EU LegislationBiofuels for Transport
Directive 2003/30/EC on the promotion of biofuels for transport
To achieve a share of 5.75 % of biofuels in total transport fuels in Europe by 2010.For more information click here
Electricity
Directive 2004/8/EC on the promotion of cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market.
This directive obliges member states to analyse the potential of cogeneration in their own country and to provide support mechanisms to encourage the technology into the market. For more information click here
Council Directive 2003/96/EC on the taxation of energy products and electricity
This directive restructured the Community taxation framework of energy products and electricity. Article 16 authorises partial or total tax exemption for biofuels when used in their pure state or in mixtures. The goal is to encourage countries to exempt biofuels from taxes to make them more competitive.
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Directive 2003/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning
common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 96/92/EC
This Directive establishes common rules for the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity.
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Directive 2001/77/EC on electricity production from renewable sources
To establish a framework to increase the share of "green" electricity from 14% to 22% of gross electricity consumption by 2010.
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Directive 2003/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning
common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing directive 98/30/EC
The Directive establishes common rules on the storage, transmission, supply and distribution of natural gas.
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Directive 2003/87/EC on greenhouse gas (GHG) emission allowance trading within the Community
In January 2005, the EU GHG Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS), which commenced operation in January 2005 as the largest multi-country, multi-sector GHG emission trading scheme world-wide.
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Council Decision of 25 April 2002 concerning the approval of the Kyoto Protocol
According to the Kyoto commitment, EU Member States shall reduce collectively their GHG emissions by 8% between 2008 and 2012 in comparison with the 1992 level.
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Waste
Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste
To prevent or reduce as far as possible negative effects on the environment from the landfilling of waste, by introducing stringent technical requirements for waste and landfills.
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Directive 2000/76/EC on the incineration of waste
To prevent or reduce as far as possible negative effects on the environment caused by the incineration and co-incineration of waste through stringent operational conditions emission limit values for waste incineration and co-incineration plants.
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SCADPlus – Summary of the European Union’s legislation in Energy
http://europa.eu/scadplus/leg/en/s14000.htm
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