CELEX: 51996PC0195
Language: en
Date: 1996-05-06
Title: Amended proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION concerning a multi-annual programme for the promotion of energy efficiency in the Community - SAVE II

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                      Brussels, 06.05.19%
                                      COM(96) 195 final
                                      95/0131 (SYN)
                  Amended proposal for a
                  COUNCIL DECISION
   concerning a multi-annual programme for the promotion
       of energy efficiency in the Community SAVE II
(presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 189 a (2)
                      of the EC-Treaty)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                          EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The Commission presented on 31 May 1995 a proposal for a Council Decision
concerning a multi-annual programme for the promotion of energy efficiency in the
Community - SAVE II.
The Parliament delivered its opinion on 16 April 1996.
The Parliament's main concerns meet those of the Commission and from the 35
proposed amendments the Commission accepted without reservation 5 (no 2,3,6,7 and
8) and after reformulation 13 (no 1,11,12,13,14,15,19,22,28,29,32,33 and 34).
Seventeen (17) amendments were not accepted by the Commission for the following
reasons.
Am. no 5,10 and 16 because the Commission can propose legislative measures at any
time independent of the adoption of the SAVE programme.
Am 17,18,20,21,23,24, and 25 because they concern activities out o( the scope of the
programme or are included already in the Commission proposal
Am 26 and 27 because the respect of the Treaties and balanced repartition of the
budget is self-evident.
Am 30 and 35 because they reduce the programme's flexibility.
Am. 31 because the Commission believes in the complementarity between SAVE II
and the national programmes.
Am 4 because SAVE was evaluated as having contributed to the improvement of
energy efficiency in the Community.
Am 9 because is not relevant to this proposal.
The Commission presents the attached modified proposal which takes into
consideration 18 amendments adopted by the Parliament.
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                                           COUNCIL DECISION
               concerning a multi-annual programme for the promotion of energy efficiency
                                       in the Community - SAVE II
              Initial Commission proposal                                   Amended text
                   COM (95) 225 final                        taking into account the amendments of the
                                                         European Parliament, accepted by the Commission
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION                      THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the           Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Union, and in particular Article 130s(l)      European Union, and in particular Article 130s(I)
thereof,                                               thereof,
Having regard          to the    proposal   from  the  Having regard        to    the   proposal  from   the
Commission(1),                                         Commission,(1)
In cooperation with the European Parliament^,          In cooperation with the European Parliament,(2)
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and       Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee(3),                                   Social Committee,(3)
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of       Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of
the Regions(4),      <                                 the Regions,(4)
Whereas Article 130r of the Treaty states that one     Whereas Article 130r of the Treaty states that one
objective of the action of the Community relating to   objective of the action of the Community relating to
the environment shall be to ensure a prudent and       the environment shall be to ensure a prudent and
rational utilization of natural resources;             rational utilization of natural resources;
Whereas the Council of Environment and Energy          Whereas the Council of Environment and Energy
Ministers at their meeting on 29 October 1990 set an   Ministers at their meeting on 29 October 1990 set an
objective of the stabilizing total C0 2 emissions by   objective of the stabilizing total C0 2 emissions by
the year 2000 at the 1990 level in the Community as    the year 2000 at the 1990 level in the Community as
a whole;                                               a whole;
      (i)       COM 225, 31.05.1995
      (2)
                PE216 441, 25.03.1996
      0)        CES 1450/95
      (4)
                CdR 21/96
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Whereas Council Decision 93/389/EEC(5) established      Whereas Council Decision 93/389/EEC(5) established
a monitoring mechanism for C0 2 emissions and           a monitoring mechanism for C0 2 emissions and other
other greenhouse gases;                                 greenhouse gases;
Whereas nonetheless, despite efforts made, the C0 2     Whereas nonetheless, despite efforts made, the C0 2
emissions in the Community generated by energy          emissions in the Community generated by energy
consumption are expected to increase by 5 to 8%         consumption are expected to increase by 5 to 8%
between 1995 and 2000, assuming normal                  between 1995 and 2000, assuming normal
economical growth;                                      economical growth; whereas therefore additional
