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DIRECTIVE 2012/27/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 25 October 2012

on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC

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CHAPTER I

SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE, DEFINITIONS AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY TARGETS

Article 1

Subject matter and scope

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1. Leis an Treoir seo, bunaítear creat comhchoiteann de bhearta chun éifeachtúlacht fuinnimh a chur chun cinn laistigh den Aontas chun a áirithiú go gcomhlíonfar príomhspriocanna 2020 an Aontais maidir le héifeachtúlacht fuinnimh de 20 % agus príomhspriocanna 2030 an Aontais maidir le héifeachtúlacht fuinnimh de 32,5 % ar a laghad agus go réiteoidh sé an bealach do thuilleadh feabhsuithe fuinnimh tar éis na dátaí sin.

Leis an Treoir seo, leagtar síos rialacha atá ceaptha chun bacainní i margadh an fhuinnimh a bhaint agus chun clistí a shárú sa mhargadh a chuireann bac ar éifeachtúlacht i soláthar fuinnimh agus in úsáid fuinnimh, agus déantar foráil maidir le spriocanna éifeachtúlachta fuinnimh náisiúnta táscacha agus maidir le rannchuidithe do 2020 agus do 2030.

Leis an Treoir seo, rannchuidítear leis an bprionsabal “tús áite a thabhairt don éifeachtúlacht fuinnimh” a chur chun feidhme.

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2. The requirements laid down in this Directive are minimum requirements and shall not prevent any Member State from maintaining or introducing more stringent measures. Such measures shall be compatible with Union law. Where national legislation provides for more stringent measures, the Member State shall notify such legislation to the Commission.

Article 2

Definitions

For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) ‘energy’ means all forms of energy products, combustible fuels, heat, renewable energy, electricity, or any other form of energy, as defined in Article 2(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics ( 1 );

(2) ‘primary energy consumption’ means gross inland consumption, excluding non-energy uses;

(3) ‘final energy consumption’ means all energy supplied to industry, transport, households, services and agriculture. It excludes deliveries to the energy transformation sector and the energy industries themselves;

(4) ‘energy efficiency’ means the ratio of output of performance, service, goods or energy, to input of energy;

(5) ‘energy savings’ means an amount of saved energy determined by measuring and/or estimating consumption before and after implementation of an energy efficiency improvement measure, whilst ensuring normalisation for external conditions that affect energy consumption;

(6) ‘energy efficiency improvement’ means an increase in energy efficiency as a result of technological, behavioural and/or economic changes;

(7) ‘energy service’ means the physical benefit, utility or good derived from a combination of energy with energy-efficient technology or with action, which may include the operations, maintenance and control necessary to deliver the service, which is delivered on the basis of a contract and in normal circumstances has proven to result in verifiable and measurable or estimable energy efficiency improvement or primary energy savings;

(8) ‘public bodies’ means ‘contracting authorities’ as defined in Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts ( 2 );

(9) ‘central government’ means all administrative departments whose competence extends over the whole territory of a Member State;

(10) ‘total useful floor area’ means the floor area of a building or part of a building, where energy is used to condition the indoor climate;

(11) ‘energy management system’ means a set of interrelated or interacting elements of a plan which sets an energy efficiency objective and a strategy to achieve that objective;

(12) ‘European standard’ means a standard adopted by the European Committee for Standardisation, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation or the European Telecommunications Standards Institute and made available for public use;

(13) ‘international standard’ means a standard adopted by the International Standardisation Organisation and made available to the public;

(14) ‘obligated party’ means an energy distributor or retail energy sales company that is bound by the national energy efficiency obligation schemes referred to in Article 7;

(15) ‘entrusted party’ means a legal entity with delegated power from a government or other public body to develop, manage or operate a financing scheme on behalf of the government or other public body;

(16) ‘participating party’ means an enterprise or public body that has committed itself to reaching certain objectives under a voluntary agreement, or is covered by a national regulatory policy instrument;

(17) ‘implementing public authority’ means a body governed by public law which is responsible for the carrying out or monitoring of energy or carbon taxation, financial schemes and instruments, fiscal incentives, standards and norms, energy labelling schemes, training or education;

(18) ‘policy measure’ means a regulatory, financial, fiscal, voluntary or information provision instrument formally established and implemented in a Member State to create a supportive framework, requirement or incentive for market actors to provide and purchase energy services and to undertake other energy efficiency improvement measures;

(19) ‘individual action’ means an action that leads to verifiable, and measurable or estimable, energy efficiency improvements and is undertaken as a result of a policy measure;

(20) ‘energy distributor’ means a natural or legal person, including a distribution system operator, responsible for transporting energy with a view to its delivery to final customers or to distribution stations that sell energy to final customers;

(21) ‘distribution system operator’ means ‘distribution system operator’ as defined in Directive 2009/72/EC and Directive 2009/73/EC respectively;

(22) ‘retail energy sales company’ means a natural or legal person who sells energy to final customers;

(23) ‘final customer’ means a natural or legal person who purchases energy for own end use;

(24) ‘energy service provider’ means a natural or legal person who delivers energy services or other energy efficiency improvement measures in a final customer’s facility or premises;

(25) ‘energy audit’ means a systematic procedure with the purpose of obtaining adequate knowledge of the existing energy consumption profile of a building or group of buildings, an industrial or commercial operation or installation or a private or public service, identifying and quantifying cost-effective energy savings opportunities, and reporting the findings;

(26) ‘small and medium-sized enterprises’ or ‘SMEs’ means enterprises as defined in Title I of the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises ( 3 ); the category of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises is made up of enterprises which employ fewer than 250 persons and which have an annual turnover not exceeding EUR 50 million, and/or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding EUR 43 million;

(27) ‘energy performance contracting’ means a contractual arrangement between the beneficiary and the provider of an energy efficiency improvement measure, verified and monitored during the whole term of the contract, where investments (work, supply or service) in that measure are paid for in relation to a contractually agreed level of energy efficiency improvement or other agreed energy performance criterion, such as financial savings;

(28) ‘smart metering system’ or ‘intelligent metering system’ means an electronic system that can measure energy consumption, providing more information than a conventional meter, and can transmit and receive data using a form of electronic communication;

(29) ‘transmission system operator’ means ‘transmission system operator’ as defined in Directive 2009/72/EC and Directive 2009/73/EC respectively;

(30) ‘cogeneration’ means the simultaneous generation in one process of thermal energy and electrical or mechanical energy;

(31) ‘economically justifiable demand’ means demand that does not exceed the needs for heating or cooling and which would otherwise be satisfied at market conditions by energy generation processes other than cogeneration;

(32) ‘useful heat’ means heat produced in a cogeneration process to satisfy economically justifiable demand for heating or cooling;

(33) ‘electricity from cogeneration’ means electricity generated in a process linked to the production of useful heat and calculated in accordance with the methodology laid down in Annex I;

(34) ‘high-efficiency cogeneration’ means cogeneration meeting the criteria laid down in Annex II;

(35) ‘overall efficiency’ means the annual sum of electricity and mechanical energy production and useful heat output divided by the fuel input used for heat produced in a cogeneration process and gross electricity and mechanical energy production;

(36) ‘power-to-heat ratio’ means the ratio of electricity from cogeneration to useful heat when operating in full cogeneration mode using operational data of the specific unit;

(37) ‘cogeneration unit’ means a unit that is able to operate in cogeneration mode;

(38) ‘small-scale cogeneration unit’ means a cogeneration unit with installed capacity below 1 MWe;

(39) ‘micro-cogeneration unit’ means a cogeneration unit with a maximum capacity below 50 kWe;

(40) ‘plot ratio’ means the ratio of the building floor area to the land area in a given territory;

(41) ‘efficient district heating and cooling’ means a district heating or cooling system using at least 50 % renewable energy, 50 % waste heat, 75 % cogenerated heat or 50 % of a combination of such energy and heat;

(42) ‘efficient heating and cooling’ means a heating and cooling option that, compared to a baseline scenario reflecting a business-as-usual situation, measurably reduces the input of primary energy needed to supply one unit of delivered energy within a relevant system boundary in a cost-effective way, as assessed in the cost-benefit analysis referred to in this Directive, taking into account the energy required for extraction, conversion, transport and distribution;

(43) ‘efficient individual heating and cooling’ means an individual heating and cooling supply option that, compared to efficient district heating and cooling, measurably reduces the input of non-renewable primary energy needed to supply one unit of delivered energy within a relevant system boundary or requires the same input of non-renewable primary energy but at a lower cost, taking into account the energy required for extraction, conversion, transport and distribution;

(44) ‘substantial refurbishment’ means a refurbishment whose cost exceeds 50 % of the investment cost for a new comparable unit;

(45) ‘aggregator’ means a demand service provider that combines multiple short-duration consumer loads for sale or auction in organised energy markets.

Article 3

Energy efficiency targets

1. Each Member State shall set an indicative national energy efficiency target, based on either primary or final energy consumption, primary or final energy savings, or energy intensity. Member States shall notify those targets to the Commission in accordance with Article 24(1) and Annex XIV Part 1. When doing so, they shall also express those targets in terms of an absolute level of primary energy consumption and final energy consumption in 2020 and shall explain how, and on the basis of which data, this has been calculated.

When setting those targets, Member States shall take into account:

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(a) that the Union’s 2020 energy consumption has to be no more than 1 483 Mtoe of primary energy or no more than 1 086 Mtoe of final energy;

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(b) the measures provided for in this Directive;

(c) the measures adopted to reach the national energy saving targets adopted pursuant to Article 4(1) of Directive 2006/32/EC; and

(d) other measures to promote energy efficiency within Member States and at Union level.

When setting those targets, Member States may also take into account national circumstances affecting primary energy consumption, such as:

(a) remaining cost-effective energy-saving potential;

(b) GDP evolution and forecast;

(c) changes of energy imports and exports;

(d) development of all sources of renewable energies, nuclear energy, carbon capture and storage; and

(e) early action.

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2. By 30 June 2014, the Commission shall assess progress achieved and whether the Union is likely to achieve energy consumption of no more than 1 483 Mtoe of primary energy and/or no more than 1 086 Mtoe of final energy in 2020.

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3. In carrying out the review referred to in paragraph 2, the Commission shall: (a) sum the national indicative energy efficiency targets reported by Member States; (b) assess whether the sum of those targets can be considered a reliable guide to whether the Union as a whole is on track, taking into account the evaluation of the first annual report in accordance with Article 24(1), and the evaluation of the National Energy Efficiency Action Plans in accordance with Article 24(2); (c) take into account complementary analysis arising from: (i) an assessment of progress in energy consumption, and in energy consumption in relation to economic activity, at Union level, including progress in the efficiency of energy supply in Member States that have based their national indicative targets on final energy consumption or final energy savings, including progress due to these Member States’ compliance with Chapter III of this Directive; (ii) results from modelling exercises in relation to future trends in energy consumption at Union level; ▼M1 (d) compare the results under points (a) to (c) with the quantity of energy consumption that would be needed to achieve energy consumption of no more than 1 483 Mtoe of primary energy and/or no more than 1 086 Mtoe of final energy in 2020.

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4. Faoin 31 Deireadh Fómhair 2022, déanfaidh an Coimisiún measúnú ar cibé acu a d'éirigh nó nár éirigh leis an Aontas príomhspriocanna 2020 maidir le héifeachtúlacht fuinnimh a bhaint amach.

