Category: Energy

Electric and gas-powered vehicles — recharging/refuelling stations Directive 2014/94/EU — deploying the EU’s alternative fuels infrastructure — It establishes standard rules on rolling out the EU’s alternative fuels* infrastructure (i.e. electric car recharging stations or natural gas refuelling points) in the different EU countries. — It lays down minimum requirements for building up this infrastructure, to be […]

Energy performance of buildings Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings It aims to improve the energy performance of buildings in the EU, taking into account various climatic and local conditions. It sets out minimum requirements and a common framework for calculating energy performance. Following a review of its implementation, Directive 2010/31/EU was amended […]

Energy consumption: Framework for labelling rules Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 on energy labelling It sets out the basis for labelling energy-related products, providing standard information about energy efficiency — as well as the consumption of energy and other resources — to help consumers in purchase decisions. It does not cover second-hand products, unless they are imported […]

Energy efficiency Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency Directive (EU) 2018/2002 amending Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency Directive 2012/27/EU, together with its amendment, aims to adapt EU energy law in line with the 2030 energy efficiency and climate goals and contribute towards the Energy Union strategy to: reduce the EU’s dependence on imported energy; cut emissions; […]

Convention on Nuclear Safety Convention on nuclear safety — Declaration by the European Atomic Energy Community according to the provisions of Article 30(4)(iii) of the Nuclear Safety Convention Decision 1999/819/ Euratom — accession to the 1994 Convention on Nuclear Safety by the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) The Convention on Nuclear Safety is an international […]

Revised Statutes for the Euratom Supply Agency SUMMARY OF: Decision 2008/114/EC, Euratom establishing Statutes for the Euratom Supply Agency Article 52 of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) Treaty WHAT IS THE AIM OF THIS DECISION? It establishes Statutes for the Euratom Supply Agency (ESA), which was directly established by the Euratom Treaty of 1957, to take account […]

Euratom establishing Statutes for the Euratom Supply Agency Article 52 of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) Treaty Decision 2008/114/EC establishes Statutes for the Euratom Supply Agency (ESA), which was directly established by the Euratom Treaty of 1957, to take account of the increase in the number of EU countries as well as to modernise the […]

Natural gas transmission networks Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 on conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks It lays down rules for access to: natural gas transmission* networks; gas storage; and liquefied natural gas facilities. These rules aim to counteract barriers to competition in the EU’s market for natural gas and to ensure its […]

Cross-border exchanges in electricity Regulation (EU) 2019/943 on the internal market for electricity It revises the rules and principles of the internal EU electricity market to ensure it is well-functioning, competitive and undistorted. It also supports the decarbonisation of the EU’s energy sector and the removal of barriers to cross-border trade in electricity. The regulation is […]

Governance of the Energy Union Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 on the Governance of the Energy Union It aims to ensure that the EU’s Energy Union Strategy is implemented in a coordinated and coherent manner across its 5 dimensions. More broadly, it also aims to ensure that the Energy Union achieves its objectives, in particular the targets […]

European Energy Charter The Energy Charter Treaty establishes a framework for international cooperation between European countries and other industrialised counties with the aim of developing the energy potential of central and Eastern European countries and of ensuring security of energy supply for the European Union. The Protocol on energy efficiency and related environmental aspects aims […]

Internal market in electricity (from 2021) Directive (EU) 2019/944 on common rules for the internal market for electricity It outlines rules for the generation, transmission, distribution, supply and storage of electricity, together with consumer protection aspects, aiming to create integrated competitive, consumer-centred, flexible, fair and transparent electricity markets in the EU. Among other things, it […]