                                                        measures at European level and at the level of the
                                                        Member States are indispensable:
Whereas the Commission in its communication of 8        Whereas the Commission in its communication of 8
February 1990 on energy and the environment             February 1990 on energy and the environment
highlighted energy efficiency as the cornerstone of     highlighted energy efficiency as the cornerstone of
future efforts to reduce the negative impact of         future efforts to reduce the negative impact of energy
energy on the environment;                              on the environment;
Whereas the improvement in the management of            Whereas the improvement in the management of
energy will have a positive effect on the               energy is urgently needed in order to contribute to
environment, the security of energy supply and          the protection      of the environment to a better
sustainable development;                                security of energy supply and to sustainable
                                                        development;
Whereas the Commission has communicated to the          Whereas the Commission has communicated to the
Council by means of the Green Paper of 11 January       Council and the European Parliament by means of
1995 its views on the future of energy policy in the    the Green Paper of 11 January 1995 and the White
Community, and the role of energy-saving and            Paper of 13 December 1995 its views on the future
energy efficiency measures;                             of energy policy in the Community, and the role of
                                                        energy-saving and energy efficiency measures;
Whereas Article 130a of the Treaty provides that        Whereas Article 130a of the Treaty provides that the
the Community should develop and pursue its             Community should develop and pursue its actions
actions leading to the strengthening of its economic    leading to the strengthening of its economic and
and social cohesion, and that it should, in particular, social cohesion, and that it should, in particular,
reduce disparities between the various regions and      reduce disparities between the various regions and
the backwardness of the least- favoured regions;        the backwardness of the least- favoured regions;
whereas energy should be integrated into that effort;   whereas energy should be integrated into that effort;
      (5)     O J N o L 167, 9.7.1993, p. 31.
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Whereas by Council Decision 91/565/EEC(6) a             Whereas by Council Decision 91/565/EEC(6) a
Community energy efficiency programme (SAVE),           Community energy efficiency programme (SAVE),
aimed at strengthening              energy   efficiency aimed      at   strengthening    energy    efficiency
infrastructures within the Community, was adopted;      infrastructures within the Community, was adopted;
whereas that programme will expire on 31                whereas that programme expired on 31 December
December 1995;                                          1995;
Whereas the Community recognized the SAVE               Whereas the Community recognized the SAVE
programme as an important element of the                programme as an important element of the
Community's C0 2 reduction strategy; whereas the        Community's C0 2 reduction strategy; whereas the
communication of the Commission of 8 May 1991           communication of the Commission of 8 May 1991
on the European Community's energy programming          on the European Community's energy programming
activities at regional level, the conclusion of the     activities at regional level, the conclusion of the
Energy Council on this communication, and the           Energy Council on this communication, and the
Resolution of the European Parliament of 16 July        Resolution of the European Parliament of 16 July
 1993(7) stated that those actions should be pursued,   1993(7) stated that those actions should be pursued,
amplified and utilized as a support to the energy       amplified and utilized as a support to the energy
strategy of the Community; whereas this initiative      strategy of the Community; whereas this initiative for
for regional actions should now be totally              regional actions should now be totally incorporated
incorporated into a new SAVE II programme;              into a new SAVE II programme;
Whereas by Decision No 1110/94/EC of the                Whereas by Decision No 1110/94/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council(8) a Fourth      European Parliament and of the Council(8) a Fourth
Framework Programme for actions in technological        Framework Programme for actions in technological
research, development and demonstration was             research, development and demonstration was
established; whereas         energy efficiency policy   established; whereas       energy efficiency policy
constitutes an important instrument for the use and     constitutes an important instrument for the use and
promotion of the new energy technologies that the       promotion of the new energy technologies that the
Framework Programme will establish; and whereas         Framework Programme will establish; and whereas
the SAVE II programme represents a policy               the SAVE II programme represents a policy
instrument which complements this programme,            instrument which complements this programme,
       (6)
               O J N o L 307, 8.11.1991, p. 34.