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5. Socróidh gach Ballstát rannchuidithe táscacha náisiúnta maidir le héifeachtúlacht fuinnimh ionsar spriocanna 2030 an Aontais dá dtagraítear in Airteagal 1(1) den Treoir seo i gcomhréir le hAirteagal 4 agus Airteagal 6 de Rialachán (AE) 2018/1999 ó Pharlaimint na hEorpa agus ón gComhairle ( 4 ). Agus na rannchuidithe sin á socrú acu, cuirfidh na Ballstáit san áireamh nach bhféadfaidh tomhaltas fuinnimh an Aontais in 2030 a bheith níos mó ná 1 128 Mtoe i gcás fuinneamh príomhúil agus/nó nach bhféadfaidh sé a bheith níos mó ná 846 Mtoe i gcás fuinneamh deiridh. Tabharfaidh na Ballstáit fógra faoi na rannchuidithe sin don Choimisiún mar chuid dá bpleananna comhtháite náisiúnta fuinnimh agus aeráide dá dtagraítear sa nós imeachta de bhun Airteagal 3 agus Airteagal 7 go hAirteagal 12 de Rialachán (AE) 2018/1999, agus i gcomhréir leis an nós imeachta sin.

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6. Déanfaidh an Coimisiún príomhspriocanna 2030 an Aontais do maidir le héifeachtúlacht fuinnimh a leagtar síos in Airteagal 1(1) a mheas d'fhonn togra reachtach a tharchur faoi 2023 chun na spriocanna sin a choigeartú suas i gcás laghduithe suntasacha costais mar thoradh ar fhorbairtí eacnamaíocha nó teicniúla, nó i gcás inar gá chun gealltanais idirnáisiúnta an Aontais le haghaidh dícharbónú a chomhlíonadh.

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CHAPTER II

EFFICIENCY IN ENERGY USE

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Article 5

Exemplary role of public bodies’ buildings

1. Without prejudice to Article 7 of Directive 2010/31/EU, each Member State shall ensure that, as from 1 January 2014, 3 % of the total floor area of heated and/or cooled buildings owned and occupied by its central government is renovated each year to meet at least the minimum energy performance requirements that it has set in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU.

The 3 % rate shall be calculated on the total floor area of buildings with a total useful floor area over 500 m2 owned and occupied by the central government of the Member State concerned that, on 1 January of each year, do not meet the national minimum energy performance requirements set in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU. That threshold shall be lowered to 250 m2 as of 9 July 2015.

Where a Member State requires that the obligation to renovate each year 3 % of the total floor area extends to floor area owned and occupied by administrative departments at a level below central government, the 3 % rate shall be calculated on the total floor area of buildings with a total useful floor area over 500 m2 and, as of 9 July 2015, over 250 m2 owned and occupied by central government and by these administrative departments of the Member State concerned that, on 1 January of each year, do not meet the national minimum energy performance requirements set in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU.

When implementing measures for the comprehensive renovation of central government buildings in accordance with the first subparagraph, Member States may choose to consider the building as a whole, including the building envelope, equipment, operation and maintenance.

Member States shall require that central government buildings with the poorest energy performance be a priority for energy efficiency measures, where cost-effective and technically feasible.

2. Member States may decide not to set or apply the requirements referred to in paragraph 1 to the following categories of buildings: (a) buildings officially protected as part of a designated environment, or because of their special architectural or historical merit, in so far as compliance with certain minimum energy performance requirements would unacceptably alter their character or appearance; (b) buildings owned by the armed forces or central government and serving national defence purposes, apart from single living quarters or office buildings for the armed forces and other staff employed by national defence authorities; (c) buildings used as places of worship and for religious activities.

3. If a Member State renovates more than 3 % of the total floor area of central government buildings in a given year, it may count the excess towards the annual renovation rate of any of the three previous or following years.

4. Member States may count towards the annual renovation rate of central government buildings new buildings occupied and owned as replacements for specific central government buildings demolished in any of the two previous years, or buildings that have been sold, demolished or taken out of use in any of the two previous years due to more intensive use of other buildings.

5. For the purposes of paragraph 1, by 31 December 2013, Member States shall establish and make publicly available an inventory of heated and/or cooled central government buildings with a total useful floor area over 500 m2 and, as of 9 July 2015, over 250 m2, excluding buildings exempted on the basis of paragraph 2. The inventory shall contain the following data: (a) the floor area in m2; and (b) the energy performance of each building or relevant energy data.

6. Without prejudice to Article 7 of Directive 2010/31/EU, Member States may opt for an alternative approach to paragraphs 1 to 5 of this Article, whereby they take other cost-effective measures, including deep renovations and measures for behavioural change of occupants, to achieve, by 2020, an amount of energy savings in eligible buildings owned and occupied by their central government that is at least equivalent to that required in paragraph 1, reported on an annual basis.

For the purpose of the alternative approach, Member States may estimate the energy savings that paragraphs 1 to 4 would generate by using appropriate standard values for the energy consumption of reference central government buildings before and after renovation and according to estimates of the surface of their stock. The categories of reference central government buildings shall be representative of the stock of such buildings.

Member States opting for the alternative approach shall notify to the Commission, by 31 December 2013, the alternative measures that they plan to adopt, showing how they would achieve an equivalent improvement in the energy performance of the buildings within the central government estate.

7. Member States shall encourage public bodies, including at regional and local level, and social housing bodies governed by public law, with due regard for their respective competences and administrative set-up, to: (a) adopt an energy efficiency plan, freestanding or as part of a broader climate or environmental plan, containing specific energy saving and efficiency objectives and actions, with a view to following the exemplary role of central government buildings laid down in paragraphs 1, 5 and 6; (b) put in place an energy management system, including energy audits, as part of the implementation of their plan; (c) use, where appropriate, energy service companies, and energy performance contracting to finance renovations and implement plans to maintain or improve energy efficiency in the long term.

Article 6

Purchasing by public bodies

1. Member States shall ensure that central governments purchase only products, services and buildings with high energy-efficiency performance, insofar as that is consistent with cost-effectiveness, economical feasibility, wider sustainability, technical suitability, as well as sufficient competition, as referred to in Annex III.

The obligation set out in the first subparagraph shall apply to contracts for the purchase of products, services and buildings by public bodies in so far as such contracts have a value equal to or greater than the thresholds laid down in Article 7 of Directive 2004/18/EC.

2. The obligation referred to in paragraph 1 shall apply to the contracts of the armed forces only to the extent that its application does not cause any conflict with the nature and primary aim of the activities of the armed forces. The obligation shall not apply to contracts for the supply of military equipment as defined by Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of procedures for the award of certain works contracts, supply contracts and service contracts by contracting authorities or entities in the fields of defence and security ( 5 ).

3. Member States shall encourage public bodies, including at regional and local levels, with due regard to their respective competences and administrative set-up, to follow the exemplary role of their central governments to purchase only products, services and buildings with high energy-efficiency performance. Member States shall encourage public bodies, when tendering service contracts with significant energy content, to assess the possibility of concluding long- term energy performance contracts that provide long-term energy savings.

4. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, when purchasing a product package covered as a whole by a delegated act adopted under Directive 2010/30/EU, Member States may require that the aggregate energy efficiency shall take priority over the energy efficiency of individual products within that package, by purchasing the product package that complies with the criterion of belonging to the highest energy efficiency class.

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Oibleagáid maidir le coigilteas fuinnimh

1. Bainfidh na Ballstáit coigilteas carnach fuinnimh críochúsáide amach a bheidh comhionann ar a laghad: (a) le coigilteas nua gach bliain ón 1 Eanáir 2014 go dtí an 31 Nollaig 2020 de 1,5 % de dhíolacháin fuinnimh bhliantúla le custaiméirí deiridh de réir toirte, a mheánaítear thar an tréimhse is déanaí trí bliana roimh an 1 Eanáir 2013. Féadfar díolacháin fuinnimh, de réir toirte, a úsáidtear san iompar a eisiamh ón ríomh sin, go hiomlán nó go páirteach; (b) le coigilteas nua gach bliain ón 1 Eanáir 2021 go dtí an 31 Nollaig 2030 de 0,8 % de thomhaltas fuinnimh deiridh bliantúil, a mheánaítear thar an tréimhse is déanaí trí bliana roimh an 1 Eanáir 2019. De mhaolú ar an gceanglas sin, bainfidh an Chipir agus Málta coigilteas nua amach gach bliain, ón 1 Eanáir 2021 go dtí an 31 Nollaig 2030, arb ionann iad agus 0,24 % de thomhaltas fuinnimh deiridh bliantúil, a mheánaítear thar an tréimhse trí bliana is déanaí roimh an 1 Eanáir 2019.

Féadfaidh na Ballstáit an coigilteas fuinnimh a eascraíonn ó bhearta beartais, cibé acu a thugtar isteach iad faoin 31 Nollaig 2020 nó ina dhiaidh sin, a chomhaireamh, ar choinníoll go mbíonn gníomhaíochtaí aonair nua, a ghabhtar de láimh tar éis an 31 Nollaig 2020, mar thoradh ar na bearta sin.

Leanfaidh na Ballstáit de choigilteas nua bliantúil a bhaint amach i gcomhréir le pointe (b) den chéad fhomhír ar feadh tréimhsí deich mbliana tar éis 2030, mura mbainfidh athscrúduithe ag an gCoimisiún faoi 2027 agus gach 10 mbliana ina dhiaidh sin de thátal as nach gá seo chun spriocanna fuinnimh agus aeráide fadtéarmacha an Aontais a bhaint amach i gcomhair 2050.

Cinnfidh na Ballstáit conas méid ríofa an choigiltis nua a chéimniú thar gach tréimhse dá dtagraítear i bpointí (a) agus (b) den chéad fhomhír, ar choinníoll go mbeidh an coigilteas carnach iomlán fuinnimh críochúsáide a cheanglaítear bainte amach faoi dheireadh gach tréimhse oibleagáide.

2. Ar choinníoll go mbaineann na Ballstáit amach, ar a laghad, a n-oibleagáid maidir le coigilteas carnach fuinnimh críochúsáide dá dtagraítear i bpointe (b) den chéad fhomhír de mhír 1, féadfaidh siad méid an choigiltis fuinnimh a cheanglaítear a ríomh trí cheann amháin nó níos mó de na modhanna seo a leanas: (a) ráta bliantúil coigiltis a chur i bhfeidhm ar dhíolacháin fuinnimh do chustaiméirí deiridh nó ar thomhaltas fuinnimh deiridh, a mheánaítear thar an tréimhse is déanaí trí bliana go dtí an 1 Eanáir 2019; (b) fuinneamh a úsáidtear in iompar a fhágáil ar lár, go hiomlán nó go páirteach, ón mbonnlíne ríomha; (c) úsáid a bhaint as aon cheann de na roghanna a leagtar amach i mír 4.

3. I gcás ina mbaineann na Ballstáit úsáid as na deiseanna dá bhforáiltear i bpointe (a), (b) nó (c) de mhír 2, bunóidh siad: (a) a ráta coigiltis bhliantúil féin a chuirfear i bhfeidhm chun an coigilteas carnach fuinnimh críochúsáide atá acu a ríomh, lena n-áiritheofar nach ísle an méid deiridh dá nglanchoigilteas fuinnimh ná an coigilteas a cheanglaítear faoi phointe (b) den chéad fhomhír de mhír 1; agus (b) a mbonnlíne ríomha féin a fhéadfaidh an fuinnimh a úsáidtear in iompar a fhágáil ar lár go hiomlán nó go páirteach.

