The European Commission said on Wednesday ithas asked Romania,
Croatia and threeother member statesto ensure the full transposition of
the Energy Efficiency Directive.
Under this directive member states must achieve energy savingsfrom
January 1, 2014 tillDecember 31, 2020by using Energy Efficiency
Obligations Schemes and/or other targeted policy measures to drive
energy efficiency improvements in households, industry and transport
sectors, the Commission said in a statement.
Under the Energy Efficiency Obligations Schemes, companies have to
take measures to ensure energy savings at final customer level, for
example by giving advice on installing better insulation or offering
grants for replacing old energy-wasting windows. The directive had to be
transposed into national law by June 5, 2014.
The Commission sent reasoned opinions to these five member states
on Wednesday,asking them to fully transpose the directive into national
law.If theydo not comply with this obligation within two months, the
Commission may decide to refer them to the Court of Justice of the EU
and ask for financial penalties.
During the second halfof 2014, the Commission launched infringement
procedures for non-transposition of the Energy Efficiency Directive
against all EU member states,except Malta.
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