       (7)
               OJ No C 255, 20.9.1993, p. 252.
       (8)
               O J N o L 126, 18.5.1994, p. 1.
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Whereas the Council of Environment Ministers at        Whereas the Council of Environment Ministers at
their meeting of 15 and 16 December 1994 stated        their meeting of 15 and 16 December 1994 stated
that the target of stabilizing C0 2 emissions can only that the target of stabilizing C0 2 emissions can only
be achieved by a coordinated package of measures to    be achieved by a coordinated package of measures to
improve energy efficiency and the rational use of      improve energy efficiency and the rational use of
energy which are based on supply and demand at all     energy which are based on supply and demand at all
levels of energy production, conversion, transport and levels of energy production, conversion, transport
consumption and to exploit renewable energies, and     and consumption and to exploit renewable energies,
that a local energy management programme could be      and that local energy management programmes are
one of these measures;                                 amongst these measures;
                                                       Whereas in its opinion on the Commission's Green
                                                       Paper on energy policy (10). on 10 October 1995 the
                                                       European Parliament called for the formulation of
                                                       objectives and a common programme for energy
                                                       efficiency and savings compatible with the objectiyes
                                                       concerning the emission of greenhouse gases, as
                                                       agreed in Rio de Janeiro (1992) and Berlin (1995);
                                                       called for a SAVE II programme which is
                                                       considerably better funded than SAVE I and
                                                       demanded that the Commission clarify the role which
                                                       it intends to play in energy savings and efficiency bv
                                                       creating practical projects:
Whereas improved energy efficiency will have a         Whereas improved energy efficiency will have a
positive impact on both the environment and the        positive impact on both the environment and the
security of energy supplies which are global in        security of energy supplies which are global in
nature; whereas a high level of international          nature; whereas a high level of international
cooperation is desirable to produce the most positive  cooperation is needed to produce the most positive
results;                                               results;
Whereas all the elements of the Community action       Whereas all the elements of the Community action
programme for improving the efficiency of electricity  programme for improving the efficiency of electricity
use set out in Council Decision 89/364/EEC(9) should   use set out in Council Decision 89/364/EEC(9) should
be incorporated into the SAVE II programme;            be incorporated into the SAVE II programme;
whereas therefore that Decision should be repealed;    whereas therefore that Decision should be repealed;
       (9)
            OJ N° L 157, 9.6.1989 p. 32- 34
       (10)
            OJ N° C287, 30.10.1995, p. 34
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Whereas between 180 and 200 MT of C0 2               Whereas between 180 and 200 MT of C0 2 emissions
emissions could be avoided by the year 2000 by an    could be avoided by the year 2000 by an
improvement of 5% in the energy intensity of final   improvement of 5% in the energy intensity of final
demand additional to the conventional expectations;  demand additional to the conventional expectations;
Whereas a strengthened SAVE II programme is an       Whereas a strengthened SAVE II programme is an     _.