4. Faoi réir mhír 5, féadfaidh gach Ballstát: (a) an ríomh a cheanglaítear faoi phointe (a) den chéad fhomhír de mhír 1 a dhéanamh ag úsáid luachanna 1 % in 2014 agus in 2015; 1,25 % in 2016 agus 2017; agus 1,5 % in 2018, 2019 agus 2020; (b) na díolacháin fuinnimh go léir nó cuid díobh a úsáidtear, de réir toirte, i dtaca leis an tréimhse oibleagáide dá dtagraítear i bpointe (a) den chéad fhomhír de mhír 1, nó fuinneamh deiridh arna thomhailt, i dtaca leis an tréimhse oibleagáide dá dtagraítear i bpointe (b) den fhomhír sin, i ngníomhaíochtaí tionscail a liostaítear in Iarscríbhinn I a ghabhann le Treoir 2003/87/CE, a eisiamh ón ríomh; (c) coigilteas fuinnimh a baineadh amach sna hearnálacha trasfhoirmithe, dáilte agus tarchurtha fuinnimh, lena n-áirítear bonneagar téimh agus fuaraithe ceantair éifeachtúil, mar thoradh ar chur i bhfeidhm na gceanglas a leagtar amach in Airteagal 14(4), pointe (b) d'Airteagal 14(5), agus Airteagal 15(1) go (6) agus (9), a áireamh faoi chomhair an mhéid coigiltis fuinnimh a cheanglaítear. Cuirfidh na Ballstáit an Coimisiún ar an eolas faoi na bearta beartais atá beartaithe acu faoin bpointe seo don tréimhse ón 1 Eanáir 2021 go dtí an 31 Nollaig 2030 mar chuid dá bpleananna comhtháite náisiúnta fuinnimh agus aeráide. Ríomhfar tionchar na mbeart sin i gcomhréir le hIarscríbhinn V agus áireofar sna pleananna sin é; (d) coigilteas fuinnimh a eascraíonn ó ghníomhaíochtaí aonair a cuireadh i bhfeidhm go nua ón 31 Nollaig 2008 agus a leanfaidh de thionchar a bheith acu in 2020 i ndáil leis an tréimhse oibleagáide dá dtagraítear i bpointe (a) den chéad fhomhír de mhír 1 agus tar éis 2020 i ndáil leis an tréimhse dá dtagraítear i bpointe (b) den chéad fhomhír de mhír 1, agus is féidir a thomhas agus a fhíorú, a áireamh faoi chomhair an mhéid coigiltis fuinnimh a cheanglaítear; (e) coigilteas fuinnimh a eascraíonn ó bhearta beartais a áireamh faoi chomhair an mhéid coigiltis fuinnimh a cheanglaítear, ar choinníoll gur féidir a léiriú go mbíonn gníomhaíochtaí aonair, a dhéantar le linn na tréimhse ón 1 Eanáir 2018 go dtí an 31 Nollaig 2020 agus lena dtugtar coigilteas tar éis an 31 Nollaig 2020, mar thoradh ar na bearta sin; (f) 30 % den mhéid infhíoraithe fuinnimh, a ghintear dá n-úsáid féin ar fhoirgnimh nó i bhfoirgnimh mar thoradh ar bhearta beartais a chuireann suiteáil nua teicneolaíochtaí fuinnimh in-athnuaite chun cinn, a eisiamh ó ríomh an mhéid coigiltis fuinnimh a cheanglaítear; (g) an coigilteas fuinnimh sin a sháraíonn an méid coigiltis fuinnimh a cheanglaítear don tréimhse oibleagáide ón 1 Eanáir 2014 go dtí an 31 Nollaig 2020 a áireamh faoi chomhair an mhéid coigiltis fuinnimh a cheanglaítear ar choinníoll go n-eascraíonn an coigilteas sin ó ghníomhaíochtaí aonair a dhéantar faoi na bearta beartais dá dtagraítear in Airteagail 7a agus 7b den Treoir seo a bhfuil fógra tugtha ag na Ballstáit ina leith ina gcuid Pleananna Gníomhaíochta Náisiúnta um Éifeachtúlacht Fuinnimh agus atá tuairiscithe acu ina dtuarascálacha ar dhul chun cinn i gcomhréir le hAirteagal 24.

5. Déanfaidh na Ballstáit éifeacht na roghanna a roghnaítear faoi mhír 4 do na tréimhsí dá dtagraítear i bpointí (a) agus (b) den chéad fhomhír de mhír 1 a chur i bhfeidhm agus a ríomh ar leithligh: (a) agus méid coigiltis fuinnimh a cheanglaítear don tréimhse oibleagáide dá dtagraítear i bpointe (a) den chéad fhomhír de mhír 1 á ríomh, féadfaidh na Ballstáit leas a bhaint as pointí (a) go (d) de mhír 4. Ní mó na roghanna uile a roghnaítear faoi mhír 4 i dteannta a chéile ná 25 % den mhéid coigiltis fuinnimh dá dtagraítear i bpointe (a) den chéad fhomhír de mhír 1; (b) i gcás ríomh an mhéid coigiltis fuinnimh a cheanglaítear don tréimhse oibleagáide dá dtagraítear i bpointe (b) den chéad fhomhír de mhír 1 féadfaidh na Ballstáit leas a bhaint as pointí (b) go (g) de mhír 4 ar choinníoll go leanfaidh gníomhaíochtaí aonair dá dtagraítear i bpointe (d) de mhír 4 de thionchar infhíoraithe agus intomhaiste a bheith acu i ndiaidh an 31 Nollaig 2020. Agus na roghanna uile a roghnaítear faoi mhír 4 á gcur le chéile, ní thiocfaidh laghdú níos mó ná 35 % den mhéid coigiltis fuinnimh a ríomhtar i gcomhréir le míreanna 2 agus 3 mar thoradh orthu.

Beag beann ar cibé an ndéanann Ballstáit fuinneamh a úsáidtear in iompar a eisiamh, go hiomlán nó go páirteach, óna mbonnlíne ríomha nó an mbaineann siad úsáid as na roghanna a liostaítear i mír 3, áiritheoidh siad nach ísle an glanmhéid ríofa den choigilteas nua a bhainfear amach sa tomhaltas fuinnimh deiridh le linn na tréimhse oibleagáide ón 1 Eanáir 2021 go dtí an 31 Nollaig 2030 ná an méid a thiocfaidh as an ráta bliantúil coigiltis dá dtagraítear i bpointe (b) den chéad fhomhír de mhír 1 a chur i bhfeidhm.

6. Déanfaidh na Ballstáit cur síos ina bpleananna comhtháite náisiúnta fuinnimh agus aeráide i gcomhréir le hIarscríbhinn III de Rialachán (AE) 2018/1999 ar an mbealach ina ríomhtar an mhéid coigiltis fuinnimh nach mór a bhaint amach thar an tréimhse ón 1 Eanáir 2021 go dtí 31 Nollaig 2030 dá dtagraítear i bpointe (b) den chéad fomhír de mhír 1 den Airteagal seo agus míneoidh siad, más ábhartha, conas a bunaíodh an ráta bliantúil coigiltis agus an bonnlíne ríomha agus cad iad na roghanna dá dtagraítear i mír 4 den Airteagal seo a cuireadh i bhfeidhm.

7. Maidir leis an gcoigilteas fuinnimh a bhaintear amach tar éis an 31 Nollaig 2020, ní dhéanfar é a áireamh faoi chomhair an mhéid coigiltis fuinnimh a cheanglaítear don tréimhse ón 1 Eanáir 2014 go dtí an 31 Nollaig 2020.

8. De mhaolú ar mhír 1 den Airteagal seo, féadfaidh Ballstáit a cheadaíonn do pháirtithe faoi oibleagáid úsáid a bhaint as an rogha dá dtagraítear i bpointe (b) d'Airteagal 7a(6), chun críche phointe (a) den chéad fhomhír de mhír 1 den Airteagal seo, coigilteas fuinnimh a fuarthas in aon bhliain áirithe i ndiaidh 2010 agus roimh an tréimhse oibleagáide dá dtagraítear i bpointe (a) den chéad fhomhír de mhír 1 den Airteagal seo a chomhaireamh amhail is dá mbeadh an coigilteas fuinnimh sin faighte tar éis an 31 Nollaig 2013 agus roimh an 1 Eanáir 2021, ar choinníoll go bhfuil feidhm ag na cúinsí uile seo a leanas: (a) bhí an scéim um oibleagáid éifeachtúlachta fuinnimh i bhfeidhm tráth ar bith idir an 31 Nollaig 2009 agus an 31 Nollaig 2014 agus áiríodh í sa chéad Phlean Gníomhaíochta Náisiúnta um Éifeachtúlachta Fuinnimh den Bhallstát a cuireadh isteach faoi Airteagal 24(2); (b) gineadh an coigilteas faoin scéim oibleagáide; (c) ríomhtar an coigilteas i gcomhréir le hIarscríbhinn V; (d) tuairiscíodh na blianta a ndearnadh an coigilteas a chomhaireamh amhail is go bhfuarthas ansin é sna Pleananna Gníomhaíochta Náisiúnta um Éifeachtúlacht Fuinnimh i gcomhréir le hAirteagal 24(2).

9. Áiritheoidh na Ballstáit go ndéanfar coigilteas a eascraíonn ó bhearta beartais dá dtagraítear in Airteagail 7a agus 7b agus in Airteagal 20(6) a ríomh i gcomhréir le hIarscríbhinn V.

10. Déanfaidh na Ballstáit an méid coigiltis fuinnimh a cheanglaítear faoi mhír 1 den Airteagal seo a bhaint amach trí scéim um oibleagáid éifeachtúlachta fuinnimh dá dtagraítear in Airteagal 7a a bhunú nó trí bhearta beartais malartacha dá dtagraítear in Airteagal 7b a ghlacadh. Féadfaidh na Ballstáit scéim um oibleagáid éifeachtúlachta fuinnimh a chumasc le bearta beartais malartacha.

11. Le linn dóibh na bearta beartais a cheapadh chun go gcomhlíonfar na hoibleagáidí orthu coigilteas fuinnimh a bhaint amach, cuirfidh na Ballstáit san áireamh an gá atá leis an mbochtaineacht fuinnimh a mhaolú i gcomhréir le critéir atá bunaithe acu, agus na cleachtais atá ar fáil cheana féin sa réimse á gcur san áireamh, trína cheangal, a mhéid is iomchuí, go gcuirfear chun feidhme sciar beart éifeachtúlachta fuinnimh faoina scéimeanna um oibleagáid éifeachtúlachta fuinnimh, bearta beartais malartacha, nó cláir nó bearta arna maoiniú faoi Chiste Náisiúnta Éifeachtúlachta Fuinnimh mar thosaíocht i measc teaghlaigh shoghonta, lena n-áirítear iad siúd dá ndéanann bochtaineacht fuinnimh dochair agus, i gcás inarb iomchuí, i dtithíocht shóisialta.

