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Written by Monika Dulian (3rd edition, updated on 31.05.2023).
On 14 July 2021, the European Commission adopted the ‘fit for 55’ package with a view to adapting existing EU climate and energy legislation to meet the EU objective of a minimum 55 % reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030, as required under the European Climate Law. The ‘fit for 55’ package includes a recast of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), aligning its provisions to the -55 % GHG target. The current EED is designed to meet the existing goal of 32.5 % energy efficiency improvements by 2030. The recast EED as proposed by the Commission required Member States to almost double their annual energy savings obligations, make exemplary efforts in the public sector, address energy poverty, and take other measures to deliver 9 % more energy savings than anticipated under existing EU legislation. As part of the REPowerEU plan (May 2022) to address the ongoing energy crisis, the Commission proposed a targeted EED amendment requiring 13 % more energy savings by 2030.
In the Parliament, the file was referred to the ITRE committee. The trilogue negotiations concluded on 10 March 2023 with a provisional agreement, setting a reduction of primary and final energy consumption of 11.7% at EU level by 2030 compared with energy consumption forecasts made in 2020. The text needs now to be formally adopted by each of the co-legislators.
Versions
- May 2023: Revising the Energy Efficiency Directive: Fit for 55 package (3rd edition)
| Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy efficiency (recast) |
| Committee responsible: | Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) | COM(2021) 558 14.7.2021 |
| Rapporteur: | Niels Fuglsang (S&D, Denmark) | 2021/0203(COD) |
| Shadow rapporteurs: | Pernille Weiss (EPP, Denmark) Nicola Danti (Renew, Italy) Jutta Paulus (Greens/EFA, Germany) Markus Buchheit (I&D, Germany) Grzegorz Tobiszowski (ECR, Poland) Sandra Pereira (The Left, Portugal) | Ordinary legislative procedure (COD) (Parliament and Council on equal footing – formerly ‘co-decision’) |
| Next steps expected: Final first-reading vote in plenary |
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