the establishment of obligatory targets must not result in the disappearance of or a reduction in the existing incentives for the production of biofuels in the EU; considers that the establishment of such targets should be subject to a revision of the Community rules on the taxation of energy products;

The directive is intended to fill a gap in European environmental policy, which is focused on spatial management, by putting forward a framework for the development of strategies seeking to achieve good environmental status by 2021. To this end, the directive establishes a set of management entities taking the form of 'European Marine Regions', making it necessary for the Member States to formulate marine strategies involving an initial assessment of the marine environment in the States, the setting of environmental targets, the establishment of a monitoring programme for ongoing assessment and regular updating of targets and the development of a programme o ...[+++]f measures designed to achieve good environmental status.

Whilst the Treaty establishing the European Community recognises the importance of facts and data in relation to health and safety, environment and consumer protection (Articles 95(3) and 174(3) of the TEC) [10], in reality, expert assessments underpin an enormous range of issues. Examples include setting targets for air quality, authorising cosmetic products, establishing automobile safety standards, determining sustainable fish catches, developing strategies to tackle unemployment, and designing European research programmes.

This success is reflected in the removal from the statute books of the hitherto fragmented EU legislation in the field of water protection, the coherence of the relevant water directives at EU level, the legally binding nature of the measures taken pursuant to Article 4, the shortening of the deadline for complying with the aims of the directive, the satisfactory way in which the issue of costs has been settled, also in accordance with Ireland’s wishes, the introduction of the combined approach whereby limit values and quality objectives are established wit ...[+++]h a view to reducing the levels of pollutants, significant improvements over the common position regarding the requirements for groundwater protection and, finally, the inclusion of the goal and the definition of the OSPAR Convention with no stipulations in terms of time.