Áireoidh na Ballstáit faisnéis faoin toradh atá ar na bearta chun an bhochtaineacht fuinnimh a mhaolú i gcomhthéacs na Treorach seo ina dtuarascálacha comhtháite náisiúnta ar dhul chun cinn maidir le fuinnimh agus an aeráid i gcomhréir le Rialachán (AE) 2018/1999.

12. Léireoidh na Ballstáit, i gcás ina mbeidh forluí i dtionchar na mbeart beartais nó na ngníomhaíochtaí aonair, nach mbeidh aon chomhaireamh dúbailte coigiltis fuinnimh.

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Airteagal 7a

Scéimeanna um oibleagáid éifeachtúlachta fuinnimh

1. I gcás ina gcinnfidh na Ballstáit a n-oibleagáidí a chomhlíonadh chun an méid coigiltis a cheanglaítear faoi Airteagal 7(1) a bhaint amach trí scéim um oibleagáid éifeachtúlachta fuinnimh, áiritheoidh siad go gcomhlíonfaidh na páirtithe faoi oibleagáid dá dtagraítear i mír 2 den Airteagal seo atá ag feidhmiú i gcríoch gach Ballstáit, gan dochar d'Airteagal 7(4) agus (5), a gceanglas maidir le coigilteas carnach fuinnimh críochúsáide a leagtar amach in Airteagal 7(1).

I gcás inarb infheidhme, féadfaidh na Ballstáit a chinneadh go gcomhlíonfaidh páirtithe faoi oibleagáid an coigilteas sin, go hiomlán nó go páirteach, mar ranníocaíocht leis an gCiste Náisiúnta Éifeachtúlachta Fuinnimh i gcomhréir le hAirteagal 20(6).

2. Ainmneoidh na Ballstáit, ar bhonn critéir oibiachtúla agus neamh-idirdhealaitheacha, páirtithe faoi oibleagáid i measc dáileoirí fuinnimh, cuideachtaí díolacháin fuinnimh miondíola agus dáileoirí breosla iompair nó miondíoltóirí breosla iompair a oibríonn ina gcríoch. Déanfaidh na páirtithe faoi oibleagáid i measc custaiméirí deiridh, arna n-ainmniú ag an mBallstát, an méid coigiltis fuinnimh is gá a bhaint amach chun an oibleagáid a chomhlíonadh, go neamhspleách ar an ríomh de bhun Airteagal 7(1) nó, má chinneann na Ballstáit amhlaidh, trí choigilteas deimhnithe a eascraíonn ó pháirtithe eile de réir mar a thuairiscítear i bpointe (a) de mhír 6 den Airteagal seo.

3. I gcás ina n-ainmnítear cuideachtaí díolacháin fuinnimh miondíola mar pháirtithe faoi oibleagáid faoi mhír 2, áiritheoidh na Ballstáit, agus a n-oibleagáid á comhlíonadh acu, nach gcruthóidh cuideachtaí díolacháin fuinnimh miondíola aon bhacainní a chuireann bac ar thomhaltóirí aistriú ó sholáthróir amháin go soláthróir eile.

4. Déanfaidh na Ballstáit an méid coigiltis fuinnimh a cheanglaítear ar gach páirtí faoi oibleagáid a shloinneadh i dtéarmaí tomhaltas fuinnimh deiridh nó tomhaltas fuinnimh phríomhúil. An modh a roghnaítear chun an méid coigiltis fuinnimh a cheanglaítear a shloinneadh, úsáidfear é freisin chun an coigilteas a éileoidh páirtithe faoi oibleagáid a ríomh. Beidh feidhm ag na fachtóirí comhshóite a leagtar amach in Iarscríbhinn IV.

5. Cuirfidh na Ballstáit córais tomhais, rialaithe agus fíoraithe i bhfeidhm faoina ndéantar fíorú doiciméadaithe ar sciar atá suntasach ó thaobh staidrimh de agus sampla ionadaíoch, ar a laghad, de na bearta feabhsaithe éifeachtúlachta fuinnimh a chuir na páirtithe faoi oibleagáid i bhfeidhm. Déanfar an tomhas, an rialú agus an fíorú go neamhspleách ar na páirtithe faoi oibleagáid.

6. Laistigh den scéim um oibleagáid éifeachtúlachta fuinnimh, féadfaidh na Ballstáit ceann amháin díobh seo a leanas nó an dá cheann a dhéanamh: (a) cead a thabhairt do pháirtithe faoi oibleagáid coigilteas fuinnimh deimhnithe a áireamh faoi chomhair a n-oibleagáide, ar coigilteas é a bhaineann soláthraithe seirbhíse fuinnimh nó tríú páirtithe eile amach, lena n-áirítear nuair a chuireann páirtithe faoi oibleagáid bearta chun cinn trí chomhlachtaí formheasta eile ag an Stát nó trí údaráis phoiblí a fhéadfaidh baint a bheith acu le comhpháirtíochtaí foirmiúla agus a fhéadfaidh a bheith in éineacht le foinsí eile airgeadais. I gcás ina gceadóidh na Ballstáit amhlaidh, áiritheoidh siad go leanfaidh deimhniúchán coigiltis fuinnimh próiseas formheasa a chuirtear i bhfeidhm sna Ballstáit, agus a bheidh soiléir, trédhearcach agus oscailte do gach rannpháirtí margaidh, agus arb é is aidhm dó na costais a bhaineann le deimhniúchán a laghdú; (b) ligean do pháirtithe faoi oibleagáid coigilteas a fhaightear i mbliain ar leith a chomhaireamh amhail is dá mbeidís faighte ina ionad in aon cheann de na ceithre bliana roimhe sin nó sna trí bliana dá éis fad is nach bhfuil sé seo thar dheireadh na dtréimhsí oibleagáide a leagtar amach in Airteagal 7(1).

Déanfaidh na Ballstáit measúnú ar an tionchar atá ag costais dhíreacha agus neamhdhíreacha na scéimeanna um oibleagáid éifeachtúlachta fuinnimh ar iomaíochas tionscal dianfhuinnimh a thagann faoi thionchar iomaíochais idirnáisiúnta agus, más iomchuí, glacfaidh siad bearta chun an tionchar sin a íoslaghdú.

7. Is ar bhonn bliantúil a fhoilseoidh na Ballstáit an coigilteas fuinnimh a bheidh bainte amach ag gach páirtí faoi oibleagáid, nó ag gach fochatagóir de pháirtí faoi oibleagáid, agus san iomlán faoin scéim.

Airteagal 7b

Bearta beartais malartacha

1. I gcás ina gcinnfidh Ballstáit a n-oibleagáidí chun an coigilteas a cheanglaítear faoi Airteagal 7(1) a bhaint amach a chomhlíonadh trí bhíthin bearta beartais malartacha, áiritheoidh siad, gan dochar d'Airteagal 7(4) agus (5), go mbainfear amach an coigilteas fuinnimh a cheanglaítear faoi Airteagal 7(1) i measc na gcustaiméirí deiridh.

2. I gcás gach birt eile seachas na cinn sin a bhaineann le cánachas, cuirfidh na Ballstáit córais tomhais, rialaithe agus fíoraithe i bhfeidhm faoina ndéanfar fíorú doiciméadaithe ar sciar atá suntasach ó thaobh staidrimh de agus sampla ionadaíoch, ar a laghad, de na bearta feabhsaithe éifeachtúlachta fuinnimh a chuir na páirtithe rannpháirteacha nó na páirtithe ar cuireadh cúram orthu i bhfeidhm. Déanfar an tomhas, an rialú agus an fíorú go neamhspleách ar na páirtithe rannpháirteacha nó ar na páirtithe ar cuireadh cúram orthu.

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Article 8

Energy audits and energy management systems

1. Member States shall promote the availability to all final customers of high quality energy audits which are cost-effective and: (a) carried out in an independent manner by qualified and/or accredited experts according to qualification criteria; or (b) implemented and supervised by independent authorities under national legislation.

The energy audits referred to in the first subparagraph may be carried out by in-house experts or energy auditors provided that the Member State concerned has put in place a scheme to assure and check their quality, including, if appropriate, an annual random selection of at least a statistically significant percentage of all the energy audits they carry out.

For the purpose of guaranteeing the high quality of the energy audits and energy management systems, Member States shall establish transparent and non-discriminatory minimum criteria for energy audits based on Annex VI.

Energy audits shall not include clauses preventing the findings of the audit from being transferred to any qualified/accredited energy service provider, on condition that the customer does not object.

2. Member States shall develop programmes to encourage SMEs to undergo energy audits and the subsequent implementation of the recommendations from these audits.

On the basis of transparent and non-discriminatory criteria and without prejudice to Union State aid law, Member States may set up support schemes for SMEs, including if they have concluded voluntary agreements, to cover costs of an energy audit and of the implementation of highly cost-effective recommendations from the energy audits, if the proposed measures are implemented.

Member States shall bring to the attention of SMEs, including through their respective representative intermediary organisations, concrete examples of how energy management systems could help their businesses. The Commission shall assist Member States by supporting the exchange of best practices in this domain.

3. Member States shall also develop programmes to raise awareness among households about the benefits of such audits through appropriate advice services.

Member States shall encourage training programmes for the qualification of energy auditors in order to facilitate sufficient availability of experts.

4. Member States shall ensure that enterprises that are not SMEs are subject to an energy audit carried out in an independent and cost-effective manner by qualified and/or accredited experts or implemented and supervised by independent authorities under national legislation by 5 December 2015 and at least every four years from the date of the previous energy audit.

5. Energy audits shall be considered as fulfilling the requirements of paragraph 4 when they are carried out in an independent manner, on the basis of minimum criteria based on Annex VI, and implemented under voluntary agreements concluded between organisations of stakeholders and an appointed body and supervised by the Member State concerned, or other bodies to which the competent authorities have delegated the responsibility concerned, or by the Commission.

Access of market participants offering energy services shall be based on transparent and non-discriminatory criteria.

6. Enterprises that are not SMEs and that are implementing an energy or environmental management system - certified by an independent body according to the relevant European or International Standards - shall be exempted from the requirements of paragraph 4, provided that Member States ensure that the management system concerned includes an energy audit on the basis of the minimum criteria based on Annex VI.

7. Energy audits may stand alone or be part of a broader environmental audit. Member States may require that an assessment of the technical and economic feasibility of connection to an existing or planned district heating or cooling network shall be part of the energy audit.

Without prejudice to Union State aid law, Member States may implement incentive and support schemes for the implementation of recommendations from energy audits and similar measures.

Article 9

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Méadrú i gcomhair gás nádúrtha

1. Áiritheoidh na Ballstáit, a mhéid is féidir go teicniúil, réasúnach agus comhréireach ó thaobh airgeadais de i ndáil leis na coigiltis fuinnimh fhéideartha, go gcuirfear ar fáil méadair aonair ar phraghas iomaíoch do chustaiméirí deiridh gáis nádúrtha a léireoidh tomhaltas fuinnimh iarbhír an chustaiméara deiridh go cruinn agus a chuirfidh faisnéis faoin am úsáide iarbhír ar fáil.

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Such a competitively priced individual meter shall always be provided when:

(a) an existing meter is replaced, unless this is technically impossible or not cost-effective in relation to the estimated potential savings in the long term;

(b) a new connection is made in a new building or a building undergoes major renovations, as set out in Directive 2010/31/EU.