important and necessary instrument for promoting     important and necessary instrument for promoting
increased energy efficiency;                         increased energy efficiency;
                                                     Whereas in order      to prevent duplication and to
                                                     achieve synergy        care should be taken in
                                                     implementing the       programme to ensure close
                                                     coordination with     other Community programmes
                                                     linked directly with  energy efficiency promotion;
Whereas it is politically desirable to open the SAVE Whereas it is politically and economically desirable
II programme to the associated Central and Eastern   to open the SAVE II programme to the associated
European Countries (CEECs) in accordance with the    Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) in
conclusions of the European Council meeting in       accordance with the conclusions of the European
Copenhagen in June 1994, and as outlined on the      Council meeting in Copenhagen in June 1994, and as
Commission communication to the Council on the       outlined in the Commission communication to the
subject in May 1994;                                 Council on the subject in May 1994, as well as the
                                                     associated Mediterranean Countries Cyprus and
                                                     Malta;
Whereas, since the budget for the SAVE II            Whereas, since the budget for the SAVE II
programme is reserved only for participants from     programme is reserved only for participants from the
the Member States, the appropriations required for   Member States, the appropriations required for the
the participation of the associated CEECs in the     participation of the associated CEECs and the
programme will be made available from other          associated Mediterranean Countries Cyprus and
Community resources,                                 Malta in the programme will be made available in
                                                     other ways, inter alia from other Community
                                                     resources;
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                       Article 1                                              Article 1
  1.   The Community shall support a five-year        1. The Community shall support a five-year
 programme of measures and actions in order to        programme for the preparation and implementation
 promote energy efficiency within the Community.      of measures and actions, also of normative character,
 The general overall objectives of this programme are in order to promote energy efficiency within the
 to stimulate energy efficiency measures and          Community. The general overall objectives_of this
 increased levels of investment for energy saving,    programme are:
 and to contribute to improving the energy intensity  a) to stimulate energy efficiency measures in all
 of final demand by a further percentage point per    sectors, transport sector included.
 annum over that which would have been otherwise      b) to encourage investments in energy conservation
 attained.                                            by private and public consumers and bv industry.
                                                      c) to create the conditions for improving the energy
                                                      intensity of final consumption by a further
                                                      percentage point per annum over that which would
                                                      have been otherwise attained.
 2. Community financing will be given under the       2. Community financing will be given under the
 "SAVE II programme to promote energy efficiency      "SAVE II programme to promote energy efficiency
 in the Community" hereafter referred to as "the      in the Community" hereafter referred to as "the
 programme", for actions which fall within the        programme", for actions which fall within the
 objectives of this Decision.                         objectives of this Decision.
                       Article 2                                             Article 2
 Under the programme, the following categories of     Under the programme, the following categories of
 actions and measures on energy efficiency policy     actions and measures on energy efficiency policy,
 shall be financed:                                   which are described in Annex . shall be financed:
 (a)     studies and other actions leading to the     (a)     studies and other actions leading to the
         implementation       and    completion    of         implementation and completion of Community
         Community legislation and performance                energy efficiency legislation and performance
         standards governing energy efficiency;               standards governing energy efficiency;
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(b) sectoral pilot actions aimed at accelerating energy (b) sectoral pilot actions aimed at accelerating energy
    efficiency investment and/or improving consumer         efficiency investment and/or improving consumer
    energy use patterns, to be carried out essentially      energy use patterns, to be carried out essentially
    by Community- wide networks;                            by Community- wide networks;
(c) targeted sectoral pilot actions aimed at            (c) targeted sectoral pilot actions aimed at
    accelerating energy efficiency investment and           accelerating energy efficiency investment and
    improving consumer energy use patterns, to be           improving consumer energy use patterns, to be
    carried out essentially by public and private           carried out essentially by public and private
    enterprises;                                            enterprises;
(d) measures proposed by the Commission to foster       (d) measures proposed by the Commission to foster
    the exchange of experience, mainly through              the exchange of experience, mainly through
    information networks, aimed at promoting better         information networks, aimed at promoting better
    coordination between Community, international,          coordination between Community, international,
    national, regional and local activities through the     national, regional and local activities through the
    establishment        of appropriate means for           establishment       of appropriate means for
    exchanging information;                                 exchanging information;
