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Directive (EU) 2023/17912021/0203(COD)COM(2021)558
Energy Efficiency Directive
Energy efficiency (recast)
- Stage
- In force, reached 20 Sept 2023
- In force
- In force since 10 Oct 2023 · CELEX 32023L1791
- Transposition deadline
- 15 May 2024
- Procedure
- Ordinary legislative procedure
- Rapporteur
- Niels Fuglsang (S&D)
- Last activity
- 20 Sept 2023
44 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026
Where it stands
Latest: Published in the Official Journal, 20 Sept 2023.
ShowHide the earlier record: 27 dates, 21 Sept 2020 to 11 Jul 2023
- 21 Sept 2020
- Inception impact assessment closed: Review of Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency, 189 responses · Commission
- 9 Feb 2021
- Public consultation closed: Review of Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency, 344 responses · Commission
- 15 Jul 2021
- Adoption by Commission
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 13 Sept 2021
- Plenary sitting
- Referred to committee
- 21 Oct 2021
- Plenary sitting
- 29 Oct 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 9 Nov 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 10 Nov 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 11 Nov 2021
- Plenary sitting
- 19 Nov 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- Feedback on adopted proposal closed: Review of Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency, 187 responses · Commission
- 22 Nov 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 30 Nov 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 3 Dec 2021
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 11 Mar 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 8 Apr 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 13 Jun 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 20 Jun 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 24 Jun 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 27 Jun 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 30 Jun 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 1 Jul 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 18 Aug 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 12 Sept 2022
- Plenary sitting
- Debate in plenary
- 14 Sept 2022
- EP decision on amendments to the legislative proposal
- Plenary vote
- Plenary amended the proposal
- Referred back to committee for interinstitutional negotiations
- 10 Oct 2022
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 10 Jul 2023
- Debate in plenary
- 11 Jul 2023
- Plenary adopted first-reading position
- Plenary vote
- 12 Jul 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 14 Jul 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 17 Jul 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 18 Jul 2023
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 25 Jul 2023
- Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act)
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 11 Sept 2023
- Plenary sitting
- 13 Sept 2023
- Signed
- 20 Sept 2023
- Published in the Official Journal
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Who is on it
The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.
| Role | Name | Group | Country | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapporteur | Niels Fuglsang | S&D | DK | ITRE |
| Shadow rapporteur | Grzegorz Tobiszowski | ECR | PL | ITRE |
| Shadow rapporteur | Jutta Paulus | Greens/EFA | DE | ITRE |
| Shadow rapporteur | Markus Buchheit | PfE | DE | ITRE |
| Shadow rapporteur | Nicola Danti | Renew | IT | ITRE |
| Shadow rapporteur | Pernille WEISS-EHLER | EPP | DK | ITRE |
| Shadow rapporteur | Sandra Pereira | The Left | PT | ITRE |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Eleonora Evi | Greens/EFA | IT | ENVI |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Alice Kuhnke | Greens/EFA | SE | FEMM |
| Rapporteur for opinion | Tom Berendsen | EPP | NL | TRAN |
27 amendments
Amendments
Tabled between 6 Sept 2022 and 5 Jul 2023. The texts are in the amendment documents below.
By author
- Ivan David · ID6
- Giorgos Georgiou4
- Marc Botenga · The Left2
Amendments each member tabled or co-signed. The record names an author on 11 of the 27 amendments.
By article
- Annex III – point a – paragraph 1 – indent 31
- Annex V – point 2 – point h1
- Annex V – point 2 – point k1
- Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 11
- Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part1
- Article 11 – paragraph 81
- Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point ii1
- Article 23 – paragraph 6 – point a1
- Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point b1
- Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point c1
ShowHide 17 more provisions
- Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point d1
- Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point e1
- Article 24 – paragraph 21
- Article 24 – paragraph 31
- Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a1
- Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b1
- Article 4 – paragraph 2 – introductory part1
- Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point e – point iv a (new)1
- Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)1
- Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part1
- Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 11
- Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 21
- Article 9 – paragraph 41
- Recital 1231
- Recital 171
- Recital 271
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1 act
Delegated and implementing acts beneath it
By status: 1 planned.
| Act | Kind | Status | Adoption |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating scheme for data centres in Europe | Delegated · Regulation | Planned | Q1 2026 |
Titles link to EUR-Lex where the act has been published.
19 documents
Documents
Newest first. Each opens at its source.
- Report · A9-0221/2022Parliament
- Proposal · COM(2021)0558Parliament
- Text adopted · Directive 2023/1791Commission
- Agenda · GEDA/A/(2023)002818Parliament
- Text adopted · OJ L 231 20.09.2023, p. 0001Commission
- Proposal · PE700.507Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE703.261Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE703.269Parliament
- Report · PE703.281Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE704.563Parliament
- Amendments · PE729.910Parliament
- Amendments · PE729.911Parliament
- Amendments · PE729.913Parliament
- Amendments · PE729.942Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE735.811Parliament
- Agenda · PE746.697Parliament
- Text adopted · SP(2023)459Parliament
- Text adopted · T9-0263/2023Parliament
- Text adopted · T9-0315/2022Parliament
1 consultation
Consultations on it
The Commission's Have Your Say consultations linked to this file. Where we publish the positions filed, the title opens them here.
| Consultation | Feedback deadline | Feedback received |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Nov 2021 | 720 |
Summary
GeneratedDirective (EU) 2023/1791 sets a binding Union target to cut final energy consumption by at least 11.7% by 2030 (max 763 Mtoe), with an indicative primary energy cap of 992.5 Mtoe. It obliges Member States to reduce public bodies' final energy consumption by 1.9% annually and renovate 3% of public building floor area yearly.
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