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2. I gcás ina ndéanfaidh, agus a mhéid a dhéanfaidh, na Ballstáit córais méadraithe chliste a chur chun feidhme agus méadair chliste i gcomhair gáis nádúrtha a leathadh amach i gcomhréir le Treoir 2009/73/CE: ▼B (a) they shall ensure that the metering systems provide to final customers information on actual time of use and that the objectives of energy efficiency and benefits for final customers are fully taken into account when establishing the minimum functionalities of the meters and the obligations imposed on market participants; (b) they shall ensure the security of the smart meters and data communication, and the privacy of final customers, in compliance with relevant Union data protection and privacy legislation; ▼M7 ————— ▼B (e) they shall require that appropriate advice and information be given to customers at the time of installation of smart meters, in particular about their full potential with regard to meter reading management and the monitoring of energy consumption.

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Airteagal 9a

Méadrú i gcás téimh, fuarú agus uisce te tí

1. Áiritheoidh na Ballstáit go gcuirfear méadair ar phraghas iomaíoch ar fáil do chustaiméirí deiridh i gcomhair téamh ceantair, fuarú ceantair agus uisce te tí a léireoidh go cruinn a dtomhaltas fuinnimh iarbhír.

2. I gcás ina soláthraítear téamh, fuarú nó uisce te tí d'fhoirgneamh ó fhoinse lárnach a sheirbhísíonn foirgnimh iolracha nó ó chóras téimh ceantair nó fuaraithe ceantair, suiteálfar méadar ag an malartóir teasa nó ag an bpointe seachadta.

Airteagal 9b

Fomhéadrú agus leithdháileadh na gcostas i gcás téimh, fuarú agus uisce te tí

1. I bhfoirgnimh ilárasán agus ilchuspóra a bhfuil foinse téimh lárnaigh nó fuaraithe lárnaigh acu nó a sholáthraítear as córas téimh ceantair nó fuaraithe ceantair, suiteálfar méadair aonair chun tomhaltas an teasa, an fhuaraithe nó an uisce the tí do gach aonad foirgnimh a thomhas, i gcás ina bhfuil sin indéanta go teicniúil agus go costéifeachtach i dtéarmaí an méid sin a bheith comhréireach i ndáil leis an gcoigilteas fuinnimh féideartha.

I gcás nach mbeidh úsáid méadar aonair indéanta go teicniúil nó i gcás nach mbeidh sé costéifeachtúil tomhaltas teasa i ngach aonad foirgnimh a thomhas, úsáidfear leithdháileoirí costais teasa aonair chun tomhaltas teasa a thomhas ag gach radaitheoir mura suífidh an Ballstát atá i gceist nach mbeadh suiteáil na leithdháileoirí costais teasa sin costéifeachtúil. Sna cásanna sin, féadfar modhanna malartacha costéifeachtúla chun tomhaltas teasa a thomhas a mheas. Déanfaidh gach Ballstát na critéir ghinearálta, na modheolaíochtaí ginearálta agus/nó na nósanna imeachta ginearálta chun an neamh-indéantacht theicniúil agus an neamh-chostéifeachtúlacht a chinneadh a leagan amach agus a fhoilsiú go soiléir.

2. I bhfoirgnimh ilárasán nua agus i gcodanna cónaithe d'fhoirgnimh ilchuspóra nua ina bhfuil foinse lárnach téimh le haghaidh uisce te tí nó ina bhfaightear an soláthar ó chórais téimh ceantair, soláthrófar méadair aonair le haghaidh uisce te tí, d'ainneoin na chéad fhomhíre de mhír 1.

3. I gcás gur as téamh ceantair nó fuarú ceantair a dhéantar soláthar d'fhoirgnimh ilárasán nó ilchuspóra, nó i gcás córais dhílse téimh nó fuaraithe d'fhoirgnimh den sórt sin a bheith leitheadúil, áiritheoidh na Ballstáit go bhfuil rialacha trédhearcacha náisiúnta i bhfeidhm acu a bhfuil teacht ag an bpobal orthu maidir le leithdháileadh costas tomhaltais téimh, fuaraithe agus uisce the tí i bhfoirgnimh den sórt sin chun trédhearcacht agus cruinneas na cuntasaíochta i gcás tomhaltas aonair a áirithiú. I gcás inarb iomchuí, áireofar i rialacha den sórt sin treoirlínte maidir leis an mbealach is ceart an costas a leithdháileadh i dtaobh fuinneamh a úsáidtear mar a leanas: (a) uisce te tí; (b) teas a radaítear ón tsuiteáil foirgnimh agus chun na limistéir chomhchoiteanna a théamh, i gcás ina mbeidh staighrí agus dorchlaí feistithe le radaitheoirí; (c) chun árasáin a théamh nó a fhuarú.

Airteagal 9c

Ceanglas cianléimh

1. Chun críocha Airteagail 9a agus 9b, is feistí atá inléite go cianda a bheidh sna méadair agus sna leithdháileoirí costais teasa a shuiteálfar tar éis an 25 Deireadh Fómhair 2020. Coinníollacha na hindéantachta teicniúla agus na costéifeachtúlachta, a leagtar amach in Airteagal 9b(1), leanfaidh siad d'fheidhm a bheith acu.

2. Tabharfar an cumas do mhéadair agus do leithdháileoirí costais teasa nach bhfuil inléite go cianda ach atá suiteáilte cheana féin a bheith inléite go cianda nó cuirfear feistí atá inléite go cianda ina n-ionad faoin 1 Eanáir 2027, ach amháin i gcás ina léiríonn an Ballstát i dtrácht nach bhfuil sin costéifeachtúil.

▼B

Article 10

▼M7

Faisnéis bhilleála don ghás nádúrtha

1. I gcás nach mbeidh méadair chliste dá dtagraítear i dTreoir 2009/73/CE ag custaiméirí deiridh, áiritheoidh na Ballstáit, faoin 31 Nollaig 2014, go mbeidh faisnéis bhilleála iontaofa don ghás nádúrtha cruinn agus bunaithe ar thomhaltas iarbhír, i gcomhréir le pointe 1.1 d'Iarscríbhinn VII más rud é go bhfuil sé sin indéanta go teicniúil agus go mbeidh bonn eacnamaíoch leis.

▼B

This obligation may be fulfilled by a system of regular self-reading by the final customers whereby they communicate readings from their meter to the energy supplier. Only when the final customer has not provided a meter reading for a given billing interval shall billing be based on estimated consumption or a flat rate.

▼M7

2. Méadair a shuiteáiltear i gcomhréir le Treoir 2009/73/CE, beidh siad in ann faisnéis bhilleála chruinn a sholáthar bunaithe ar thomhaltas iarbhír. Áiritheoidh an Ballstáit go mbeidh an fhéidearthacht ag custaiméirí deiridh rochtain a fháil go héasca ar fhaisnéis chomhlántach faoin tomhaltas stairiúil a chuirfidh ar a gcumas féinseiceálacha mionsonraithe a dhéanamh.

▼B

Complementary information on historical consumption shall include:

(a) cumulative data for at least the three previous years or the period since the start of the supply contract if this is shorter. The data shall correspond to the intervals for which frequent billing information has been produced; and

(b) detailed data according to the time of use for any day, week, month and year. These data shall be made available to the final customer via the internet or the meter interface for the period of at least the previous 24 months or the period since the start of the supply contract if this is shorter.

3. Independently of whether smart meters have been installed or not, Member States: (a) shall require that, to the extent that information on the energy billing and historical consumption of final customers is available, it be made available, at the request of the final customer, to an energy service provider designated by the final customer; (b) shall ensure that final customers are offered the option of electronic billing information and bills and that they receive, on request, a clear and understandable explanation of how their bill was derived, especially where bills are not based on actual consumption; (c) shall ensure that appropriate information is made available with the bill to provide final customers with a comprehensive account of current energy costs, in accordance with Annex VII; (d) may lay down that, at the request of the final customer, the information contained in these bills shall not be considered to constitute a request for payment. In such cases, Member States shall ensure that suppliers of energy sources offer flexible arrangements for actual payments; (e) shall require that information and estimates for energy costs are provided to consumers on demand in a timely manner and in an easily understandable format enabling consumers to compare deals on a like-for-like basis.

▼M3

Airteagal 10a

Faisnéis bhilleála agus tomhaltais i gcás téimh, fuarú agus uisce te tí

1. I gcás ina suiteáiltear méadair nó leithdháileoirí costais teasa, áiritheoidh na Ballstáit go mbeidh an fhaisnéis bhilleála agus tomhaltais iontaofa, cruinn agus bunaithe ar thomhaltas iarbhír nó ar léamha leithdháileoirí costais teasa, i gcomhréir le pointí 1 agus 2 d'Iarscríbhinn VIIa i gcás gach úsáideora deiridh, is é sin, i gcás daoine nádúrtha nó dlítheanacha a cheannaíonn téamh, fuarú nó uisce te tí dá gcríochúsáid féin, nó daoine nádúrtha nó dlítheanacha a áitíonn foirgneamh aonair nó aonad i bhfoirgneamh ilárasán nó ilchuspóra a sholáthraítear téamh, fuarú nó uisce te tí dó ó fhoinse lárnach agus nach bhfuil aon chonradh díreach nó aonair acu leis an soláthróir fuinnimh.

I gcás ina bhforálann Ballstát dá leithéid, seachas i gcás tomhaltas fomhéadraithe bunaithe ar leithdháileoirí costais teasa faoi Airteagal 9b, féadfar an oibleagáid sin a chomhlíonadh trí chóras féinléimh rialta ina gcuirfidh an custaiméir deiridh nó an t-úsáideoir deiridh léamha óna méadar in iúl don soláthróir fuinnimh. Ní bhunófar an bhilleáil ar thomhaltas measta nó ar chothrom-ráta ach amháin i gcás nach mbeidh léamh méadair curtha ar fáil ag an gcustaiméir deiridh nó ag an úsáideoir deiridh le haghaidh eatramh billeála ar leith.

2. Déanfaidh na Ballstáit: (a) a cheangal, má tá faisnéis faoi bhilleáil fuinnimh agus tomhaltas stairiúil nó léamha leithdháileoirí costais teasa na n-úsáideoirí deiridh ar fáil, go gcuirfear ar fáil í, arna iarraidh sin ag an úsáideoir deiridh, do sholáthraí seirbhíse fuinnimh arna ainmniú ag an úsáideoir deiridh; (b) a áirithiú go dtairgfear do chustaiméirí deiridh rogha na faisnéise billeála leictreonaí agus billí; (c) a áirithiú siad go gcuirfear faisnéis shoiléir intuigthe ar fáil leis an mbille do gach úsáideoir deiridh i gcomhréir le pointe 3 d'Iarscríbhinn VIIa; agus (d) an chibearshlándáil a chur chun cinn agus príobháideachas agus cosaint sonraí na n-úsáideoirí deiridh a áirithiú i gcomhréir le dlí an Aontais is infheidhme.

Féadfaidh na Ballstáit a fhoráil, ar iarraidh ón gcustaiméir deiridh, nach measfar gur iarraidh ar íocaíocht atá i soláthar faisnéise billeála. I gcásanna den sórt sin, áiritheoidh na Ballstáit go ndéantar socruithe solúbtha le haghaidh íocaíocht iarbhír a thairgeadh.