(e) measures proposed otherwise than by the             (e) measures proposed otherwise than by the
    Commission to foster the exchange of experience,        Commission to foster the exchange of experience,
    mainly through information networks, aimed at           mainly through information networks, aimed at
    promoting       better    coordination     between      promoting       better    coordination     between
    Community, international, national, regional and        Community, international, national, regional and
    local activities through the establishment of           local activities through the establishment of
    appropriate means for exchanging information;           appropriate means for exchanging information;
(f) an action relating to the detailed sectoral         (f) an action relating to the detailed sectoral
    monitoring of energy efficiency progress in the         monitoring of energy efficiency progress in the
    Community, in individual Member States and              Community, in individual Member States and
    including the programme itself;                         including the programme itself;
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g) specific actions in favour of greater cohesion     (g) specific actions in favour of greater cohesion
    between Member States and regions in the              between Member States and regions in the
    field of energy efficiency through support for        field of energy efficiency through support for
    the creation of energy efficiency infrastructures     the creation of energy efficiency infrastructures
    in those Member States and regions where              in those Member States and regions where
    energy efficiency policies are not yet                energy efficiency policies are not yet
    sufficiently developed;                               sufficiently developed;
(h) specific actions in favour of energy              (h) specific actions in favour of energy
    management at the regional and urban level;           management at the regional and urban level;
(i) studies and other actions in support of energy    (i) studies and other actions in support of energy
    efficiency initiatives within other programmes,       efficiency initiatives within other programmes,
    with a view to establishing energy efficiency         with a view to establishing energy efficiency
    as a criterion within Community strategic             as a criterion within Community strategic
    programmes;                                           programmes and taking account of the
                                                          environmental impact of the different energy
                                                          sources.;
(j) evaluation and monitoring of the actions and      (j) evaluation and monitoring of the actions and
    measures undertaken under points (a) to (i).          measures undertaken under points(a) to (i).
                        Article 3                                            Article 3
 1. All the costs relating to the actions and          1. All the costs relating to the actions and
    measures referred to in Article 2(a), (d), (f),       measures referred to in Article 2(a), (d), (f),
     (i) and (j) shall be borne by the budget of the       (i) and (j) shall be borne by the budget of the
     Community.                                            Community.
2. The level of funding for the actions and           2.   The level of funding for the actions and
     measures referred to in Article 2(b), (c), (e),       measures referred to in Article 2(b), (c), (e),
     (g) and (h) shall be set at a maximum of 50%          (g) and (h) shall be set at a maximum of 50%
     of their total cost.                                  of their total cost.
 3. The balance of the funding of the actions and      3.  The balance of the funding of the actions and
     measures referred to in Article 2(b), (c), (e),       measures referred to in Article 2(b), (c), (e),
     (g) and (h) may be made up from either public         (g) and (h) may be made up from either public
     or private sources or from a combination of the       or private sources or from a combination of the
     two.                                                  two.
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                        Article 4                                               Article 4
1.   The Commission will be responsible for the          1.   The Commission will be responsible for the
     financial execution and implementation of the            financial execution and implementation of the
     programme at Community level.                            programme at Community level.
2.   The conditions and guidelines to be applied         2.   The conditions and guidelines to be applied for
     for the support of all actions and measures              the support of all actions and measures referred
     referred to in Article 2 shall be defined each           to in Article 2 shall be defined each year
     year in accordance with cost effectiveness               taking into account :
     criteria, the list of priorities referred to in the      the cost effectiveness criteria, the savings
     second paragraph of Article 6, the trends in             potential and environment impact.
     energy efficiency identified by the action               the list of priorities referred to in the second
     described in Article 2(f) and according to the           paragraph of Article 6,
     procedure laid down in Article 5.                        the objectives of cohesion between Member
                                                              States in the field of energy efficiency and
                                                              the trends in energy efficiency development
                                                              indentified by the action described in Article
                                                              2(f).
                                                              The committee described in Article 5. assists
                                                              the Commission in defining these conditions
                                                              and guidelines.
                        Article 5                                               Article 5
The Commission shall be assisted by a committee          The Commission shall be assisted by a committee
of an advisory character composed of the                 of an advisory character composed of the
representatives of the Member States and chaired         representatives of the Member States and chaired by
by the representative of the Commission.                 the representative of the Commission.
