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EC Initiates 2nd Stage Of Infrigement Against Romania, On Energy Efficiency

The European Commission initiated the second stage of the infringement procedure against Romania, alongside other 19 European union member states, as it failed to communicate its transposition of the Energy Services Directive, the Commission said Thursday.
EC Initiates 2nd Stage Of Infrigement Against Romania, On Energy Efficiency
29 ian. 2009, 15:21, English

The Directive aims at strengthening and improving energy end-use efficiency by providing a framework for incentives and energy services, EC said.

"Despite a letter of formal notice sent to Member States in question in July 2008, they have not yet informed the Commission of full transposition of the Directive into national legislation," the Commission said in a press release.

Thus, EC initiated the second stage of the infringement procedure against Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

The EC Directive applies to buildings, transport, agriculture and industry sectors. It also creates the conditions for the development and promotion of a market for energy services and for the delivery of other energy efficiency improvement measures by addressing the role of energy distributors, the financing of energy savings, the exemplary role of the public sector and the importance of the availability of information.

"The commitment of member states to energy efficiency at political level must be endorsed by legal action on national level," according to the press release.