P9_TA(2023)0263 – Energy efficiency (recast) – European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 July 2023 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy efficiency (recast) (COM(2021)0558 – C9-0330/2021 – 2021/0203(COD)) (Ordinary legislative procedure - recast)
Date: 2023-07-11
Institutions: Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Committee on Legal Affairs, Committee on Transport and Tourism, Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, European Parliament
Subjects: EU energy policy, adaptation to climate change, energy consumption, energy cooperation, energy efficiency, energy saving, energy use, reduction of gas emissions




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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2024/4028


17.7.2024






P9_TA(2023)0263

Energy efficiency (recast)


European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 July 2023 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy efficiency (recast) (COM(2021)0558 – C9-0330/2021 – 2021/0203(COD))


(Ordinary legislative procedure - recast)

(C/2024/4028)



The European Parliament,







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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2021)0558),










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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 194(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C9-0330/2021),










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having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to the reasoned opinion submitted, within the framework of Protocol No 2 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, by the Czech Senate, asserting that the draft legislative act does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity,










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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 9 December 2021
                   (1),










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having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 28 April 2022
                   (2),










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having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 28 November 2001 on a more structured use of the recasting technique for legal acts (3),










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having regard to the letter of 6 September 2022 sent by the Committee on Legal Affairs to the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy in accordance with Rule 110(3) of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 29 March 2023 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to Rules 110 and 59 of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the opinions of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, the Committee on Transport and Tourism and the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (A9-0221/2022),










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whereas, according to the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the Commission proposal does not include any substantive amendments other than those identified as such in the proposal and whereas, as regards the codification of the unchanged provisions of the earlier acts together with those amendments, the proposal contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts, without any change in their substance;













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Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out, taking into account the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission;












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Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;












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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.






(1)  
            OJ C 152, 6.4.2022, p. 134.

(2)  
            OJ C 301, 5.8.2022, p. 139.

(3)  
            OJ C 77, 28.3.2002, p. 1.






P9_TC1-COD(2021)0203


Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 11 July 2023 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2023/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy efficiency and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 (recast)



(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive (EU) 2023/1791.)




ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/4028/oj
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