The representative of the Commission shall submit        The representative of the Commission shall submit
to the committee a draft of the measures to be           to the committee a draft of the measures to be
taken. The committee shall deliver its opinion on        taken. The committee shall deliver its opinion on
the draft within a time-limit which the chairman         the draft within a time-limit which the chairman
may lay down according to the urgency of the             may lay down according to the urgency of the
matter, if necessary by taking a vote.                   matter, if necessary by taking a vote.
The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in         The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in
addition, each Member State shall have the right to      addition, each Member State shall have the right to
have its position recorded in the minutes.               have its position recorded in the minutes.
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The Commission shall take the utmost account of     The Commission shall take the utmost account of
the opinion delivered by the committee. It shall    the opinion delivered by the committee. It shall
inform the committee of the manner in which its     inform the committee of the manner in which its
opinion has been taken into account.                opinion has been taken into account.
                     Article 6                                             Article 6
The Member States shall report to the Commission    The Member States shall report to the Commission
annually on national energy efficiency programmes   annually on national energy efficiency programmes
with a view to assisting the Commission in          with a view to assisting the Commission in
formulating appropriate flanking measures.          formulating appropriate flanking measures.
The Commission shall formulate on an annual         The Commission shall formulate on an annual
basis a list of priorities for funding under the    basis a list of priorities for funding under the
programme which shall reflect an examination of     programme which shall reflect an examination of
the reports submitted under the first paragraph.    the reports submitted under the first paragraph.
This list shall take into             account the   This      list shall    take     into   account    the
complementarity between SAVE II programme and        complementarity between SAVE II programme and
the national programmes. Priority shall be given to the national programmes. Priority shall be given to
those areas where such              complementarity those      areas   where     such     complementarity
is greatest.                                         is greatest.
                     Article 7                                             Article 7
                                                     L.    After every year of the programme the
                                                           Commission presents to the European
                                                           Parliament and to the Council a progress
                                                           report together with proposals concerning the
                                                           modifications of the guidelines, adopted
                                                           according to Article 4. paragraph 2. which
                                                           may be necessary in the light of the results of
                                                           the previous year.
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1.   After the third year of the programme, the      2,.  After the third year of the programme, the
     Commission shall present a report to the             Commission shall present a report to the
     European Parliament and to the Council on the        European Parliament and to the Council on the
     energy efficiency measures undertaken at             energy efficiency measures undertaken at
     Community and Member State level and on the          Community and Member State level and on the
     results achieved, with particular reference to       results achieved, with particular reference to
    the objective outlined under Article 1. The           the objectivesLputlined under Article 1. The
    report shall be accompanied by proposals for          report shall be accompanied by proposals for
    any amendments which may be necessary to              any amendments which may be necessary to
    the programme in the light of these results.          the programme in the light of these results.
2.  On expiry of the programme, the Commission       3^   On expiry of the programme, the Commission
    shall make an overall assessment of the results       shall make an overall assessment of the results
    obtained through the application of this              obtained through the application of this
    Decision, and of the consistency of national          Decision, and of the consistency of national
    and Community actions. It shall present a             and Community actions. It shall present a
    report thereon to the European Parliament, the        report thereon to the European Parliament, the
    Council, the Economic and Social Committee            Council, the Economic and Social Committee
    and the Committee of the Regions, stating, in         and the Committee of the Regions, stating, in
    particular, how far the objective outlined under     particular, how far the objectives outlined
    Article 1 has been achieved.                         under Article 1 have been achieved.
                      Article 8                                            Article 8
Decision 89/364/EEC is hereby repealed.              Decision 89/364/EEC is hereby repealed.
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                      Article 9                                           Article 9
 The programme shall be open to the associated      The programme shall be open to the associated
 Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs)     Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs)
 in accordance with the conditions contained in the in accordance with the conditions, including
 additional protocols to the association agreements financial arrangements, contained in the additional
 concerning their participation in Community        protocols to the association agreements concerning
 programmes.                                        their participation in Community programmes.