3. Cinnfidh na Ballstáit cé a bheidh freagrach as an bhfaisnéis dá dtagraítear i míreanna 1 agus 2 a sholáthar do na húsáideoirí deiridh nach bhfuil aon chonradh díreach nó aonair le soláthróir fuinnimh acu.

▼M3

Airteagal 11

▼M7

Costas rochtana ar mhéadrú agus ar fhaisnéis bhilleála don ghás nádúrtha

▼M3

Áiritheoidh na Ballstáit go bhfaighidh custaiméirí deiridh a mbillí agus a bhfaisnéis bhilleála go léir i gcomhair tomhaltas fuinnimh saor in aisce agus go mbeidh rochtain ag custaiméirí deiridh freisin ar a sonraí tomhaltais ar shlí iomchuí agus saor in aisce.

▼M3

Airteagal 11a

Costas rochtana ar mhéadrú agus ar fhaisnéis bhilleála agus tomhaltais i gcás téimh, fuarú agus uisce te tí

1. Áiritheoidh na Ballstáit go bhfaighidh na húsáideoirí deiridh a mbillí agus a bhfaisnéis bhilleála go léir i gcomhair tomhaltas fuinnimh saor in aisce agus go mbeidh rochtain ag na húsáideoirí deiridh freisin ar a sonraí tomhaltais ar shlí iomchuí agus saor in aisce.

2. D'ainneoin mhír 1 den Airteagal seo, is ar bhonn neamhbhrabúsach a dhéanfar costais na faisnéise billeála do thomhaltas aonair téimh, fuaraithe agus uisce the tí i bhfoirgnimh ilárasán agus i bhfoirgnimh ilchuspóra a dháileadh de bhun Airteagal 9b. Féadfar costais a eascraíonn ó shannadh an chúraim sin do thríú páirtí, amhail soláthraí seirbhíse nó an soláthróir fuinnimh áitiúil, ina gcumhdaítear an tomhas, an leithdháileadh agus an chuntasaíocht do thomhaltas aonair iarbhír i bhfoirgnimh den sórt sin, a chur ar aghaidh chun na n-úsáideoirí deiridh a mhéid a bheidh costais den sórt sin réasúnach.

3. Chun a áirithiú go mbeidh costais réasúnacha ar na seirbhísí fomhéadraithe dá dtagraítear i mír 2, féadfaidh na Ballstáit an t-iomaíochas a spreagadh san earnáil seirbhíse sin trí bhearta iomchuí a ghlacadh, amhail úsáid na tairisceana a mholadh nó a chur chun cinn ar shlí eile nó trí úsáid a bhaint as feistí agus córais idir-inoibritheacha a éascaíonn an t-aistriú ó sholáthraí seirbhíse amháin go ceann eile.

▼B

Article 12

Consumer information and empowering programme

1. Member States shall take appropriate measures to promote and facilitate an efficient use of energy by small energy customers, including domestic customers. These measures may be part of a national strategy.

2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, these measures shall include one or more of the elements listed under point (a) or (b): (a) a range of instruments and policies to promote behavioural change which may include: (i) fiscal incentives; (ii) access to finance, grants or subsidies; (iii) information provision; (iv) exemplary projects; (v) workplace activities; (b) ways and means to engage consumers and consumer organisations during the possible roll-out of smart meters through communication of: (i) cost-effective and easy-to-achieve changes in energy use; (ii) information on energy efficiency measures.

Article 13

Penalties

Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable in case of non-compliance with the national provisions adopted pursuant to ►M7 in Airteagail 7 go 11a ◄ and Article 18(3) and shall take the necessary measures to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall notify those provisions to the Commission by 5 June 2014 and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them.







CHAPTER III

EFFICIENCY IN ENERGY SUPPLY

Article 14

Promotion of efficiency in heating and cooling

1. By 31 December 2015, Member States shall carry out and notify to the Commission a comprehensive assessment of the potential for the application of high-efficiency cogeneration and efficient district heating and cooling, containing the information set out in Annex VIII. If they have already carried out an equivalent assessment, they shall notify it to the Commission.

The comprehensive assessment shall take full account of the analysis of the national potentials for high-efficiency cogeneration carried out under Directive 2004/8/EC.

At the request of the Commission, the assessment shall be updated and notified to the Commission every five years. The Commission shall make any such request at least one year before the due date.

2. Member States shall adopt policies which encourage the due taking into account at local and regional levels of the potential of using efficient heating and cooling systems, in particular those using high-efficiency cogeneration. Account shall be taken of the potential for developing local and regional heat markets.

3. For the purpose of the assessment referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall carry out a cost-benefit analysis covering their territory based on climate conditions, economic feasibility and technical suitability in accordance with Part 1 of Annex IX. The cost-benefit analysis shall be capable of facilitating the identification of the most resource-and cost-efficient solutions to meeting heating and cooling needs. That cost-benefit analysis may be part of an environmental assessment under Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment ( 6 ).

4. Where the assessment referred to in paragraph 1 and the analysis referred to in paragraph 3 identify a potential for the application of high-efficiency cogeneration and/or efficient district heating and cooling whose benefits exceed the costs, Member States shall take adequate measures for efficient district heating and cooling infrastructure to be developed and/or to accommodate the development of high-efficiency cogeneration and the use of heating and cooling from waste heat and renewable energy sources in accordance with paragraphs 1, 5, and 7.

Where the assessment referred to in paragraph 1 and the analysis referred to in paragraph 3 do not identify a potential whose benefits exceed the costs, including the administrative costs of carrying out the cost-benefit analysis referred to in paragraph 5, the Member State concerned may exempt installations from the requirements laid down in that paragraph.

5. Member States shall ensure that a cost-benefit analysis in accordance with Part 2 of Annex IX is carried out when, after 5 June 2014: (a) a new thermal electricity generation installation with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW is planned, in order to assess the cost and benefits of providing for the operation of the installation as a high-efficiency cogeneration installation; (b) an existing thermal electricity generation installation with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW is substantially refurbished, in order to assess the cost and benefits of converting it to high-efficiency cogeneration; (c) an industrial installation with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW generating waste heat at a useful temperature level is planned or substantially refurbished, in order to assess the cost and benefits of utilising the waste heat to satisfy economically justified demand, including through cogeneration, and of the connection of that installation to a district heating and cooling network; (d) a new district heating and cooling network is planned or in an existing district heating or cooling network a new energy production installation with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW is planned or an existing such installation is to be substantially refurbished, in order to assess the cost and benefits of utilising the waste heat from nearby industrial installations.

The fitting of equipment to capture carbon dioxide produced by a combustion installation with a view to its being geologically stored as provided for in Directive 2009/31/EC shall not be considered as refurbishment for the purpose of points (b), (c) and (d) of this paragraph.

Member States may require the cost-benefit analysis referred to in points (c) and (d) to be carried out in cooperation with the companies responsible for the operation of the district heating and cooling networks.

6. Member States may exempt from paragraph 5: (a) those peak load and back-up electricity generating installations which are planned to operate under 1 500 operating hours per year as a rolling average over a period of five years, based on a verification procedure established by the Member States ensuring that this exemption criterion is met; (b) nuclear power installations; (c) installations that need to be located close to a geological storage site approved under Directive 2009/31/EC.

Member States may also lay down thresholds, expressed in terms of the amount of available useful waste heat, the demand for heat or the distances between industrial installations and district heating networks, for exempting individual installations from the provisions of points (c) and (d) of paragraph 5.

Member States shall notify exemptions adopted under this paragraph to the Commission by 31 December 2013 and any subsequent changes to them thereafter.

7. Member States shall adopt authorisation criteria as referred to in Article 7 of Directive 2009/72/EC, or equivalent permit criteria, to: (a) take into account the outcome of the comprehensive assessment referred to in paragraph 1; (b) ensure that the requirements of paragraph 5 are fulfilled; and (c) take into account the outcome of cost-benefit analysis referred to in paragraph 5.

8. Member States may exempt individual installations from being required, by the authorisation and permit criteria referred to in paragraph 7, to implement options whose benefits exceed their costs, if there are imperative reasons of law, ownership or finance for so doing. In these cases the Member State concerned shall submit a reasoned notification of its decision to the Commission within three months of the date of taking it.

9. Paragraphs 5, 6, 7 and 8 of this Article shall apply to installations covered by Directive 2010/75/EU without prejudice to the requirements of that Directive.

10. On the basis of the harmonised efficiency reference values referred to in point (f) of Annex II, Member States shall ensure that the origin of electricity produced from high-efficiency cogeneration can be guaranteed according to objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria laid down by each Member State. They shall ensure that this guarantee of origin complies with the requirements and contains at least the information specified in Annex X. Member States shall mutually recognise their guarantees of origin, exclusively as proof of the information referred to in this paragraph. Any refusal to recognise a guarantee of origin as such proof, in particular for reasons relating to the prevention of fraud, must be based on objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria. Member States shall notify the Commission of such refusal and its justification. In the event of refusal to recognise a guarantee of origin, the Commission may adopt a decision to compel the refusing party to recognise it, in particular with regard to objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria on which such recognition is based.

The Commission shall be empowered to review, by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 of this Directive, the harmonised efficiency reference values laid down in Commission Implementing Decision 2011/877/EU ( 7 ) on the basis of Directive 2004/8/EC by 31 December 2014.

11. Member States shall ensure that any available support for cogeneration is subject to the electricity produced originating from high-efficiency cogeneration and the waste heat being effectively used to achieve primary energy savings. Public support to cogeneration and district heating generation and networks shall be subject to State aid rules, where applicable.

Article 15

Energy transformation, transmission and distribution

1. Member States shall ensure that national energy regulatory authorities pay due regard to energy efficiency in carrying out the regulatory tasks specified in Directives 2009/72/EC and 2009/73/EC regarding their decisions on the operation of the gas and electricity infrastructure.

Member States shall in particular ensure that national energy regulatory authorities, through the development of network tariffs and regulations, within the framework of Directive 2009/72/EC and taking into account the costs and benefits of each measure, provide incentives for grid operators to make available system services to network users permitting them to implement energy efficiency improvement measures in the context of the continuing deployment of smart grids.

Such systems services may be determined by the system operator and shall not adversely impact the security of the system.

For electricity, Member States shall ensure that network regulation and network tariffs fulfil the criteria in Annex XI, taking into account guidelines and codes developed pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 714/2009.

2. Member States shall ensure, by 30 June 2015, that: (a) an assessment is undertaken of the energy efficiency potentials of their gas and electricity infrastructure, in particular regarding transmission, distribution, load management and interoperability, and connection to energy generating installations, including access possibilities for micro energy generators; (b) concrete measures and investments are identified for the introduction of cost-effective energy efficiency improvements in the network infrastructure, with a timetable for their introduction.

▼M3

2a. Faoin 31 Nollaig 2020, ullmhóidh an Coimisiún modheolaíocht chomhchoiteann, tar éis dó dul i gcomhairle leis na geallsealbhóirí ábhartha, chun oibreoirí líonra a spreagadh a gcuid caillteanais a laghdú, clár infheistíochta bonneagair atá costéifeachtúil agus éifeachtúil ó thaobh an fhuinnimh de a chur chun feidhme agus éifeachtúlacht fuinnimh agus solúbthacht na heangaí a chur san áireamh mar is ceart.

▼B

3. Member States may permit components of schemes and tariff structures with a social aim for net-bound energy transmission and distribution, provided that any disruptive effects on the transmission and distribution system are kept to the minimum necessary and are not disproportionate to the social aim.

