Traduction de «Politiques du secteur énergétique » (Français → Anglais) :

Agrees with the Commission that RES, together with energy efficiency measures and flexible and smart infrastructure, are the ‘no regrets’ options identified by the Commission and that RES in the future will account for a growing share of energy provision in Europe, for electricity supply, for heating (which makes up nearly half of the total energy demand in the EU) and cooling and for the transport sector, and that they will reduce Europe’s dependence on conventional energy; adds that targets and milestones should be set for the period to 2050 in order to ensure that RES have a credible future in the EU; recalls that all scenarios pres ...[+++]ented by the Commission in its Energy Roadmap 2050 assume a share of at least 30 % RES in the EU’s energy mix in 2030; suggests, therefore, that the EU should endeavour to achieve an even higher share, and calls on the Commission to propose a mandatory EU-wide RES target for 2030, taking into account the mutually interacting effects with other potential climate and energy policy targets, in particular with a GHG emission reduction target, as well its impact on the competitiveness of EU industries, including the RES industrial sectors;

whereas there are already several EU programmes and initiatives in existence which support ICT research and innovation in energy matters (Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7), the ICT policy support programme and the European operational programmes for intelligent energy); whereas tax incentives and appropriate State-support instruments also provide financial backing and encouragement for intelligent energy-efficiency solutions,

Renewed efforts for an international drive on energy efficiency could play a key role in consolidating the European industry’s role as world leader in this field and could contribute to boosting Europe’s competitive edge in the energy sector.

The Commission has carried out an analysis of the costs and benefits (see staff working paper for detail) which shows that the costs of abatement policies and competitiveness effects can be minimized if all sectors and greenhouse gases are included, participation in reducing emissions is broadened to include all major emitting countries, emissions trading and project based mechanisms are fully used, and if synergies with other policies are fully exploited (e.g. Lisbon Strategy, energy security policy, continuing reform of the Common A ...[+++]gricultural Policy, cohesion policy, and air quality policies).

Technological developments in the energy sector, especially regarding energy efficiency and renewable energies, are also, but not only, steered by the EU Climate Change policy.

Reporting obligations (Article 4): while the Council agrees that the conditions in Member States vary considerably, the reports drawn up by Member States should motivate the differentiation of their material targets as compared to the reference values on the basis of two sets of elements: (a) objective factors such as production potential and allocation of biomass to other energy uses and specific characteristics of the national transport fuel market; (b) national policies consistent with the objectives of the energy sector, related to the tra ...[+++]nsport sector in the EU and aiming at objectives similar to those pursued by this Directive.