                                                    The programme shall also          be open to the
                                                    participation of the associated Mediterranean
                                                    Countries Cyprus and Malta on the basis of
                                                    additional appropriations in accordance with the
                                                    same rules as apply to the EFTA Countries.
                      Article 10                                          Article 10
 This Decision shall apply from 1 January 1996 to   This Decision shall apply from 1 January 1996 to
 31 December 2000.                                  31 December 2000.
                      Article 11                                          Article 11
 This Decision is addressed to the Member States.   This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels,                                                 For the Council
                                                                  The President
Encl.
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                Annex
                Description of the actions listed in Article 2.
                Article 2(a):
                These shall include, in particular, studies concerning the
                introduction of EC measures in the following areas:
                - building energy certification.
                - insulation for new buildings.
                - the promotion of third-partv funding
                   of energy-saving investments.
                - regular checks on boilers.
                - minimum standards for electrically-
                   operated office machinery (in
                   particular computers/monitors) and
                   household appliances.
                   co generation.
                   minimum standards for motor
                   vehicles.
                Furthermore, plans will be drawn up. inter alia, for
                assessing the effects of EC energy legislation and other
                measures, for the commissioning of CEN/CENELEC in
                respect of standards for energy consumption applications
                and for studies for the development of voluntary
                 agreements on energy efficiency objectives and the
                 monitoring thereof and involvement in internationally
                 coordinated activities.
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                Article 2(b):
                These concern in particular ad hoc actions through
                closer cooperation between the kev players bv means of
                Communitv-wide networks; for example, projects by
                associations in the building sector (for instance,
                associations of architects), bv undertakings /associations
                in the electricity and/or gas sectors (for example.
                integrated resource planning) and bv municipal
                associations (for example, projects to increase energy
                efficiency in urban transport).
                Article 2(c):
                This is particularly aimed at promoting projects
                addressing the relevant problems on the basis of one
                particular theme, for example obstacles to cogeneration
                or problems involving municipal transport systems.
                Furthermore, projects concerned with electricity
                consumption and the development and                  more
                widespread use of new financial mechanisms and
                training and education could be promoted in this
                context-
                Article 2(d) and (e):
                As regards the dissemination of information via
                networks, specific groups and addressees, or consumers
                in general, should be reached bv all the available media
                (publications, videos, workshops, conferences and
                seminars and databases).
                Article 2(f):
                A group of experts should be set up in this context to
                monitor the utilization of the instruments developed
                under SAVE I and to assess progress as regards energy
                 efficiency.
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                Article 2(g):
                This action is designed to promote ties between the
                various Member States or the regions of various
                Member States with a view to exchanging information.
                Furthermore, the requisite sources of information
                (including databases) should be established to al 1 ow
                access to information via local initiatives. Finalj v^
                regional centres of excellence should be set up to act_as
                centres for local energy management research and
                training activities and to contribute to the development
                of solutions as regards the use of regional sources of
                energy.
                Article 2(h):
                This concerns actions to complement the actions listed
                under Article 2(g). the emphasis being on the
                establishment of regional and local energy management
                agencies. These could play a major role for example.
                in the establishment of educational programmes for end
                users or in the development of local energy
                management initiatives-
                Article 2(i):
                The purpose here is. bv using SAVE as a catalyst in
                other Community programmes such as the European
                Regional Development Fund, to identify potential
                 energy efficiency projects which can be supported by
                these programmes-
                 Article 2(j):
                It is important that all the actions taken under SAVE
                 should be fully evaluated and that the contribution of
                 each action to the improvement of energy efficiency
                 should be continually assessed. Projects with a high
                 dissemination potential should be identified and
                 transmitted to the promotional activities of the
                 programme so that         comprehensive dissemination
                 strategies can be developed.
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