4. Member States shall ensure the removal of those incentives in transmission and distribution tariffs that are detrimental to the overall efficiency (including energy efficiency) of the generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity or those that might hamper participation of demand response, in balancing markets and ancillary services procurement. Member States shall ensure that network operators are incentivised to improve efficiency in infrastructure design and operation, and, within the framework of Directive 2009/72/EC, that tariffs allow suppliers to improve consumer participation in system efficiency, including demand response, depending on national circumstances.

►M7

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▼M7

Comhlíonfaidh oibreoirí córas tarchurtha agus oibreoirí córais dáileacháin na ceanglais a leagtar amach in Iarscríbhinn XII.

▼B

Member States may particularly facilitate the connection to the grid system of electricity produced from high-efficiency cogeneration from small-scale and micro-cogeneration units. Member States shall, where appropriate, take steps to encourage network operators to adopt a simple notification ‘install and inform’ process for the installation of micro-cogeneration units to simplify and shorten authorisation procedures for individual citizens and installers.

6. Subject to the requirements relating to the maintenance of the reliability and safety of the grid, Member States shall take the appropriate steps to ensure that, where this is technically and economically feasible with the mode of operation of the high-efficiency cogeneration installation, high-efficiency cogeneration operators can offer balancing services and other operational services at the level of transmission system operators or distribution system operators. Transmission system operators and distribution system operators shall ensure that such services are part of a services bidding process which is transparent, non-discriminatory and open to scrutiny.

Where appropriate, Member States may require transmission system operators and distribution system operators to encourage high-efficiency cogeneration to be sited close to areas of demand by reducing the connection and use-of-system charges.

7. Member States may allow producers of electricity from high-efficiency cogeneration wishing to be connected to the grid to issue a call for tender for the connection work.

▼M7 —————

▼B

9. When reporting under Directive 2010/75/EU, and without prejudice to Article 9(2) of that Directive, Member States shall consider including information on energy efficiency levels of installations undertaking the combustion of fuels with total rated thermal input of 50 MW or more in the light of the relevant best available techniques developed in accordance with Directive 2010/75/EU and Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control ( 8 ).

Member States may encourage operators of installations referred to in the first subparagraph to improve their annual average net operational rates.







CHAPTER IV

HORIZONTAL PROVISIONS

Article 16

Availability of qualification, accreditation and certification schemes

1. Where a Member State considers that the national level of technical competence, objectivity and reliability is insufficient, it shall ensure that, by 31 December 2014, certification and/or accreditation schemes and/or equivalent qualification schemes, including, where necessary, suitable training programmes, become or are available for providers of energy services, energy audits, energy managers and installers of energy-related building elements as defined in Article 2(9) of Directive 2010/31/EU.

2. Member States shall ensure that the schemes referred to in paragraph 1 provide transparency to consumers, are reliable and contribute to national energy efficiency objectives.

3. Member States shall make publicly available the certification and/or accreditation schemes or equivalent qualification schemes referred to in paragraph 1 and shall cooperate among themselves and with the Commission on comparisons between, and recognition of, the schemes.

Member States shall take appropriate measures to make consumers aware of the availability of qualification and/or certification schemes in accordance with Article 18(1).

Article 17

Information and training

1. Member States shall ensure that information on available energy efficiency mechanisms and financial and legal frameworks is transparent and widely disseminated to all relevant market actors, such as consumers, builders, architects, engineers, environmental and energy auditors, and installers of building elements as defined in Directive 2010/31/EU.

Member States shall encourage the provision of information to banks and other financial institutions on possibilities of participating, including through the creation of public/private partnerships, in the financing of energy efficiency improvement measures.

2. Member States shall establish appropriate conditions for market operators to provide adequate and targeted information and advice to energy consumers on energy efficiency.

3. The Commission shall review the impact of its measures to support the development of platforms, involving, inter alia, the European social dialogue bodies in fostering training programmes for energy efficiency, and shall bring forward further measures if appropriate. The Commission shall encourage European social partners in their discussions on energy efficiency.

4. Member States shall, with the participation of stakeholders, including local and regional authorities, promote suitable information, awareness-raising and training initiatives to inform citizens of the benefits and practicalities of taking energy efficiency improvement measures.

5. The Commission shall encourage the exchange and wide dissemination of information on best energy efficiency practices in Member States.

Article 18

Energy services

1. Member States shall promote the energy services market and access for SMEs to this market by: (a) disseminating clear and easily accessible information on: (i) available energy service contracts and clauses that should be included in such contracts to guarantee energy savings and final customers’ rights; (ii) financial instruments, incentives, grants and loans to support energy efficiency service projects; (b) encouraging the development of quality labels, inter alia, by trade associations; (c) making publicly available and regularly updating a list of available energy service providers who are qualified and/or certified and their qualifications and/or certifications in accordance with Article 16, or providing an interface where energy service providers can provide information; (d) supporting the public sector in taking up energy service offers, in particular for building refurbishment, by: (i) providing model contracts for energy performance contracting which include at least the items listed in Annex XIII; (ii) providing information on best practices for energy performance contracting, including, if available, cost-benefit analysis using a life-cycle approach. ▼M4 ————— ▼B

2. Member States shall support the proper functioning of the energy services market, where appropriate, by: (a) identifying and publicising point(s) of contact where final customers can obtain the information referred to in paragraph 1; (b) taking, if necessary, measures to remove the regulatory and non-regulatory barriers that impede the uptake of energy performance contracting and other energy efficiency service models for the identification and/or implementation of energy saving measures; (c) considering putting in place or assigning the role of an independent mechanism, such as an ombudsman, to ensure the efficient handling of complaints and out-of-court settlement of disputes arising from energy service contracts; (d) enabling independent market intermediaries to play a role in stimulating market development on the demand and supply sides.

3. Member States shall ensure that energy distributors, distribution system operators and retail energy sales companies refrain from any activities that may impede the demand for and delivery of energy services or other energy efficiency improvement measures, or hinder the development of markets for such services or measures, including foreclosing the market for competitors or abusing dominant positions.

Article 19

Other measures to promote energy efficiency

1. Member States shall evaluate and if necessary take appropriate measures to remove regulatory and non-regulatory barriers to energy efficiency, without prejudice to the basic principles of the property and tenancy law of the Member States, in particular as regards: (a) the split of incentives between the owner and the tenant of a building or among owners, with a view to ensuring that these parties are not deterred from making efficiency-improving investments that they would otherwise have made by the fact that they will not individually obtain the full benefits or by the absence of rules for dividing the costs and benefits between them, including national rules and measures regulating decision- making processes in multi-owner properties; (b) legal and regulatory provisions, and administrative practices, regarding public purchasing and annual budgeting and accounting, with a view to ensuring that individual public bodies are not deterred from making investments in improving energy efficiency and minimising expected life-cycle costs and from using energy performance contracting and other third-party financing mechanisms on a long-term contractual basis.

Such measures to remove barriers may include providing incentives, repealing or amending legal or regulatory provisions, or adopting guidelines and interpretative communications, or simplifying administrative procedures. The measures may be combined with the provision of education, training and specific information and technical assistance on energy efficiency.

2. The evaluation of barriers and measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be notified to the Commission in the first National Energy Efficiency Action Plan referred to in Article 24(2). The Commission shall encourage the sharing of national best practices in this regard.

Article 20

Energy Efficiency National Fund, Financing and Technical Support

1. Without prejudice to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Member States shall facilitate the establishment of financing facilities, or use of existing ones, for energy efficiency improvement measures to maximise the benefits of multiple streams of financing.

2. The Commission shall, where appropriate, directly or via the European financial institutions, assist Member States in setting up financing facilities and technical support schemes with the aim of increasing energy efficiency in different sectors.

3. The Commission shall facilitate the exchange of best practice between the competent national or regional authorities or bodies, e.g. through annual meetings of the regulatory bodies, public databases with information on the implementation of measures by Member States, and country comparison.

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3a. Chun maoiniú príobháideach a shlógadh i gcomhar bearta éifeachtúlachta fuinnimh agus athchóiriú fuinnimh, i gcomhréir le Treoir 2010/31/AE, beidh idirphlé ag an gCoimisiún le hinstitiúidí airgeadais poiblí agus príobháideacha araon chun gníomhaíochtaí a bhféadfaidh sé dul ina mbun a leagan amach.

3b. Áireofar na nithe seo a leanas sna gníomhaíochtaí dá dtagraítear i mír 3a: (a) infheistíocht chaipitil a shlógadh in éifeachtúlacht fuinnimh trí thionchair níos leithne coigiltis fuinnimh a chur san áireamh le haghaidh bainistiú riosca airgeadais. (b) sonraí feidhmíochta fuinnimh agus airgeadais níos fearr a áirithiú tríd an méid seo a leanas: (i) tuilleadh scrúdaithe a dhéanamh ar an mbealach a gcuireann infheistíochtaí éifeachtúlachta fuinnimh le luachanna sócmhainní bunúsacha; (ii) tacú le staidéir chun measúnú a dhéanamh ar luach airgid a chur ar thairbhí neamhfhuinnimh infheistíochtaí éifeachtúlachta fuinnimh.

3c. Chun maoiniú príobháideach na mbeart éifeachtúlachta fuinnimh agus an athchóirithe fuinnimh a shlógadh, déanfaidh na Ballstáit an méid seo a leanas agus an Treoir seo á cur chun feidhme acu: (a) féachfaidh siad faoi bhealaí chun úsáid níos fearr a bhaint as iniúchtaí fuinnimh faoi Airteagal 8 chun tionchar a imirt ar chinnteoireacht; (b) bainfidh siad an úsáid is fearr is féidir as na féidearthachtaí agus na huirlisí a mholtar sa tionscnamh dar teideal airgeadas cliste d'fhoirgnimh chliste.

3d. Faoin 1 Eanáir 2020, cuirfidh an Coimisiún treoir ar fáil do na Ballstáit i ndáil leis an mbealach chun leas a bhaint as infheistíocht phríobháideach.

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4. Member States may set up an Energy Efficiency National Fund. The purpose of this fund shall be to support national energy efficiency initiatives.

5. Member States may allow for the obligations set out in Article 5(1) to be fulfilled by annual contributions to the Energy Efficiency National Fund of an amount equal to the investments required to achieve those obligations.

6. Member States may provide that obligated parties can fulfil their obligations set out in Article 7(1) by contributing annually to the Energy Efficiency National Fund an amount equal to the investments required to achieve those obligations.

7. Member States may use their revenues from annual emission allocations under Decision No 406/2009/EC for the development of innovative financing mechanisms to give practical effect to the objective in Article 5 of improving the energy performance of buildings.

Article 21

Conversion factors

For the purpose of comparison of energy savings and conversion to a comparable unit, the conversion factors set out in Annex IV shall apply unless the use of other conversion factors can be justified.







CHAPTER V

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 22

Delegated acts

1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 to review the harmonised efficiency reference values referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 14(10).

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2. Tugtar de chumhacht don Choimisiún gníomhartha tarmligthe a ghlacadh i gcomhréir le hAirteagal 23 chun an Treoir seo a leasú trí na luachanna, na modhanna ríomha, an chomhéifeacht réamhshocraithe fuinnimh phríomhúil agus na ceanglais atá in Iarscríbhinní I go V, VII go X, agus XII a oiriúnú don dul chun cinn teicniúil.

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Article 23

Exercise of the delegation

1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.

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2. Déanfar an chumhacht chun gníomhartha tarmligthe a ghlacadh dá dtagraítear in Airteagal 22 a thabhairt don Choimisiún go ceann tréimhse cúig bliana amhail ón 24 Nollaig 2018. Déanfaidh an Coimisiún, tráth nach déanaí ná naoi mí roimh dheireadh na tréimhse cúig bliana, tuarascáil a tharraingt suas maidir le tarmligean na cumhachta. Déanfar tarmligean na cumhachta a fhadú go hintuigthe go ceann tréimhsí comhfhaid, mura rud é go gcuireann Parlaimint na hEorpa nó an Chomhairle in aghaidh an fhadaithe sin tráth nach déanaí ná trí mhí roimh dheireadh gach tréimhse.

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3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 22 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.

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3a. Roimh dó gníomh tarmligthe a ghlacadh, rachaidh an Coimisiún i mbun comhairliúchán le saineolaithe arna n-ainmniú ag gach Ballstát i gcomhréir leis na prionsabail a leagtar síos i gComhaontú Idirinstitiúideach an 13 Aibreán 2016 maidir le Reachtóireacht Níos Fearr ( 9 ).

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4. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.

5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 22 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.

Article 24

Review and monitoring of implementation

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4a. I gcomhthéacs na tuarascála ar Staid an Aontais Fuinnimh, tabharfaidh an Coimisiún tuairisc ar fheidhmiú an mhargaidh carbóin i gcomhréir le hAirteagal 35(1) agus le pointe (c) d'Airteagal 35(2) de Rialachán (AE) 2018/1999, agus an tionchar a bhíonn ag cur chun feidhme na Treorach sin á chur san áireamh.

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5. The Commission shall review the continued need for the possibility of exemptions set out in Article 14(6) for the first time in the assessment of the first National Energy Efficiency Action Plan and every three years thereafter. Where the review shows that any of the criteria for these exemptions can no longer be justified taking into account the availability of heat load and the real operating conditions of the exempted installations, the Commission shall propose appropriate measures.

6. Member States shall submit to the Commission before 30 April each year statistics on national electricity and heat production from high and low efficiency cogeneration, in accordance with the methodology shown in Annex I, in relation to total heat and electricity production. They shall also submit annual statistics on cogeneration heat and electricity capacities and fuels for cogeneration, and on district heating and cooling production and capacities, in relation to total heat and electricity production and capacities. Member States shall submit statistics on primary energy savings achieved by application of cogeneration in accordance with the methodology shown in Annex II.

7. By 30 June 2014 the Commission shall submit the assessment referred to in Article 3(2) to the European Parliament and to the Council, accompanied, if necessary, by proposals for further measures.

8. The Commission shall review the effectiveness of the implementation of Article 6 by 5 December 2015, taking into account the requirements laid down in Directive 2004/18/EC and shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council. That report shall be accompanied, if appropriate, by proposals for further measures.

9. By 30 June 2016, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of Article 7. That report shall be accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal for one or more of the following purposes: (a) to change the final date laid down in Article 7(1); (b) to review the requirements laid down in Article 7(1), (2) and (3); (c) to establish additional common requirements, in particular as regards the matters referred to in Article 7(7).

10. By 30 June 2018, the Commission shall assess the progress made by Member States in removing the regulatory and non-regulatory barriers referred to in Article 19(1). This assessment shall be followed, if appropriate, by proposals for further measures.

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12. Faoin 31 Nollaig 2019, déanfaidh an Coimisiún measúnú ar a éifeachtaí atá cur chun feidhme an tsainmhínithe ar fhiontair bheaga agus mheánmhéide chun críocha Airteagal 8(4), agus cuirfidh sé tuarascáil faoi bhráid Pharlaimint na hEorpa agus na Comhairle. A luaithe is féidir tar éis an tuarascáil sin a thíolacadh, glacfaidh an Coimisiún, más iomchuí, tograí reachtacha.

13. Faoin 1 Eanáir 2021, déanfaidh an Coimisiún measúnú ar acmhainneacht éifeachtúlachta fuinnimh ó thaobh tiontú, claochlú, tarchur, iompar agus stóráil fuinnimh, agus cuirfidh sé tuarascáil faoi bhráid Pharlaimint na hEorpa agus na Comhairle. Beidh tograí reachtacha ag gabháil leis an tuarascáil sin, más iomchuí.

14. Faoin 31 Nollaig 2021, déanfaidh an Coimisiún, murar beartaíodh idir an dá linn athruithe a dhéanamh ar na forálacha margaidh miondíola atá i dTreoir 2009/73/CE maidir le rialacha comhchoiteanna don mhargadh inmheánach sa ghás, measúnú maidir leis na forálacha a bhaineann le méadrú, faisnéis bhilleála agus faisnéis do thomhaltóirí i gcomhair gás nádúrtha, agus cuirfidh sé tuarascáil faoi bhráid Pharlaimint na hEorpa agus na Comhairle maidir leis an méid sin, agus é mar aidhm iad a ailíniú, i gcás inarb iomchuí, leis na forálacha ábhartha maidir leis an leictreachas i dTreoir (AE) 2009/72/CE, ionas gur féidir cosaint tomhaltóirí a neartú agus custaiméirí deiridh i gcomhair gás nádúrtha a chumasú le go bhfaighfear faisnéis níos minice, níos soiléire, cothrom le dáta faoina dtomhaltas gáis nádúrtha agus chun go bhféadfaidh siad a n-úsáid fuinnimh a rialú. A luaithe is féidir tar éis an tuarascáil sin a thíolacadh, glacfaidh an Coimisiún, más iomchuí, tograí reachtacha.

15. Faoin 28 Feabhra 2024, agus gach cúig bliana ina dhiaidh sin, déanfaidh an Coimisiún meastóireacht ar an Treoir seo agus cuirfidh sé tuarascáil faoi bhráid Pharlaimint na hEorpa agus na Comhairle.

Áireofar sa mheastóireacht sin:

(a) scrúdú ar cibé acu a oiriúnófar nó nach n-oiriúnófar, tar éis 2030, na ceanglais agus an cur chuige malartach a leagtar síos in Airteagal 5;

(b) measúnú ar a éifeachtaí atá an Treoir seo i gcoitinne agus ar a riachtanaí atá sé beartas an Aontais a choigeartú a thuilleadh i gcomhréir le cuspóirí Chomhaontú Pháras 2015 maidir leis an athrú aeráide a tháinig i ndiaidh 21ú Comhdháil na bPáirtithe i gCreat-Choinbhinsiún na Náisiún Aontaithe ar an Athrú Aeráide ( 10 ) agus i bhfianaise forbairtí eacnamaíocha agus nuálaíochta.

Beidh tograí reachtacha i gcomhair bearta breise ag gabháil leis an tuarascáil sin, más iomchuí.

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Article 25

Online platform

The Commission shall establish an online platform in order to foster the practical implementation of this Directive at national, regional and local levels. That platform shall support the exchange of experiences on practices, benchmarking, networking activities, as well as innovative practices.

Article 26

Committee procedure

1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

Article 27

Amendments and repeals

1. Directive 2006/32/EC is repealed from 5 June 2014, except for Article 4(1) to (4) thereof and Annexes I, III and IV thereto, without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States relating to the time-limit for its transposition into national law. Article 4(1) to (4) of, and Annexes I, III and IV to Directive 2006/32/EC shall be repealed with effect from 1 January 2017.

Directive 2004/8/EC is repealed from 5 June 2014, without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States relating to the time-limit for its transposition into national law.

References to Directives 2006/32/EC and 2004/8/EC shall be construed as references to this Directive and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table set out in Annex XV.

2. Article 9(1) and (2) of Directive 2010/30/EU is deleted from 5 June 2014.

3. Directive 2009/125/EC is amended as follows: (1) the following recital is inserted: ‘(35a) Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings ( *1 ) requires Member States to set energy performance requirements for building elements that form part of the building envelope and system requirements in respect of the overall energy performance, the proper installation, and the appropriate dimensioning, adjustment and control of the technical building systems which are installed in existing buildings. It is consistent with the objectives of this Directive that these requirements may in certain circumstances limit the installation of energy-related products which comply with this Directive and its implementing measures, provided that such requirements do not constitute an unjustifiable market barrier. (2) the following sentence is added to the end of Article 6(1): ‘This shall be without prejudice to the energy performance requirements and system requirements set by Member States in accordance with Article 4(1) and Article 8 of Directive 2010/31/EU.’.

Article 28

Transposition

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 5 June 2014.

Notwithstanding the first subparagraph, Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Article 4, the first subparagraph of Article 5(1), Article 5(5), Article 5(6), the last subparagraph of Article 7(9), Article 14(6), Article 19(2), Article 24(1) and Article 24(2) and point (4) of Annex V by the dates specified therein.

They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 29

Entry into force

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 30

Addressees

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.









ANNEX I

GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR THE CALCULATION OF ELECTRICITY FROM COGENERATION

Part I

General principles

Values used for calculation of electricity from cogeneration shall be determined on the basis of the expected or actual operation of the unit under normal conditions of use. For micro- cogeneration units the calculation may be based on certified values.

(a) Electricity production from cogeneration shall be considered equal to total annual electricity production of the unit measured at the outlet of the main generators; (i) in cogeneration units of types (b), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) referred to in Part II with an annual overall efficiency set by Member States at a level of at least 75 %, and (ii) in cogeneration units of types (a) and (c) referred to in Part II with an annual overall efficiency set by Member States at a level of at least 80 %.

(b) In cogeneration units with an annual overall efficiency below the value referred to in point (i) of point (a) (cogeneration units of types (b), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h) referred to in Part II) or with an annual overall efficiency below the value referred to in point (ii) of point (a) (cogeneration units of types (a) and (c) referred to in Part II) cogeneration is calculated according to the following formula: ECHP=HCHP*C where: E CHP is the amount of electricity from cogeneration; C is the power-to-heat ratio; H CHP is the amount of useful heat from cogeneration (calculated for this purpose as total heat production minus any heat produced in separate boilers or by live steam extraction from the steam generator before the turbine). The calculation of electricity from cogeneration must be based on the actual power-to-heat ratio. If the actual power-to-heat ratio of a cogeneration unit is not known, the following default values may be used, in particular for statistical purposes, for units of types (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) referred to in Part II provided that the calculated cogeneration electricity is less or equal to total electricity production of the unit:



Type of the unit Default power to heat ratio, C Combined cycle gas turbine with heat recovery 0,95 Steam back pressure turbine 0,45 Steam condensing extraction turbine 0,45 Gas turbine with heat recovery 0,55 Internal combustion engine 0,75 If Member States introduce default values for power-to-heat ratios for units of types (f), (g), (h), (i), (j) and (k) referred to in Part II, such default values shall be published and shall be notified to the Commission.

(c) If a share of the energy content of the fuel input to the cogeneration process is recovered in chemicals and recycled this share can be subtracted from the fuel input before calculating the overall efficiency used in points (a) and (b).

(d) Member States may determine the power-to-heat ratio as the ratio of electricity to useful heat when operating in cogeneration mode at a lower capacity using operational data of the specific unit.

(e) Member States may use other reporting periods than one year f